Sunday, July 17, 2011

Canada can, and must, be innovation leader

Jul 13, 2011
PAUL DAVIDSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Letters/1253182.html
Jul 14, 2011
AFTAB MUFTI, ROSE GOLDSTEIN and DENIS DESBIENS
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Industry+university+operation+better+research+climate/5099725/story.html
Jul 12, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/12/stic-series-the-production-of-phds-and-what-do-we-do-with-them/
Jul 16, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/16/notch-2-in-the-stic-federal-rd-spending-direct-vs-indirect-funding/
Call to arms: Greater emphasis needs to be placed on bringing findings to decision makers: chairman
July 11, 2011
Adam Huras
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1422474
Jul 15, 2011
Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/15/c5292.html
Jul 15, 2011
Marianne White
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Young+Canadians+passion+science+takes+them+world+stage/5109868/story.html
Jul 13, 2011
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1423119
Jul 15, 2011
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/industry/archive/2011/07/15/feds-to-champion-canadian-energy-exports.aspx
Grow GM fish in closed containers on land to minimize risk, researchers urge
Jul 15, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/15/science-salmon-gm-transgenic.html
Jul 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/15/whooping-cranes-oilsands-report.html

Wolves' return a howling success

Apex canines repopulating Yellowstone Park since the 1990s provide a healthy boost to local ecosystem
Jul 15, 2011
MARGARET MUNRO
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/Wolves+return+howling+success/5105802/story.html
Jul 15, 2011
Tamsin McMahon
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/15/tories-seen-as-threat-to-green-energy-firms/
Ontario is helping Teva Canada Limited - a leading pharmaceutical company - expand its production while creating 20 new jobs and protecting 182 jobs at its Stouffville, Markham and Scarborough plants.
Jul 15, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/07/ontario-supports-pharmaceutical-sector-creates-jobs.html
Jul 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/14/prion-research-funding.html
Jul 14, 2011
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-tycoon-takes-on-ontario-green-energy-act-over-wind-farm/article2097575/
Open letter to prime minister; Animal depicted on Canada's quarter will soon be 'on the road to extinction'
Jul 14, 2011
RANDY BOSWELL
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Scientists+call+Ottawa+save+caribou+habitat/5099690/story.html

A deadly disdain for science

Jul 14, 2011
Peter McKnight
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/DISDAIN+SCIENCE/5101780/story.html
Jul 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/14/hiv-treatment-prevention-montaner.html
Jul 14, 2011
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/14/asthma-placebo.html

Syphilis cases spike in Halifax

Jul 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/14/ns-syphilis-halifax.html
Jul 14, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/14/junk-food-marketing-children.html
Jul 14, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/13/pol-pembina-natural-gas-report.html
Other land ecosystems have no effect on CO2, study suggests
Jul 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/14/science-forests-co2-fossil-fuels.html
A mission to the asteroid belt will visit leftovers from the solar system’s formation
Jul 14, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18956114
Jul 14, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/14/c5366.html
Jul 14, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/14/c5327.html
Ontario is reminding hospitals to take advantage of all the resources available to help them combat hospital-acquired infections.
Jul 14, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/07/ensuring-patient-safety-in-ontarios-hospitals.html
Jul 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-invests-in-transformation-of-canadas-forest-industry-1538416.htm
Jul 13, 2011
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ontario-urged-not-to-scrap-renewable-energy-policy/article2096481/
Jul 13, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/13/h1n1-vaccine-guillain-barre-syndrome.html
Jul 13, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/13/c-difficile-niagara.html
Jul 13, 2011
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/13/scientists-warn-caribou-on-road-to-extinction/
Jul 13, 2011
David Suzuki
canoe.ca
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/Suzuki/2011/07/13/18414011.html
A provincewide ban on all products is not justified because strict regulations based on scientific research already protect our health
Jul 13, 2011
Lorne Hepworth
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Pesticides+Canada+safe/5094168/story.html
A continuum across a range of hospital and community-based services, including in the non-profit sector, is crucial
Jul 13, 2011
Heather Menzies
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/patient-centred-care-its-about-relationships/article2094754/

Ontario’s power priorities

The province needs to do what other countries are doing and reassess the role of nuclear in its long-term energy strategy.
Jul 13, 2011
Mark Winfield
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1024567--ontario-s-power-priorities
Jul 13, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/13/pol-home-retrofit-announcement.html
Grand Challenges Canada Announces Funding for Innovative Proposal to Help Curb Deadly Disease
Jul 13, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/2295813ed6/1380027233/0170ed12a3/
Jul 13, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/economic-action-plan-helps-quebecs-agri-processing-sector-1537703.htm
Jul 13, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-boosting-blueberry-opportunities-1537711.htm
Jul 13, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/more-savings-for-canadians-who-make-home-improvements-1537723.htm
One of the economic models informing our climate-policy debate is called DICE. This model is fatally flawed
Jul 12, 2011
TOM RAND
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/reducing-the-risk-of-climate-catastrophe/article2091394/
Jul 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/12/nunavut-research-vessel-nuliajuk.html
When the time does come to discuss the way forward on health care, there may not even be a negotiating table
Jul 12, 2011
Chantal Hébert
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1023198--hebert-health-care-s-next-chapter-will-be-a-tough-one
Canada-Japan Partnership Supports Technology Commercialization and Research
Jul 12, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/edmonton-becomes-north-american-microscope-leader-1537378.htm
Jul 12, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/british-columbia-vegetable-and-livestock-producers-receive-disaster-relief-1537305.htm
Jul 12, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-helps-pack-a-punch-in-canadas-pulse-industry-1537405.htm
Asbestos industry says asbestos can be used safely, but critics say it's time the governing Conservatives let it die a natural death.
Jul 11, 2011
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH, LAURA RYCKEWAERT
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/asbestos-07-11-2011
To its credit, the Canadian business world has overcome its dread of anything with a name resembling that of the national energy program of the 1980s
Jul 11, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/to-get-to-a-national-energy-plan-co-operate-first/article2093956/
Jul 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/11/nunavut-arctic-species.html
Jul 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/11/gonorrhea-resistant.html
Jul 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/11/alcohol-drinking-cancer-guidelines.html
Jul 11, 2011
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-a-national-energy-strategy-makes-sense/article2093979/

Keep Alberta's oil in the ground

The tar sands are the temptation that will define Canada's soul
Jul 11, 2011
Bill McKibben
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/keep-albertas-oil-in-the-ground/article2089908/
Jul 11, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/researchers-seek-cold-facts-on-how-winter-affects-elderly/article2094216/
Ontario is helping researchers in St. Catharines make new discoveries that will protect jobs by helping the province's wine industry with changes in weather and climate.
Jul 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/07/support-for-research-in-st-catharines.html
Jul 10, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/patients-should-be-at-centre-of-health-services/article2092995/
Jul 10, 2011
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/national-energy-strategy-gains-clout/article2092820/
Jul 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/10/f-world-population-day-7billion.html
Lessons learned on campus may help larger urban centres solve the problems they're facing
Jul 9, 2011
Don Cayo
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/does+more+than+study+green+initiatives+immersed+them/5077743/story.html
Jul 8, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/tory-posturing-on-ehealth-bid-could-harm-already-fragile-agency/article2092102/
Jul 5, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-panel-recommends-environmental-monitoring-group/article2087613/
Jun 7, 2011
Will Falk
Longwoods.com
http://www.longwoods.com/content/22424
May 31, 2011
Will Falk
Longwoods.com
http://www.longwoods.com/content/22416
Monday, July 11, 2011

Time for action on innovation, not more study

Jul 3, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/barrie-mckenna/time-for-action-on-innovation-not-more-study/article2084968/
Science and innovation council report suggests country could be more competitive
Jul 7, 2011
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canadian+talent+pool+deep+overlooked+study+finds/5063437/story.html

We need a culture of innovation

Build links between business and academe
Jul 5, 2011
Paul Davidson
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/07/05/we-need-a-culture-of-innovation/
Jul 1, 2011
Susan Riley
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Risk+aversion+laziness+hurts+private+sector/5034198/story.html
Jul 10, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/give-canadas-visiting-brains-a-boost/article2092848/
Jul 4, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/business-students-losers-in-federal-research-funding-experiment/article2086517/
Jul 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/06/ottawa-universities-research-fraud.html

Government can work smarter

Jul 5, 2011
David Mitchell and Paul MacMillan
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Government+work+smarter/5050144/story.html
Questions from Ministers Glen Murray (Research and Innovation), Dr. Eric Hoskins (Citizenship and Immigration) and Laurel Broten (Children and Youth Services) in Response to the Social Innovation Policy Paper
Jun 30, 2011
Ontario’s Social Innovation Wiki
http://ontariosiwiki.marsdd.com/index.php/Questions_from_the_Ministers_in_Response_to_the_Social_Innovation_Policy_Paper#Regulatory_and_Legal_Barriers
Request for Proposals Announcement
Jul 5, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/5a2fa4118f/1315033971/3f7b835378/
July 2011
Public Policy Forum & Deloitte
http://www.ppforum.ca/sites/default/files/11-916G%20PS%20PPF-Innovation-Strategy-report-EN-WEB.pdf
Jun 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_383-carbon-footprint-electricity-generation.pdf
Jun 29, 2011
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development & Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/agriculture-and-food/oecd-fao-agricultural-outlook-2011_agr_outlook-2011-en
Jul 10, 2011
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/in-search-of-a-national-energy-strategy/article2092820/
Jul 10, 2011
KIM MACKRAEL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/hospitals-with-c-difficile-remain-safe-officials-say/article2092688/
Jul 10, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/integrating-health-care-necessary-for-an-aging-population/article2092956/
Jul 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/10/cdifficile-ontario.html
When even “free” is deemed too expensive, it’s time to fight Mayor Rob Ford’s senseless penny-pinching.
Jul 10, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1022365--don-t-reject-public-health-nurses
Jul 10, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canadian-coast-guard-ship-louis-s-st-laurent-departs-arctic-supporting-science-northern-1536201.htm
A national strategy just common sense
Jul 9, 2011
Laura Rance
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/food-for-thought-we-can-do-better-125259519.html
Maxim Power sidestepped new rules phasing out 'dirty' plants with the help of Ottawa and Alberta
Jul 9, 2011
Tim Weis
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Federal+coal+regulations+risk+being+tarnished/5077038/story.html
Jul 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/08/multiple-sclerosis-ccsvi-death.html
Jul 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/08/montreal-asbestos-defence-708.html
Jul 8, 2011
Daniela Minicucci
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Toronto+stem+cell+breakthrough+help+treat+cancer+diseases/5067888/story.html
Jul 8, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/honeybees-alarming-mortality-rate-leaves-beekeepers-looking-for-answers/article2092111/
Jul 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/08/technology-space-canada-maclean.html
Atlantis gets break in wet weather for NASA's 30-year shuttle program finale
Jul 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/08/atlantis-takeoff-final-space-shuttle.html
July 8, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/celebrating-final-launch-space-shuttle-program-minister-paradis-minister-state-goodyear-1536052.htm
Jul 8, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/an-innovative-modern-agriculture-sector-to-foster-growth-and-prosperity-1536069.htm
Jul 8, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/valproate-anti-epileptic-drugs-may-pose-risks-children-when-taken-mothers-during-pregnancy-1536044.htm
Environmental Defence report calls government's chemicals management plan "cutting edge"
Jul 7, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/07/pol-chemical-report.html
Outdoor grilling doesn’t have to infuse food with cancerous chemicals
Jul 7, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/07/healthy-eating

Robots: Zoobotics

A new generation of animal-like robots is about to emerge from the laboratory
Jul 7, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18925855
Jul 7, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ontario-calls-in-federal-experts-to-help-with-superbug-outbreak/article2089869/
We need to fundamentally re-evaluate how we pay for health services in this country
Jul 7, 2011
SANJAY CHERIAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/health-costs-are-killing-us-lets-try-an-outcomes-based-payment-system/article2090215/
Controlling C. difficile is an ongoing battle
Jul 7, 2011
Peter Hadzipetros
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/07/f-c-difficile-control-is-difficult.html
Jul 7, 2011
Max Harrold
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/space-shuttle/news+Canada+could+scrap+space+telescope/5067942/story.html
Canadian astronaut reflects on end of NASA’s shuttle program
Jul 7, 2011
Fabiola Carletti
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/28/f-chris-hadfield-interview-shuttle.html
Ontario is investing in Messier-Dowty Inc., an innovative Ajax company that is developing aerospace technologies and creating jobs for Ontario families.
Jul 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/07/ontario-helps-advance-aerospace-technology.html
Ontario has become a global leader in the clean energy industry, creating thousands of jobs for families and cleaning up the air we breathe.
Jul 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/07/on-track-to-grow-clean-energy-economy.html
Jul 7, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/07/c4019.html
Jul 7, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/07/c4022.html
Jul 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/impact-of-renewables-on-higher-power-costs-minimal-report-says/article2087782/
Jul 6, 2011
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Experts+call+agency+monitor+oilsands/5056166/story.html
Jul 6, 2011
Emma Lui
rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/making-waves/2011/07/budget-cuts-environment-canada-and-how-they-affect-canada%E2%80%99s-wate
The asbestos industry is using Canada’s 'Boy Scout image' to promote its product, but is turning the country into an 'international pariah' and giving it a 'black eye' on the world stage, says NDP MP Pat Martin, who has been fighting to ban asbestos globally ever since he was elected in 1997.
Jul 6, 2011
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/dailyupdate/view/asbestos_industry_giving_canada_black_eye_on_world_stage_say_martin_and_mcguinty_07-06-2011
Jul 6, 2011
Jeff Rubin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/jeff-rubins-smaller-world/how-long-will-oil-sands-producers-be-disconnected-from-world-prices/article2087123/
Jul 6, 2011
ROBERT MATAS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/crosscheck-counting-carbon-in-bc/article2089222/
Jul 6, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/06/nortel-patent-industry-canada.html
Jul 6, 2011
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/what-kind-of-health-system-does-ontario-want/article2088797/
Jul 6, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/frustrated-niagara-residents-speak-out-about-cdifficile-concerns/article2088633/
Jul 6, 2011
Romina Maurino
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/move-past-ehealth-scandal-and-make-electronic-records-a-priority-medical-association/article2088366/
Demand for bandwidth boosts need to fix satellites in space
Jul 6, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/06/technology-dextre-space-robot.html
Jul 6, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/06/iceland-volcano.html
Jul 6, 2011
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/59113b8b2c/1315033971/3f7b835378/
Jul 6, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-state-goodyear-meets-with-floridas-lieutenant-governor-encourages-s-t-links-1535291.htm
Jul 6, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-launches-call-proposals-forest-industry-transformation-funding-1535136.htm
Jul 6, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/emerald-ash-borer-confirmed-in-gatineau-outside-the-current-regulated-area-1535332.htm
Ontario is helping Humber College build new learning facilities to create space for 2,200 more students at their North Campus.
Jul 6, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/07/new-building-helping-humber-college-expand.html
NDP MP Pat Martin, who has been fighting to ban asbestos mining in Canada ever since he was elected to the House in 1997, and who has been waging a vocal battle in the House against the federal government’s controversial support for it, has his own personal asbestos story.
Jul 5, 2011
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/dailyupdate/view/ndp_mp_martins_oneman_battle_to_ban_asbestos_mining_in_canada_gains_traction_07-05-2011
Jul 5, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/05/science-china-pollution-climate-change-coal.html
Jul 5, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-announces-investment-green-innovation-canadas-auto-sector-1534548.htm
Jul 5, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/international-arrangement-gives-canadian-consumers-more-organic-food-choices-1534753.htm
Jul 4, 2011
Postmedia News
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/04/protest-tories-proposed-environment-cuts/
Environment groups still waiting for federal government policies to tackle catastrophic climate change.
Jul 4, 2011
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/kent-07-04-2011
Outbreak of deadly bacteria declared on June 23
Jul 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/04/c-difficile-niagara.html
Jul 4, 2011
Mark Brownlee
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/concerns-about-niagara-hospitals-grow-as-c-difficile-death-toll-rises-to-16/article2086683/
Jul 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/04/science-rare-earth-elements.html
Ontario's clean energy economy continues to grow, creating 5,000 new jobs.
Jul 4, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/07/new-clean-energy-projects-creating-5000-jobs.html
Jul 4, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/04/c2967.html
Jul 3, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/getting-medical-marijuana-to-the-people-who-need-it/article2083017/
Jul 3, 2011
DAVID EBNER, SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bc-finds-success-with-controversial-carbon-tax/article2084989/
Jul 3, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/deadly-superbug-outbreak-hits-problem-plagued-network-of-ontario-hospitals/article2085247/
Jul 2, 2011
MATTHEW BROWN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/exxon-oil-spill-in-yellowstone-river-prompts-evacuations/article2084498/

A pipeline in peril

Jul 2, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/a-pipeline-in-peril/article2083926/

France reports E. coli death

Jul 2, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/02/ecoli-europe.html
Research In Motion part of consortium making purchase
Jul 1, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/01/nortel-patents-auctioned.html
Brain-driven prosthetics possible, but 'Minority Report' scenario far off
Jul 1, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/30/science-brain-mind-reading-planning.html
Jul 1, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/01/ns-thisfish-tracks-diner-to-water.html

Local food movement goes national

Jul 1, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/local-food-movement-goes-national/article2084221/
Jul 1, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/explainer-the-carbon-footprint-of-local-versus-global-food/article2084220/
Jul 1, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/01/science-climategate-data.html
Jun 30, 2011
DIRK MEISSNER
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/three-years-on-only-bc-has-a-carbon-tax/article2082961/
Jun 30, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-keith-ashfield-announces-groundfish-management-plans-for-2011-1533777.htm
Jun 30, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-ashfield-officially-opens-new-brunswick-community-colleges-new-fredericton-1533435.htm
This year’s census and the controversial voluntary household survey accompanying it are expected to cost a total of $660-million from planning and preparation to end stages in 2015, Statistics Canada says.
Jun 29, 2011
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/dailyupdate/view/census_expected_to_cost_660million_says_statistics_canada_06-29-2011
Jun 26, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ottawa-to-step-in-on-emissions-technology/article2076326/
Jun 25, 2011
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/backyard-wheat-fields-produce-food-for-green-policy-debate/article2075443/
Jun 23, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/124451929.html
Jun 22, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/finally-a-health-care-paper-that-makes-sense/article2071521/
Jun 28, 2011
Science, Technology and Innovation Council
http://www.stic-csti.ca/eic/site/stic-csti.nsf/vwapj/10-059_IC_SotN_Rapport_EN_WEB_INTERACTIVE.pdf/$FILE/10-059_IC_SotN_Rapport_EN_WEB_INTERACTIVE.pdf
Jun 30, 2011
Vanessa Lu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1017994--for-job-hunting-phds-the-degree-was-the-easy-part

Oh, Canada...

A tax-law change has dealt a heavy blow to Canadian postdocs
June 22, 2011
Lucie Low
Nature
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2011/110623/full/nj7352-533a.html
Jun 30, 2011
Dan Gardner
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Politicians+science+only+when+suits+them/5028336/story.html
Jun 22, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Cuts+science+budgets+have+wider+economic+impact/4988549/story.html
2010 report on the state of Canada's science, technology and innovation system
Jun 28, 2011
Science, Technology and Innovation Council
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/28/c9729.html
Jun 28, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/28/politics-science-innovation-stic.html
Jun 28, 2011
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/canadas-knowledge-economy-not-so-much/
Jun 28, 2011
Derek Abma
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Companies+need+step+drive+innovation+report/5018481/story.html
Jun 28, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canada-slips-further-in-innovation-rankings/article2077788/
Jun 28, 2011
Daniel Proussalidis
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/28/taxpayers-should-subsidize-more-business-rd-government-think-tank
Jun 27, 2011
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci_tech/124630189.html
Jun 29, 2011
Derek Abma
Postmedia News
http://www.financialpost.com/todays-paper/Companies+must+step+push+innovation+report+says/5020718/story.html
Too many bright undergrads want to save the world, not raise productivity
Jun 29, 2011
William Watson
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/06/29/william-watson-endless-folly-of-innovation-policy/
Jun 28, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-paradis-minister-state-goodyear-welcome-state-nation-report-science-technology-1532253.htm
Jun 30, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/06/30/the-storm-is-brewing-postdocs-are-speaking-out/
Jun 22, 2011
Government of Ontario
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/mental/pdf/open_minds_healthy_minds_en.pdf
New programs valued at $110 million put industry at top of development game
Jun 28, 2011
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Research+spending+signals+revival+canada+forest+sector/5015711/story.html

Imagining a Possible Future

The hope we gain from technological innovation could make optimists out of us all
Jun 28, 2011
Mark Stevenson
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5815-imagining-a-possible-future
Jun 27, 2011
Dr. Marc-Andre Gagnon and Dr. Sergioi Sismondo
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1418736
Jun 30, 2011
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1017876--scientists-explain-about-face-on-ms-trials
Jun 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/30/ms-aglukkaq-clinical-trial.html
Jun 30, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/aglukkaq-is-right-to-authorize-zamboni-trials/article2082943/
Jun 30, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/30/haiti-cholera-un.html
Jun 30, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/30/e-coli-germany-france-vegetables-fenugreek.html
Jun 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/30/lead-adults-cdc.html
Jun 30, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/30/polar-bears-us-court.html

Airplanes can make it snow

Yellowknife airport among six studied around the world
Jun 30, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/30/science-weather-modification.html
The final launch of the space shuttle brings to an end the dreams of the Apollo era
Jun 30, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18895018
Jun 29, 2011
National Research Council of Canada
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/dimensions/index.html
Jun 29, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/29/pol-aglukkaq-ms.html
Jun 29, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/ottawa-to-fund-clinical-trials-for-controversial-ms-treatment/article2080401/
Jun 29, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110629/saskatchewan-ms-liberation-therapy-trial-setbacks-110629/
Jun 29, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY, RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/snc-takes-charge-of-canadas-nuclear-future/article2080430/
Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment
Jun 29, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/29/c9948.html
Jun 29, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-minister-aglukkaq-on-chronic-cerebrospinal-venous-insufficiency-multiple-sclerosis-1533104.htm
Jun 29, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-snc-lavalin-group-reach-agreement-on-aecl-candu-reactor-division-1533174.htm

Expanding Provincial Parks

Ontario is adding a new provincial park this year and expanding two others, giving families and visitors more opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy the province's natural beauty.
Jun 29, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
http://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2011/06/expanding-provincial-parks.html
Ontario is helping the University of Western Ontario provide students with improved classroom space and up-to-date technology, media studios, and clinical training laboratories.
Jun 29, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-facilities-for-nursing-and-media-students-at-western.html
Jun 29, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-investing-in-a-honey-bee-breeding-and-management-program-1532650.htm
Jun 29, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-supports-marketing-freedom-for-western-canadian-grain-farmers-1532939.htm
Jun 28, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/cohen-commissions-calm-hides-turmoil-behind-scenes/article2079410/
Alberta, oil and gas industry spend most to protect environment
Jun 28, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/28/environment-greenhouse-gas-households.html
Jun 28, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/28/business-statscan-natural-resources-oil-sands.html

AECL sale to SNC-Lavalin near

Jun 28, 2011
Peter Evans
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/28/aecl-lavalin.html
Jun 28, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY AND KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/impending-aecl-sale-puts-ontario-ottawa-on-collision-course/article2079561/
Jun 28, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/dwight-duncan-on-ottawas-aecl-deal-what-are-they-going-to-do-for-ontario/article2078931/
Jun 28, 2011
JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/logging-threatening-great-bear-rainforest/article2078545/
Colder, saltier meltwater could be forcing warmer water to surface
Jun 28, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/28/arctic-ice-melting.html
Jun 28, 2011
Bob Weber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canadian-scientists-discover-new-clues-to-rapid-arctic-ice-melt/article2078461/
Jun 28, 2011
Arthur Max
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/pacific-marine-life-invades-atlantic-across-newly-ice-free-northwest-passage/article2078457/

Asbestos hypocrisy sticking to PM

Opponents of Canadian asbestos exports say Ottawa's international stain is now being noticed at home
Jun 28, 2011
Tim Harper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1016241--tim-harper-asbestos-hypocrisy-sticking-to-pm
More than 32,000 Ontarians have pledged to make a difference for future generations
Jun 28, 2011
Ontario Health Study
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/28/c9981.html
Jun 28, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-of-state-goodyear-promotes-canadian-biotech-1532514.htm
Jun 28, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-wind-energy-in-southern-ontario-1532393.htm
Jun 28, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/economic-action-plan-helps-prince-edward-islands-agri-processing-sector-1532354.htm
Jun 27, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-to-sell-atomic-energy-of-canada-ltd-to-snc-lavalin/article2078110/
Jun 27, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/27/nortel-patents.html
Some question quality of reporting on medical studies whose human impact is still unclear
Jun 27, 2011
Amina Zafar
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/27/f-medical-studies.html
Jun 27, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/27/environment-northwest-passage.html
Ontario and Québec are working together to create a Life Sciences Corridor that will improve the health and quality of life for families, and provide better jobs and a stronger economy.
Jun 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/BIO062711.asp
Ontario is helping Seneca College build new classrooms, state-of-the-art learning labs and study spaces for students at their King Campus.
Jun 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/renewing-seneca-colleges-king-campus.html
Jun 27, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/health-canada-reviewing-stop-smoking-drug-champix-varenicline-tartrate-potential-risk-1531687.htm
Jun 27, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-working-with-industry-to-improve-beef-quality-1531715.htm
Jun 27, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-and-korea-achieve-breakthrough-in-restoring-beef-market-access-1531673.htm
Jun 26, 2011
CAMPBELL CLARK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-universities-build-a-passage-from-india/article2076373/page1/
This week, Canada stood alone against the world in blocking the listing of chrysotile as a hazardous chemical under the Rotterdam Convention
Jun 25, 2011
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/with-asbestos-we-are-the-ugly-canadians/article2074858/
Jun 24, 2011
STEVE RENNIE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-parties-in-mining-town-as-canada-keeps-asbestos-off-hazardous-list/article2074399/

Biofuels: The beef about corn

Why America is no longer betting the farm on corn-based ethanol
Jun 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/biofuels
Jun 24, 2011
John Lorinc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-radical-science-of-geo-engineering-maybe-its-not-so-crazy/article2074900/
Jun 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/governments-team-up-for-carbon-capture-and-storage-technology-in-alberta-1531163.htm
Jun 24, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-promotes-open-trade-innovation-on-world-stage-1531196.htm
Ontario is helping Fanshawe College expand into downtown London with a new leading-edge learning space for arts and technology students.
Jun 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/fanshawes-downtown-campus-expanding.html
Harvesting solar power in space, for use on Earth, comes a step closer to reality
Jun 23, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18864324

LSD: Acid tests

Research into hallucinogenic drugs begins to shake off decades of taboo
Jun 23, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18864332
Urban brains behave differently from rural ones
Jun 23, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18864354
Plan is first of kind for province
Jun 23, 2011
Ontario Bioscience Industry Organization (OBIO)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/23/c8474.html
Ontario is helping Confederation College build a new biomass energy research centre to provide students and researchers with state-of-the-art labs to gain hands-on training in renewable fuel technologies.
Jun 23, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-bio-energy-research-centre-at-confederation-college.html
Ontario's shift toward clean, renewable energy is attracting more jobs and investment to the Toronto-area.
Jun 23, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/06/solar-manufacturer-to-create-300-jobs-in-toronto.html
Jun 22, 2011
JANE TABER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-axe-hits-muscle-and-bone-of-climate-science-elizabeth-may-says/article2070874/

When less asbestos is best

The federal government was wrong to oppose the modest restrictions being proposed on chrysotile asbestos in Geneva yesterday
Jun 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/when-less-asbestos-is-best/article2071600/
Jun 22, 2011
STEVE RENNIE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/standing-alone-canada-blocks-push-to-label-asbestos-a-hazardous-chemical/article2071111/
Jun 22, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/22/pol-climate-change-jobs.html

Ford to nurses: Who needs you?

This goes beyond mere penny-pinching—there’s no good reason for Mayor Rob Ford’s rejection of free public health nurses.
Jun 22, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1013497--ford-to-nurses-who-needs-you

No running away from health care

Party leaders don’t really want to talk about the health-care system, but Ontarians do.
Jun 22, 2011
Ted Ball
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1013490--no-running-away-from-health-care
Jun 22, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/22/science-caribou-oilsands.html
Jun 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/22/pei-genetic-salmon-vote-584.html
Jun 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/22/science-marine-predators.html
Outbreak may have spread to neighbouring Macau and mainland China
Jun 22, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/22/scarlet-fever-hong-kong.html
Jun 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/22/breast-implants-silicone.html
Jun 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/22/city-stress-brain.html
Strategic Canadian asset puts Ontario at the heart of global vaccine innovation
Jun 22, 2011
Sanofi Pasteur
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/sanofi-pasteur/sanofi-pasteur-opens-100m-rd-centre-in-canada
Over 50,000 Ontario kids and their families will now have quicker and easier access to the right mental health supports, when and where they need them.
Jun 22, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
http://news.ontario.ca/mcys/en/2011/06/improving-mental-health-supports-for-ontario-kids-and-families.html
Premier Dalton McGuinty helped officially open Sanofi Pasteur's new vaccine research and development centre of excellence.
Jun 22, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/06/ontario-helps-open-vaccine-research-centre.html
Ontario is helping Sault College build a state-of-the-art training institute for students in the health sector.
Jun 22, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-health-and-wellness-centre-for-sault-college-students.html
Ontario is helping McMaster University build a new research facility for humanities and social science students.
Jun 22, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-building-for-mcmaster-university.html
Ontario is helping Fleming College build a new skills training centre to provide state-of-the-art education and training facilities to a growing number of students.
Jun 22, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-trades-and-technology-building-for-fleming-students.html
Jun 22, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/22/c8343.html
Jun 21, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/new-report-urges-mandatory-phys-ed-in-ontario-schools/article2070093/
Overfishing and habitat loss are biggest threats, followed by climate change
Jun 21, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/21/environment-state-of-the-oceans-un.html
New poll reveals protecting youth from the dangers of indoor tanning IS an election issue in Ontario
Jun 21, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/21/c7809.html
Jun 21, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/21/c8014.html
The McGuinty government is taking action to ensure Ontarians aren't being charged extra fees to access health care services that are covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).
Jun 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/06/protecting-ontarians-access-to-public-health-care.html
Ontario is once again a national leader in reducing wait times for five priority health services, according to a new report card issued by the Wait Time Alliance (WTA).
Jun 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/06/ontario-a-leader-in-reducing-wait-times.html
Ontario is helping build a new applied health sciences building at Ryerson University to provide students with the best classrooms and labs.
Jun 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-health-sciences-building-for-ryerson-university-students.html
Ontario is helping Sheridan College expand its new Mississauga campus to provide students with additional state-of-the art classrooms, teaching and lab space.
Jun 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/expanding-sheridan-colleges-mississauga-campus.html
Ontario's shift toward clean, renewable energy is strengthening the province's economy by attracting good jobs, investment and opportunities for Burlington-area families.
Jun 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/06/solar-manufacturer-creating-50-jobs-in-burlington.html
Jun 21, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/federal-government-celebrates-opening-world-leading-life-sciences-research-institute-1529446.htm
Jun 21, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-paradis-congratulates-canadian-aerospace-firms-on-successful-international-1529659.htm
Jun 21, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/fisheries-and-oceans-canada-joint-statement-1529807.htm
Jun 20, 2011
SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/health-of-worlds-oceans-is-bleak/article2068252/
Jun 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/20/science-afforestation-montenegro.html
Hypertension/High Blood Pressure: Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
Jun 20, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/019e813fd5/1315033277/78d32919bf/
Jun 20, 2011
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/professional-institute-awards-2011-gold-medal-for-excellence-in-public-service-1529076.htm
Comprehensive new report examines how obesity varies across Canada, who's most at risk and possible actions to address it
Jun 20, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/20/c7607.html
Jun 20, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/20/c7451.html
Jun 20, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-governments-canada-consumer-product-safety-act-comes-into-force-1528989.htm
Strengthening innovation in a global economy
June 20, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-and-france-renew-their-collaborative-support-to-smes-1528985.htm
Jun 20, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-announces-support-for-two-toronto-start-up-businesses-1528843.htm
Statement by Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Jun 20, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-nunavut-tunngavik-incorporated-reach-agreement-on-narwhal-management-1529189.htm
Ontario is building state-of-the art classrooms, labs and tutorial space for engineering and science students at York University.
Jun 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-engineering-and-science-building-for-york-university-students-2.html
Ontario is helping Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) expand its Waterloo campus to provide students in business and mathematics with state-of-the-art classrooms and the latest technology.
Jun 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/wilfrid-laurier-university-expanding.html
Ontario is helping Georgian College finish the final phase of the Centre for Health and Wellness, giving more students access to education and training in the healthcare field.
Jun 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/completing-the-centre-of-health-and-wellness-at-georgian-college.html
Ontario students will have more leading-edge lab space thanks to the renovation of two existing buildings on the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus.
Jun 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/renovating-university-of-torontos-mississauga-campus.html
Jun 19, 2011
CHUCK STRAHL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/asbestos-should-be-listed-in-rotterdam-convention-as-potentially-harmful/article2067185/
We are lacking a comprehensive government approach to combat this growing health crisis.
Jun 19, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1011060--falling-short-in-the-obesity-fight
Jun 17, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/economics-politics-cloud-future-of-world-emission-talks/article2066197/
Jun 17, 2011
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/another-fossil-award-for-canada/article2066198/
Jun 17, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/17/f-cancer-risks.html
If health-risk information in newspapers is routinely misleading, there are real-world consequences
Jun 17, 2011
Ben Goldacre
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/17/bad-science-health-reporting?CMP=twt_gu
Jun 17, 2011
CAROLYN ABRAHAM
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/embryonic-like-stem-cell-development-trickier-than-expected/article2066338/
Insulin’s role in obesity
Jun 16, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18833493

It Pays to Drive a Hard Bargain

New Zealand's strategy to keep drug prices down has lessons for the world.
Jun 14, 2011
Colleen M. Flood
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5536-it-pays-to-drive-a-hard-bargain