Universities say ‘thank you’ for innovation support

Feb 10, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/universities-say-thank-you-for-innovation-support/

Minister Clement Announces the Appointment of Six New Members to Science, Technology and Innovation Council

Feb 1, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Announces-Appointment-Six-New-Members-Science-Technology-Innovation-1388701.htm

New guidelines released on ethics for research involving humans

Revised document reflects challenges faced by social science and humanities researchers.
Feb 7, 2011
Laura Eggertson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/guideslines-ethics-research-humans.aspx

Science and Technology Committee report: "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy"

Feb 8, 2010
Science and Technology Committee, U.K. House of Commons
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/45/45.pdf

Government Response to the Science and Technology Committee report "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy"

July 2010
U.K. Secretary of State for Health
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm79/7914/7914.pdf

An Action Plan For Prosperity

Oct 2010
Coalition for Action on Innovation in Canada
http://www.actiononinnovation.ca/en/media/ENG_Plan.pdf

Parallel Paths: Canada-U.S. Climate Policy Choices

Jan 25, 2011
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
http://www.climateprosperity.ca/eng/studies/canada-us/report/canada-us-report-eng.pdf

Policy Briefing: Energy

Dec 6, 2010
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/section/pb/download/1291611600

Inflection point: Canadian Life Sciences Industry Forecast 2011

Feb 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers & BIOTECanada
http://www.pwc.com/en_CA/ca/pharma-life-sciences/publications/canadian-life-sciences-industry-forecast-2011-01-21-en.pdf

Ontario Bioscience Industry Generated Recommendations for Sustainability and Growth in 2011 and beyond

Jan 21, 2011
Ontario Bioscience Industry Organization (OBIO)
http://obio.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2010-OBIO-Consultation-Final.pdf

Dubious claims diminish R&D tax credit

Feb 7, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/dubious-claims-diminish-rd-tax-credit/article1896434/

Canada needs more bang from university research

Feb 10, 2011
BARRIE MCKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/canada-needs-more-bang-from-university-research/article1902267/

Differing research views are both right

Feb 12, 2011
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Differing+research+views+both+right/4270984/story.html

Strategic Network Grants Program Funding Announcement

Feb 11, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06287.html

Artificial intelligence scientist gets $1M prize

Science prizes also claimed by McGill, UBC researchers
Feb 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/14/science-herzberg-hinton-artificial-intelligence.html

Trailblazing gene researcher returns to Canada

Feb 14, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/trailblazing-gene-researcher-returns-to-canada/article1905697/

Ontario invests $2.25-million to nurture new bright ideas

Feb 10, 2011
IAN MERRINGER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/ontario-invests-225-million-in-new-innovation-centres/article1901563/

One + one = success

Take a Canadian company with a problem, add the expertise of a graduate student, and the result is a solved business problem and a grad with shop-floor experience. That is the simple math behind the fabulously successful MITACS.
Feb 7, 2011
Michael Smith
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/one-plus-one-success.aspx

The underused academic

Feb 1, 2011
Paul Krzyzanowski
Stem Cell Network blog
http://scnblog.typepad.com/scnblog/2011/02/the-underused-academic-research-funding-canada.html

Canada’s Innovation Gap: At a Positive Tipping Point?

Jan 24, 2011
Glen Hodgson
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/insideedge/2011/january-2011/jan24-innovation-gap.aspx

Gap between biotech research and commercialization explored

Feb 9, 2011
Rob O’Flanagan
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/760517

Innovate or perish

Feb 8, 2011
Dr. Kevin G. Lynch
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/executive/Innovate+perish/4240645/story.html

UBC, Chinese property developer join forces in strategic R&D deal

Modern Green Development contributes $3.5 million to project
Feb 5, 2011
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Chinese+property+developer+join+forces+strategic+deal/4229809/story.html

Policy Options February 2011: From climate change to clean energy

Institute for Research on Public Policy
Feb 2011

The oil sands: Sorting out fact from fiction
Todd Hirsch
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/hirsch.pdf

After Cancún: Time to shift strategy
Velma McColl
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/mccoll.pdf

Sustainable solutions in the oil sands
Bruce Carson
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/carson.pdf

US energy security: A Canadian perspective
Kevin Lynch
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/lynch.pdf

Why Canada needs an energy strategy
David Emerson
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/emerson.pdf

Portrait of an energy powerhouse: Canada
Linda Hasenfratz and Hal Kvisle
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/hasenfratz.pdf

Obama and climate policy reform: A continuing education in American politicking
Colin Robertson
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/robertson.pdf

How to meet the oil sands protest: challenge
Donald Barry
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/barry.pdf

New Metrics for Assessing Scientists: Let’s Accessorize

Feb 7, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/02/07/new-metrics-for-assessing-scientists-lets-accessorize/

Innovation vs. Invention

Feb 4, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/innovation-vs-invention/

What is global higher education – and why does it matter?

Feb 1, 2011
BEN WILDAVSKY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/leading-thinkers/brightest-minds/excerpt-what-is-global-higher-education-and-why-does-it-matter/article1883628/singlepage/#articlecontent

Academic conferences, hate ’em or love ’em

Yes, conference-going is one of the perks of the professoriate. But it is easy to be cynical about how much conferences accomplish.
Feb 7, 2011
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/academic-conferences-hate-em-love-em.aspx

New POSTnotes from the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Jan 2011
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)

Biodiversity Offsetting
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_369-biodiversity-offsetting.pdf

Living with Environmental Limits
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_370-environmental-limits.pdf

Housing and Health
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_371-housing_health_h.pdf

Political winds rock turbines

Feb 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/938863--political-winds-rock-turbines

Prostate cancer genome to be decoded

Feb 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2011/02/15/prostate-cancer-genome.html

Diabetes discovery brings out hospital's entrepreneurial side

Feb 15, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/diabetes-discovery-brings-out-hospitals-entrepreneurial-side/article1907436/

Sanofi-aventis and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Agree to Develop Treatment for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Feb 15, 2011
MaRS Innovation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/15/c2712.html

Windmill foes are full of hot air

Feb 14, 2011
Marcus Gee
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/windmill-foes-are-full-of-hot-air/article1907142/

International Arctic climate study to start

Feb 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/14/arctic-climate-study.html

Energy drinks should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol, report argues

Feb 14, 2011
Lindsey Tanner
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/energy-drinks-should-be-regulated-like-tobacco-and-alcohol-report-argues/article1905922/

NASA revisits Deep Impact comet

Feb 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/14/science-nasa-stardust-comet-tempel1.html

NRTEE provides advice, but feds don't listen, say MPs

The federal government is not interested in listening to its own environmental advisory board, the NRTEE, whose members it appointed, say opposition MPs.
Feb 14, 2011
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/nrtee-02-14-2011

Harper Government Strengthens Food Allergen Labelling Regulations

Feb 14, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Strengthens-Food-Allergen-Labelling-Regulations-1395386.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Cambridge Clean Energy Project

Feb 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Cambridge-Clean-Energy-Project-1395368.htm

Government of Canada Moving Forward on Road to Historic Waste Cleanup in Port Hope

Feb 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Moving-Forward-on-Road-to-Historic-Waste-Cleanup-in-Port-Hope-1395393.htm

Strengthening Canada's Herb and Spice Industry

Feb 14, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Strengthening-Canadas-Herb-and-Spice-Industry-1395640.htm

Implementation of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (2009) for Wood Packaging Material Moving Between Canada and the U.S

Feb 14, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Implementation-International-Standard-Phytosanitary-Measures-No-15-2009-Wood-Packaging-1395622.htm

Salt industry smells blood in transfer of sodium-reduction file

Feb 13, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/salt-industry-smells-blood-in-transfer-of-sodium-reduction-file/article1904574/

Surging corn set to fuel widespread price hikes

Feb 13, 2011
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/surging-corn-set-to-fuel-widespread-price-hikes/article1905386/

Local dry cleaners top target for Environment Canada inspections

Feb 13, 2011
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/938054--local-dry-cleaners-top-target-for-environment-canada-inspections?bn=1

Harper Tories split with friends abroad on crime policy

Feb 13, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/harper-tories-split-with-friends-abroad-on-crime-policy/article1904473/

Rethinking Canadian agriculture

New system could double value of food exports to $75 billion by 2025, think tank says
Feb 12, 2011
DAVE COOPER
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Rethinking+Canadian+agriculture/4270265/story.html

Ont. declares moratorium on off-shore wind farms

Feb 11, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/ont-wind-farms.html

Ontario halts offshore wind energy projects

Feb 11, 2011
Jonathan Sher, Kelly Pedro and Troy Patterson
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/02/11/17242051.html

Chief statistician asked to rethink census for 2016

Feb 11, 2011
STEVEN CHASE AND TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chief-statistician-asked-to-rethink-census-for-2016/article1904832/

Nuclear safety agency defends Great Lakes shipments

Officials dismiss concerns over nuclear steam boilers as 'fearmongering'
Feb 11, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/nuclear-briefing.html

CIDA casts off one of its successes

Feb 11, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/cida-casts-off-one-of-its-successes/article1904441/

Environment minister unfazed by anti-oilsands campaign in his riding

Feb 11, 2011
Linda Nguyen
Postmedia News
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Environment+Minister+unfazed+anti+oilsands+campaign+riding/4268530/story.html

Artificial photosynthesis: The sunbeam solution

How to turn sunlight and water into fuel for cars
Feb 11, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/02/artificial_photosynthesis

ROM tries to solve honeybee death mystery

Feb 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/rom-bees-mystery.html

Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation launches new blog

Inaugural post from Minister Glen Murray
Feb 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/blog/

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The Windsor Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE021111.asp

Ontario Rules Out Offshore Wind Projects

McGuinty Government Committed to Renewable Energy While Protecting the Environment
Feb 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/02/ontario-rules-out-offshore-wind-projects.html

Minister Clement Congratulates First Canadian Recipient of Prestigious NASA Award

Feb 11, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Congratulates-First-Canadian-Recipient-of-Prestigious-NASA-Award-1394608.htm

Are the oil sands ethical?

In the fifth of a five-part series, The Globe asks the five Charles Taylor Prize finalists to debate that question
Feb 10, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/charles-taylor-prize/

Sask. professor named to oilsands panel

Feb 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/10/alberta-oilsands-panel.html

Canada's Economic Action Plan Helps Pulse Industry Market Their Sustainable Practices

Feb 10, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Helps-Pulse-Industry-Market-Their-Sustainable-Practices-1393757.htm

Economic Action Plan Supports Software Development in Alberta

Feb 10, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Software-Development-in-Alberta-1393562.htm

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The Kingston Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE021011.asp

Canada requires agriculture policy to meet challenge

Feb 9, 2011
The StarPhoenix
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Another+voice+Canada+requires+agriculture+policy+meet+challenge/4254061/story.html

Ottawa rejects stronger export regulations for genetically modified crops

Feb 9, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-rejects-stronger-export-regulations-for-genetically-modified-crops/article1901494/

HIV denial is fatal

The most convincing argument that the virus causes AIDS is that anti-retroviral medications are prolonging the lives of millions
Feb 9, 2011
NORBERT GILMORE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/denial+fatal/4247661/story.html

Beer 1 - Health Care 0

Feb 9, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/935302--editorial-beer-1-health-care-0

Enbridge offer to native groups: $1-billion

Feb 9, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/enbridge-offers-bc-first-nations-additional-pipeline-benefits/article1900777/

Wild salmon sea lice linked to B.C. fish farms

Feb 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/09/science-sea-lice-sockeye-salmon.html

Towering beauty?

A new way of transmitting electricity may soon be coming to a field near you
Feb 9, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18107032

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The GTA

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020911.asp

Fort Erie Business Creating Clean Energy Jobs

McGuinty Government Helping Build Ontario's Clean Energy Economy
Feb 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/fort-erie-business-creating-clean-energy-jobs.html

Recycling Electronics Creates 200 Jobs

McGuinty Government Protecting Environment And Strengthening Clean Economy
Feb 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/02/recycling-electronics-creates-200-jobs.html

Bill would add more scrutiny to approval process of new genetically modified seeds

Feb 8, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bill-would-add-more-scrutiny-to-approval-process-of-new-genetically-modified-seeds/article1899895/

How Canadian researchers hope to delay onset of Alzheimer’s

Feb 8, 2011
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/dementia/how-canadian-researchers-hope-to-delay-onset-of-alzheimers/article1899875/

Hudson Bay polar bears threatened by early ice breakup, Alberta study says

Feb 8, 2011
TIM COOK
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hudson-bay-polar-bears-threatened-by-early-ice-breakup-alberta-study-says/article1899900/

Popeye was right: Spinach can make you stronger

Feb 8, 2011
LESLIE BECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/leslie-beck/popeye-was-right-spinach-can-make-you-stronger/article1899432/

Polar bear births fall in warming climate: study

Feb 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/08/science-polar-bear-births-climate.html

Minister Clement Celebrates Fusion of Music and Technology

Takes in jazz masterclass delivered via Government-supported broadband network
Feb 8, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Celebrates-Fusion-of-Music-and-Technology-1392439.htm

Saskatchewan faces the highest prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in the Prairies

Canadian Diabetes Association Releases Saskatchewan Diabetes Cost Model Report
Feb 8, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/08/c8624.html

Health researchers slam Tory mandatory-minimum-sentence proposal for drug crimes

Feb 7, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/health-researchers-slam-tory-mandatory-minimum-sentence-proposal/article1897910/

N.B.'s high-tech sector faces skills shortage

Feb 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/02/07/nb-information-technology-job-shortage-1052.html

Canada needs policy overhaul to keep up with global food markets

Feb 7, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-needs-policy-overhaul-to-keep-up-with-global-food-markets/article1898130/

The final gift

A few people, perhaps a thousand a year, leave their body to medical science at Canadian universities. This is their story.
Feb 7, 2011
Susan Peters
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/the-final-gift.aspx

Arctic not overfished: Nunavut fishing group

UBC scientist says accurate fishing numbers are important
Feb 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/07/baffin-fisheries-arctic.html

Great Lakes water shortages possible: U.S. report

Feb 7, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/07/wdr-great-lakes-water-shortages.html

Canada's Economic Action Plan Supports Research and Development in Ontario

Recognizing some of Cambridge's innovative metalworking expertise
Feb 7, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Research-and-Development-in-Ontario-1391453.htm

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In Sault Ste. Marie

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020711.asp

Environment Canada investigates many, but convicts few

Feb 6, 2011
Andy Blatchford
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/environment-canada-investigates-many-but-convicts-few/article1896450/

What Canada must do to help fight looming food crisis

Feb 5, 2011
John Kennelly and Douglas Hedley
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/What+Canada+must+help+fight+looming+food+crisis/4229790/story.html

Parks Canada brings GPS to great outdoors

Feb 5, 2011
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/05/parks-canada-gps-susan-lunn.html

It will take more than rebranding to make tar sands oil ethical

Feb 4, 2011
DAVID SUZUKI With Faisal Moola
Daily Gleaner
http://www.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1376994

Failure to report on fishery undermines Canada’s claim to Arctic

Feb 4, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/failure-to-report-on-fishery-undermines-canadas-claim-to-arctic/article1895724/

In the race for the bluefin in PEI, profits go over the side

Feb 4, 2011
OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/in-the-race-for-the-bluefin-in-pei-profits-go-over-the-side/article1895695/

Bruce Power gets approval to ship 16 radioactive generators through Great Lakes

Feb 4, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/bruce-power-gets-approval-to-ship-16-radioactive-generators-through-great-lakes/article1895721/

Great Lakes nuclear shipments OK'd

Bruce Power plan to ship nuclear steam boilers to Sweden raised concerns
Feb 4, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/04/great-lakes-nuke-boilers.html

Arctic fishing grossly underreported: report

Feb 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/04/arctic-fish-catches.html

Bug rule could cost Canadian exporters $300M

Feb 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/04/ns-wood-pest-worries.html

Researchers develop ‘camera’ that will show your mind

Feb 4, 2011
MICHAEL POSNER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/researchers-develop-camera-that-will-show-your-mind/article1895605/

Government of Canada Investing in Research and Development Infrastructure in Quebec

Feb 4, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Investing-in-Research-and-Development-Infrastructure-in-Quebec-1390926.htm

Government Partnership Launches Program to Bring Space Exploration Curriculum to Nova Scotia Schools

Feb 4, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Partnership-Launches-Program-Bring-Space-Exploration-Curriculum-Nova-Scotia-1390759.htm

Minister Clement Tours Centre for the Built Environment at Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth

Feb 4, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Tours-Centre-Built-Environment-Nova-Scotia-Community-College-Dartmouth-1390897.htm

Canada, U.S. to discuss restricting chinook harvest to help whales

Feb 3, 2011
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+discuss+restricting+chinook+harvest+help+whales/4215033/story.html

Waste disposal: Turning garbage into gas

Atomising trash eliminates the need to dump it, and generates useful power too
Feb 3, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18061104

Last call for entries for the 2011 Weston Youth Innovation Award

Feb 3, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/03/c7620.html

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In Peel Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020311a.asp

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In York Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020311b.asp

Study gives Harper new clout in push to sell oil to U.S.

Feb 2, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/study-gives-harper-new-clout-in-push-to-sell-oil-to-us/article1892235/

Professor quits oil-sands panel over strict confidentiality requirements

Feb 2, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/professor-quits-oil-sands-panel-over-lack-of-aboriginal-representation/article1891910/

Environmentalists skeptical of Loblaw’s boost for salmon farming

Feb 1, 2011
WENCY LEUNG
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/environmentalists-skeptical-of-loblaws-boost-for-salmon-farming/article1891039/

The American attempt to kill B.C.'s salmon farms

The province's industry is being demonized while Alaskan 'ranched' fish are marketed as 'wild caught'
Feb 1, 2011
Vivian Krause
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/American+attempt+kill+salmon+farms/4201024/story.html

National study finds most Canadians believe natural disasters becoming more frequent and severe

Ontario Science Centre study shows three quarters of Canadians feel that climate change will lead to more serious natural disasters
Feb 1, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/01/c7013.html

Beef up scope of water-monitoring program for Alberta's oilsands: Report

Jan 31, 2011
Hanneke Brooymans
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Beef+scope+water+monitoring+program+Alberta+oilsands+Report/4199171/story.html

Funding for test fisheries to expire

Jan 31, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/funding-for-test-fisheries-to-expire/article1889622/

Transit versus cars

Without compromise, everyone will lose Toronto’s transportation war
Jan 31, 2011
Michael Warren
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/930197--transit-versus-cars

Take time to get it right

Roofs featuring vegetation are a good idea, in general, but may not be the best way to cap Toronto’s industrial buildings
Jan 31, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/930514--take-time-to-get-it-right

More Clean Energy Jobs Coming To Toronto

McGuinty Government Welcomes New Investment, That Will Create Up To 300 New Jobs
Jan 31, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/01/more-clean-energy-jobs-coming-to-toronto.html

Government of Canada Strengthening Traceability in Sheep and Goat Industry

Jan 31, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Strengthening-Traceability-in-Sheep-and-Goat-Industry-1388059.htm

CFIA/North American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank Provides Vaccine to the Republic of Korea

Jan 31, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/CFIA-North-American-Foot-Mouth-Disease-Vaccine-Bank-Provides-Vaccine-Republic-Korea-1387913.htm

Africa’s Hope: Save AIDS drugs bill

Jan 30, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/930128--africa-s-hope-save-aids-drugs-bill

Time to pull plug on nuclear?

Re: Don’t abandon Canada’s stake, Editorial Jan. 25; and Used nuclear company is no bargain, Opinion Jan. 25
Jan 29, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/929417--time-to-pull-plug-on-nuclear

Patchwork regulations likely outcome of reproductive technologies ruling

A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutionality of federal reproductive technologies legislation was caught up in 20-year-old rhetoric and fears about "cloning in the garage," says Timothy Caufield, chair of health law and policy at the University of Alberta in Edmonton
Jan 28, 2011
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/28jan11_patchwork-regulations-likely-outcome-of-reproductive-technologies-ruling.dtl

Peter Kent sees no pressing need for new climate laws

Jan 28, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/peter-kent-sees-no-pressing-need-for-new-climate-laws/article1886462/

If only there were a shot against irrational fears

The vaccination panic is strongest among highly educated liberal elites
Jan 28, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/if-only-there-were-a-shot-against-irrational-fears/article1886974/

Light rail that works

Jan 28, 2011
MARCUS GEE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/light-rail-that-works/article1887237/

The dangers of treating food as a strategic asset

To make the world peaceful, we need to make bread more plentiful. It’s the stuff of life
Jan 28, 2011
DOUG SAUNDERS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-dangers-of-treating-food-as-a-strategic-asset/article1886971/

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In North Bay

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Jan 28, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE012811.asp

Harper Government takes action on Alzheimer's disease

Jan 28, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/28/c6077.html

Wheat and Pulse Farmers Win With Launch of Canada-Morocco Free Trade Negotiations

Jan 28, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Wheat-and-Pulse-Farmers-Win-With-Launch-of-Canada-Morocco-Free-Trade-Negotiations-1387130.htm

Multiple chronic conditions, not age, main driver of health system use by seniors

Study identifies gaps in primary health care for seniors with multiple chronic conditions
Jan 27, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/27/c5783.html

Government of Canada Invests in Forest Industry Transformation at Alberta Newsprint Mill

Jan 27, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Invests-Forest-Industry-Transformation-Alberta-Newsprint-Mill-1386674.htm

Faster Health Diagnoses For Ontarians

McGuinty Government Supports New Pathology Imaging Centre
Jan 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/01/faster-health-diagnoses-for-ontarians.html

Ontario Needs Comprehensive Public Health Strategy

Dr. Arlene King Says That Public Health Is Everyone's Business
Jan 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/01/ontario-needs-comprehensive-public-health-strategy.html

Innovate or be left behind, Obama warns

Jan 26, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/innovate-or-be-left-behind-obama-warns/article1883919/

Canada’s culture of excellence in education

Jan 26, 2011
Andy Hargreaves
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/928064--canada-s-culture-of-excellence-in-education

Arctic security means more than Arctic sovereignty

Northern culture and environment matter as much as our military role
Jan 26, 2011
TONY PENIKETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/arctic-security-means-more-than-arctic-sovereignty/article1882672/

World food prices aren’t too high – they’re too low

How cheap food is destabilizing the global economy
Jan 26, 2011
NICK CULLATHER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/world-food-prices-arent-too-high-theyre-too-low/article1882674/

Does Peter Kent even care about emissions?

The new Environment Minister should read more about climate change and the oil sands
Jan 26, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/does-peter-kent-even-care-about-emissions/article1882673/

Ontario Launches Environmental Assessment For Electrification of Air Rail Link

McGuinty Government Building Better Public Transit
Jan 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2011/01/ontario-launches-environmental-assessment-for-electrification-of-air-rail-link.html

Protecting Drinking Water Sources Across The Province

McGuinty Government Invests In Safeguarding Drinking Water
Jan 26, 2011 9:00 AM
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/01/protecting-drinking-water-sources-across-the-province.html

Markham First City to Join Ontario's Clean Energy Program

McGuinty Government Supporting Energy Efficiency And Solar Projects
Jan 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/01/markham-first-city-to-join-ontarios-clean-energy-program.html

Don’t wait for U.S., set emission rules on industry now, panel says

Jan 25, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/dont-wait-for-us-set-emission-rules-on-industry-now-panel-says/article1881980/

Rating the potential high cost of carbon to investors

Jan 25, 2011
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/rating-the-potential-high-cost-of-carbon-to-investors/article1882675/

Quebec hires Bouchard to head oil and gas lobby group

Jan 25, 2011
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-hires-bouchard-to-head-oil-and-gas-lobby-group/article1882789/

Jeffrey Simpson on emissions, politics

Jan 25, 2011
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/discussions/jeffrey-simpson-on-emissions-politics/article1882714/

Keep up the pressure on maternal health, Canada

Stephen Harper can lead an international effort to ensure girls and young women aren't left out
Jan 25, 2011
Jill Sheffield
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/keep-up-the-pressure-on-maternal-health-canada/article1881298/

Don’t abandon Canada’s stake

Jan 25, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/927397--don-t-abandon-canada-s-stake

NRTEE Recommends Phased-In Climate Harmonization Policy with U.S.

Jan 25, 2011
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/NRTEE-Recommends-Phased-In-Climate-Harmonization-Policy-with-US-1385026.htm

Taking Action to Protect Lake Simcoe And The Local Economy

McGuinty Government Releases First Annual Report on Lake Simcoe
Jan 25, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/01/taking-action-to-protect-lake-simcoe-and-the-local-economy.html

MaRS Innovation/VitalHub: How iPhones Are Helping Health Care

- MaRS Innovation Invests in Mobile Health Technologies Created at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital
- Initial $300,000 Investment to Give VitalHub Inc. Crucial Head Start in "White Hot" Mobile Health IT Sector
Jan 25, 2011
MaRS Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/MaRS-Innovation-VitalHub-How-iPhones-Are-Helping-Health-Care-1385257.htm

Harper Government Designates 2011 as Year of the Entrepreneur

Emphasizes importance of the role of small business in securing Canada's economic recovery
Jan 25, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Designates-2011-as-Year-of-the-Entrepreneur-1385172.htm

Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project Joint Review Panel Announces Public Hearing Details

Jan 25, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/25/c5132.html

The Choking of China - and the World

The world knows that the Chinese economic boom has led to a huge increase in carbon emissions. But the damage has to stop if global environmental catastrophe is to be averted
Jan 24, 2011
Johann Hari
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-choking-of-china--and-the-world-2192372.html

Freedom from pasteurization

Jan 24, 2011
Adrian MacNair
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/01/24/adrian-macnair-freedom-from-pasteurization/

$1M grant to McGill scientist for parasite fight

Jan 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/24/parasite-tropical-disease.html

McGill Awarded $1-Million Grant to Address Debilitating Parasitic Diseases in the Developing World

Grand Challenges Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to support innovative Canadian research into disfiguring and debilitating diseases in the developing world
Jan 24, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/24/c4678.html

Government of Canada Invests in B.C. Solar Energy Project

Jan 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-BC-Solar-Energy-Project-1384665.htm

Solving Canada's Medical Isotope Crisis

Canadian-Led Team Announces Promising Reactor-free Method of Producing Medical Isotopes
Jan 24, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Solving-Canadas-Medical-Isotope-Crisis-1384607.htm

Government of Canada Investing in Isotope Innovation

Jan 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Investing-in-Isotope-Innovation-1384587.htm

Government of Canada Investing in Sustainable Forest Management Research in Quebec's Eastern Townships

Jan 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Investing-Sustainable-Forest-Management-Research-Quebecs-Eastern-Townships-1384559.htm

The Government of Canada and the Canadian Food Processing Industry are Working Together to Grow the Sector

Jan 24, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Canadian-Food-Processing-Industry-are-Working-Together-Grow-Sector-1384603.htm

Celebrate World Veterinary Year

Jan 24, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Celebrate-World-Veterinary-Year-1384480.htm

Joint panel announces public hearing schedule for proposed Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Generation Project

Jan 24, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/24/c4758.html

The time has come for Canada to adopt a practical plan to improve regulatory coordination

Jan 24, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/24/c4677.html

Quebec rethinking policy on shale gas

Jan 21, 2011
BERTRAND MAROTTE, RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/quebec-rethinking-policy-on-shale-gas/article1879374/

Light rail would produce ‘more winners’ than subway: environmentalists

Jan 5, 2011
Natalie Alcoba
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/05/light-rail-would-produce-more-winners-than-subway-environmentalists/

Subways would cost more and serve fewer, think tank says

Jan 5, 2011
Tess Kalinowski
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/916372--subways-would-cost-more-and-serve-fewer-group-says

Ford's subways pricier, reach fewer than LRT: report

Jan 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2011/01/05/subway-light-rail-report241.html

Integrative medicine and the point of credulity

Dec 8, 2010
John C McLachlan
British Medical Journal
http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6979.full?sid=399ff70a-c25d-45f9-a875-67d8f83b4ddf