Expert raises spectre of next oil shock

Supply crunch feared on lack of investment
Apr 7, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Expert+raises+spectre+next+shock/1472050/story.html

Tuition attrition? Reposition

Apr 7, 2009
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090407.COWENTE07/TPStory/National

U of T faculty approves flat tuition fee

Apr 7, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/614803

Arctic losing thick sea ice, U.S. data show

Apr 7, 2009
OLIVER MOORE AND PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090407.ICE07ART2242/TPStory/Environment

If only they'd heeded the 'mad scientist'

Seismologist was rebuked as alarmist for warning of quake
Apr 7, 2009
Gavin Jones
REUTERS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/614827

Kudos for much success adding value to seaweed

Acadian Seaplants gets national award from research council
Apr 7, 2009
JOHN McPHEE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1115397.html

Ottawa pouring stimulus funds into small enterprise

Apr 7, 2009
JON TATTRIE
METRO HALIFAX
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/209127

'Stunt' pokes fun at carbon capture

Apr 7, 2009
Trish Audette
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Stunt+pokes+carbon+capture/1472429/story.html

More botched cancer tests anger experts, patients

Apr 7, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090407/cancer_tests_090407/20090407?hub=TopStories

Challenging times breed innovation

Apr 7, 2009
SHAWN BERRY
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/627759

Ruling would 'bankrupt this province'

$1.7 million awarded in tainted water case may spur more lawsuits, appellate court told
Apr 7, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/614790

Canada still has no consensus on Alberta's tar sands GHGs

It's critical the government find an accurate way to measure GHG emissions from Alberta's tar sands, say experts.
Apr 6, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/april/6/tar_sands/&c=2

Ignatieff suggests North Pole should be protected as global 'public park'

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gs3nj9WCNFn8rDenn0tU9wCLPigw

Polar summit to debate Arctic riches, environment

Apr 6, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifcqNDceefGYp4ZGe4jW4ObDPXfg

Universities pick their priorities for infrastructure renewal

Deadline for bids was March 31, but the federal government still must decide when, where and how the money will flow
Apr 6, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-pick-their-priorities-for-infrastructure-renewal.aspx

Canadian universities scramble to find jobs for co-op students

Apr 6, 2009
Julia Kilpatrick
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-universities-scramble-to-find-jobs-for-co-op-students.aspx

We need to sell ourselves, say social scientists

Apr 6, 2009
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-need-to-sell-ourselves-say-social-scientists.aspx

How you are changing science journalism

Apr 6, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/f-strauss-science-journalism.html

It’s time for a new ‘normal’ in academe

Apr 2, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/its-time-for-a-new-normal-in-academe/

Hiring freezes raise issues for PhDs in the job market

Mar 26, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/hiring-freezes-raise-issues-for-phds-in-the-job-market/

Ottawa announces $7.9 million for research at four Atlantic universities

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9011270.html

Tim Jackson: Entrepreneurship and the upside to a downturn

An existing shortage of tech R&D spending will fuel future opportunities for today's small startups. What's needed is risk takers
Apr 6, 2009
GORDON PITTS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090406.watthetop06/BNStory/robAtWork/home

Canada a model for U.S.: Expert

Urban pro says country has a chance to step into limelight
Apr 6, 2009
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Canada+model+Expert/1469064/story.html

Centuries-old Antarctic ice bridge breaks up

Apr 6, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/614366

Turn out lights, make difference

Apr 5, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1511188

B.C.'s carbon-offset plan doesn't sit well with environmentalists

Apr 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/05/bc-carbon-offsets.html

Spurned science museum tries yet again for new home

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gARoPEszVpHu6ntnBCHW4svQjXEQ

IND Dairy Tech's cow breeding technology expands Canadian-style farms in China

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hQGaXAlOaNVdhUClMFkzpnBEZKLg

Where have the bees gone?

Colony Collapse Disorder a worldwide phenomenon
Apr 5, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/05/9008901-sun.html

Justice gone to pot

Apr 5, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Justice+gone/1466127/story.html

Calgary latest Canadian community to look at safety of fluoride in water

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwZkLXsjoJHX52d0fsch4JgYal5w

Secrecy slowing drug research

Leading scientist urges transparency to deliver drugs to patients sooner
Apr 4, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/613662

Toronto encourages food business to grow

Incubator lets innovators share space and tap into expertise
Apr 3, 2009
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Toronto+encourages+food+business+grow/1461207/story.html

Nexen, Opti Canada may be targeted in oil sands deals

Apr 3, 2009
Joe Carroll
Bloomberg
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Nexen+Opti+Canada+targeted+sands+deals/1461208/story.html

James Lunney vs Evolution

Apr 2, 2009
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/02/james-lunney-v-science/

Darwin would think again, Lunney tells House of Commons

MP says theorist might draw different conclusions if he had today's information
Apr 4, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
The Daily News
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=a151fc02-31fa-460a-b14f-1ab9ab54b6e5

Genome Canada pulling out of stem-cell project

Groups disagree on whether move is related to federal budget; Genome CEO said other issues forced decision
Apr 4, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090404.GENOME04/TPStory/National

A whole new meaning to cutting classes

Cash-strapped universities looking at cancelling small classes, programs, charging flat tuition
Apr 4, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090404.wcourses04/BNStory/National/home

Fluoride up to voters: mayor

Five aldermen want to cancel water additive
Apr 4, 2009
James Jeffrey and Richard Cuthbertson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Fluoride+voters+mayor/1464195/story.html

Climate clock is ticking

Apr 3, 2009
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Climate+clock+ticking/1462485/story.html

Oilsands move tarnishes image

Apr 3, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Oilsands+move+tarnishes+image/1459923/story.html

Alberta hires consultants to lobby Washington

Apr 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/04/03/cgy-lobby-alberta-washington.html

Will Dow challenge Quebec pesticide law?

Apr 3, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090403.wnafta0403/BNStory/National/home

New centre aims to unite cancer researchers

Specialist stresses need to keep scientists in Nova Scotia
Apr 3, 2009
JOHN McPHEE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1114791.html

Greenhouse gas targets bill passes 2nd reading

Apr 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/02/tech-090302-climate-change-accountability-act.html

Study on cholesterol drugs raises ethical questions

Que. MDs offered $100 per prescription
Apr 2, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Study+cholesterol+drugs+raises+ethical+questions/1457939/story.html

Canada offside with world on cell tower issue

Apr 2, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+offside+with+world+cell+tower+issue/1457497/story.html

Don't call off the watchdogs - give them teeth

Apr 2, 2009
HEATHER MCLEOD-KILMURRAY AND NATHALIE CHALIFOUR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090402.COASSESS02/TPStory/Environment

Dead-duck backlash hurts Alberta again

Apr 2, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Dead+duck+backlash+hurts+Alberta+again/1455387/story.html

Suncor fined $850,000 for environmental violations

Apr 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/02/edm-suncor-fined.html

Alta. premier denies coverup of duck death total

Apr 1, 2009
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Alta+premier+denies+coverup+duck+death+total/1453617/story.html

Canada duping the world by exporting asbestos: NDP MP

'I resent the asbestos industry profoundly'
Apr 1, 2009
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+duping+world+exporting+asbestos/1453475/story.html

Natural causes also responsible for global warming: Scientists

Apr 1, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Natural+causes+also+responsible+global+warming+Scientists/1453524/story.html

Building an online academic community

University Junction pools together student materials
Apr 1, 2009
Adam Crozier
The Western Gazette
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=FrontPage&articleID=1370&month=04&day=01&year=2009

New program makes it easier to recycle electronic waste in Ont.

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/31/electronics-recycling.html

Dozens of radioactive devices lost in Canada, but most later found: report

Mar 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/tech-090330-radioactive-devices.html

Canada to set mandatory vehicle fuel standards

Apr 1, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Cars/Canada+mandatory+vehicle+fuel+standards/1452338/story.html

Greenhouse gases stay buried for millions of years, say scientists

Apr 1, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iGRD2Cwl1Y8omA84jmm4kp1DiqDg

Men open up like never before as recession takes its toll

Demand rises for mental-health support among those hit hardest by layoffs
Apr 1, 2009
ERIN ANDERSSEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090401.MEN01/TPStory/National

Medical skeptic wins top award

Apr 1, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/611545

Gairdner award honours noted stem-cell scientist

Shinya Yamanaka among international researchers who will receive 'baby Nobels' in Canada this year
Mar 31, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.wgairdner31/BNStory/Science/home

Strahl announces funding to rebuild, refurbish Arctic research centres

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i3e3qbAHdqcNbO-NfOJZZUAh2rJg

Inspection gaps raise water-quality questions

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gPmOSYZWtzsI6C7-zZePj1aDhw8Q

P.E.I. retailer upset by pulling of electronic cigarettes

Health Canada says more study of devices that emit nicotine vapour is needed
Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/03/31/pe-electronic-cigarettes.html

Fighting childhood obesity: Is phys-ed enough?

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/31/f-physed-obesity.html

'Lost generation' of technology threatens Canada: official

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h3S5_rYPeddYutoD9Ptdx6u3wtdw

Alberta to check oilsands ponds for duck deterrents

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/03/31/edm-bird-deterrents.html

Duck death toll at tailings pond triples from 500 to 1,606: Syncrude

Mar 31, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Duck+death+toll+tailings+pond+triples+from+Syncrude/1448550/story.html

Prisons make overall progress, drinking water unsafe

Mar 31, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Prisons+make+overall+progress+drinking+water+unsafe/1448419/story.html

Winners of 'Baby Nobels' announced

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/31/gairdner-awards-2009.html

Gairdner Foundation announces 7 new Canada Gairdner Award recipients for 2009

Mar 31, 2009
Gairdner Foundation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/31/c5181.html

Stem cell science's new breakthrough

Mar 31, 2009
Sheila Whyte
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/30/f-science-stem-cell.html

Health care costs need analysis, experts say

Mar 31, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1445856

Pricey ads signed by scientists slam Obama's climate change talk

Mar 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/tech-090330-cato-climate-change.html

Infant’s meningitis death prompts outcry over First Nations health care

Mar 30, 2009
Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Infant+meningitis+death+prompts+outcry+over+First+Nations+health+care/1445747/story.html

New Brunswick moves to ban smoking in cars with kids

Mar 30, 2009
Jessica Hinds
Canwest News Service
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/03/30/new-brunswick-moves-to-ban-smoking-in-cars-with-kids.aspx

Native children face higher death rate: Study

Mar 30, 2009
Vanessa Burka
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Native+children+face+higher+death+rate+Study/1445370/story.html

Gary Goodyear's religious beliefs not the problem for researchers

The emphasis on commercializing research is much more dangerous
March 28, 2009
Peter Mcknight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/News/Gary+Goodyear+religious+beliefs+problem+researchers/1438734/story.html

Medical journals and ethics: Pity the messenger

A leading journal unveils a controversial policy on financial disclosures
Mar 26, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13361480

Scientists say Obama gets it, and Canada doesn't

More scientists may follow funding dollars to the United States.
Mar 30, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/30/obama_gets_it/&c=1

NAFTA threat won't stop Que. ban on lawn pesticides

Mar 29, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/NAFTA+threat+stop+lawn+pesticides/1441906/story.html

Will NAFTA exterminate Canadian pesticide bans?

Mar 29, 2009
Parminder Parmar
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090327/nafta_pesticide_090329/20090329?hub=Canada

Ontario campuses ready for building boom

But budget offers little information about how to keep the schools operating
Mar 26, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wontbudget-universities27/BNStory/National/home

Don't bet farm on a greener champion

Petro-Canada buyout may spur oil-sands projects, but merged firm cautious about renewable energy
Mar 30, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/610261

Calgary takes different tack on Earth Hour energy use

Mar 30, 2009
Deborah Tetley
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Calgary+takes+different+tack+Earth+Hour+energy/1442218/story.html

Earth Hour power drop sometimes small but event sends green message: organizers

Mar 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAOyplVDzGFxgjCQAwWNoQj87bvg

Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success

Mar 29, 2009
VANESSA GERA
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTPC5ic6tJh9PiHscwgOANkJ17-wD977R3400

Earth Hour sees B.C. power consumption drop 1.1%

Mar 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/29/bc-earth-hour.html

Earth Hour is a joke

Mar 27, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1432647

Earth Hour II is a smash

Toronto 'gets it,' lowers power usage over last year as lights dim across the GTA and as far away as Beijing
Mar 29, 2009
Daniel Dale
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/610163

Who goes to university? A clue: Have a dictionary?

Mar 28, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.COSIMP28/TPStory/National

A Eureka! in progress

Mar 28, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Humane+Genome+Project+over+rated/1438102/story.html

Critics hose federal water funding plan

Mar 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/03/28/8915896-sun.html

Sixty minutes of darkness could blaze path of future conservation

Mar 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.EARTH28ART2115/TPStory/Environment

Ottawa plans limits on flame retardant

Mar 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.PBDE28ART2115/TPStory/Environment

Canada among world's largest consumers

Calgary's footprint highest in nation
Mar 28, 2009
Marian Scott
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Canada+among+world+largest+consumers/1438843/story.html

Feds require business focus for social science grants

Mar 27, 2009
Scott Daly
The Martlet
http://www.martlet.ca/article/18855-feds-require-business-focus-for

Health Canada puts foot down on electronic cigarettes

Mar 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/27/electronic-smoking.html

Film sheds light on shadowy world of germ warfare

Bob Coen talks about Anthrax War, his new documentary on biological weapons
Mar 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/f-tech-090327-anthrax-war.html

Darwin's two-for-one deal

Evolution is a fact. And it's a theory. It's that 'and' that contributed to the origins of science minister Gary Goodyear's troubles
Mar 26, 2009
T. RYAN GREGORY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wcoevolve26/BNStory/specialComment/home