Malaria vaccine trials put researchers to the test

Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet
Jun 16, 2009
Zoe Alsop
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/malaria-vaccine-trials-put-researchers-to-the-test/article1184851/

People with autism ace intelligence test

Study finds autistic subjects finish reasoning exam 40 per cent faster than volunteers without the disorder
Jun 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/people-with-autism-ace-intelligence-test/article1184701/

Canadian, U.S. scientists win $1M Shaw prize for obesity work

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/shaw-prize-coleman534.html

$4.4M boost for U of C's asphalt research

Husky renews its support of school
June 16, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/boost+asphalt+research/1699411/story.html

U of S adds research chair

Pharmaceutical companies contribute to new position
June 16, 2009
Jeanette Stewart
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/adds+research+chair/1700433/story.html

Junk Science Week: Decision-based evidence making

Decision-based evidence making isn’t a joke. It’s part of the plan, the policy, the way things are done
June 16, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-decision-based-evidence-making.aspx

Junk Science Week: 300,000 non-deaths

New climate projections are based on a lot of things, just not on scientific data
June 16, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-peter-foster-300-000-non-deaths.aspx

Junk Science Week: MIT’s unscientific, catastrophic climate forecast

The MIT modellers violated 49 principles of forecasting
June 16, 2009
Kesten C. Green and J. Scott Armstrong
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-mit-s-unscientific-catastrophic-climate-forecast.aspx

Junk Science Week: The models behind the financial crisis

In the buildup to the financial crisis, the science of risk management was turned into junk science that was overlooked by all players, including regulators
June 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/terence-corcoran-the-models-behind-the-financial-crisis.aspx

Goodyear says two-thirds Knowledge Infrastructure funds distributed

June 15, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/goodyear-says-two-thirds-knowledge-infrastructure-funds-distributed.aspx

A celebration of science, with guest star Stephen Hawking

Also, how one protein could produce the Schwarzenegger effect
Jun 12, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/a-celebration-of-science-with-guest-star-stephen-hawking/article1180871/

Ontario bails out Ottawa stem cell scientists leading international project

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/tech-ottawa-stem-cell-regulome-genome-project-ontario-funding-rudnicki.html

Youth and tobacco

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650710

Tory baby steps on carbon gases

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650713

Made-in-Canada caps and offsets

Canada is finally on its way toward doing its part to deal with carbon emissions.
Jun 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/made-in-canada-caps-and-offsets/article1180976/

Anger builds over carbon trading

Farmers have 'serious issues' with scheme
June 13, 2009
Kelly Cryderman; With Files From Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Anger+builds+over+carbon+trading/1692423/story.html

Cap-and-trade plan a forced union

June 12, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/trade+plan+forced+union/1688970/story.html

U of T switches to controversial flat-fee tuition

June 15, 2009
Anne Kershaw
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/u-of-t-switches-to-controversial-flat-fee-tuition.aspx

Plastic bag's legal turf may be thin

Will Power Hold? City intervening in commercial transaction
June 15, 2009
Shannon Kari
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1696140

Education report calls for all-day kindergarten, sweeping reforms

Proposal blends early learning system into seamless program
Jun 15, 2009
JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education-report-calls-for-all-day-kindergarten-sweeping-reforms/article1181958/

Flu hits all provinces with Nfld. case

Health officials in Quebec announced two new deaths from H1N1 in the province over the weekend, bringing the Canadian death toll to six
Jun 15, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/flu-hits-all-provinces-as-nfld-reports-its-first-case/article1181943/

Isotope crisis to dominate conference

Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting usually discusses research breakthroughs, but this year it will focus on how to solve the crisis following Chalk River shutdown
Jun 15, 2009
Anna Mehler-Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/isotope-crisis-to-dominate-conference/article1182199/

Too many ifs cloud nuclear future

Jun 15, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650185

The Wind Debate: Green and cost competitive

June 12, 2009
Amory Lovins
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-green-and-cost-competitive.aspx

The Wind Debate: An expensive job killer

June 12, 2009
Michael J. Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-an-expensive-job-killer.aspx

Clinton, Cannon pledge to renew Great Lakes water pact

June 14, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Clinton+Cannon+pledge+renew+Great+Lakes+water+pact/1694890/story.html

Premiers, governors, promote Canada-U.S. energy corridor

June 14, 2009
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Premiers+governors+promote+Canada+energy+corridor/1695862/story.html

B.C. grizzly hunt being shot down by critics

June 14, 2009
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/grizzly+hunt+being+shot+down+critics/1694864/story.html

Global economy to get 'shock of its life' when oil hits triple digits

Energy expert and former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin says he's doesn't give a hoot if politicians read his book. When oil prices soar, 'the folk' will force the political players to do the right thing.
June 15, 2009
Kate Malloy
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/15/qa_rubin/&c=2

Little progress seen as climate talks head for wrap

June 12, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Little+progress+seen+climate+talks+head+wrap/1689716/story.html

Data centre gets serious about using less energy

Jun 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/650726

Two generations of Canadian astronauts meet in space

Payette to join Thirsk at space station and she will be operating the Canadarm as it strains to reach the farthest end of the orbital complex.
Jun 13, 2009
Tu Thanh Ha
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-generations-of-canadian-astronauts-meet-in-space/article1178365/

Shuttle carrying Canada's Payette may launch Wednesday

June 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/14/nasa-endeavour.html

New campaign promotes healthy treats to encourage kids

June 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/campaign+promotes+healthy+treats+encourage+kids/1695350/story.html

Bill to curb tobacco use heads to Obama

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/tobacco-fda-cigarettes-youth.html

Drug-resistant infections: Fighting superbugs

The way a superbug tries to survive might provide a treatment
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815133

Solar-powered manned flight: Flying for ever

A new solar-powered aircraft attempts to fly around the world with zero emissions
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815125

Physics is beauty

Sometimes I wonder whether my research is useful to anyone. But I do know that I'm in awe
Jun 11, 2009
Lindsay LeBlanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/physics-is-beauty/article1177308/

Minister's resignation demanded after reviewing funding for Israel-Palestine conference

June 11, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Minister+resignation+demanded+after+reviewing+funding+Israel+Palestine+conference/1686615/story.html

Oversold age of innovation has yet to deliver

June 11, 2009
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Business/innovation+deliver/1685687/story.html

Ontario funding keeps Canada in stem-cell project

Province kicks in $3.8-million over four years on international effort to map how genes work as embryonic stem cells develop
Jun 12, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-funding-keeps-canada-in-stem-cell-project/article1179054/

Province sends $18.5M for Ottawa medical research

June 11, 2009
Pauline Tam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Province+sends+Ottawa+stem+cell+research/1686324/story.html

WHO declares swine flu pandemic, no change in Canada's approach

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/11/swine-flu-virus-who-pandemic.html

Blowing up a storm

Lawmakers are finally acknowledging concerns about the esthetic and health impacts of wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped plans for massive investment in the new source of energy
Jun 10, 2009
Dakshana Bascaramurty, Dawn Walton and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/blowing-up-a-storm/article1177125/

Tough drinking-water standard proposed

Ontario panel recommends world's strictest limits for the amount of cancer-causing tritium considered safe
Jun 11, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tough-drinking-water-standard-proposed/article1175482/

Energy industry unsure of impact of cap & trade

June 11, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760741-sun.html

Carbon offsets disaster in making

Federal regulation doesn't inspire confidence
June 11, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Braid+Carbon+offsets+disaster+making/1684734/story.html

Alberta satisfied with Ottawa's carbon market strategy

June 11, 2009
Kelly Cryderman And Renata D'aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Alberta+satisfied+with+Ottawa+carbon+market+strategy/1684723/story.html

Ottawa cooking up greenhouse gas stew that could sicken heavy emitter Alberta

June 11, 2009
RICK BELL
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760746-sun.html

What is Macleans' thinking!?

Jun 10, 2009
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2009/06/10/what-is-macleans-thinking.aspx

You can’t buy that here

Why Canadians have to wait for the coolest new gadgets
June 9, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/you-can%E2%80%99t-buy-that-here/

Swine flu vaccine could be ready by fall

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/swine-flu-vaccine-morocco012.html

Ottawa raises prospect of closing clinics at epicentre of Mba flu outbreak

Jun 11, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5htAgQ3MOn5RVhBYvt_aQ78LJbvYQ

Environmentalists say purchase of Chemainus estuary a victory

Ducks Unlimited buys land from Catalyst for $3M
June 11, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Environmentalists+purchase+Chemainus+estuary+victory/1685199/story.html

Arctic researchers leave 'tremendous' footprint

Jun 12, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-researchers-leave-tremendous-footprint/article1179036/

Caribou herds worldwide experiencing serious decline: Study

June 11, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Caribou+herds+worldwide+experiencing+serious+decline+Study/1686758/story.html

UN sketches countries with climate risk profile

June 11, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/sketches+countries+with+climate+risk+profile/1685917/story.html

Feds may reduce toy safety standards

But move will only take place if 'justified': Records
June 11, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+reduce+safety+standards/1685210/story.html

Many kids aren't fully protected

Low child vaccination rate worries officials
June 11, 2009
Danielle Bell
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Many+kids+aren+fully+protected/1685160/story.html

McMaster starts producing medical isotopes

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/mcmaster-isotopes.html

Unclear when Chalk River will produce isotopes again: officials

June 11, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/chalk-river-isotope-0611.html

MDs, industry want to revisit mothballed Maple reactors

Ottawa urged not to abandon medical isotope business it pioneered a half-century ago
Jun 12, 2009
Gloria Galloway and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mds-industry-want-to-revisit-mothballed-maple-reactors/article1179058/

Canada getting out of medical isotope production: PM

June 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/isotope-harper.html

Ontario and Ottawa at odds over reactor

Secret briefing notes suggest the federal government believes AECL has been picked to build Ontario's new reactor, but that the province considers the price too high
Jun 11, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-and-ottawa-at-odds-over-reactor/article1176875/

Medical isotopes on Saskatchewan's radar: premier

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/11/medical-isotopes-saskatchewan.html

Medical isotopes: What are the alternatives?

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/f-isotope-shortage-options-cyclotron.html

Asbestos: The magic mineral that was once Canada's gold

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/10/f-asbestos-safety.html

Ottawa station 1st in world to sell biofuel from wheat straw

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/biofuel-shell-wheat-straw.html

Researchers want to share data to improve chronic care

Institute says a lot of health care depends on strategies that used to work
June 12, 2009
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/697238

Goodyear questions Mideast forum funds

Science Minister draws ire of academics for intervening on controversial conference
Jun 10, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/goodyear-questions-mideast-forum-funds/article1175909/

Canada’s Science Minister Is Accused of Interfering With Academic Conference

June 10, 2009
Karen Birchard
The Chronnicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6618/canadas-science-minister-is-accused-of-interfering-with-academic-conference

Environment minister unveils key part of Canadian carbon market

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/tech-carbon-cap-and-trade-canada-prentice-draft.html

Feds unveil plans for carbon market

Jun 10, 2009
Steve Rennie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648691

Ontario proposes tough new wind turbine rules

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/ontario-wind-turbines.html

Federal food scientists look into adding probiotics to many foods, beverages

Jun 9, 2009
Judy Creighton
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwo67tItYxLbZ69GszB4TZ07Y0Jg

Emotional Raitt apologizes for 'sexy' isotopes comment

Canadians 'cannot count' on Raitt's reassurances over medical isotopes supply: Ignatieff
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/raitt-statement-isotopes061009.html

Taxpayers still on hook despite AECL privatization: report

Government can't avoid having a continuing role even if nuclear Crown corporation is sold off, C.D. Howe Institute says
Jun 10, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/taxpayers-still-on-hook-despite-aecl-privatization-report/article1174933/

Putting food on the table produces greenhouse gases: StatsCan

June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/06/09/food-production.html

Alberta Tories take Ottawa to task

MLAs take aim at their federal counterparts
Jun 10, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-tories-take-aim-at-brethren/article1174091/

Canada better than U.S. and Mexico at reporting industrial pollutants: study

June 10, 2009
Tobi Cohen
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwPwNbKXiA5gVq30_NEzFGB8h6Kg

School board mulls aspartame-only drinks

Jun 10, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/648335

In bid to stem global warming, future of foreign aid is green

Jun 10, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648348

Will falling wind speed curb turbine plans?

Jun 10, 2009
Seth Borenstein
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/648631

Manitoba First Nations, health system straining under flu outbreak

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/09/mb-swine-flu-first-nations.html

WHO head calls experts over swine flu spike

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/swine-flu-who.html

Canada to step up flu vaccine research

Jun 10, 2009
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE5544NQ20090610

World 'very close' to pandemic: WHO

June 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/World+very+close+pandemic/1681262/story.html

Calgary college opens crime research lab

June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/06/09/calgary-research-lab-mount-royal-college-.html

NASA considering joint exploration to Mars with Europe

Budget woes pushing space agency toward significant shift
Jun 9, 2009
Alicia Chang
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-considering-joint-exploration-to-mars-with-europe/article1175481/

Nuclear fusion power project to start in slimmed-down version

June 9, 2009
Laurence Chabert
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nuclear+fusion+power+project+start+slimmed+down+version/1678135/story.html

World faces daunting refugee crisis because of climate change

‘Large swaths of land that people live on and rely on for their livelihoods are going to become partially or entirely uninhabitable'
Jun 10, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/world-faces-daunting-refugee-crisis-because-of-climate-change/article1175616/

Reefs collapse across Caribbean, study says

Researchers cite climate change in rapid and devastating decline
Jun 10, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/reefs-collapse-across-caribbean-study-says/article1175531/

U.S. Army's war on trees has environmentalist worried

Fearful of roots undermining flood barriers, engineering corps launches nationwide effort to clear away trees; critics say the roots are stabilizing levees, not weakening them
Jun 9, 2009
Cain Burdeau
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/us-armys-war-on-trees-has-environmentalist-worried/article1175552/

Japan emissions targets fail to impress

Prime Minister, with an election due within months, had to balance fighting climate change with the needs of industry and voters amid the nation's worst recession since World War II
Jun 10, 2009
Risa Maeda and Chisa Fujioka
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/japan-emissions-targets-fail-to-impress/article1176128/

Brace yourselves for apocalypse now

Whether it's something in the air (such as greenhouse gases) or something in the economy (such as oil and food prices), the only field where there currently seems to be a boom is in gloom. But it's not just ranters wearing bathrobes on street corners: Some of the most respected thinkers about science and society are issuing alarming prognostications about humanity coming to an end, with a bang or with a whimper.
Jun 9, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/brace-yourselves-for-apocalypse-now/article1172056/

Canada in the driver's seat

June 10, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Canada+driver+seat/1679833/story.html

Gerry Ritz happy to support Canada's agriculture sector

June 8, 2009
BRUCE JOHNSTONE
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Business/Gerry+Ritz+happy+support+Canada+agriculture+sector/1673055/story.html

Lack of infectious disease specialist poses patient crisis: advocates

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/infectious-diseases-shortage-610.html

'Hybrid' skills touted at digital forum

June 10, 2009
Chuck Howitt
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/550956

Ottawa ponies up to teach scientists management skills

June 7, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+ponies+teach+scientists+management+skills/1672692/story.html