‘Doomsday’ seed bank growing strongly

Arctic vault now contains the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, operators say
Mar 10, 2010
Ian MacDougall
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doomsday-seed-bank-growing-strongly/article1496577/

Canada's warmest winter ever 'beyond shocking'

Season was balmiest, driest on record
Mar 10, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+warmest+winter+ever+beyond+shocking/2666979/story.html

Tailings pond breaks law: federal officer

Syncrude not charged until 2008 duck deaths
Mar 10, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tailings+pond+breaks+federal+officer/2663851/story.html

Superbug MRSA on rise in Canada

Mar 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/10/mrsa-superbug-hospitals-canada.html

Climate panel to receive external review

Mar 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/10/tech-climate-ipcc-review.html

Seal pups beached in ice-free Gulf

Pups seen on Quebec shores, as far north as Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula
Mar 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/10/mont-seal-pups-ice-gulf-lawrence.html

Quantum computing may lead to a quantum Canadian leap

Governments are twigging to the face that owning the 21st century will mean innovating their way to the top
Mar 10, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/quantum-computing-may-lead-to-a-quantum-canadian-leap/article1496565/

Pipeline recommendations could face streamlining before April hearing

Mar 10, 2010
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Pipeline+recommendations+could+face+streamlining+before+April+hearing/2667746/story.html

Changing the Climate of Uncertainty

It’s difficult to have confidence in the federal government on climate change when they’ve been so unclear
Mar 10, 2010
Tyson Dyck
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1108-changing-the-climate-of-uncertainty

New research could give Canada advantage in Arctic

Mar 10, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/research+could+give+Canada+advantage+Arctic/2663985/story.html

Obesity: 'Soda tax' detractors complain of tax on the poor

Mar 10, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Obesity+Soda+detractors+complain+poor/2668052/story.html

New Canadian research shows vaccinating children for flu also protects adults

Mar 10, 2010
Shereen Dindar
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/posted/archive/2010/03/10/new-canadian-research-shows-vaccinating-children-for-flu-also-protects-adults.aspx

Aboriginal Canadians more than 30 times more likely to have tuberculosis: Report

Mar 10, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aboriginal+Canadians+more+than+times+more+likely+have+tuberculosis+Report/2668166/story.html

Aboriginals in Canada face ‘Third World'-level risk of tuberculosis

Risk of infection among natives is 31 times greater than non-natives; for Inuit, risk is 186 times greater
Mar 10, 2010
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/aboriginals-in-canada-face-third-world-level-risk-of-tuberculosis/article1496790/

Green energy bubbles

Despite bubbles, governments keep pumping air into alternative energy
Mar 10, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/10/terence-corcoran-green-energy-bubbles.aspx

New Canadian science-writing prize unveiled

Annual $10,000 award will honour books in adult and children’s categories
Mar 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/new-canadian-science-writing-prize-unveiled/article1494774/

Budget time offers a glimpse into the future - but how far?

Mar 9, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i1Z7t7AZ1b5MOesEmp4vZmTw1LSQ

Teens tackle science of climate change

Symposium brings together youth from four countries
Mar 9, 2010
KEVIN CONNOR
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/03/09/13170926.html

Fighting the blue-green algae plague is blooming complicated

The principal man-made contributor to Lake Winnipeg's problems comes from agriculture
Mar 9, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/fighting-the-blue-green-algae-plague-is-blooming-complicated/article1495356/

Canada to map central Arctic seabed

Researchers will deploy robotic vehicles beneath the ice
Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/09/cda-arctic-mapping-borden.html

Move school-age kids up in the flu shot queue, study suggests

Researchers found that vaccinating younger children prevents the transmission of the virus and confers protection to those not already immunized
Mar 9, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/move-school-age-kids-up-in-the-flu-shot-queue-study-suggests/article1495526/

Disease, weather kill Vancouver Island bees

Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/09/bc-vancouver-island-bees-die.html

B.C. apiarists stung by bee deaths

Parasite and weather blamed for '90-per-cent losses' in Vancouver Island hives
Mar 4, 2010
BRENNAN CLARKE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bc-apiarists-stung-by-bee-deaths/article1488995/

Syncrude duck pictures not seen by Stelmach

Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/03/09/edmonton-syncrude-premier-has-not-seen-duck-images.html

Budget 2010: Post Docs, be careful what you wish for...

Mar 10, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/10/budget-2010-post-docs-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/

Budget 2010 and Canadian S&T

Mar 8, 2010
Tom Brzustowski
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-and-canadian-st

Budget 2010: Starting to Get the Message

Mar 8, 2010
Robert Mann
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-starting-get-message

Amid austerity, a boost for higher education and advanced research

Mar 8, 2010
13 Canadian university heads, Canadian universities
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Amid+austerity+boost+higher+education+advanced+research/2655298/story.html

Budget 2010 – A Qualified Success

March 5, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/budget-2010-a-qualified-success/

Federal budget highlights

Mar 5, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/federal-budget-highlights/

Federal Budget misses opportunity to make significant positive impact in post-graduate research

Harper Government fails to keep “top-minds” in Canada
Mar 8, 2010
Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars
http://sites.google.com/site/canadapostdoc/Home/CAPS_Press_Relsease_Mar.pdf?attredirects=0

Innovation gets a cash infusion

Mar 5, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY AND ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/innovation-gets-a-cash-infusion/article1490582/

U of A president pleased with $1.9 billion commitment to research

Mar 5, 2010
Florence Loyie
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/president+pleased+with+billion+commitment+research/2644568/story.html

Researchers disappointed by funding for innovation

Just keeps the lights on
Mar 5, 2010
Kenyon Wallace
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/Story.html?id=2644250

Federal budget light on initiatives for health, research

Mar 5, 2010
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/5mar10-federal-budget-light-on-initiatives.dtl

Canada’s budget lacked innovative ideas

Mar 5, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8704

Post-doctoral researchers respond to federal budget

Mar 5, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATION
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7347.html

Budget contributes to research investment

Mar 5, 2010
Paola Loriggio
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/973941

Canada Continues Firm Commitment to Science & Technology

Budget 2010 investment in TRIUMF keeps the knowledge economy moving forward
Mar 5, 2010
TRIUMF (CANADA'S NATIONAL LABORATORY OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7317.html

Budget boost for research and technology

Mar 4, 2010
Brent Davis
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/680103

Innovation cash targeted at 'practical' research

In a plan bereft of major new spending, $200-million invested in productivity and research with profit potential
Mar 4, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/innovation-cash-targeted-at-practical-research/article1489852/

Research Canada Gives Qualified Support for Budget 2010

Mar 4, 2010
Research Canada
http://csbmcb.ca/Downloads/19-FinalPressReleaseBudget2010.pdf

Budget investments in university research a "strategic choice," says AUCC

Mar 4, 2010
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/04/c7129.html

Canada's New Budget Holds Small Gains for Research

Mar 4, 2010
Karen Birchard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/article/Canadas-New-Budget-Holds/64539/

Modest progress on innovation in 2010 budget

Forestry, particle physics and satellites are this year's winners
Mar 4, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/04/budget-innovation.html

Peering into tomorrow, blind as a bat

Mar 4, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/

2010 Federal Budget a "major disappointment" for post-secondary education and research

Mar 4, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=870

Canada needs new strategy for innovation

Mar 5, 2010
Peter W.B. Phillips
Special to The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/opinion/Canada+needs+strategy+innovation/2643680/story.html

What is the purpose of N.B.'s universities?

Mar 8, 2010
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/976518

Talking Science to Non-Scientists and What’s In It For You?

Mar 4, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/04/talking-science-to-non-scientists-and-whats-in-it-for-you/

No Research in Speech From the Throne

Mar 4, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/no-research-in-speech-from-the-throne/

Ottawa to get $100M brain-mind study centre

University of Ottawa to be home of institute
Mar 3, 2010
Jennifer Green
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+100M+brain+mind+study+centre/2638557/story.html

Innovative help for Alberta innovators

Provincial program awards vouchers rather than cash toward cost of specialized services
Mar 3, 2010
David Finlayson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Innovative+help+Alberta+innovators/2635906/story.html

How to solve Canada’s abysmal productivity and innovation record

Mar 3, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8643

Green jobs are blossoming

Governments at all levels are major environmental employers
Mar 3, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Green+jobs+blossoming/2637244/story.html

Stephen Hawking plans 'to leave Britain over Government cuts in science'

Mar 3, 2010
Kate Loveys
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254945/Stephen-Hawking-plans-leave-Britain-Government-cuts-science.html

Time to call time on homeopathy

Mar 7, 2010
Justin Trottier
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/07/justin-trottier-homeopathy.aspx

Court watches tailings pond rescue

Mar 9, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Court+watches+tailings+pond+rescue/2659140/story.html

One small step for venture cap

Budget removes barrier to foreign private equity
Mar 8, 2010
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2652871

Industrial fluid suspected in fish deaths

Hundreds found floating in brown, foamy substance in creek that flows into Fraser River
Mar 8, 2010
Jane Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/industrial-fluid-suspected-in-fish-deaths/article1494334/

For Canada's obsese, exercise alone isn't going to cut it

Mar 8, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canada+obsese+exercise+alone+going/2647632/story.html

Federal green strategy goes from bad to worse

Mar 8, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/776536--hamilton-federal-green-strategy-goes-from-bad-to-worse

Developed countries outsource emissions: study

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-climate-carbon-outsourcing.html

Ocean 'termites' could be key to biofuels

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-biology-gribble-biofuel.html

B.C. fish farm 'not negligent' in escape

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/bc-fish-farm-salmon-escape.html

Avatar art director studied Alberta oilsands

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/07/edmonton-avatar-art-director-oscar-cherniawsky.html

World without HIV babies 'possible by 2015'

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/08/hiv-global-fund-un.html

A conventional fuel, an unconventional future

Mar 8, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/a-conventional-fuel-an-unconventional-future/article1493330/

For 'climategate' scientist, nuance is the enemy

Mar 6, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/775179--gorrie-for-climategate-scientist-nuance-is-the-enemy

Pathology is not an exact science, experts say

Mar 6, 2010
Sonja Puzic and Sarah Sacheli
Windsor Star
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650072/story.html

Blowing away taxpayers

Wind power is unreliable, expensive and doesn’t result in lower C02 emmissions. Why is Ontario still rushing ahead with it?
Mar 6, 2010
Michael Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/06/blowing-away-taxpayers.aspx

Taking the wind out of green energy sector's sails

Fossil fuel firms getting hundreds of millions
Mar 5, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Taking+wind+green+energy+sector+sails/2643351/story.html

The real surprises are buried in the fine print

Mar 5, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/article/775324

Prentice defends environmental policies

Mar 5, 2010
PETER ZIMONJIC
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/05/13131716-qmi.html

Budget fails to protect environment, groups say

Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/budget-environment.html

Road salt is poisoning water bodies, study finds

During winter thaws, some streamshave salinity levels just under those found in the ocean
Mar 5, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/road-salt-is-poisoning-water-bodies-study-finds/article1490631/

Baffin Bay polar bear hunting quota to be cut

Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/baffin-bay-polar-bear-quota.html

CFIA forced to detail flight by swine flu-infected agent

Mar 5, 2010
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/food-inspection-flight.html

Linking oilsands to Avatar is pure science fiction

Mar 5, 2010
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.theprovince.com/business/Guest+column+Linking+oilsands+Avatar+pure+science+fiction/2644405/story.html

'Epidemic' of vitamin D deficiency: MUHC study

McGill research has discovered that low levels of vitamin D is linked to muscle fat and decreased strength in young people
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/mcgill-vitamind-study.html

Low number of flu cases stymie experts

Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/04/flucases-low.html

Students get with the concept of green design

Contest offers up science and tech museum as test subject for innovation, sustainability
Mar 5, 2010
Maria Cook
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Students+with+concept+green+design/2642904/story.html

Eco-glasnost

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/eco-glasnost/article1489016/

Utterly avoidable

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/utterly-avoidable/article1489015/

Demise of nuclear is being exaggerated

Mar 3, 2010
Patrick Moore
Citizen Special
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Demise+nuclear+being+exaggerated/2634928/story.html

Fish oil supplements may bring PCB compounds: Study

Mar 3, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Fish+supplements+bring+compounds/2636308/story.html

U.S. fish oil makers, drugstores sued over supplements

Lawsuit claims that makers and sellers of certain supplements found to contain high levels of PCB compounds failed to alert consumers
Mar 3, 2010
Alexandria Sage
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-fish-oil-makers-drugstores-sued-over-supplements/article1487811/

Looking for green in federal budget

Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/f-federal-budget-2010-science-innovation.html

Reject polar bear trade ban, Nunavut urges

Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/nunavut-bear-cites.html

Pathology review should be wider

Mar 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/774021--pathology-review-should-be-wider

Lights, carbon, action! 23 ideas to make every hour count

Mar 3, 2010
San Grewal
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/774206--lights-carbon-action-23-ideas-to-make-every-hour-count

Where the wild things are - but for how long?

Mar 2, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gtaK31pB76SOtrET0LoEH4-46I8A

Bison population needs land to grow: study

Mar 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/03/02/alberta-bison-study-calgary-plains.html

Weed killer can turn male frogs into females, study finds

Researchers' findings likely to fuel debate over chemical widely used on Canadian corn fields but banned in Europe
Mar 1, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/weed-killer-can-turn-male-frogs-into-females-study-finds/article1485580/

Syncrude trial to start Monday

Feb 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/02/28/edmonton-syncrude-trial.html

We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

Feb 27, 2010
AL GORE
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html

‘The thing' about innovation

It's budget week, and the need for better practices in business, public services and democracy is clear. But what are the mechanisms?
Mar 2, 2010
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-thing-about-innovation/article1487353/

How the U.S. can stay on top

Mar 1, 2010
John P. Holdren and Secretary Arne Duncan
The Hill
http://thehill.com/special-reports-archive/761-science-a-math-march-2010/84341-how-the-us-can-stay-on-top

March is Kidney Health Month

Educating and Empowering Canadians to Prevent and Manage Kidney Disease
Mar 1, 2010
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/01/c5221.html

Tories' long-term plan shifts focus from spending to innovation

Ottawa will keep up stimulus for now, but party aims to show it's tackling future challenges in Throne Speech and budget
Mar 2, 2010
Bill Curry and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/tories-long-term-plan-shifts-focus-from-spending-to-innovation/article1486269/