Science Canada: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Numbers spawning in five key indicator streams down 90 per cent
Oct 31, 2008
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=6d3af277-d143-4115-adf9-25a2825e342a

Conference Board of Canada: Good Grade on Education Only Half the Story

Oct 31, 2008
The Conference Board of Canada
MARKET WIRE
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Conference-Board-Canada-Good-Grade/story.aspx?guid=%7BCFEDBE9C-6368-4E18-82D1-C285D688629F%7D

MPP warns of farm sludge 'crisis'

Fears pellets used on fields cause health risks
Oct 31, 2008
Carola Vyhnak
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/527927

Ban diabetes drug Avandia: consumer group to FDA

Oct 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/31/avandia-petition.html

Melamine fears spread to tainted animal feed

Oct 31, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081031.wlmelamine31/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Study links human activity to polar warming

Researchers say climate models definitively prove the effect of CO2 emissions, but others still aren't convinced
Oct 31, 2008
ALISON AULD
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081031.wwarming31/BNStory/National/home

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Ottawa to revive supplement safety bill

Oct 30, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081030.wlvitamins30/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

New industry minister faces tech and science challenges

Oct 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/30/tech-clement.html

Scientist wants 5-year ban on tuna fishery

Oct 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/30/pe-tuna-report.html

Wind farm opponents turn up heat

Province wary of small but effective groups as it aims to beef up renewable energy plan
Oct 30, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/527170

Canada's Chronic Failure to Innovate Undermines National Prosperity

Oct 30, 2008
The Conference Board of Canada
MARKET WIRE
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Canadas-Chronic-Failure-Innovate-Undermines/story.aspx?guid=%7B78613274-A0E5-4BEF-B701-22B4D888BFCA%7D

'We're Being Muzzled' Say Top Farmland Scientists

Nine senior agrologists protest way ALR decisions are made
Oct 30, 2008
Andrew MacLeod
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/10/30/Agrology/

U.S. questions home drug stockpiles for flu pandemic

Oct 30, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081030/flu_drug_081030/20081030?hub=Health&s_name=

Companies likely to chop R&D spending in '08: industry group

Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/10/29/corporate-research.html?ref=rss

Tax exemption rules assailed

Oct 29, 2008
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/292972116399688.php

Stop exporting asbestos

Oct 29, 2008
Aleck Ostry, Tom Kosatsky, Bruce W. Case
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/29/203785.aspx

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

FDA's finding that chemical in food containers is safe is flawed: panel

Oct 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/bpa-fda.html

U. S. challenge won't stop Ontario from banning weed killer

Oct 29, 2008
MARIA BABBAGE
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1270606

Privacy curtains in hospitals could aid spread of germs: study

Oct 29, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/hospital-infections.html

World headed for ecological 'credit crunch,' report warns

Equivalent of 2 planets may be needed by mid-2030s to maintain lifestyles, WWF director says
Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/29/livingplanet.html

Methane in atmosphere shot up last year, study says

Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/29/methane-growth.html

Is BPA safe or no? Gov't leaves consumers confused

Oct 29, 2008
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4G6Sbw5pf1zYvg5Yh5pTIuNXqpAD944BAF00

Take HPV vaccines global to fight cervical cancer

Oct 29, 2008
DOROTHY SHAW AND JANE SCHALLER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081028.wcohpv29/BNStory/specialComment/home

Hospital official questions food-safety database

Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/hospitals-food-violations.html

Health-care spending 'unsustainable': Report

Canadians must consider alternatives to status quo, think-tank says
Oct 29, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=91aaed79-6ad5-438d-b409-8c4e6b3be2e4

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to North America: Report

Oct 29, 2008
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=d354e0af-efc2-40d6-ada1-1a5ab4818232

Greying nation: Getting older doesn't necessarily mean burdening the health-care system

Oct 29, 2008
Lorne Swetlikoff, N.D.
Special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/f-weekly-swetlikoff.html

Canadian health gets a 'B'

Oct 29, 2008
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=f954cf48-5627-4e57-834a-8b67d94c1ca5

Australian government defends carbon plan

Oct 29, 2008
ROB TAYLOR Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081029.waustclimate1029/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081029.waustclimate1029

China says richer states should take the lead on climate change

Oct 29, 2008
Tini Tran
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081029/world/china_climate_change_1

Science doesn't need government help

Oct 28, 2008
Karen Selick
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=914091

Prince Charles says climate the real crisis

Oct 28, 2008
Patrice Novotny
AFP
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=9141eddd-eb59-475e-94ee-f62c36c54dcc

FDA warns Bayer over aspirins containing supplements

Oct 28, 2008
Susan Heavey
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081028/us/usreport_us_bayer_aspirin_1

E. coli outbreaks grow in North Bay, Niagara

Oct 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/e-coli-ont.html

Octogenarians lead healthy, active lives after open-heart surgery: study

Oct 28, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/heart-surgery-elderly.html

Women underrepresented in heart, stroke trials, review finds

Oct 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/women-heart-trials.html

E. coli vaccine approved for cattle, but food safety risk remains

Oct 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/28/e-coli-vaccine.html

Lack of testing clouds listeria's toll

Death tally could exceed 20 but in many cases investigations to spot bacteria weren't done
Oct 28, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/525647

Free flu shots linked to fewer deaths, demands on health care system

Oct 27, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/flu-shot-deaths.html

Thousands face infection risk after syringes reused at Alberta hospital

'Very low' risk of transmission, medical officer says
Oct 27, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/high-prairie.html

Heart, infectious diseases, cancer top killers: WHO

Oct 27, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/killers-who.html

Higher wages luring Canadian grads to U.S., UofG study finds

Oct 27, 2008
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/BreakingNews/article/396640

Safe water depends on science, not politics, conference told

Oct 27, 2008
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/story/4242552p-4885464c.html

Experts set to revisit global cloning ban

http://www.thestar.com/article/525494
Toronto Star
Oct 28, 2008 04:32 AM

Monday, October 27, 2008

Biotech cash crunch threatens new medicines: UK expert

Oct 27, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=c6462c95-4722-452a-8bf8-b05f870223f5

From geeky scientist to business innovator

After his Thatcher-era funding ran out, Phil Blake faced economic reality and switched to the private side of the health-care industry
Oct 27, 2008
GORDON PITTS
Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081027.RATTHETOP27/TPStory/Business

Health worsens after immigration, study shows

Oct 27, 2008
Shabnam Janet Janani
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/525011

Women not receiving equal care as men for heart disease: MD

Oct 27, 2008
Tiffany Crawford
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=44db7821-bc4a-4996-b052-1f3b22ac8c68

Study suggests drinking water may be source of winter norovirus outbreaks

Oct 27, 2008
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081027/health/health_norovirus_drinking_water_1

No harm from easing ER crowding with hallway beds: study

Oct 27, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/emerg-hall.html

Ottawa refuses to reveal its position on chrysotile

Oct 26, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081026.wasbestos1027/BNStory/Front/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081026.wasbestos1027

Typhoid fever on the rise in B.C.

Oct 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/26/bc-thyphoid-fever-warning.html

Burning issue: N.L. struggles to close ancient garbage incinerators

Oct 26, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/26/nfld-incinerators.html

Protect pesticide bans — May

Oct 26, 2008
JOHN GILLIS
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1086897.html

Manitoba spending up to $5 million to look for asbestos, PCBs in public housing

Oct 26, 2008
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081026/national/hazardous_public_housing_1

New, promising antibiotics in fight against MRSA superbug

Oct 26, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081027/health/us_health_infection_mrsa_1

2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists

Oct 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081025/greenhouse_gases_081025/20081025

Vaccine cuts hospital admissions for kids with diarrhea

Oct 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/25/diarrhea-rotavirus.html

Friday, October 24, 2008

In Obama or McCain, US scientists see new hope

Oct 24, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081024/usa/us_vote_science_1

Underground carbon capture will not avert global disaster: IEA

Oct 24, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=91fa1298-3bec-49f0-a04a-645210a8060f

Cancer and cellphones: The jury's still out

Oct 24, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081024.wlcellphone24/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

EU's pesticides may damage brain

Oct 24, 2008
ALISTER DOYLE
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081024.weupestic1024/BNStory/Science/home

Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study

Oct 23, 2008
James Cowan
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=8f0f1d67-2007-45d0-bdf3-64d1399fbd50

Former MP to head UNB research body

Oct 23, 2008
Rob Linke
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/457198

Canadian R&D spending drops in 2007: survey

Oct 23, 2008
Investment Executive
http://www.investmentexecutive.com/client/en/News/DetailNews.asp?id=46584&IdSection=148&cat=148&BImageCI=1

Half of U.S. doctors surveyed use placebo treatments

Oct 23, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/23/placebo-study.html

Saskatchewan Party government may miss climate target

NDP Leader Calvert suggests the introduction of a levy is akin to a carbon tax
Oct 23, 2008
James Wood
TheStarPhoenix.com
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=8ce12a5c-b958-4797-9d02-e2477941fab0

Cities pledge action on climate change

Oct 23, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081023/canada/japan_climate_warming_2

Carbon offset program a sham, says B.C. MLA

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/bc-carbon-tax-credit.html

Emission-free power plant opens in Toronto

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/tech-fuelcells.html

Greening government

Oct 22, 2008
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/521535

Dion takes environmental movement down with the shift

Oct 23, 2008
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/23/kelly-mcparland-hopes-of-greenies-may-go-down-with-the-shift.aspx

IT Innovation: On the Skids

Technologists look to a new White House to reverse decade-long slide in R&D
Oct 22, 2008
Gary Anthes
Computerworld
http://pcworld.about.com/od/softwareservices/IT-Innovation-On-the-Skids.htm

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Universities carry a big R&D load, says AUCC report

Research share significantly higher than the average for other OECD countries
Oct 24, 2008
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/010/24/universities-carry-a-big-rd-load-says-aucc-report.aspx

Universities call for commitment to research funding

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/research-spending.html

Spain's ex-prime minister blasts 'new religion' of climate change

Oct 23, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=cd4a632b-a376-4d8e-8a86-7b3b217ff5c8

Food allergies on the rise among kids, US study says

Oct 23, 2008
Mike Stobbe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/523231

Boys need HPV vaccine, too

Nobel winner says males carry cancer-linked virus
Oct 23, 2008
Trish Crawford
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/522361

Alberta gives $20 million research award to neuroscientist

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/polaris-health.html

Renew cancer fight, panel tells White House

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/cancer-funding.html

Hatred for safe-injection sites is irrational

The facilities will not cure drug abuse but they're integral to strategies for prevention and rehabilitation
Oct 23, 2008
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081023.wlpicard23/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

New health board to be stacked with politicos

Oct 22, 2008
Patrick Dare
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=9dbd37a4-c98d-4851-9035-339e325a9ca5

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Creationists declare war over the brain

Oct 22, 2008
Amanda Gefter
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/brain/mg20026793.000-creationists-declare-war-over-the-brain.html

Six Canadians gain Gates research funding

Oct 22, 2008
Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081022.wgategrant1022/BNStory/Science/home

Influential U.S. lobby group leads charge for better nutrition in Canada

The Center for Science in the Public interest pushes for healthier foods, but some object to its tactics
Oct 22, 2008
Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=c1b3802d-d72a-42b5-ab34-0cc930b5040b

The new asbestos science scare

Oct 22, 2008
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=099f2d62-3f7e-4d58-a38c-9e9b85bb4834

The case for selling asbestos

Oct 22, 2008
National Post Editorial Board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/22/national-post-editorial-board-the-case-for-selling-asbestos.aspx

Cases of E. coli jump in northern Ont. outbreak

Oct 22, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/22/e-coli-north-bay.html

Dow Chemical subsidiary challenges Quebec ban on 2,4-D pesticide

Oct 22, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhtiUMKbrcnwELppaU5_9LNdfMew

Britain widens scope for stem cell research

Oct 22, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/22/britain-stem-cells.html

Clearing the air for the space shuttle

Oct 21, 2008
ELIZABETH HOWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081021.wnasa22/BNStory/Science/home

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Province wants to charge manufacturers for recycling costs

Oct 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/10/21/blue-box.html?ref=rss

Lawsuit against Canada over Kyoto accord dismissed

Oct 21, 2008
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081021/canada/canada_us_climate_canada_lawsuit_1

Ontario city dwellers not getting true story on air quality: report

Oct 21, 2008
Maria Babbage
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081021/national/ont_environment_report_2

Nobel laureate dismayed by opposition to HPV vaccine

Oct 21, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081021/laureate_hpv_081021/20081021?hub=World&s_name=

Genome fanatics to post own DNA sequences on Web

Oct 21, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081021/genome_fanatics_081021/20081021?hub=World&s_name=

Ont. bottled-water industry has free rein: Watchdog

Oct 21, 2008
Lee Greenberg
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=27ce9d34-d4e0-490f-ae88-743fa79fa059

Environment group questions uranium panel objectivity

Oct 21, 2008
Cassandra Kyle
The StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=2b558ab4-e9c3-46f9-9fcf-14fcd42173bf&k=82919

Global warming doubters targeted

Oct 21, 2008
BILL KAUFMANN
SUN MEDIA
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/10/21/7151921-sun.html

Province failing to track species' decline: Report

Environment watchdog says non-profit groups documenting crisis of 'huge loss of species'
Oct 21, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/520933

Western diet to blame for 35% of heart attacks, global study suggests

Oct 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/20/diet-heart-attack.html

Safety problems found in nearly 1 in 4 biotech drugs: study

Oct 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/21/biologicals-warnings.html

Maple Leaf meat given the OK

Oct 21, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/521081

Feds scrap tonnes of toxic tech junk yearly: report

Oct 21, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/21/toxicjunk.html

Former premiers push for BC offshore oil development, Campbell pushes back

Oct 21, 2008
The Canadian Press http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQrzTt8WthRAZap7ztBE7zdiCkhQ

Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof

Oct 20, 2008
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/20/lorne-gunter-thirty-years-of-warmer-temperatures-go-poof.aspx

Start compost collection now, environment groups say

Polls show Montrealers want curbside pickup
Oct 20, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3395c24b-3bde-4f64-b7b2-30dd272baad2

EU climate plans threatened as nations look to help industry

Oct 20, 2008
Christian Spillmann
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=7bc33c3b-fc08-429d-a9ce-b1c97b5f3379

Selective listening

Oct 17, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081017.weinsite17/BNStory/specialComment/home

Monday, October 20, 2008

Medical journal blasts Ottawa for promoting asbestos abroad

Oct 20, 2008
Tiffany Crawford
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=6e41ed6a-1ef2-4bde-8299-23a039ce3806

PM unveils $100M for climate

Offers few details about fund to help developing countries deal with global warming issues
Oct 20, 2008
Andrew Chung
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/520292

Is Carbon Tax Political Poison?

Dion and Campbell might have just sold it badly: pollster
Oct 20, 2008
Tom Barrett
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/10/20/CarbonTax/

Nuclear costs pressure industry

Oct 20, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/520190

Ontario farmer found guilty of contempt in raw milk trial

Oct 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/20/schmidt-milk.html

Francophonie to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050

Oct 19, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081019/canada/francophonie_summit_warming_environment_1

More people sick in Ontario E. coli outbreak

Cases linked to fast-food restaurant in North Bay
Oct 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/19/ecoli.html

Far from settled

No scientific consensus on 'safe-injection' issue
Oct 19, 2008
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2008/10/19/7133531-sun.html

Heroin-assisted treatment safe and effective: study

Oct 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/18/bc-naomi-trial-results.html

New pollution laws get tough on lead

Ontario to meet stricter U.S. standard by 2010
Oct 19, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/520028

$1.7M goes to bisphenol A research

Oct 19, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d9696fa0-f69c-428e-be0f-17e227dc789c&k=50746

Switch hitters push energy conservation

Oct 19, 2008
Ottawa Sun
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/19102008/54/switch-hitters-push-energy-conservation.html

P.E.I. outlines $1-billion wind energy plan

Oct 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/452444

Suzuki urges youth to push for action on climate change

Oct 18, 2008
Laura Stone
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=aa7b5b57-91a4-4da7-a78c-c96a182e8879

No Charter right to safe injection site, Ottawa says in court documents

Oct 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/17/bc-insite-federal-lawyers.html

R.I.P. Green Shift, a noble idea, badly sold

Oct 18, 2008
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/18/scott-stinson-r-i-p-green-shift-a-noble-idea-badly-sold.aspx

Campaign misinformation has set back climate change debate

Oct 17, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=711cd873-686e-417d-95b7-c2a8c7f57fc7

Italian scientists assail pope's dig on 'easy money' research

Oct 17, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ff502dd3-adb4-45f3-ad59-99d3341c91a6

FDA to open inspection office in China

Outposts also expected in India, Latin America, Middle East
Oct 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/17/fda-china.html

Canadians urged to get flu shots despite problems

Oct 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/16/flu-shot.html

Friday, October 17, 2008

Dion ignored Green Shift warnings

Oct 17, 2008
Linda Diebel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/519051

Arctic's warming hits chilling record highs

Impact felt as weather in fall 5C above normal
Oct 17, 2008
Randolph E. Schmid
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/519023

Red tape halts $300M wind farm

Long wait for provincial approvals on project near Goderich proves too costly for Alberta firm
Oct 17, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/519024

93 E. coli cases in North Bay

Oct 17, 2008
Colin Perkel
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/519039

Study helps to end Walkerton ordeal

Seven-year report shows those very ill at the time face a 30 per cent higher risk of kidney damage
Oct 17, 2008
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/519043

Life sciences firms struggle to get liftoff

Oct 17, 2008
PETER HADEKEL
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=4509ce26-0cbb-4166-8c18-0ec26bb6b35d

Health Canada makes it official: BPA is health hazard

Oct 16, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=e81a7270-aec9-48cb-aad3-b74df38feec0

EU Kyoto signatories on way to goals: environment agency

Oct 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081016/health/environment_climate_warming_eu_kyoto_1

EPA tightens health standard for airborne lead

Oct 16, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081016/lead_standards_081016/20081016?hub=Health&s_name=

EU climate pact under veto threat as financial crisis bites

Oct 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081016/world/eu_summit_climate_warming_environment_2

U.S. and Canada win EU beef hormone appeal at WTO

Oct 16, 2008
Jonathan Lynn
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081016/canada/canada_us_trade_wto_hormones_1

Flu shots a tough sell to health care workers; campaign promotes shots

Oct 16, 2008
Melanie S. Welte
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081016/health/health_flu_health_care_1

Not quite a green machine

Having set a new record for futility, it's time for the Green Party - and the green movement - to abandon some myths
Oct 15, 2008
ANDREW STEELE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081015.WSteele15/BNStory/politics

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Atlantic provinces embracing climate change agenda; APEC report

Oct 16, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081016/national/apec_going_green_1

Suzuki: failed Green Shift may dissuade plans

Oct 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081015/delection/fedelxn_environment_2

Voter response to Green Shift a warning to Graham, analyst says

Oct 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/10/15/nb-graham-carbon-tax.html?ref=rss

Conservation group calls for deeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions

Oct 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/15/iucn-biodiversity.html

RCMP launch internal review of supervised injection site studies

Oct 15, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/449715

Sask. babies contract C. difficile

Oct 15, 2008
Jennifer Graham
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/10/14/7085506-cp.html

Premier calls for 'harmonized' plan for climate change

Oct 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/10/15/stelmach-reaction.html?ref=rss

Calls for Harper to explain bitumen export changes

Oct 15, 2008
Chris Purdy
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081015/delection/fedelxn_bitumen_1

UN: financial crisis must not stop climate change action

Oct 14, 2008
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081014.wunclimatechange14/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081014.wunclimatechange14

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Denying the data

Oct 15, 2008
editorial
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=06cf6cf8-c2dd-47c8-8458-cc67ddb2636e

Sun rises on new energy deal

Toronto becomes first North American city to buy solar power, and at no higher cost
Oct 15, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/517415

The environment was not a winning issue on this campaign trail

Oct 15, 2008
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081015.wElectionmason15/BNStory/politics/home

HPV vaccines well underway

Oct 15, 2008
Laura MacLean
Huntsville Forester
http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/article/119027

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Will global money meltdown tip the scales on clean energy development?

Small projects may be hit particularly hard as discriminating lenders put cash in bigger ventures considered less risky
Oct 14, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/516694

Methane hydrates: Energy's most dangerous game

Oct 14, 2008
William Pentland
Forbes
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/07/f-forbes-naturalgas.html

Health Canada approves use of preservative that could stem growth of Listeria

Oct 13, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFCFRqwyoinvqVWPxoxEJ-WhX79Q

Cast a ballot for green-energy economy

Oct 13, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/516431

Biofuel boom threatens food security, UN agency warns

Oct 7, 2008
Gina Doggett
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=db3f16ba-6c77-4ebd-9739-3577f4d8248d

Friday, October 10, 2008

Transfer of Federal Labs: A Blueprint for Dismantling Public Science

Communications Magazine > Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2008
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/safety/2008/Sep-1.html

AIDS groups push for stable federal funding

Over the last two years, Conservatives took away or redirected $21 million from HIV/AIDS response
Oct 10, 2008
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/515203

Sea levels could rise one metre by 2100: scientists

Oct 9, 2008
Agence France-Presse
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=55f77282-3748-44b8-ae54-584163ae0f54

Fossil hunters run amok and the B.C. government sits idle

Oct 10, 2008
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=63c28ddf-3f8a-4cfa-85b2-08ba943fe8d4&k=38192

Liberals will go ahead with Green Shift

Oct 9, 2008
JANE TABER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081009.welxndion1009/BNStory/politics/home

RCMP tried to discredit injection site, renowned AIDS researcher says

Oct 9, 2008
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081009.wb-insite10/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081009.wb-insite10

New strep strain moving east across Canada

Oct 9, 2008
CBC News
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081009/canada/science_strepa_tbay_7

Maple Leaf CEO downplays new listeria findings

Listeria is in all ready-to-eat foods, he says
Oct 9, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.thespec.com/News/article/448077

U.S. focus on climate could ease financial crisis

Oct 9, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081009/us/politics_us_summit_usa_1

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Canadian researchers call for end to 'politicization' of science

Oct 9, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/09/scientists-letter.html

Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science

Oct 9, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/09/leakey-science.html

Listeria contamination far worse than believed

Two-thirds of Toronto hospitals and nursing homes were affected
Oct 9, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/447611

4 more products test positive for listeria at Maple Leaf's Toronto plant

Oct 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/10/09/listeriosis-tests.html?ref=rss

CFIA told to warn public about tainted meat days before advisory

Toronto public health officials pressed food inspection agency to alert public
Oct 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/10/08/mapleleaf-warning.html?ref=rss

MP candidates back stem-cell research

Oct 9, 2008
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/442157

B.C. environmentalists launch killer whale lawsuit

Oct 9, 2008
Darcy Wintonyk
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081008/BC_whale_lawsuit_081008/20081009?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Canadians' Health and Safety Undermined by Government Interference in Science and Due Processes

Prominent Canadian scientists call for end to politicization of science and research
Oct 9, 2008
MarketWatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/canadians-health-safety-undermined-government/story.aspx?guid=%7BE3CF392A-B726-4865-8806-976FD61AA20B%7D&dist=hppr

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Secret RCMP studies of Insite ideologically biased, say advocates

Oct 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-rcmp-insite-studies-pivot.html?ref=rss

More proof public inquiry is needed into listeria outbreak: Easter

Oct 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/10/07/easter-reaction.html?ref=rss

B.C. New Democrats want probe of minister's actions

Oct 8, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081008/bc_democrats_081008/20081008?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Anniversary prompts scientific exchange

Oct 8, 2008
Jennifer Campbell
Ottawa Citizen Special
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=1bc4db62-a0d8-4b56-91bd-868328919958&p=1

Tory platform boosts innovation funds

Party releases platform less than a week before Election Day
Oct 7, 2008
Tonda MacCharles
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/513183

Cancer inquiry will help improve lab work far beyond St. John's: expert

Oct 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/07/cancer-brufsky.html?ref=rss

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Read election letter from top scientists

Oct 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/418/1/

Scientists urge Canadians to vote for the environment

Oct 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/mini/CTVNews/20081006/election2008_environment_081007/20081007?s_name=election2008&no_ads=

Antibiotics get bad rap, C. difficile study finds

Other factors may raise infection risk, non-hospital cases in Quebec suggest
Oct 7, 2008
Sheryl Ubelacker
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/512935

Study links smog, appendicitis

Researchers in Calgary examined 5,000 patients
Oct 7, 2008
Bill Graveland
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/512759

Dion, local Liberal MP play down differences on issue of Victoria sewage

Oct 6, 2008
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081006.wbcelectiondion1007/BNStory/politics/home

Pro-environment voting site gets almost 1.5 million views in 13 days

Oct 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/10/06/vote-environment.html

Monday, October 6, 2008

Where They Stand: Climate change

Oct 6, 2008
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081006.welectioncarbon0610/BNStory/politics/?pageRequested=all

Putting humans in their place

Oct 6, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=11128

Listeria reporting rule dropped before crisis

Meat plants not required to tell food inspectors when bacteria found
Oct 6, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/512306

Policy change delayed alarm signal over listeria, inspectors say

Oct 6, 2008
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/10/05/listeria-inspections.html?ref=rss

Poverty fight a key to better national health

Canada needs to reverse growing gap between rich and poor, advocates urge
Oct 6, 2008
David Hogben
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=6d524558-f748-4194-8b01-7b2c9aec499c&k=61857

Wind turbines cause health problems, residents say

Oct 5, 2008
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080928/windmill_safety_080928/20081005?hub=Canada&s_name=

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Pandering to populism: farewell to reason in public discourse

A recent trend gives 'ordinary people' the same credibility as those 'snobby, elitist' scientists
Oct 4, 2008
Peter McKnight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=18c170c6-ce94-4369-b43a-e062ae73b453