Science Canada: November 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

Province accused of impeding habitat protection

Refusal to safeguard habitat putting species at risk, groups charge
Nov 27, 2008
Judith Lavoie
Times Colonist
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=999491

Author applauds New Brunswick's uranium policy

Nov 27, 2008
Adam Huras
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/493943

City waiting for verdict on climate change program

Nov 27, 2008
HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/494056

Saskatchewan's a potential spud powerhouse, scientist says

Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/11/26/potato-potential.html?ref=rss

Prentice to hold round table on polar bear conservation in January

Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/26/pbear-meeting.html?ref=rss

Feds 'shred' former R&D tax credit process

Advocates welcome reduction in 'onerous' paperwork; others uncertain of implications
Nov 26, 2008
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/293186486890605.php

Pressure mounts for infant formula recall in U.S.

Nov 26, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/26/formula-recall.html

Schools cut back on sex education

Enhanced programs not available in all schools due to cost
Nov 26, 2008
Paul Walton
The Nanaimo Daily News
http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/story.html?id=d6447e71-daad-4ec1-b19a-41dee089e926

US ready to climb into hot seat on climate change

Nov 26, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081127/usa/un_climate_warming_us_1

Health Canada moves to ban 'legal ecstasy'

Nov 26, 2008
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=993467

Get going on dusty mental health report, moms say

Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/26/mothers-mental-health.html?ref=rss

Abbott Laboratories spent nearly $1.8 million lobbying on health care in third quarter

Nov 26, 2008
Canadian Business
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D94MN8I80&utm_source=markets&utm_medium=rss

U.S. groups want longer period to comment on oil pipeline from Alberta

Nov 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081125/business/us_cda_keystone_pipeline_1

Poor more likely to be hospitalized: Report

Nov 25, 2008
DONNA CASEY
SUN MEDIA
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/11/25/7524121-sun.html

Climate change makes economic meltdown look like picnic: May

Nov 25, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081125/national/may_climate_change_1

World on cusp of clean tech revolution: Merrill Lynch

'History shows that technology revolutions occur about every 50 years . . . Clean tech is at the beginning of a high-growth period'
Nov 24, 2008
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f13ee042-1bb7-4d8f-b1da-8c5a2b15dbe1

Nunavut health problems most challenging in country, report says

Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/24/nti-health.html?ref=rss

'An electric vehicle revolution'

Task force sets ambitious clean-car goal
Nov 24, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=c5973cf4-701f-4d9f-b531-ada74c37549c

Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle

Nov 24, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081124/stemcell_foes_081124/20081124?hub=Health&s_name=

Cities must curb emissions to meet goals: report

Nov 23, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=6f7c2ae8-0d1f-4f1e-aaf1-e513cb211765

Zero-carbon community planned near Edmonton

Nov 22, 2008
Hanneke Brooymans
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=c71125fe-0b67-419c-93f7-4aca837f5541

Leading by example on climate change, says P.E.I.

Nov 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2008/11/21/pe-energy-plan.html?ref=rss

J.D. Irving Ltd. slams Environment Canada over armed raid

Nov 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/11/21/nb-irving-raid.html?ref=rss

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Garneau's next mission: bring science to politics

Nov 26, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/f-garneau-qa.html

Europe reaches deal on space spending

Nov 26, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLQ52014720081126

Climate change still a concern despite economy: poll

Nov 26, 2008
CTV.ca News http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081126/climate_change_081126/20081126?hub=SciTech

Fishing the fish stocks to extinction

Nov 26, 2008
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wcosimp26/BNStory/specialComment/home

Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment

Nov 26, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081126/patient_study_081126/20081126?hub=Health

Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade

Nov 26, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081126/hiv_study_081126/20081126?hub=Health

Experts call for global network to prevent asteroid disasters

Nov 26, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=997111

FDA finds traces of melamine in U.S. infant formula

Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/26/melamine-formula.html

Trouble in Toyland report warns against phthalates, lead

Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/26/toys-lead.html

Environmentalists want Ottawa to burnish its image

Nov 26, 2008
STEVE RENNIE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wcosimp26/BNStory/specialComment/home

David Suzuki: Leadership crucial to forestall looming crises

Nov 25, 2008
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-172271/david-suzuki-leadership-crucial-forestall-looming-crises

Opponents, supporters argue over proposed wind project

Nov 25, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/wind-farm.html

Minister of State for Science and Technology celebrates official launch of Centre for the Commercialization of Research

Investment by federal government to help move discoveries out of the lab and into the global marketplace
Nov 25, 2008
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2008/25/c4042.html

Try the catch quota - and save the fisheries

Nov 25, 2008
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081125.COSIMP25/TPStory/Environment

Pharmacists shouldn't prescribe smoking drugs: critics

Nov 25, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wldrug25/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Conservation groups challenge owl recovery plan

Nov 25, 2008
JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOIl4eHuVn0GmiY4YGDokffLbpEgD94LSA4O0

Rate of new cancer cases drops in U.S. for first time

Nov 25, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/25/cancer-rates.html

More competition in generic drugs could offer $800M in savings: study

Nov 25, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/25/generic-drugs.html

Greenhouse gases hit record highs: UN

Nov 25, 2008
ELIANE ENGELER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/542963

OPG testing biomass fuel in coal-fired power plants

Nov 24, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/542152

The rankings that rankle

Nov 24, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4762&blogid=86

AFMC urges Canadian Government to increase funding for CIHR as strategy for economic prosperity

Nov 24, 2008
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
http://afmc.ca/news-whats-new-details-e.php?id=84

Political and strategic consequences of climate change: wars, epidemics

Gwynne Dyer says if the world hasn't reached zero GHGs by 2050, it's not going to be pretty
Nov 24, 2008
Kate Malloy
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/november/24/qa_gwynne_dyer/&c=2

B.C. researchers tout stem-cell link to cancer

Nov 24, 2008
Steve Mertl
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/542377

Some breast cancers may clear up without treatment: study

Nov 24, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/24/breastcancer-study.html

Risks higher for Avandia than similar diabetes drug: study

Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/24/diabetes-drugs.html

Canada's largest wind farm to be set up in southern Manitoba

Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/24/wind-farm.html

Secret advice to politicians: oilsands emissions hard to scrub

Briefing document is pessimistic on carbon storage and capture
Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/24/sands-trap.html

What amount of nature should nations preserve?

Some scientists want Canada to protect at least 50 per cent of its boreal forest and argue other countries should follow suit
Nov 24, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081124.BOREAL24/TPStory/Environment

Computing gender differences

Nov 24, 2008
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=39aa820f-0dfb-4c92-a597-216d8528101c

Possible listeria exposure in Ontario jails

Nov 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/22/listeria-prisons.html

Broken windows theory boosted by new study

Nov 21, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=3aae70ed-59c7-4892-a8f8-a9703be9ae2d

Good riddance to Green Shift

Nov 20, 2008
editorial
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=974740

Climate change spurs fevers, report says

Nov 20, 2008
MICHAEL PERRY
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wdisease1120/BNStory/Science/home

Friday, November 21, 2008

Science in the meltdown

The research enterprise faces many uncertainties in the looming global recession — but it also has many strengths that may help it weather the storm.
Nov 12, 2008
M. Mitchell Waldrop
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081112/full/456155a.html

Danger and opportunity

The response to the financial crisis needs to go beyond the immediate pressures. Policy-makers must seize this moment to solidify the science and innovation required for sustained economic growth.
Nov 12, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7219/full/456141a.html

Throne Speech Recognizes Role of Research and Innovation as Economic Drivers

Nov 19, 2008
BIOTECanada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Throne-Speech-Recognizes-Role-Research/story.aspx?guid=%7BB0FBFFC6-E1D5-4892-BBC5-1C39D78A8429%7D

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Science, technology funding to drop in 2008-09: StatsCan

Nov 20, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/20/science-funding.html

Automakers detail electric car plans at L.A. show

Nov 20, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/20/electric-car.html

Lawyers, CEOs named to run Alberta's health services

Nov 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/alberta-health-services-board-named.html

Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: U.S. study

Nov 20, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/fast-food-ads.html

Lung disease must become provincial priority: former health minister

Nov 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/nb-copd-day.html

Leaks prompt CFIA to investigate juice boxes

Nov 20, 2008
Ana Maria De La Fuente
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/iunit-drinkboxes.html

Rapid treatment best for infants infected with HIV: study

Nov 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/hiv-infants.html

Who Will Click With President 2.0?

Nov 20, 2008
MATT HARTLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081120.IBOBAMA20/TPStory/Business

Saving Canada's polar bears: Unbearable pursuits

A clash between environmentalists and Inuit rights
Nov 20, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12652176

Ontario must hire medical officers of health: Report

Nov 20, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/540490

Ottawa pledges better food, toy safety

Independent probe of listeria outbreak listed among priorities
Nov 20, 2008
Kevin Donovan
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/540220

PM looks to fall in with U.S. on climate

Nuclear power, Arctic energy also touted
Nov 20, 2008
Tonda Maccharles
http://www.thestar.com/Article/540222

When it comes to statins, don't believe the hype

Nov 20, 2008
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wpicard20/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

A toke a day keeps memory loss at bay

Small doses of marijuana improve the function of aging brains, scientists find
Nov 20, 2008
HEATHER SOKOLOFF AND JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wdope20/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

More research needed into foodborne diseases: WHO

Nov 20, 2008
Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=b9122592-7706-435f-a678-f5cdcce7acd8

Polluters liable, even if they follow the rules, top court says

Nov 20, 2008
Janice Tibbetts
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=0826ef18-35a7-4bc6-9122-168361b62a39

'Applause' for B.C.'s carbon tax at California speech

B.C. joins initiative to cut greenhouse gases
Nov 20, 2008
John Bermingham
The Province
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=b00f5459-b65b-4dd0-81d2-0619f97610e8

Africa looks to closer cooperation on climate change

Nov 19, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081119/world/africa_environment_climate_1

Food agency admits silence a mistake

Nov 19, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/539478

Rae, Ignatieff, LeBlanc ditch Green Shift

Nov 19, 2008
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ad7d56c4-8eae-42ec-b374-7259afd86312

Melting ice now main driver of rising sea levels: study

Nov 19, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=976858

Environmentalists promote 'green stimulus'

Governments can save the economy and the planet, they say, by spending on mass transit, renewable energy and fuel-efficient cars
Nov 19, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wgreen19/BNStory/National/home

Doctors allege intimidation in raising drug warnings, investigation shows

Nov 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/avandia.html

Lead contamination levels drop in Canadians : StatsCan

Nov 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/lead-blood.html

Canada wants North America cap-and-trade system

Nov 19, 2008
David Ljunggren
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081119/canada/canada_us_politics_environment_2

Telus to invest $100 million over three years in new health technology unit

Nov 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/health/health_telus_health_1

Dangerous bacteria on rise, expert warns

Nov 18, 2008
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wsuperbug1118/BNStory/Science/home

Lawmakers pass landmark climate change bill

Nov 18, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081118/world/britain_politics_climate_environment_1

Canadian emissions increase by 22 per cent

Nov 17, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=ee1bba83-f3c4-4c37-94fb-89eb781b3e08

Young Europeans are enthusiastic about science – but still reluctant to pursue scientific careers

Nov 14, 2008
Europa
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1711&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest

Nov 19, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI5IZ20081119

Text of the speech from the throne

Nov 19, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/539933

Meeting climate commitments to open new avenues of litigation

Eco Justice
Nov 19, 2008
Helen Burnett-Nichols
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/reports/legal/story.html?id=970810

Shots All Around!

The case for immunizing everyone against the flu
Nov 19, 2008
Sydney Spiesel
Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2204818/

As in town, so in country

Nov 17, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081117.wePesticide17/BNStory/specialComment/home

Algae possibly holds the secret to resolving some major problems

Nov 16, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1299167

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Liberals, NDP name science and technology critics

Nov 18, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/17/tech-politicians.html

Raw-milk activist calls Ontario milk board an 'albatross,' wants it scrapped

Nov 18, 2008
Colin Perkel
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/health/health_raw_milk_2

Developing new technologies key to economic growth

Nov 18, 2008
DAVID CRANE
Herald Chronicle
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1091011.html

Safe injection may save system $14-million

Nov 18, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wldrugs18/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Green-style New Deal faces major cash crunch

Nov 18, 2008
Paul Taylor
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/538583

Obama promises to take a leading role in environmental issues

Nov 18, 2008
Liz Sidoti
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/world/obama_climate_change_1

Obama vows to engage world on climate change

Nov 18, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081118/world/us_politics_obama_climate_1

B.C. adds voice to debate over climate change at California conference

Nov 18, 2008
Jonathan Fowlie
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=8d388139-a378-488c-9afa-40704cc60386&k=96213

Schwarzenegger convenes global climate change summit

Obama: U.S. will be major player in UN treaty negotiations
Nov 18, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.thespec.com/News/article/468576

Action urged to prevent 'infectious' tooth decay in children

Nov 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/18/dental-children.html

B.C. doctor urged to retire because of zealous approach to Lyme disease

Licensing body's criticism of MD will make others fearful to treat disease, he says
Nov 18, 2008
Kathy Tomlinson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/bc-doctorretired.html

End water fluoridation, professor says

People get enough from toothpaste, he argues
Nov 18, 2008
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/538700

Canadian university heads visit India to increase student exchanges and research partnerships

Nov 18, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/india_11_18_e.html

AUCC celebrates International Education Week 2008

Nov 17, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/iew_11_17_e.html

Quebec faculty satisfied with jobs, but not entirely

New study finds them less happy with level of institutional support for family life
Nov 17, 2008
Bronwyn Chester
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/11/17/quebec-faculty-satisfied-with-jobs-but-not-entirely.aspx

The “baby gap” in academia

Nov 17, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?blogid=86

Alberta contacts 954 people about dirty syringes

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/alberta_syringes_081117/20081117?hub=Health

UN climate panel says greenhouse gas emissions rose during 2000-06

Nov 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081117/world/germany_climate_change_1

Injection site opponents emotional, not scientific: study

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/insite_costs_081117/20081117?hub=Health

Oil, gas industry spent $2.8B on environment: study

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/statscan_industry_081117/20081117?hub=SciTech

Continents of garbage adrift in oceans

As much as 10 per cent of plastics produced end up inside giant marine vortexes
Nov 17, 2008
Alex Roslin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=30fae34a-c866-4f54-aed5-a0bf85810e26

Innovative start-ups catching the wind

Nov 17, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/538018

'These are strongly linked cases,' Yukon doctor says of TB's spread

Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/yk-tb.html

FDA to open China offices after product recalls

Nov 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/fda-china.html

Brampton councillor wants ban on addictive poppy derivative

Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/doda-opium.html

Surgeons aren't following all guidelines to lower infection risks: survey

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/surgery-infection.html

Liver, thyroid cancer rates increasing in Canada: report

Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/cancer-rates.html

Canada and Brazil Sign Agreement on Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation

Nov 17, 2008
Canada News Centre
http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=424099&categoryid=16

An innovation nation?

Editorial
November 24, 2008 issue of Canadian Business magazine
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/opinions/article.jsp?content=20081124_10022_10022

Policy Briefing: Innovation

Nov 17, 2008
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/policy_briefings/111708_pb.pdf

PM's climate offer could make North America clean energy powerhouse, if he's serious

If not, Canada will be on the outs with Obama
Nov 17, 2008
Aaron Freeman
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2008/november/17/pm_climate/&c=1

The high cost of carbon capture

Everybody wants to curb emissions, but are consumers willing to pay the price?
Nov 17, 2008
Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=175d7399-957a-4282-8571-b8be43bc5c17

Asthma misdiagnosed in at least a third of Canadian patients: study

Tests took place in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax
Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/asthma-misdiagnose.html

British Columbia has an identity crisis

Nov 16, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=11678

Vitamins C, E fail to prevent cancer: study

Nov 16, 2008
WILL DUNHAM
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081116.wcancervitamins1116/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Obama seen likely to renew funds for birth control clinics

Nov 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081116/usa/us_politics_obama_abortion_health_1

Canada awaits Obama's word on oilsands

ENERGY POLICY: Canadian policy may be forced by the new president's choices
Nov 16, 2008
GREG WESTON
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Columnists/Weston_Greg/2008/11/16/7426751-sun.html

$6-million agreement to boost canola research

Nov 15, 2008
Herald Leader
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1297851

Largest plant DNA project may lead to new medicines

Nov 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081115/plant_dna_081115/20081115?hub=SciTech

Got a spare Earth anywhere?

We're using the planet's resources way faster than nature can possibly replace them
Nov 15, 2008
VIVIAN SONG
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/life/greenplanet/2008/11/15/7421526-sun.html

Canadian wind industry faces delay, rising debt costs: industry financiers

Nov 15, 2008
Michael Tutton
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081115/business/wind_challenged_1

Rescue services applaud funding for defibrillators

Nov 15, 2008
Craig Pearson
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=7051df15-ca80-42c1-b0e5-e1d2d3a86372&k=71291

It has become another meaningless promise

Nov 14, 2008
Lorrie Goldstein
The Recorder & Times
http://beta.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1297688

California ordered to prepare for sea-level rise

Nov 14, 2008
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081115/us/usreport_us_california_sealevel_1

SFU biologist's theory called one of greatest since Freud's

Study could change the way science thinks about mental illness
Nov 14, 2008
Amy O'Brian
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=21cf5e5b-2a83-4d1f-892d-dc35b12cc5c8&k=95319

Norovirus outbreak hits Edmonton

Nov 14, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/14/edm-norovirus.html

UN water-monitoring program priority for Canada: Prentice

Nov 14, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/14/water-prentice.html

Joint study needed on Baffin Bay polar bear numbers: expert

Nov 14, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/14/pbear-survey.html?ref=rss

Friday, November 14, 2008

Panel picks clean energy as innovation opportunity

Nov 14, 2008
Business Edge
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/18990.cfm

Raising a glass to stem cell research

Fundraiser for new Cellular Therapy Centre
Nov 14, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=4ac710a1-864c-4a46-bfb4-e7e0cca37b4d

Tar sands turning Canada into ‘U. S. energy satellite’

‘Structural distortion’ kills jobs by linking loonie to oil: author
Nov 14, 2008
Richard Leitner
Mountain News
http://www.hamiltonmountainnews.com/news/article/151579

Students protest debt load

Nov 14, 2008
QUENTIN CASEY
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/481068

Canada leads world in astronomical discoveries

If world astronomy was a Star Trek movie, Canada would be co-pilot of the Enterprise
Nov 14, 2008
Don Martin
CanWest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/travel/story.html?id=21b0bdd8-030f-4f65-bbe9-b78fc8899463

Stewards of the Arctic?

Nov 14, 2008
GERALD BUTTS
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081113.wcopolar14/BNStory/specialComment/home

Environmentalists seek boreal forest protection

Group says oilsands production is leaving a trail of destruction
Nov 14, 2008
Saul Chernos
Business Edge
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/18956.cfm

Modern cancer drugs more likely to get to market

Nov 14, 2008
Ben Hirschler
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=7d1683fb-40d4-4586-aa16-ff29d66a5ab6

Halton moves to ban fluoride from water

Nov 14, 2008
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/536763

Tories to pull out of Canada-led water-monitoring program

Nov 13, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/harper-water.html

Brown clouds over Asia pose new threat to planet: UN

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/brown-clouds.html

Nuclear curbing alternatives?

Environmental groups say Ontario's atomic focus detracts from efforts to develop greener electricity
Nov 13, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/535898

Traffic pollution makes asthma symptoms worse in children: study

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/traffic-pollution.html

Separate Great Lakes, Mississippi basins to bar invasive species: study

Nov 13, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/great-lakes.html

Health care spending to reach record $171B: report

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/health-spending.html

Newborns test positive for MRSA

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/pe-mrsa-newborns.html

Reduce overcrowded housing to slash TB rates, native leaders urge

Officials from around the world to discuss how to cut rates in half by 2015
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/tuberculosis-meeting.html#Scene_1

HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in men: study

About 40 countries have approved vaccination for males
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/hpv-vaccine-men.html

A new age of statins?

Nov 13, 2008
Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth
Forbes.com
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/f-forbes-statins.html

FDA slaps sweeping hold on foods from China

Nov 13, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081113/melamine_hold_081113/20081113?hub=Health

Victoria leads Canada in green transport

Nov 13, 2008
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=e80f40d1-9bd2-4396-ae39-e833c6c82328

Evidence linking pesticides to cancer not strong enough: expert

But link can't be ruled out without further testing
Nov 12, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/pesticides-cancer.html

GeneNews cuts two-fifths of Canadian workforce, moves R&D to Asia

Nov 12, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081112/business/genenews_1

Urgent regulation needed for nanomaterials: experts

Nov 12, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/nanomaterials.html

Southern Ocean close to acid tipping point, researchers say

Nov 12, 2008
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/ocean-acid.html

Green use for white snow: Ottawa probes cool potential to save energy

Nov 12, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/ot-snow-081112.html

Fewer Canadian tech companies growing quickly: Deloitte

Nov 12, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/tech-companies.html

Earth would be heading to a freeze without CO2 emissions

Nov 12, 2008
AFP
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyGeD4x6xxyooCI8A_gn-LLBF_3g

Cancer society turns sights to farm pesticides

Agency holding conference with leading scientists on hotly contested issue of restricting agricultural bug and weed killers
Nov 12, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081112.wpesticides12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081112.wpesticides12

Top court rules for Navy in whales-sonar case

Nov 12, 2008
James Vicini
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1a5f0912-c56c-449a-9405-eff71a38fdb7

More growers turn to coal

Greenhouse operators battered by fuel costs forced to pick cheapest and dirtiest alternative
Nov 11, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/534346

Misunderstood oil sands

Nov 11, 2008
editoria
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081111.webranding12/BNStory/specialComment/home

Atlantic sharks at risk due to over-fishing: study

Nov 11, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ee8e376b-ea55-4c15-a94d-4c1b68c7e4e8

Tories warned of biofuel risks

Internal documents show downsides of ethanol boost
Nov 11, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=c4e2bb6b-4aac-415b-bf93-4ad380ff7e60

Vatican cautions Obama against changing Bush's policy on stem cells

Nov 11, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081111/world/vatican_stem_cells_1

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Climate first for Obama transition team

Alexandra Witze
nature; Published online 11 November 2008 | 456, 146-147 (2008)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081111/full/456146a.html

Ont. pesticide ban almost ready

'Best in North America:' Docs group
Nov 11, 2008
JONATHAN JENKINS
Sun Media
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/11/11/pf-7371066.html

AMA supports trans-fat bans

Nov 11, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=ba743e6d-b610-4f56-8c2f-89e89a7d3492

Pricey sewage treatment no remedy: group

But proponents say time to act is now
Nov 11, 2008
Judith Lavoie
Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=eba0fb27-3899-47f8-a7c8-0a5793b35fd6

Diarrhea bacteria common in hospitals: survey

Nov 11, 2008
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=265cce98-eb79-45e9-bf45-f6e081e4bccc

U.S. government nixes forest experiments; scientists upset

Nov 11, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/11/forest.html

E. coli investigation points finger at unknown Ontario produce supplier

Nov 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/11/ecoli.html

Alta. oil hurting environment: Poll

Nov 11, 2008
Renata D'Aliesio
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=4cd39ca8-deb7-4af1-b966-727326aa8ef7

A building with an energy all its own

Nov 11, 2008
JAY SOMERSET
Globe and Mail
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081110.wpropertyreport1111/GIStory/

Stem cell supporters await their Obama moment

Nov 10, 2008
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081110/us/usreport_us_usa_obama_stemcells_1

A ray of sunshine for solar energy

A new solar-cell system could one day make power from the sun as cheap as electricity from fossil fuels
Nov 10, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/533797

Top schools still tops in Maclean's rankings

Nov 10, 2008
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=49099367-b30c-4b29-8829-5acf8a03c2ad

Ontario agency backs inventors with $100,000

Supports lab-extraction system, noise reduction for choppers, windmills
Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/10/extraction-helicopters.html

Shifting ground on climate change

Nov 10, 2008
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/533209

Clean coal is no quick fix

Nov 10, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/533799

Fast food industry relies heavily on corn, researchers say

Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/10/corn-food.html

Aging medical equipment puts Canadian patients at risk: report

Nov 10, 2008
Becky Rynor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=947352

Divide deepens on Nunavut polar bear management: minister

Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/10/akesuk-pbear.html?ref=rss

Value of Canada's oilsands pegged at $1.5 trillion

Think-tank's estimate is four times higher than StatsCan's figure
Nov 10, 2008
Eric Beauchesne
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=7b9bbeb5-d58a-45ef-a0f3-19482d83a935&k=29101

Inuit activist pushes Harper for action on environment

Nov 10, 2008
Watt-Cloutier skeptical PM will act
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=aaf6a2ea-b9f3-4653-a8e5-a1b694e1fac8

No tuna ban needed: delegates

Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/10/pe-iccat-delegates.html?ref=rss

Studies find vitamin pills and ASA didn't block heart disease

Nov 9, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/09/us-study.html

Flu shots may lower blood clot risk, study says

Nov 9, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081109/blood_clots_081109/20081109?hub=Health

Breakthrough study finds simple blood test may detect heart disease

Nov 9, 2008
KATE HAMMER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081109.wheart1110/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Cholesterol drugs may save more lives: study

Nov 9, 2008
CTV.ca News http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081109/heart_study_081109/20081109?hub=Health

Harper ready to harmonize with U.S. on climate change

Canada would provide a secure oil supply in exchange for common standards on emissions
Nov 9, 2008
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/533175

City closer to tougher toxin bylaws

Nov 8, 2008
Vanessa Lu
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/533205

Call for ban on chemicals in cosmetics, cleaners

Children exposed to nail polish, perfumes or household cleaners are at risk, say health groups
Nov 8, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/533204

Obama will let us off the Kyoto hook

Nov 8, 2008
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/532241

Friday, November 7, 2008

CFIA to launch new listeria testing protocols

Special investigation by CBC News/Toronto Star learns of changes in draft stage
Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/listeria-regulations.html

N.W.T. sounds alarm about syphilis comeback

Outbreak spread from neighbouring Alberta, health officials say
Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/07/nwt-syphilis.html

Despite post-SARS focus, study says hospital infection rates rose

Nov 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/07/hospital-infections.html

Parks help narrow health gap between rich, poor: study

Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/07/parks-mortality.html

Shell Canada president wants better co-ordination on climate change

Nov 7, 2008
John Weidlich
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/11/07/shell-climate-change.html

Society spells out environmental links to cancer in online handbook

Nov 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-SFCosc3i6UZZUhJrjMZBJ0DBtQ

Pet food sickened dozens of people in U.S.

Handling of dry food source of salmonella infection
Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/pet-food-salmonella.html

Tiny solar cells show promise

Nov 7, 2008
JULIE STEENHUYSEN
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081107.wsolarcells1107/BNStory/Science/home

Rock found that acts as carbon sink

Nov 7, 2008
TIMOTHY GARDNER
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081107.wrocks1107/BNStory/Science/home

Traditional medicine passes WHO health checks

Nov 7, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=f77ab56d-861c-4df5-b50b-1a07b61b9c98

E. coli outbreak hits Waterloo

Nov 7, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f456d034-e4e5-4a24-a30f-d361f3dfaf2a

Two more intervenors join injection site appeal

Nov 7, 2008
Neal Hall
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=2502dc3e-f9d0-4426-b5ef-5f2f4cd28dbb&k=21

The answer is blowing in the wind

Nov 7, 2008
David Suzuki
Victoria News
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/opinion/34095114.html

Obama and U.S. need tarsands oil: Alberta premier

Nov 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081107/Obama_Stelmach_081107/20081107?hub=Canada&s_name=

Rich nations should ditch 'unsustainable' lifestyles: China's Wen

Nov 6, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081107/world/china_un_warming_1

Harper foresees common climate change plan with U.S

Nov 6, 2008
Mike BlanchfieldCanwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=ea438b52-8af0-4b52-acc5-bec55642034e

Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power grid

Nov 6, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081106/us/usreport_us_usa_election_gore_1

Fraudulent science used to hide hydro project's damage to B.C. creek: scientist

Nov 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/11/06/bc-miller-creek.html?ref=rss

Generic drug maker loses case in Canada's top court

Nov 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/plavix-scoc.html

Alberta wants in on climate negotiations with U.S.

Nov 6, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081106.walbertaclimate1106/BNStory/National/home

Mad cow case in B.C. likely result of bad feed, says CFIA

Nov 6, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/bc-mad-cow-bc.html

Obama's win a victory for science: stem-cell researchers

Seeing the results like watching Berlin Wall fall, one hematologist says
Nov 6, 2008
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=42011a51-c947-4fd6-b281-7161506460a5

Scientific tests skewed by leaching plastics

Nov 6, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=be27d48b-ef01-4e78-b2bf-c108801884c2

WWF warns of global boycotts over Baffin Bay polar bear hunt quota

Nov 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/06/wwf-pbear.html

Unleash good germs on bad: researchers

Nov 6, 2008
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081106.whospgerms1106/BNStory/Science/home

Climate change climbing corporate priority list

Nov 5, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081105/Climate_change_081105/20081105?hub=Canada&s_name=

Research takes a hit from stock market meltdown

Nov 5, 2008
Joanne Laucius
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=94399db4-cee8-455e-92de-d4d51b0b3d32

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The world's poor deserve better US leadership

David Dickson from ScieDev
31 October 2008
http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/the-world-s-poor-deserve-better-us-leadership.html

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Report Says Canadian Academia Falling Behind in Research Commercialization

Nov 5, 2008
Biotech Transfer Week
http://www.biotechtransferweek.com/issues/2_43/btw_qa/150529-1.html

Feds confirm plan to seek climate deal with Obama

Nov 5, 2008
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20081105/USelection_CDA_reaction_081105/20081105/?hub=TopStories&s_name=election2008&subhub=PrintStory

Climate talks: Obama victory offers hope, but Congress is key

Nov 5, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081105/usa/us_vote_climate_un_1

Superbug MRSA cases hit record level in Ontario

Nov 5, 2008
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081105.wmrsa05/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Agency killed food-label program without review: Documents

Nov 5, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f2582203-6521-4f60-b55a-c6824cf324fb

Panel urges Canada to pump up Arctic research

Nov 5, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=99d75fa2-5440-4aed-9d4f-2eb478bbf13f

Newly appointed food safety chief an industry first: Maple Leaf CEO

Nov 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/05/mapleleafsafety.html

Alberta moves to cap water sales

Nov 5, 2008
JOHN COTTER
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/11/05/7309716-sun.html

NASA says ozone layer hole 5th biggest on record

Nov 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/05/ozone-hole.html

Gates urges rich countries not to cut health aid

Nov 5, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/05/gates-health.html

N.B. issues first-ever biomass policy

Nov 5, 2008
Daniel McHardie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/04/nb-biomass-policy.html

Report calls for more energy 'champions'

Conservation experts urged for businesses, hospitals and schools
Nov 5, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/530730

12 new E. coli cases suspected in southern Ont.

Nov 5, 2008
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=de60a581-ff1d-42f4-89ba-ca03faf5016f

Asian demand behind falling shark populations: report

Nov 5, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=09c020e1-8e41-4715-8a93-2e8791f9fce1

Beekeepers buzz parliament for research money

Nov 5, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081105/world/britain_animals_politics_demo_1

Assessing Bush Science Advisor’s defense of science funding

Nov 4, 2008
John Timmer
ars technica
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081104-assessing-bush-science-advisors-defense-of-science-funding.html

Ontario delays deadline for final bids on two new nuclear reactors

Nov 4, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/04/ont-nuclear.html

Industry calls on city to scrap new waste plan

Nov 4, 2008
JENNIFER LEWINGTON AND JEFF GRAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081104.wtrash1105/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081104.wtrash1105

Third Saskatchewan health region says syringes were reused in operating room

Nov 4, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081104/health/health_dirty_syringes_5

Climate change creates opportunities, Canada's corporations say

Nov 4, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f4074200-d368-4337-97ce-b89d2b0f4c05

Ontario urged to force companies to pay for cleanup of mines

Nov 4, 2008
MARIA BABBAGE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081104.wmining1104/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081104.wmining1104

Alberta's syphilis outbreak partly due to economic boom: health minister

Nov 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/04/syphilis-alberta.html?ref=rss

From pond scum to desirable?

Nov 3, 2008
PHUONG LE
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081103.walgenergy1103/BNStory/Science/home

What Obama's win means for science

http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081105/full/news.2008.1209.html

Big Night for Obama Also Brings Changes for Science

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1105/1

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Canada an environmental slouch, study says

Nov 4, 2008
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081104/canada/canada_us_environment_study_1

Universities facing school of hard knocks

Stock market declines thump pension plans, endowments; may hurt enrolment numbers
Nov 4, 2008
Ann Perry
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/529851

Quebec wins Suzuki's praise

Greenhouse gas emissions cut for fourth year in a row
Nov 4, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=95b225be-a053-44d4-8e25-cd16ca095ae4

Alcohol, drugs kill thousands in B.C.: Study

Nov 4, 2008
Judith Lavoie
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=a9f0f4dc-48f0-4caf-abd9-6711e6880fc0

U of T chair urges regular testing of doctors

Nov 4, 2008
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/529952

Canadian activity level gets failing grade

Nov 4, 2008
Jodi Schellenberg
The StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=a841b289-ca08-460e-beb9-9dabad28198f&k=33362

Frozen mice cloned - are woolly mammoths next?

Nov 4, 2008
Maggie Fox
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=d19e50c9-1f31-48e0-8a53-324f587083f5

Pulling plug on 'power walls' a smart move: anti-tobacco advocate

Nov 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/04/powerwall-advocate.html

Offer genetic screening or face lawsuits, journal warns MDs

2008 guidelines recommend all pregnant woman have access to prenatal tests
Nov 3, 2008
Becky Rynor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=04c09f60-1891-4dfa-aa0d-d2a472cab7c7

Fisherman sees end of tuna fishery

Nov 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/03/pe-gaudet-tuna.html?ref=rss

Top health officials set for legislature committee grilling

Nov 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/11/03/edm-liepert-predy.html?ref=rss

New strains of influenza virus put more people at risk: health official

Nov 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/03/bc-flu-shot-urged.html

'Suboptimal' flu shots for kids pay off: study

Nov 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/03/flu-shots-children.html

More E. coli cases investigated in southern Ontario

Nov 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/03/e-coli-ont.html

Southern Ontario residents told to boil water

Nov 3, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/529710

Climate change expert offers dire warning

Nov 03, 2008
Greg Mercer
The Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/438385

Robotics might be Canada's ticket to moon

Nov 3, 2008
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=52dc2e43-4c97-4b68-beb6-cd18bfa91b72

Monday, November 3, 2008

Postdocs unionize at two Ontario universities

They say their ambiguous status at universities leads to low pay and other concerns
Nov 3, 2008
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/11/03/postdocs-unionize-at-two-ontario-universities.aspx

Science union wants better food inspection

Calls for moratorium on deregulation
Nov 3, 2008
SARAH SCHMIDT
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=b5895f0f-611f-47de-ae2d-f61937222e81

Children increasingly medicated: study

Nov 3, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=8e304764-8f7c-417a-bd0d-42ead2810fd5

Let's hope book spurs McGuinty to get bold

Nov 3, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/529252

Universities eye 'painful' cuts in wake of crisis

With endowment funds taking a beating, student aid, scholarships, hiring and academic programs could all be on the chopping block
Nov 2, 2008
ELIZABETH CHURCH AND PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081102.wuniversities1103/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081102.wuniversities1103

Oilsands activists protest expansion

Protesters call for halt to new development
Nov 2, 2008
TAMAS VIRAG
SUN MEDIA
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/11/02/7281366-sun.html

Canada may join U.S.-led energy, environment security project

Nov 2, 2008
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081102/national/energy_enviro_security_1

Physics the Next President Needs to Know

Nov 2, 2008
Alexis Madrigal
Wired
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/physics-the-nex.html

In Bush's end-game, lots of changes on environment

Nov 2, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081102/us/politics_us_bush_1

'Clean Coal' getting a lot of attention lately - what is it?

Nov 1, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1277271

Ont. government signals opposition to Bruce Power nuclear reactors

Nov 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/31/nuclear-ontario.html

Big picture shows how ocean changes

Two-day voyage shows how diversity and abundance of species off our coast reveal important changes in our marine ecosystem
Nov 1, 2008
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=15fa4725-8706-46de-beca-e85c53c05130&k=30169

Oil price fall, crisis may delay US climate, energy policy

Nov 1, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081101/usa/us_vote_energy_warming_2

Syringe reuse might be happening across Canada: Alberta health official

Oct 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/10/31/edm-syringe-predy.html?ref=rss

AUCC welcomes the appointment of a Minister of State (Science and Technology)

Oct 30, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/st_minister_10_30_e.html

What’s the value of university research?

Oct 30, 2008
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4548&blogid=86