'It's a complex issue,' spokeswoman for Environment Canada declares
Dec 26, 2008
NORVAL SCOTT AND DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081226.DUCKS26/TPStory/Environment
The goal of the Science Canada website is to highlight science policy issues in Canada's political arena and media.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
All I want for Christmas ....
Dec 23, 2008
DAVID SUZUKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcogreen24/BNStory/specialComment/home
DAVID SUZUKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcogreen24/BNStory/specialComment/home
It's time to get off our laurels – and innovate, innovate, innovate
Dec 23, 2008
ROBERT PALTER AND SACHA GHAI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcoecon24/BNStory/specialComment/home
ROBERT PALTER AND SACHA GHAI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcoecon24/BNStory/specialComment/home
Alberta remains No. 1 greenhouse gas emitter
Dec 23, 2008
Dina O'Meara and Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a9f85166-c697-4492-9179-931a335b37d1
Dina O'Meara and Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a9f85166-c697-4492-9179-931a335b37d1
'Global land grab' causing alarm among NGOs
Dec 23, 2008
Fabien Zamora
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1108602
Fabien Zamora
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1108602
Fewer Americans Worried About Climate Change
Dec 22, 2008
Angus Reid Global Monitor
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/fewer_americans_worried_about_climate_change/
Angus Reid Global Monitor
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/fewer_americans_worried_about_climate_change/
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Idaho energy czar aims to harness cow pie power
Dec 20, 2008
John Miller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/20/7815111-ap.html
John Miller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/20/7815111-ap.html
Canada earns the 'colossal fossil' label
Dec 19, 2008
Alison Ménard
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/516980
Alison Ménard
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/516980
Study Shows Canada Can Tackle Climate Change & Prosper
Canada can be a leader in tackling climate change and still experience strong economic and employment growth according to a groundbreaking study
Dec 19, 2008
Bob Ewing
DigitalJournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263713
Dec 19, 2008
Bob Ewing
DigitalJournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263713
System in search of better icebreaker
Field trials continue for a less corrosive product to replace 2,000 tonnes of rock salt used yearly
Dec 19, 2008
Tess Kalinowski
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/556247
Dec 19, 2008
Tess Kalinowski
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/556247
How safe is our food? Don't ask
Feds withhold records on management of crisis
Dec 19, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/556249
Dec 19, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/556249
Darwinism: Why we are, as we are
As the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On The Origin of Species” approaches, the moment has come to ask how Darwin’s insights can be used profitably by policymakers
Dec 18, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12795581
Dec 18, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12795581
Coal should be warming concern: scientists
Dec 18, 2008
Clare Baldwin
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BH0GO20081218?sp=true
Clare Baldwin
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BH0GO20081218?sp=true
Eyes west
Could the United States topple Europe as the driver of international climate-change regulations?
Dec 18, 2008
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7224/
Dec 18, 2008
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7224/
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
EU finalizes deal to fight climate change
Dec 17, 2008
Pete Harrison and Huw Jones
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BG2SH20081217
Pete Harrison and Huw Jones
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BG2SH20081217
Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment
Dec 17, 2008
Deborah Charles
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG43N20081217
Deborah Charles
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG43N20081217
Rising sea levels, earthquakes to hit B.C., says study
Dec 17, 2008
Richard Watts
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1083823
Richard Watts
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1083823
Adapting to a changing climate
Documents sent to Transport and Infrastructure Canada by federal experts warn that water resources are particularly vulnerable to changes in the climate and urge Ottawa to offer more support, guidance and leadership
Dec 16, 2008
MIKE DE SOUZA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story.html?id=1079893
Dec 16, 2008
MIKE DE SOUZA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story.html?id=1079893
Generic drug makers seek changes to patent law
Consumers would benefit from lower costs, says industry
Dec 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/16/generic-court.html
Dec 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/16/generic-court.html
Groups urge BPA ban in all food packaging
Dec 16, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081216.BISPHENOL16/TPStory/National
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081216.BISPHENOL16/TPStory/National
The big melt
Two trillion tons of ice have melted since 2003
Dec 16, 2008
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wbigmelt1216/BNStory/Science/home
Dec 16, 2008
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wbigmelt1216/BNStory/Science/home
Arctic ice volume lowest ever as globe warms - U.N.
Dec 16, 2008
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1082827
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1082827
The million-dollar degree
Dec 16, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4834&blogid=86
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4834&blogid=86
Canadian research misconduct to be studied by Health Canada-led committee
New study for Canadian Research Integrity Committee compares policies and incidence at home with eight other countries
Dec 15, 2008
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-research-misconduct-to-be-studied-by-health-canada-led-committee.aspx
Dec 15, 2008
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-research-misconduct-to-be-studied-by-health-canada-led-committee.aspx
Canada labelled a ‘Colossal Fossil’
Climate change top Ottawa priority despite environmentalist criticism: Prentice
Dec 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/Live/article/154237
Dec 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/Live/article/154237
Air forced underground could provide energy
Storing compressed air below ground could provide the grid with wind power when it's needed, not just when it blows
Dec 15, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/553702
Dec 15, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/553702
Recall of toys sparks study on lead risks
Health Canada; Special X-rays will scan people's bones
Dec 15, 2008
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1076803
Dec 15, 2008
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1076803
Going digital to save health care millions of dollars
Converting X-rays and other images to electronic format will reduce costs, aid patients, report says
Dec 15, 2008
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081215.DIGITAL15/TPStory/National
Dec 15, 2008
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081215.DIGITAL15/TPStory/National
Australia to cut pollution 5 to 15 per cent by 2020
Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/15/australia-climate.html
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/15/australia-climate.html
Cellphone health study on hold
Other nations have released their data on wireless health effects, so why hasn't Canada?
Dec 14, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/553500
Dec 14, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/553500
The glaciologist's worst nightmare
Forget melting. The possibility of ice break-up could lead to an irreversible catastrophe
Dec 13, 2008
Daniel Tanuro
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/552439
Dec 13, 2008
Daniel Tanuro
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/552439
Prentice says climate a priority for Tories
Environment minister offers reassurance despite economic crisis
Dec 13, 2008
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/553266
Dec 13, 2008
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/553266
Tories ‘embarrassing’ Canada: Government scientist
Dec 12, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1069327
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1069327
Friday, December 12, 2008
Canada to work with U.S. on climate
North America-wide approach needed, Prentice tells summit
Dec 12, 2008
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/552592
Dec 12, 2008
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/552592
Vatican condemns embryo stem cell research, cloning
Dec 12, 2008
Philip Pullella
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1067731
Philip Pullella
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1067731
Vatican hardens opposition to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning
Dec 12, 2008
Nicole Winfield
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/12/7725696-ap.html
Nicole Winfield
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/12/7725696-ap.html
Experts back brain boosters for all
Dec 12, 2008
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.wldrugs12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.wldrugs12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Hospital mortality rate dips slightly
Dec 12, 2008
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.whospital12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.whospital12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Canada urges climate-change battle
Dec 11, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1062783
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1062783
Canada criticized for lax approach to environment
Dec 11, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081211.CLIMATE11/TPStory/Environment
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081211.CLIMATE11/TPStory/Environment
Safe toys
Falling behind the U.S.
Dec 11, 2008
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=c79199db-671a-488e-a604-a3edda3e5634
Dec 11, 2008
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=c79199db-671a-488e-a604-a3edda3e5634
Tuberculosis is closer to home than you think
Dec 11, 2008
Gail Johnson
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-175333/tuberculosis-closer-home-you-think
Gail Johnson
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-175333/tuberculosis-closer-home-you-think
Risks of some asthma drugs greater than benefits, FDA told
Foradil, Serevent singled out
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/asthma-drugs.html
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/asthma-drugs.html
Toward a Next Generation Canada?
Dec 10, 2008
ANDREA WOOD
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.lawwebcommentary1209/BNStory/robLawPage/home
ANDREA WOOD
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.lawwebcommentary1209/BNStory/robLawPage/home
Canada adopts melamine standards set by WHO
Decrease in levels allowed in infant formula
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/10/melamine-canada.html
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/10/melamine-canada.html
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
St. John's addicts caught shoplifting to lose methadone access
Decision vindictive, medical ethicist says
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/10/addicts-shoplifting.html
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/10/addicts-shoplifting.html
Canada's Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice Responds to European Union Scientific Review Group Decision on Polar Bear Imports
Canada ranked near bottom in list of climate change fighters
Saudi Arabia ranked higher in Climate Action Network Europe survey
Dec 10, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1058777
Dec 10, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1058777
Canada has bad rep at UN climate talks
Dec 10, 2008
Colleen Kimmett
The Tyee
http://www.thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Federal-Politics/2008/12/10/CanadaRep/
Colleen Kimmett
The Tyee
http://www.thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Federal-Politics/2008/12/10/CanadaRep/
New Science museum top priority for new CEO
Partnership with private firm probable way to go, says longtime public servant
Dec 10, 2008
Paul Gessell
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1054536
Dec 10, 2008
Paul Gessell
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1054536
Health committee ‘re-postpones’ debate over fluoride in water
Dec 10, 2008
Tim Foran
Milton Canadian Champion
http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/224975
Tim Foran
Milton Canadian Champion
http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/224975
Prostate cancer sufferers should delay treatment: Research
One way to delay or avoid side effects of incontinence and impotence
Dec 10, 2008
Michelle Magnan
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1058898
Dec 10, 2008
Michelle Magnan
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1058898
The trouble with tar sands
Dec 10, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Canoe.ca
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/Suzuki/2008/12/10/7698041-ca.html
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Canoe.ca
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/Suzuki/2008/12/10/7698041-ca.html
Cheap food products come with a price
Dec 9, 2008
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081208.wcofood09/BNStory/specialComment/home
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081208.wcofood09/BNStory/specialComment/home
Climate change not imminent danger, UN panel chief says
But governments should reconsider emissions cuts
Dec 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/09/climate-meeting.html
Dec 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/09/climate-meeting.html
Monday, December 8, 2008
Climate change - unlike the financial meltdown - is a long-haul crisis
Dec 8, 2008
James Ford, Lea Berrang Ford and Tristan Pearce
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=900b78cb-dbb4-4e1a-ba12-fdfe8ef55dcb
James Ford, Lea Berrang Ford and Tristan Pearce
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=900b78cb-dbb4-4e1a-ba12-fdfe8ef55dcb
Watch more streams
Dec 8, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081207.wefish08/BNStory/specialComment/home
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081207.wefish08/BNStory/specialComment/home
Tests find toxin in 75% of plastic children's toys
Additive linked to reproductive harm in kids
Dec 8, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1046315
Dec 8, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1046315
The war to beat the flu bug
Modern medicine has tools to fight this age-old malady. The question is, why don't they always work?
Dec 6, 2008
Diana Zlomislic
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/547330
Dec 6, 2008
Diana Zlomislic
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/547330
Our smog is worse than we thought
Research behind city's new emission-reporting bylaw finds high levels of suspected carcinogens
Dec 6, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/549457
Dec 6, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/549457
Focus on Earth
Europe is rightly pioneering the systematic appliance of science in space to societal needs
Dec 4, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7222/full/456546a.html
Dec 4, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7222/full/456546a.html
The cost of silence?
Analyses of AIDS deaths attributable to misguided policies in South Africa carry lessons for scientific leaders
Dec 4, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7222/full/456545a.html
Dec 4, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7222/full/456545a.html
Friday, December 5, 2008
Solving the economic and environmental crises
Dec 5, 2008
TAMARA LORINCZ, GRETCHEN FITZGERALD and CHERYL RATCHFORD
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1094164.html
TAMARA LORINCZ, GRETCHEN FITZGERALD and CHERYL RATCHFORD
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1094164.html
Alberta to bear brunt of climate policies
Report urges faster emissions cuts
Dec 5, 2008
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=592043ec-4084-4c58-a2c3-2c913dce0e82
Dec 5, 2008
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=592043ec-4084-4c58-a2c3-2c913dce0e82
Study weighs lifetime cancer risks from repeated CT scans
Procedure may soon account for two per cent of all cases
Dec 4, 2008
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1031449
Dec 4, 2008
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1031449
Watching and waiting
The search for dangerous asteroids is about to begin in earnest
Dec 4, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12719347
Dec 4, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12719347
University infrastructure investment can boost economy
Dec 3, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/infrastructure_12_03_e.html
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/infrastructure_12_03_e.html
Crackdown urged on 'rogue' stem cell clinics
Treatment benefits exaggerated, risks underestimated, researchers warn
Dec 3, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1031389
Dec 3, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1031389
Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?
Dec 3, 2008
Malcolm Ritter
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/scientists_technology_081203/20081203?hub=SciTech
Malcolm Ritter
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/scientists_technology_081203/20081203?hub=SciTech
Canada's growing list of wildlife at risk
Snapping turtles join species at the brink
Dec 3, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081203.wspecies03/BNStory/Science/home
Dec 3, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081203.wspecies03/BNStory/Science/home
HIV+ and looking to conceive
When a permanent, quarantined laboratory opens at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital this spring, the barriers to reproductive services may start to disappear for couples living with HIV. But there's still a long way to go
Dec 1, 2008
HAYLEY MICK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081201.wlhivaids01/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 1, 2008
HAYLEY MICK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081201.wlhivaids01/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Monday, December 1, 2008
Canadian universities may curtail hiring, scholarships
Losses in endowment and pension funds from economic slide put pressure on universities
Dec 1, 2008
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/schools-may-curtail-hiring-scholarships.aspx
Dec 1, 2008
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/schools-may-curtail-hiring-scholarships.aspx
Vanier scholarships challenged by tight deadlines
The awards brand Canada as a destination for top-flight students, but can they meet their potential to attract international students in short term?
Dec 1, 2008
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/vanier-scholarships-challenged-by-tight-deadlines.aspx
Dec 1, 2008
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/vanier-scholarships-challenged-by-tight-deadlines.aspx
Scientific research: What's wrong with this picture?
Dec 1, 2008
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/f-strauss-pigmentproject.html
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/f-strauss-pigmentproject.html
Climate juggernaut on the horizon, UN talks told
Dec 1, 2008
Simon Sturdee and Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1017092
Simon Sturdee and Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1017092
Beware cholesterol drugs for kids, journal warns doctors
Dec 1, 2008
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1017907
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1017907
Canada says economy slows environmental progress
Nov 30, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1014479
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1014479
Global warming solution begins at home: Weaver
Nobel laureate sees leadership role for Alberta
Nov 29, 2008
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=446322de-f1e3-480a-b1e4-f8ed09acdad0
Nov 29, 2008
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=446322de-f1e3-480a-b1e4-f8ed09acdad0
Success: effort plus situation
Nov 29, 2008
Is genius born or made? Tim Adams asks the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, about his new book and what it takes to be successful.
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/success-effort-plus-situation/2008/11/28/1227491826879.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
Is genius born or made? Tim Adams asks the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, about his new book and what it takes to be successful.
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/success-effort-plus-situation/2008/11/28/1227491826879.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
Prentice warms to critics ahead of climate talks
Nov 28, 2008
BILL CURRY and MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.wPOLprentice1129/BNStory/politics/home
BILL CURRY and MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.wPOLprentice1129/BNStory/politics/home
Dubious tradition
Nov 28, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.webears29/BNStory/specialComment/home
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.webears29/BNStory/specialComment/home
Absence of evidence
Do drug firms suppress unfavourable information about new products?
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675892
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675892
The ideal and the good
Deploying the drugs used to treat AIDS may be the way to limit its spread
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675884
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675884
Tuna in trouble
Anger that the catch will still be too big
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675910
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675910
STDs on rise among youth: study
Chlamydia cases double between 1997 and 2004
Nov 26, 2008
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c116c73c-2a33-40a7-bf9a-056c01fb2b88
Nov 26, 2008
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c116c73c-2a33-40a7-bf9a-056c01fb2b88