Solving the economic and environmental crises

Dec 5, 2008
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

Human rights court says U.K. DNA database violates rights

Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/05/dna-database.html

Nunavut wildlife board to hold bowhead whale hearing in February

Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/05/nwmb-bowhead.html

Cancer rates in industrial area no higher than rest of Alberta: study

Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/05/edm-cancer-study.html

Risks of new asthma drugs vary, U.S. federal officials say

Dec 5, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/05/asthma-laba.html

Global measles deaths plummet: reports

Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/05/measles.html

Hunger, HIV/AIDS hit Africa with double punch: WFP

Dec 5, 2008
Pascal Fletcher
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=2d25195e-52c9-402c-9d20-a3a2b5903404

No link found between abortions and later mental-health problems

Dec 5, 2008
PAUL TAYLOR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081205.wldoses05/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

NASA to delay costly Mars mission until 2011

Dec 5, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081205/nasa_mars_081205/20081205?hub=SciTech

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

EU still not united on climate change package

Dec 4, 2008
Paul Harrington
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1032241

Cancer, heart disease leading causes of deaths for Canadians: report

Dec 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/causes-death.html

Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in autism lawsuit

Dec 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/autism-court.html

Study says Canada can meet gas target

Dec 4, 2008
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=bfd88ad1-4330-4076-be53-a941127e4f09

Research suggests children's brain function affected by poverty

Dec 4, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/brain-income.html

Study sheds light on breast cancer drug failure

Dec 4, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/tamoxifen.html

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

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

Ontario adds 6 new drugs to coverage list

Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/03/drugs-ont.html

Canadians eating less lunch meat after listeriosis outbreak: study

Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/03/listeria-outcome.html

Potential World Heritage boreal forest valued at $130M annually: study

Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/03/world-heritage.html

Avian cholera threatens Arctic eider duck colonies: scientists

Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/03/avian-cholera.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

End of P.E.I. needle exchange worries health officer

Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/03/pe-needle-exchange.html

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

Multitasking canola: A California miracle crop?

Dec 3, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/conola_water_081203/20081203?hub=SciTech

Greenhouse gas emissions increased in U.S.last year

Dec 3, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/gge_us_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

Generic heart drugs measure up to branded versions: review

Dec 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/02/generic-drugs.html

Common heart surgery drug may be more dangerous than cheaper alternatives: study

Dec 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/02/aprotinin.html

Millions of birds could die from oilsands development: report

Dec 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/edm-birds-oilsands-report.html

Fuel cells for portable gadgets inch closer to market

Dec 2, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/tech-fuelcell.html

New chapter in Apotex legal battle

Dec 2, 2008
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081202.wacademic02/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081202.wacademic02

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

Canadian Immunization Conference highlights Innovation, Education and Partnership

Nov 30, 2008
Public Health Agency of Canada
http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=425899&categoryid=1&category=News+Releases