Science Canada: January 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Budget erases funding for key science agency

Organization that finances large-scale science is ignored, putting jobs, research and Canada's international reputation at risk
Jan 29, 2009
CAROLYN ABRAHAM
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090129.BUDGETSCIENCE29/TPStory/National

Money for bricks, but not talent

University researchers say there isn't enough new funding to close the gap with American universities
Jan 28, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH AND DANIEL LEBLANC
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090128.BUDGETSCIENCE28/TPStory/National

Science community sees budget promises as mixed bag

Jan 28, 2009
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/28/scitech-budget-reac.html

A missed chance to build toward Canada's future

Jan 28, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090128.EBUDGET28/TPStory/Comment

Stimulus plan falls a few shades short of 'green,' critics say

More action sought on renewable energy
Jan 28, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/578403

BPA stays in body longer than expected: study

Jan 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/28/bpa-fasting.html

Toronto bans smoking near playgrounds, wading pools

Jan 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/28/tto-smoking.html

Give all Quebec parents-to-be free access to Down syndrome test: commission

Provincial advisory board recommends universal access to free amniocentesis
Jan 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/28/mtl-downs-syndrome-testing-0128.html

Canada poised to require companies to report use of nanomaterials, policy group says

Jan 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/28/nanotech.html

EU calls for global carbon trading system to fight climate change

Suggestions outlined in EU blueprint for Copenhagen deal
Jan 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/28/eu-carbon.html

A training ground for biotech leaders

Making a mark; Two women share their success stories
Jan 28, 2009
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/working/story.html?id=1226258

Environment gets lift in budget pledges

Jan 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/27/budget2009-environment.html

Monday, January 26, 2009

Major changes proposed for research that involves humans

Granting council amendments to Canada’s policy on research conduct respond to concerns from social science community
Jan 26, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/major-changes-proposed-for-research-that-involves-humans.aspx

And they call this science?

Jan 26, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=8de472d1-5fb2-4d7d-8513-0a5a9048ecab

Flaherty urged to think green

Activists push to ensure economic stimulus gives nod to the environment
Jan 26, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/577207

Researchers feel cold shoulder as polar year program comes to close

Jan 26, 2009
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/26/after-ipy.html

Frequently used medications present in treated Montreal wastewater

Jan 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/26/river-medications.html

Case more to do with rights than sales, raw milk crusader tells court

Jan 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/01/26/schmidt-milk.html

Manitobans are least green conscious, StatsCan says

Jan 26, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/26/manitoba-garbage.html

Obama to impose tougher fuel efficiency standards

Jan 26, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/26/obama-cars.html

Global warming could create oceanic 'dead zones': study

Jan 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/26/dead-zones.html

Some climate damage irreversible: report

Jan 26, 2009
Randolph Schmid
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/577585

Chasing fossil-fuel 'fugitive' in climate change fight

Jan 26, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/577109

Access to genetics-based testing lagging: report

Jan 26, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090126/Cancer_tests_090126/20090126?hub=Toronto

Bishop questions ethics of oilsands projects

Jan 26, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/577634

U.S. study raises more questions about stun gun safety

Jan 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/25/stungun-study.html

As U.S. emerges from dark age, Canada's scientific edge fades

Jan 24, 2009
CAROLYN ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090124.wresearchweb0124/BNStory/National/home

Listeria detection evidence safety protocols work, says Maple Leaf

Jan 24, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Listeria+detection+evidence+safety+protocols+work+Maple+Leaf/1215285/story.html

Avian flu detected in southern B.C.: CFIA

Jan 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/24/bc-avian-flu-detected.html

Lots of hype, no substance, to detox claims

Jan 24, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1403674

Ottawa suggests adding chemical to toxic list

Jan 24, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090124.TOXIC24/TPStory/National

The good and so-so of Ontario's biomass plan

Jan 24, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/576452

Anti-tobacco initiatives cut smoking rate to new low

Jan 23, 2009
Gwendolyn Richards
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=1a4e2eb3-d405-49eb-b757-eeea600d2177

FDA approves embryonic stem cell trial for humans: company

Jan 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/23/stem-cell-trial.html

2008 one of worst years for natural disasters this decade

Jan 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/23/natural-disasters.html

Obama reverses Bush's ban on abortion funding abroad

Jan 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/23/obama-abortion.html

Research is a public good

Jan 22, 2009
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090121.weScience22/BNStory/specialComment/home

Conservative draft bill would weaken environmental regulations: NDP

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/environment-ndp.html

Child obesity a growing problem in Montreal: study

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/22/mtl-obesechildren0122.html

B.C. policy to switch to cheaper stomach drugs costs more: study

Jan 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/22/bc-drug-coverage-plan.html

Health Canada has little to say about cellphone risks for kids

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/22/cellphone-children.html

Follow Obama's environmental lead: Green party leader

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/green-budget.html

Antarctica warming after all, study says

Jan 22, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/antarctica-cooling.html

National Research Council astronomer named scientist of the year

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/marois-scientist.html

Canada inks nuclear deal with India

Jan 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/aecl-india-nukes.html

Ontario spends $2.5M on green auto parts research

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/bioproducts-money.html

Warming behind big increase in tree mortality in B.C., western U.S.: study

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/22/dying-trees.html

Sask. urged to ban smoking in cars with kids

Jan 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/22/smoking-cars.html

$630 million US for new push to eradicate polio

Jan 22, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/22/polio.html

Ontarians must butt out before driving with kids

2nd province behind Nova Scotia to put such a law into effect
Jan 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/21/ont-smoking.html

Health Canada testing compact fluorescent bulbs for harmful radiation

Jan 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/21/bulbs.html

Ex-PMs call for 'green stimulus' in federal budget

Jan 21, 2009
Pras Rajagopalan
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/21/green-budget.html

Listeriosis investigator accused of conflict of interest

Jan 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/21/weatherill-conflict.html

Cleaner air adds months to Americans' life expectancy

Jan 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/21/pollution-life-expectancy.html

Ontario coal-fired power plant to switch to biomass

Jan 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/21/green-energy.html

Regina energy group gets $10.5M

Jan 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/21/energy-grant.html

Obama: U.S. will 'roll back the specter of a warming planet'

Jan 20, 2009
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1199231

Acupuncture, real and fake, helps prevent migraines: researchers

Jan 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/20/acupuncture-migraine.html

Sask. spends $1.1M on new cancer test

Jan 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/20/cancer-test.html

Expand hepatitis B vaccination for all Canadian infants: study

Jan 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/19/hepatitis-b.html

'We all have a vested interest' in polar bear future: Prentice to summit

Jan 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/pbear-summit.html

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Ottawa fails to follow through on toxics review

Launched by the Prime Minister in 2006, Chemicals Management Plan is no longer issuing assessments of hazardous chemicals
Jan 16, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090116.BPANEW16/TPStory/Environment

FDA pledges openness on gene-altered products

Jan 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090116/fda_products_090116/20090116?hub=Health

Polar bears' survival rests in our hands

Situation critical, says environment minister
Jan 16, 2009
CHINTA PUXLEY
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/01/16/8042391-sun.html

Malfunction at plant sends raw sewage into Halifax harbour

Jan 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/halifax-sewage-malfunction.html

NASA suspends space station contract awards following protest

Jan 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/nasa-contracts.html

Bush administration calls for increased U.S. offshore drilling

Jan 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/offshore-drilling.html

Expand methadone treatment to curb crime: Saint John police

Jan 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/16/nb-methadone-crime.html

Second life

Biologists debate the scale of extinction in the world’s tropical forests
Jan 15, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12926042

Come and join the Public Policy Wiki

Jan 15, 2009
Mathew Ingram
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090115.WBmingram20090115092840/WBStory/WBmingram

Lilly pays $1.42B US to settle some Zyprexa claims

Jan 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/lilly-zyprexa.html

Grand plan for electric cars takes shape in Ontario

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/ontario-electric.html

Report: Canada needs new energy strategy to deal with oilsands concerns

Jan 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gXXqRRdl2wxpyNwHcPZggrfOhMwA

VC investment gap widens between Canada and U.S.: CVCA

Jan 15, 2009
Krystle Chow
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/293569198646933.php

Tories feel the heat over climate

Ottawa must harmonize environmental plan with one proposed by Obama administration
Jan 15, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/571305

BIOTECanada Calls for Government to Listen to Canadians, Support Innovation Industries

Canadian Biotech Jobs and Innovation at Risk as 50 % of Firms Report Cash Shortage
Jan 15, 2009
BIOTECanada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/biotecanada-calls-government-listen-canadians/story.aspx?guid=%7B24AB649C-C844-4149-9DCC-043854A5A193%7D&dist=msr_5

Ottawa urged to improve fuel quality standards

Jan 15, 2009
Tony Van Alphen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/571253

Polar bear protection to be focus of national round table

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/polar-bears.html

Study suggests fish feces helping neutralize carbon dioxide levels in oceans

Jan 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hK0nPCxswxaSdstb6MVwzST12BOg

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Releases Major Report on Measuring the Value of Health Research

Jan 15, 2009
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28677586/

Mind is key to getting moving

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/exercise-mind.html

'Sense of urgency' needed to cut maternal deaths, UNICEF head says

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/maternity-deaths.html

Oil sands on agenda for Obama's Canada visit: Harper

Jan 15, 2009
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1180523

Science, law will trump politics at EPA: Obama nominee

Jan 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/14/science-epa.html

Nortel struggles a 'big blow' to research in Canada

Jan 14, 2009
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/14/nortel-research.html

Doctors push government to crack down on tobacco products aimed at children

Jan 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/14/doctors-cigarillos.html

Secrecy surrounds Winnipeg round table about polar bears

Jan 14, 2009
Lindsey Wiebe
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Secrecy+surrounds+Winnipeg+round+table+about+polar+bears/1178011/story.html

Research network to study long-term safety of drugs taken by Canadians

Jan 14, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hQvAjmxcxKRtFRisI-o3VIYxgd0A

'What are we going to do about the bears?'

For the first time, governments, environmentalists, researchers and Inuit are meeting to discuss the fate of the endangered carnivore
Jan 14, 2009
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090114.POLARBEARS14/TPStory/Environment

Herbal menopause remedies ineffective

Jan 14, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090114.wherbal14/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Pricey cancer drug revisited

Board agrees to reconsider public funding for therapy
Jan 14, 2009
Michelle Lang
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=73e0a218-61d7-4f36-8811-34139a1ccf2f

Giving Rise To Excellence

Jan 14, 2009
Valerie Berenyi
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=97331446-8947-4ab4-8b30-260a25db0a39

Pfizer to lay off up to 800 scientists

Jan 13, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/13/pfizercuts.html

Botox chemical may spread, Health Canada confirms

Jan 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/13/botox.html

Obama focuses on next generation innovation

Jan 13, 2009
Michael Warren
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/569685

An inferiority complex could be stalling innovation

Commanding resources Chairman dares Atlantic Canada to exploit the unimaginable
Jan 13, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/538009

Cancer death rate 65% higher among the mentally ill

Jan 13, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090113.wlmind13/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Science 2.0: New online tools may revolutionize research

Jan 13, 2009
Grant Buckler
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/08/f-tech-research.html

Case against wood burning heats up

Smog alerts descend on Montreal; Bans in St. Léonard, St. Laurent may set trend
Jan 13, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Case+against+wood+burning+heats/1170936/story.html

Human consumption speeding up evolutionary change: study

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/humans-predators.html

Canada to study economic impact of climate change

Jan 12, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Canada+study+economic+impact+climate+change/1169598/story.html

Red flags on probiotic health claims shelved due to hazy policy, files show

Jan 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1168924

You can fish, but you can't eat, says health officer

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/12/pe-keefes-mercury.html

Changes to climate, permafrost spur worries in Arctic coastal community

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/permafrost.html

Yukon Energy cranks up search for geothermal heat source

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/yukon-geothermal.html

Monday, January 12, 2009

Faculty postpone retirement across Canada

Economy’s slide and end of mandatory retirement see more profs staying on
Jan 12, 2009
Anne Kershaw
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/faculty-postpone-retirement-across-canada.aspx

Probiotic health claims awaiting federal policy

Jan 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=9178fa29-f0d6-4635-9c06-14cdae28d101

Listeriosis inquiry stall is dangerous

Jan 12, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=0a385075-c07d-4952-9be8-079cf6e3101b

Smokers too long the target of bans

Jan 12, 2009
The Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=bf3ab620-03cf-465b-a6c8-834bd8bddb53

Another step toward extinction for plastic bag

Jan 12, 2009
PETER CHENEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090112.BAGS12/TPStory/National/

P.E.I. group launched to support wind farms

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/pe-wind-support.html

Budget must sow seeds of forestry's recovery

Jan 12, 2009
AVRIM LAZAR
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wagendalazar0112/BNStory/robAgenda/home

Americans seeing the light on carbon tax

Jan 12, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/569202

Tour aims to promote ban of plastic water bottles

Jan 12, 2009
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/569250

Flu shot mismatched on B virus, early data suggests

Jan 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/12/flu.html

Fighting the flu

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/12/f-flu.html

FDA may miss researchers' financial conflicts

Jan 12, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090112/fda_conflicts_090112/20090112?hub=Health

Massive Greenland meltdown? Not so fast, say scientists

Jan 12, 2009
Marlowe Hood
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1168782

Raw milk: What's the risk?

Jan 11, 2009
Jordana Huber
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/milk+What+risk/1160835/story.html

Changing course requires all hands on deck

Jan 11, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=12542

Environmentalists to warn U.S. Supreme Court not to follow Canada on mine tailings

Jan 11, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jzlCX6BGS_jR6gCm-Vu-fbRCMXbg

Scientific tests broaden our knowledge

Jan 11, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1382577

The shared folly of Mbeki and McGuinty

Jan 10, 2009
Dan Gardner
Ottawa Citizen
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/katzenjammer/archive/2009/01/10/the-shared-folly-of-mbeki-and-mcguinty.aspx

City ponders smoking ban for playgrounds

Children gathered at wading pools, splash pads face risk of second-hand smoke, staff report warns
Jan 10, 2009
Vanessa Lu
Toronto Starhttp://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/568608

A judge confronts his fear of AIDS

Jon-Jo Douglas once made witness don mask
Jan 10, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/568627

FDA scientists write to Obama about their managers

Jan 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090109/fda_corruption_090109/20090109?hub=Health

Racism persists because we don't really find it offensive

Jan 9, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090109.wracism09/BNStory/Science/home

Continuing shuttle program would cost $3B a year, NASA chief says

Jan 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/09/shuttle-cost.html

Nanotechnology: Governments passive, critics say

Jan 9, 2009
John Cotter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/564628

Health Canada yet to respond to expert calls for better nanotechnology regulations

Jan 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAs966dcawHojuicdv6bEScnEBwQ

Avoid antipsychotic drugs for elderly, experts urge, after death risk study

Jan 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/09/anti-psychotic-risks.html

U.S. denies approval to expand use of Gardasil vaccine

Jan 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/09/gardasil-fda.html

Poor eating habits set in early: study

Jan 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/09/eating-habits-children.html

City hall still slow to embrace green ways

Despite campaign, official City of Toronto bags with logo are made of plastic
Jan 9, 2009
John Spears
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/564231

British first as baby born free of breast cancer gene

Jan 9, 2009
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1159263

Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the Earth

Barack Obama is making good his promise to welcome scientists into his administration
Jan 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12887207

Despite deep chill, global warming is still a peril: scientists

Jan 8, 2009
Jerome Cartillier
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1155516

McHealth stories leave us all hungry

Jan 8, 2009
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wlpicard08/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Natural sleep aid linked to nightmares

Jan 8, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wlnatural08/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Monkey goby, other invasive species pose threat to Great Lakes

Jan 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/08/invasive-great-lakes.html

Norwalk virus spreading on P.E.I.

Jan 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/08/pe-norwalk-morrison.html

Nanotech full of environmental questions

Alberta biologist awarded $3.3M federal grant to help create a research group
Jan 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/08/nanotech-environment.html

Rising temperatures could create global food crisis by end of century: scientists

Jan 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/08/food-climate.html

HPV vaccine only reaching 1 in 5 Catholic girls in Calgary

Jan 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/07/cgy-hpv-vaccine.html

Sea ice, songbirds and fat win research dollars

Jan 7, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5a9d9635-1db5-45d5-9b5e-f1bd2bfa4b2e

Measles cases on rise in Europe: report

Jan 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/07/measles-europe.html

Nearly 400 sick from salmonella in U.S.

Jan 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/07/salmonella.html

Health Canada updates safety information for quit-smoking drug

Jan 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/07/champix.html

Harbour mess 'ignored'

The village may be left alone to deal with a problem likened to the Sydney tar ponds, Canada's worst toxic waste site
Jan 7, 2009
CHIP MARTIN
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/01/07/7941631-sun.html

Carbon tax shaping up as key issue in B.C. vote

Liberals losing support to the New Democrats ahead of May election
Jan 7, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/562822

Stem cells: FAQs

Jan 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/07/f-stemcells.html

Why state R&D flops

Government spending on creating the green auto sector of the future will do nothing but hold the industry back
Jan 6, 2009
Peter Foster
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/06/peter-foster-why-state-r-amp-d-flops.aspx

'3rd-hand smoke' poses risk to infants, doctors say

Jan 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/06/smoking-third.html

HPV vaccine should be used on boys too: drugmaker

Jan 6, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/06/gardasil-males.html

Government slow on fuel regulations

Jan 6, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=1148184

Outsourcing contamination

Products that are supposed to improve one's health may actually contain harmful ingredients if they are outsourced from a country with few standards and low accountability
Jan 6, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1147676

Steve Rayner: The climate change challenge

Jan 6, 2009
Karl Moore
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090106.wmcgill_rayner_0106/BNStory/robAtWork/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Ontario to invest $4M in innovation

Jan 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/ont-hightech.html

Dementia will become epidemic, study warns

Alzheimer's patients getting younger: report
Jan 6, 2009
CHARLIE FIDELMAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Dementia+will+become+epidemic+study+warns/1145269/story.html

Science of tiny raises big hopes, big fears

Jan 6, 2009
DEAN BENNETT
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090106.wnano0106/BNStory/Science/home

Listeriosis probe on back burner

Jan 6, 2009
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090105.weListeriosis06/BNStory/politics/home

The decline of science journalism

Jan 6, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?blogid=86

Popping the hydrogen bubble

Electric and hydrogen cars present us with what looks like a transportation paradigm where almost everything becomes worse for the user in the short term
Jan 6, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/f-strauss-hydrogencars.html

Detox product claims are 'legalized lying,' scientists warn consumers

Jan 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/detox-science.html

Bush to create 3 marine monuments in Pacific

Jan 6, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/marine-conservation.html

Life-saving benefits of implantable defibrillators extend to elderly: study

Jan 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/06/defib.html

Is small the future of nuclear power generation?

Jan 5, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/561553

Change in FDA's ethical guidelines for clinical trials troubling: Lancet

Jan 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/05/fda.html

AUCC submits pre-budget brief to federal Finance Minister

Jan 5, 2009
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2009/brief_flaherty_01_05_e.html

Treating obesity

Jan 5, 2009
Elizabeth Payne
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=4974612e-c843-4154-b152-dab4a15265cc

Obama's health care pledge may hurt Canada

Doctor Shortage
Jan 5, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1141872

More on the high cost and limited return of wind power

Jan 5, 2009
David Frum
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/05/david-frum-more-on-the-high-cost-and-limited-return-of-wind-power.aspx

Monday, January 5, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets

Jan 5, 2009
The Times
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article5447053.ece

Almost 15 per cent of people with dementia under 65, Alzheimer Society finds

Jan 5, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090105/health/health_dementia_boomers_1

Promised listeriosis probe still lacks investigator

Jan 4, 2009
Sue Bailey
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090104/health/health_listeriosis_probe_1

Is Canada ready for bioterrorism?

Jan 4, 2009
PETER SINGER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090104.ecosinger05/BNStory/specialComment/home

For Dummies series tackles climate change

Jan 4, 2009
MONICA GRAHAM
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1098887.html

Banning smokes in pharmacies wise

Now province must butt out
Jan 4, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Banning+smokes+pharmacies+wise/1139782/story.html

Environment on the back burner

Jan 3, 2009
editorial
Standard Freeholder
http://standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1371360

Bird flu re-surfaces in crowded Indian state

Jan 3, 2009
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090103/world/health_flu_india_5

Tuna under pressure

Researchers blame "ubiquitous’ demand
Jan 3, 2009
GREG WESTON
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1098799.html

Stelmach confident Obama will see the sense in Alberta oil

Jan 2, 2009
KATHERINE O'NEILL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090102.STELMACH02/TPStory/TPNational/?page=rss&id=GAM.20090102.STELMACH02

Predicting the (not so) obvious

Jan 2, 2009
Robert Silver
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090102.WBSilverPowers20090102175251/WBStory/WBSilverPowers

What's next for food supply after deadly outbreak?

Jan 2, 2009
Andrea Janus
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090101/food_supply_090102/20090102?hub=Health

Shut up and pay for your windmill

Jan 2, 2009
David Frum
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/02/david-frum-shut-up-and-pay-for-your-windmill.aspx

Climate change council releases final report on how to cut Iowa's greenhouse gas emissions

Jan 2, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D95F7IIO0&utm_source=markets&utm_medium=rss

Whatever happened to avian flu?

Jan 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/02/avian-flu.html

Fast-growing fish farming can help the environment, researcher says

Jan 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/02/aquaculture-benefits.html

Coral decline warns of ocean changes: Australian scientists

Jan 2, 2009
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1134866

Toyota working on solar-powered car, paper says

Jan 1, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/01/toyota-solar.html

Insomnia costs Quebec billions annually, study says

Jan 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/01/insomnia-costs.html

Widespread off-label drug prescription raises safety concerns

Jan 1, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1134651

NASA chief's wife to Obama: Don't fire my husband

Jan 1, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090101/nasa_chief_090101/20090101?hub=SciTech

Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks

Dec 31, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081231/Smoking_ban_081231/20081231?hub=Health

Sleepless Canadians boozing themselves to sleep: Study

Dec 31, 2008
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1134672

No cancer risk reductions seen with antioxidants

Dec 31, 2008
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1130304

California seeks to undo Bush environmental changes

Dec 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/31/california-endangered.html

Former CEO pleads guilty in Chinese tainted milk scandal

Dec 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/31/milk-china.html

Company faces privacy probe into health records found on Ottawa street

Dec 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/31/ot-081231-medical-records.html

Pennsylvania uses computer monitoring to fight hospital infections

Dec 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/31/software-infections.html

Inuit seal hunters exempt from proposed new rules: DFO

Dec 31, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/31/nu-seal.html

2009 to be one of warmest years on record: researchers

Dec 31, 2008
Christina Fincher
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1130958

Vancouver Island mini-earthquakes may be due to trapped water: UBC study

Dec 31, 2008
Chad Skelton
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/victoria/story.html?id=1131277

Preventive antibiotic use lowers death rate: study

Dec 31, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081231/health/health_us_medicine_netherlands_1

U.S. concerned by detention of American academic Glenn Schweitzer in Iran

Dec 30, 2008
Matthew Lee
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081230/world/us_iran_2

Despite economy, emissions still issue for oil sands

Dec 30, 2008
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/GAM.20081230.RESSAYMCCARTHY30/GIStory/

For those who value flying...

Dec 30, 2008
DAVID ZINGG
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081230.wcoaviation31/BNStory/specialComment/home

Quebec women wait months for Pap test results

Montreal hospital offers new way to reduce wait times
Dec 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/30/mtl-pap-test-delays-1230.html

Columbia crew had no chance, new NASA report says

Dec 30, 2008
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1127183

Ebola outbreak kills 11 in Congo

Dec 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/30/congo-ebola.html

Ont. releases more hospital infection info

Dec 30, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/30/hospital-infections.html

Overweight diagnosis for children missed by doctors: study

Dec 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/30/child-obesity.html

Insulation top choice for energy program

Dec 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/pe-energy-loans.html

Jet powered in part by vegetable oil takes test flight

Dec 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/jetfuel.html

N.B.'s endangered bald eagle population taking flight

Dec 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/nb-bald-eagles.html

Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens, U.S. study suggests

Dec 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/29/diabetes.html

Common food additive linked to lung cancer in mice

Dec 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/cancer.html

U.S. navy wins fight over sonar use

Ruling requires research, but no actions to protect marine animals
Dec 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/sonar-whales.html

Nunavut led nation in polar year research

Dec 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/ipy-research.html

Canadian moon rover floated in plans for national space agency

Dec 27, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/27/canada-space.html

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Hard times for higher learning

Experts predict 'lots of pain and grief' will hit campuses across the country soon
Dec 27, 2008
Joanne Laucius
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Hard+times+higher+learning/1118698/story.html

It's 'attack of the slime' as jellyfish jeopardize the Earth's oceans

Dec 27, 2008
ZOE CORMIER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081227.ZOE27/TPStory/Environment

Emerging body of research on cellphones

Dec 27, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1364841