Science Canada: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Mar 31, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Prisons+make+overall+progress+drinking+water+unsafe/1448419/story.html

Gary Goodyear's religious beliefs not the problem for researchers

The emphasis on commercializing research is much more dangerous
March 28, 2009
Peter Mcknight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/News/Gary+Goodyear+religious+beliefs+problem+researchers/1438734/story.html

Medical journals and ethics: Pity the messenger

A leading journal unveils a controversial policy on financial disclosures
Mar 26, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13361480

Monday, March 30, 2009

Scientists say Obama gets it, and Canada doesn't

More scientists may follow funding dollars to the United States.
Mar 30, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/30/obama_gets_it/&c=1

NAFTA threat won't stop Que. ban on lawn pesticides

Mar 29, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/NAFTA+threat+stop+lawn+pesticides/1441906/story.html

Will NAFTA exterminate Canadian pesticide bans?

Mar 29, 2009
Parminder Parmar
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090327/nafta_pesticide_090329/20090329?hub=Canada

Ontario campuses ready for building boom

But budget offers little information about how to keep the schools operating
Mar 26, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wontbudget-universities27/BNStory/National/home

Don't bet farm on a greener champion

Petro-Canada buyout may spur oil-sands projects, but merged firm cautious about renewable energy
Mar 30, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/610261

Calgary takes different tack on Earth Hour energy use

Mar 30, 2009
Deborah Tetley
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Calgary+takes+different+tack+Earth+Hour+energy/1442218/story.html

Earth Hour power drop sometimes small but event sends green message: organizers

Mar 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAOyplVDzGFxgjCQAwWNoQj87bvg

Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success

Mar 29, 2009
VANESSA GERA
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTPC5ic6tJh9PiHscwgOANkJ17-wD977R3400

Earth Hour sees B.C. power consumption drop 1.1%

Mar 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/29/bc-earth-hour.html

Earth Hour is a joke

Mar 27, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1432647

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Earth Hour II is a smash

Toronto 'gets it,' lowers power usage over last year as lights dim across the GTA and as far away as Beijing
Mar 29, 2009
Daniel Dale
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/610163

Who goes to university? A clue: Have a dictionary?

Mar 28, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.COSIMP28/TPStory/National

A Eureka! in progress

Mar 28, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Humane+Genome+Project+over+rated/1438102/story.html

Critics hose federal water funding plan

Mar 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/03/28/8915896-sun.html

Sixty minutes of darkness could blaze path of future conservation

Mar 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.EARTH28ART2115/TPStory/Environment

Ottawa plans limits on flame retardant

Mar 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.PBDE28ART2115/TPStory/Environment

Canada among world's largest consumers

Calgary's footprint highest in nation
Mar 28, 2009
Marian Scott
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Canada+among+world+largest+consumers/1438843/story.html

Feds require business focus for social science grants

Mar 27, 2009
Scott Daly
The Martlet
http://www.martlet.ca/article/18855-feds-require-business-focus-for

Health Canada puts foot down on electronic cigarettes

Mar 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/27/electronic-smoking.html

Film sheds light on shadowy world of germ warfare

Bob Coen talks about Anthrax War, his new documentary on biological weapons
Mar 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/f-tech-090327-anthrax-war.html

Darwin's two-for-one deal

Evolution is a fact. And it's a theory. It's that 'and' that contributed to the origins of science minister Gary Goodyear's troubles
Mar 26, 2009
T. RYAN GREGORY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wcoevolve26/BNStory/specialComment/home

Friday, March 27, 2009

Prescription sales rise by $1.2-billion, even as generics gain popularity

Mar 27, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090327.wldrugs27/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Atlantic Canada friendliest to oil sands: study

Mar 27, 2009
Jeff Labine
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1434748

Oil land rights sales take hit in Western Canada

Companies spent $102-million on new exploration rights for land in the first three months of the year, a drop of 85 per cent
Mar 27, 2009
DAVID EBNER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090327.RBCENERGY27ART1940/TPStory/Business

Why the developing world needs a new food deal

Mar 26, 2009
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wcofood26/BNStory/specialComment/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Feds fund 8 carbon capture projects in Western Canada

Mar 26, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/26/cgy-carbon-capture-projects-funding.html

Earth Hour: Making a difference?

Mar 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/24/f-earth-hour.html

Differing standards on exhaust emissions will cost auto makers

Mar 26, 2009
RICHARD RUSSELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090326.WHHOWEMISSION26/TPStory/Environment

MP takes 2nd shot to restrict flavoured tobacco products

Mar 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/26/flavoured-ban.html

'Perfect storm' hitting Canada's caribou herds

Mar 26, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Perfect+storm+hitting+Canada+caribou+herds/1432244/story.html

Global warming endangers public, U.S. agency rules

First step to regulating greenhouse gas emissons
Mar 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-epa-global-warming.html

THE CARBON DEBATE

Debate intensifies over environmental benefits of carbon capture
Mar 16, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.leaderpost.com/business/story.html?id=1395650

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Experts to get together for chat on water use

Mar 26, 2009
GORDON DELANEY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1113266.html

Don’t rebuke Goodyear — abolish his job

Mar 26, 2009
Karen Selick
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/26/karen-selick-don-t-rebuke-goodyear-abolish-his-job.aspx

Rules may be tightened on smoking medical marijuana

Mar 25, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=1428005

Debate over fluoride in Calgary water returns to city hall

Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/25/cgy-fluoride-calgary-water.html

Upgrade campuses, jump-start the economy

Mar 25, 2009
PETER HALPIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1113168.html

Canada on Top in Sex Ed

Rise in US teen pregnancies proves information beats abstinence.
Mar 25, 2009
Vanessa Richmond
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/03/25/SexEd/

Helmet testing may become mandatory

Mar 25, 2009
HAYLEY MICK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090325.wlhelmet25/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Green R&D key to emerging from 'Darwinian' year

Mar 25, 2009
JEREMY CATO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090325.whMercedesSide0326/BNStory/specialGlobeAuto

Bottled water: popular beverage losing its appeal?

Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/25/f-bottled-water.html

Suit planned against drug makers

Mar 25, 2009
Aaron Derfel
Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Suit+planned+against+drug+makers/1427355/story.html

Government committee orders Irving to create monitoring plan for sunken barge

Mar 25, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jEbvztkaow7z24CVZJtJ7u1RJXVA

Syncrude duck charges held over until June 10

Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/03/25/edm-syncrude-court.html

Tory drug strategy makes problem worse

Changing goal from removing the harm of drugs to making country 'drug free' is not working
Mar 23, 2009
Evan Wood
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Tory+drug+strategy+makes+problem+worse/1417762/story.html

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

N.B., Maine pitch international renewable energy corridor

Irving Oil studies natural gas-fired power plant, transmission line, wind generation
Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/03/25/nb-irving-corridor.html

Prime Minister Harper, turn off your lights

Mar 25, 2009
Christopher Holcroft
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/607658

Industry veteran wants to 'build bridges'

Clean technology projects will be a key driver in his quest, Claude Haw believes
Mar 25, 2009
Bert Hill
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Industry+veteran+wants+build+bridges/1424648/story.html

OCRI names new CEO

Mar 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/03/24/ot-090324-ocri.html

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Politicians must open the tent to scientists

Mar 24, 2009
ALAN BERNSTEIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090323.wcoscience24/BNStory/specialComment/home

'Environmentalists' are abandoning science

Fights against new hydro and wind plants set back the fight against climate change
Mar 24, 2009
Andrew Weaver
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Environmentalists+abandoning+science/1421670/story.html

Canada should mark World TB Day by fighting the disease's appalling grip on its First Nations

Mar 24, 2009
PHIL FONTAINE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090323.wcoTB24/BNStory/specialComment/home

Ontario joins the movement to make lawns and gardens green

Mar 23, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
London Topic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=13602

Should science fiddle with salmon genetics? We put 26 people in a room to test the question -- and 'deliberative democracy.'
Mar 23, 2009
David Secko and Emma Cohen
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/03/23/SalmonGenes/

Arctic unprepared for another oil spill: WWF

Mar 23, 2009
Thomas Jolicoeur
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/Arctic+unprepared+another+spill/1419878/story.html

Live longer by reducing red meat intake: Study

Mar 23, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Live+longer+reducing+meat+intake+Study/1419901/story.html

Prentice renews funding for UN water monitoring program

Mar 21, 2009
The Canadian press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090321.wwater0321/BNStory/politics/home

Monday, March 23, 2009

Science can once again flourish in the U.S.

Mar 23, 2009
THE GUELPH MERCURY
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/456339

The case against treatment plants

One group favours discharging screened liquid waste into ocean
Mar 22, 2009
Rob Shaw
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/case+against+treatment+plants/1416032/story.html

Wind power works, but not well-suited for individual homeowner

Mar 22, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1489734

To justify degradation, just cite the economy

Mar 21, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/605193

The Story of EAU

From prestige product to health booster to environmental scourge, Joanne Chianello examines the backlash against bottled water
Mar 21, 2009
Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/story.html?id=1414398

Feds quietly chop money for fetal alcohol program

Mar 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iuorMZykW7dVVgXH55pmojKuJnyA

Canada highest user of restraints on elderly

A third of nursing home residents tied, study finds
Mar 21, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canada+highest+user+restraints+elderly/1409653/story.html

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Canada, U. S. urged to fight 'dirty oil' label

Rhetoric driving policy, says chamber
Mar 20, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Canada+urged+fight+dirty+label/1408908/story.html

Landfill's waste is tainting water, report warns

Facility leaking harmful chemicals 180 years ahead of schedule; reserve's drinking supply at risk of contamination
Mar 20, 2009
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090320.wbclandfill20/BNStory/National/home

MIT opens access to its research articles

Mar 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/20/tech-090320-mit-open-access.html

Weather stems advance of tree-killing beetles

Mar 20, 2009
JOHN COTTER
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2009/03/20/8818481-sun.html

Professor gets $5M for green technology research

Mar 20, 2009
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/609377

Does Canada's science minister really see the evolutionary light?

Mar 20, 2009
ARNE MOOERS AND DOLPH SCHLUTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090319.wcoevolve20/BNStory/lifeMain

B.C. scientists slam Conservative minister’s evolution remarks

Mar 19, 2009
Travis Lupick
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-207245/bc-scientists-slam-conservative-minister%3F%3Fs-evolution-remarks

Local scientists to benefit from $5.3M funding boost

Mar 19, 2009
Cassandra Kyle
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Technology/Local+scientists+benefit+from+funding+boost/1406150/story.html

Climate protectionism

In terms of world trade, U.S. global warming policy and its eco-tariffs are Smoot-Hawley on steroids
Mar 19, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/03/19/peter-foster-climate-protectionism.aspx

Cellphones safe for kids: Health Canada

Mar 18, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Cellphones+safe+kids+Health+Canada/1402789/story.html

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Canada not holding back on polar bear protection: Prentice

Mar 19, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Canada+holding+back+polar+bear+protection+Prentice/1406966/story.html

Cancer rates rise, StatsCan reports

Study: 695,000 Canadians diagnosed in 10-year period
Mar 19, 2009
Thomas Jolicoeur
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Cancer+rates+rise+StatsCan+reports/1405435/story.html

Canada will seek North American Fuel Economy Standard

Mar 19, 2009
Pacenews
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/wheels/article/607756

Ontario commits $250M to fund new technology companies

Mar 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/18/ontario-investment.html

Polar bear summit goes behind closed doors

Mar 18, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Polar+bear+summit+goes+behind+closed+doors/1403084/story.html

B.C. sets $109 fine for smoking in cars with kids present

Mar 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/18/bc-car-smoking-fine.html

Scientists still wary after science minister confirms belief in evolution

Mar 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/tech-090318-gary-goodyear-evolution-scientists.html

Goodyear continues to deflect questions on evolution beliefs

Mar 18, 2009
ANNE MCILROY and GREG MCARTHUR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090318.wgoodyear0318/BNStory/politics/home

Canada’s private-sector biotechnology R&D troubled: study

Mar 17, 2009
Mohammed Adam
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Canada+private+sector+biotechnology+troubled+study/1396040/story.html

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Research, is needed now more than ever

Hard times no reason to cut funding
Mar 18, 2009
PHILIP JESSOP
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=63f01237-a867-4d3c-b566-0b6418379355

Comrade Manning, science guru

Mar 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=d58fbfe8-6fc2-4225-b38f-00a5a035199e

Oilsands perceptions inaccurate, says CAPP

Oilpatch lobby head defends 'whipping boy'
Mar 18, 2009
Lisa Schmidt
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Oilsands+perceptions+inaccurate+says+CAPP/1400984/story.html

Canadians love their water

Study finds that we are using up H20 at an 'alarming rate'
Mar 18, 2009
Thomas Jolicoeur
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canadians+love+their+water/1401687/story.html

Plot thickens in ongoing debate of 'healthy obese'

Weight loss not for everyone, says top obesity specialist
Mar 18, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Plot+thickens+ongoing+debate+healthy+obese/1401700/story.html

Public's goodwill supports an overhaul of recycling in Ontario: premier

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iH7Z_2RzaUShvpZc-RerJa52YfWw

Ont.'s worst offenders generate, per person, trash equal to weight of small car

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i5njIeZVvyvyRLe5iUdxyOXlGMEQ

Feds to test taps for cancer contaminants

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iLXmF79mg1mYlJHU3Pvbdj2A_6gg

B.C. coalition seeks ban on trophy hunting of bears

Mar 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/17/bc-stop-bear-hunting.html

Government of Canada Provides Support to Canada Research Chairs at Eight Universities in Western Canada

Mar 17, 2009
Canada Research Chairs Program
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29737970/

The Goodyear brouhaha evolves into oblivion

Mar 17, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/17/don-martin-the-goodyear-brouhaha-evolves-into-oblivion.aspx

Science minister ends evolution brouhaha

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jGqPt1cn3_CQzY6s8EzqFHFG86Cw

Minister clarifies stand on evolution

'We are evolving to our environment,' Goodyear tells CTV after refusing to answer Globe question on religious grounds
Mar 17, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wevol0317/BNStory/politics/home

Science minister says his evolution views not relevant

Mar 17, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090317/goodyear_evolution_090217/20090317?hub=Canada

The quest for knowledge, in Goodyear and bad

Mar 17, 2009
Macleans
http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/03/17/the-quest-for-knowledge-in-goodyear-and-bad/

Science minister's coyness on evolution worries researchers

Mar 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/17/tech-090317-gary-goodyear-evolution.html

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Science minister won't confirm belief in evolution

Researchers aghast that key figure in funding controversy invokes religion in science discussion
Mar 17, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090317.GOODYEAR17/TPStory/National

An experiment mixing scientists and government

Mar 17, 2009
PRESTON MANNING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090316.wcoscience17/BNStory/specialComment/home

‘Difficult times for research’

Private-sector spending on R&D has decreased along with federal government spending.
Mar 17, 2009
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Difficult+times+research/1396029/story.html

Environmentalist agenda needs a booming economy

Mar 17, 2009
Dan Gardner
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Environmentalist+agenda+needs+booming+economy/1396699/story.html

Tories place two-year waiver on assessments

Minister cites need to create jobs, stimulate economy in broadening exemptions from federal environmental regulations
Mar 17, 2009
DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wassess17/BNStory/National/home

Health benefits of fish overblown, researchers say

Farley Mowat joins in CMAJ call to limit seafood consumption
Mar 17, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090317.FISH17/TPStory/Environment

Clinical trials: the balance between protecting participants and promoting drug and product development

Mar 17, 2009
Miriam Shuchman, MD
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/6/603

Harper defends science strategy to scientists

Mar 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ix2n89uPSDVn3fFzF3SIZ5ods-TQ

Brain cancer linked to youngsters using cellphones

Mar 16, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Brain+cancer+linked+youngsters+using+cellphones/1395572/story.html

Ontario Green Party leader pushes for consumer-based carbon tax

Mar 16, 2009
BRIAN KELLY
THE SAULT STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1480145

Monday, March 16, 2009

Canada should be out front on climate change, before it's too late, say experts

Mar 16, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/16/climate_change/&c=1

Harper's cuts hobble researchers

Mar 15, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Harper+cuts+hobble+researchers/1391167/story.html

Arctic scientists, hunters meet to discuss harmful research methods

Mar 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gfUuSINlO3kKh9ZPUVakOJJ0zbQw

Trans fat U-turn will clog health system

Mar 15, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Trans+turn+will+clog+health+system/1391475/story.html

Bruce Power using billboards to win support for nuclear energy on the Prairies

Mar 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gK1Y0VZDcW2PyTzvsXv2h8KJoOvw

Plastic health hazard

Pthalates found in plastics mimic the female hormone estrogen
Mar 15, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2009/03/15/8754261-sun.html

Prentice confirms cuts planned to environment reviews

Mar 14, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090314.ASSESS14/TPStory/National

Wonky computer system no threat to health safety: UN agency

Mar 14, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Wonky+computer+system+threat+health+safety+agency/1390466/story.html

Canadian Polar Commission needs new mandate, Arctic expert warns

Mar 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/13/polar-comm.html

In praise of fat

Mar 13, 2009
Marian Scott
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/praise/1387214/story.html

Lone wolf: 'Canada's newest marine mammal'

Mar 13, 2209
CHRIS DARIMONT and CHRIS GENOVALI AND PAUL PAQUET
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090312.wcowolves13/BNStory/specialComment/home

A burning question: Why not use wood stoves?

Mar 13, 2009
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090312.wreynolds0313/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Wetlands key to the environment: premier

Marshes will see immediate attention from new eco-system fund
Mar 13, 2009
Nick Moore
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/602072

Friday, March 13, 2009

Time to keep pace with Obama

Mar 12, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090312.ESCIENCE12/TPStory/Comment

Canada must act to stem 'brain drain'

Mar 12, 2009
THE WHIG-STANDARD
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1474201

Green is great, but don't overlook the side effects

Most new technologies have an impact on the environment, even if they're meant to be eco-friendly. The challenge is to measure and quantify those effects
Mar 12, 2009
STEVE LADURANTAYE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090312.SRGREENITCON12/TPStory/Environment

Online searches for 'listeriosis' spiked weeks before outbreak revealed: study

Mar 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gti3wnKQGE1VdXWBjoXd7YyHjIWw

Calgary's trans fat ban fizzles

Mar 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/12/cgy-trans-fat-calgary-health-superboard.html

Bad habits priming kids for chronic diseases: Study

Mar 12, 2009
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/habits+priming+kids+chronic+diseases+Study/1383017/story.html

The crumbling case for green

Mar 11, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=cf078462-ef7a-48c9-979a-e979a7dde1a1

Quicker battery charge holds promise for plug-in cars

Mar 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/11/tech-090311-battery-recharge.html

Low salmon run expected on Yukon River again this year: DFO

Mar 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/10/yukon-salmon.html

Canada will fail if there's no tar sands plan, say experts

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff shouldn't play politics with oil sands, says Andrew Nikiforuk.
Mar 9, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/march/9/tar_sands_plan/&c=2

Government MPs form caucus on higher ed

Mar 9, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/government-mps-form-caucus-on-higher-ed.aspx

Advocacy agenda: universities must be strategic with their requests

Mar 9, 2009
Univerisity Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/advocay-agenda-universities-must-be-strategic-with-their-requests.aspx

Is green procurement right policy for Ontario?

Mar 9, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/598634

A letter to the Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities

Mar 7, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=5512&blogid=1836

Obama's doomed carbon plan should please Ottawa

Mar 7, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/598053

Carbon capture and storage: Trouble in store

Politicians are pinning their hopes for delivery from global warming on a technology that is not quite airtight
Mar 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13226661

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Obama's policy on science sends signal to world

Mar 11, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Obama+policy+science+sends+signal+world/1375896/story.html

Martin blasts deficit, cuts to research

Former prime minister criticizes Ottawa's handling of recession and calls on Harper to be more 'consistent'
Mar 11, 2009
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wPOLmartin0311/BNStory/politics/home

Neuroscientists fear brain drain as crucial funding disappears

Mar 11, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wresearch11/BNStory/National/home

Montreal's wood stove ban: a lot of hot air

Mar 11, 2009
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.wreynolds0311/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Use of carbon monoxide in packaging ground beef would extend shelf life: study

Mar 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hh6PGvhSQF7w7eUQBf8yIr9LxkBg

Canada warned: We're far behind on mental health

Hearings today in Montreal: Patchwork services, no national policy and too little funding, commission finds
Mar 10, 2009
Aaron Derfel
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1373828

Protecting polar bears

Canada has two-thirds of the world's polar bears -- and a sorry record of ensuring their survival. Bears are at risk in the face of rapidly melting Arctic sea ice
Mar 10, 2009
Ed Struzik
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Protecting+polar+bears/1373877/story.html

AUCC welcomes quick delivery of Knowledge Infrastructure Funding

Mar 10, 2009
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/10/c7626.html

Minister of Industry launches $2-billion knowledge infrastrucure program

Mar 9, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-959046.html

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Canada’s innovation woes

Mar 10, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1110569.html

Climate scientists gather, and the news is not good

Mar 10, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixeie7WvUNajfJtN3iImDQ_MUhhQ

Universities promised stimulus flexibility

Mar 10, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI and ELIZABETH CHURCH AND OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.wclement10/BNStory/politics/home

More money for higher education

$2-billion fund to help universities with refits, construction
Mar 10, 2009
JOHN GILLIS
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1110575.html

Dreams of clean energy centre dashed

Innovation Documents reveal how N.B. tried to land millions of research dollars
Mar 10, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/597999

Trans-fat ban is on its way

B.C. will regulate the food additives across the province Oct. 1
Mar 10, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Trans/1373092/story.html

Researchers wary over cuts to councils

Turk: Canada will lose top scientists
Mar 10, 2009
Jared Lindzon
Western Gazette
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=FrontPage&articleID=1330&month=03&day=10&year=2009

Ban based on politics, not science, say pesticide companies

Mar 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/03/10/pe-pesticide-companies.html

Free-range ruling leaves Metro with egg on its face

Mar 10, 2009
Harvey Enchin
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Free+range+ruling+leaves+Metro+with+face/1372862/story.html

Sanity on stem cells

Mar 10, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Sanity+stem+cells/1373022/story.html

Obama's stem cell decision raises Canadian cheers - and brain drain worries

Mar 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jSqRWkdgymJn6ITbk96KKM-NrDxQ

Deadline coming for crumbling colleges, universities

Federal fund about to end: Minister
Mar 9, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Deadline+coming+crumbling+colleges+universities/1371048/story.html

Evaluating Ontario's green energy program

Mar 7, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1468157

Monday, March 9, 2009

Sand Storm

The U.S. government is changing its environmental policy. Now Canada may have to rethink its policy as well.
Mar 9, 2009
HYUN YOUNG LEE
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123620661145533445.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Company hopes to put cod on more tables

Aquaculture Genome Atlantic receives federal funding for cod genomics project
Mar 9, 2009
Matt McCann
THE TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/596679

Canada's Earth scientists need funding: scientists

Mar 9, 2009
Bill Mercer
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/9/letter8/&c=1

Birth-control pills, low birth weight linked

Early Research; May pose risk in month before conception
Mar 9, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1369394

Green Energy Act good news for economy and environment

Mar 9, 2009
DAVID RAMSAY
Northern News
http://www.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1468710

Cold reality of climate change

Mar 9, 2009
MONTE SOLBERG
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/monte_solberg/2009/03/09/8677191-sun.html

B.C. first province to regulate trans fats in restaurants

Mar 8, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/first+province+regulate+trans+fats+restaurants/1366445/story.html

Southern Canadians now more active than northerners: new study

Mar 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gmjeCLTRKxJuz2ewkhtIJwWUkigA

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Canada puts the squeeze on science

Experts warn research lacks adequate funding and the government a coherent vision. While the U.S. invests heavily in science as an key part of its economic revival, Canada is spending less and putting scientists out of work, reports Mohammed Adam.
Mar 7, 2009
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Canada+puts+squeeze+science/1364117/story.html

Ottawa wants say over school funds

Universities, some provinces protest Tories' insistence that infrastructure cash be earmarked for science
Mar 7, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090307.UNIVERSITIES07/TPStory/National

Prentice sees promise in clean energy talks

Minister says U.S.-Canada environment policy needs work
Mar 7, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Business/2009/03/07/8662001-sun.html

Will tougher green laws be enforced?

Mar 7, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Will+tougher+green+laws+enforced/1365267/story.html

'You are known as energy superpower,' envoy says

China's ambassador to Canada says we could increase trade by pushing our science, technology
Mar 7, 2009
Tony Wong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/598212

Ontario's war on carbon

This corrupt energy initiative is turning Ontario into a green police state
Mar 6, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=c2171861-e003-40bd-ba4c-ae05a0e36c8f

Federal government wants regulation of printer pigment, solvents

Mar 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/06/batch3-regulate.html

Friday, March 6, 2009

Universities use all the tricks in the book to lure students

Mar 6, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090306.RECRUITING06/TPStory/National

Plagiarists beware - cybersleuths are on the case

An online program can scan medical databases for cases of copying, helping journal editors ferret out dubious reports
Mar 6, 2009
PAUL TAYLOR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20090306.LDOSES06/TPStory/TPComment

A (superficial) study in smoking

Mar 6, 2009
Colby Cosh
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/06/colby-cosh-a-superficial-study-in-smoking.aspx

The nuclear option

Mar 5, 2009
Armand Laferrère
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/03/05/the-nuclear-option.aspx

Health Canada further restricting access to information

Documents must be OK'd by minister's office
Mar 5, 2009
Glen McGregor
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/News/Health+Canada+further+restricting+access+information/1357988/story.html

New federal act would boost fines for corporate polluters

Mar 5, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090305.wenvirobill0305/BNStory/politics/home

Ontario to sue big tobacco for health costs

Proposed law would let province seek billions to recoup money spent on smoking-related illness
Mar 5, 2009
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/596884

Flushing away valuable energy

Mar 5, 2009
CAROL MAAS AND NANCY GOUCHER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/2009/03/05/8634521-sun.html

Government of Canada announces new centre for surgical innovation in Hamilton

New Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research will create jobs, improve the quality of life for Canadians and strengthen the economy
Mar 5, 2009
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/05/c6278.html

Alberta government adds cancer drug Avastin to its coverage list

Mar 5, 2009
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Alberta+government+adds+cancer+drug+Avastin+coverage+list/1357904/story.html

Bisphenol A found in canned soft drinks

Mar 4, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090304/bpa_090304/20090304?hub=Health

Maple Leaf CEO denies talking Listeria with Feds

Mar 4, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090304/maple_leaf_090304/20090304/?hub=TorontoNewHome

The budget's message to medical science: Quick! Get a shovel!

Mar 3, 2009
editorial
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/5/485

Clinical trial participation poses ethical, practical issues

Mar 3, 2009
Ann Silversides
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/5/500

Effect of oilsands on water supply to be studied

Mar 3, 2009
JIM MACDONALD
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1109275.html

Government of Canada Invests Over $35 Million for Science and Technology Projects to Enhance Canada's Safety and Security

Mar 3, 2009
Defence Research and Development Canada
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29491224/

Obama revamp of U.S. requires Canada to react

Feb 28, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/fp/Obama+revamp+requires+Canada+react/1339023/story.html

U.S. academics staying in Canada

Some who moved north in Bush presidency have no plans to return
Feb 23, 2009
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/us-academics-staying-in-canada.aspx

Obama puts science in rightful place

Jan 30, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Citizen
http://www.canada.com/news/world/Obama+puts+science+rightful+place/1233235/story.html

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

HPV vaccine a tough sell in parts of Canada

Mar 3, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090303/HPV_vaccine_090303/20090303?hub=Health

Why fewer women succeed in math

Innate career leanings, not inferior ability, prompt calculating females to shun calculus, study finds
Mar 3, 2009
Nancy J. White
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/595540

Feds feeling heat from insulation lawsuit

Mar 3, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Calgary Sun
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2009/03/03/8599276-sun.html

It's time for Canada's digital revolution

Mar 2, 2009
TOM JENKINS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090226.wagenda_jenkins02/BNStory/robAgenda/home

Oilsands not focus in U.S.-Canada talks: Environmentalists

Mar 2, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+focus+Canada+talks+Environmentalists/1345718/story.html

Monday, March 2, 2009

Researchers fear 'stagnation' under Tories

Mar 2, 2009
CAROLYN ABRAHAM
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090302.wresearch02/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Climate change double-think

Mar 2, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/02/lorne-gunter-climate-change-double-think.aspx

Prentice heads to Washington for crucial talks on clean-energy technology

Mar 1, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i8kpequf3yb9-MhTXZNpyrrcgN-g

Sunday, March 1, 2009

NRC cuts could affect 300 positions

Feb 23, 2009
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/cuts+could+affect+positions/1312274/story.html

Change at the realm of Génome Québec

Feb 26, 2009
Génome Québec
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/26/c4048.html

Ottawa wades into oilsands debate

Mar 1, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+wades+into+oilsands+debate/1342099/story.html

Canadians won't quit on the environment

Government must have 'green' focus while stimulating economy, pollster says
Feb 28, 2009
JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090228.CLIMATE28/TPStory/National

Carbon capture no silver bullet for tar sands

Only a small portion of greenhouse gases could be sequestered
Feb 27, 2009
Gerald Butts
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/593781

Canada is wasting this economic crisis

Feb 27, 2009
David Anderson
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/Business/Canada+wasting+this+economic+crisis/1334811/story.html

Government of Canada announces new green chemistry commercialization centre in Kingston

Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research solve problems, advance innovation and create jobs
Feb 27, 2009
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/27/c4408.html

Tories in sprint to match Obama on climate change

Fuel standards and emissions targets on harmonization agenda
Feb 26, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/593246