Science Canada: April 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Canadian funding dwindles, while U.S. launches new research
Apr 30, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Scientists+fear+brain+gain/1547235/story.html

Ministers Welcome Council of Canadian Academies Report on Business Innovation in Canada

Apr 30, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2009/week18/Thursday/043005.htm

Ottawa's inaction could result in extinctions

Apr 30, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090430.wsnail0430/BNStory/National

Arctic nations must act at UN climate change conference: ministers

Apr 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/30/arctic-council-climate.html

Canada should avoid the worst of swine flu, experts believe

Disease exists in far larger numbers than we know, but isn't making people sick enough to see a doctor
Apr 30, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/626639

Soot new culprit in Arctic's rapid melt

Blanket of carbon particles may speed thaw of sea ice, scientists say
Apr 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/626662

Engineers to test city structures for earthquake vulnerability

Apr 30, 2009
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Engineers+test+city+structures+earthquake+vulnerability/1547272/story.html

U.S. can't keep up with China on clean energy

Country tops out globally in several industries
Apr 30, 2009
Gary Lamphier
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Opinion+keep+with+China+clean+energy/1549811/story.html

Deep emission cuts needed to limit global warming: scientists

Apr 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/29/nature-climate-temperature.html

$825 million on tap to fuel innovation

Caisse, Solidarity Fund ante up: Teralys Capital created to encourage investment in Quebec technology firms
Apr 28, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Business/million+fuel+innovation/1540435/story.html

Nortel's slide into oblivion

Nortel has concluded it is too small to compete. The sale of major assets is set to begin—and Ottawa's nearly 4,000 workers are bracing for the outcome.
Apr 21, 2009
James Bagnall
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Nortel+slide+into+oblivion/1508771/story.html

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Obama's research pledge shows contrast in scientific dreams

Apr 28, 2009
JOHN IBBITSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090428.IBBITSON28ART2306/TPStory/National

Obama's vision to boost science poses challenge

Apr 29, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/fp/Obama+vision+boost+science+poses+challenge/1544091/story.html

Planet Harper baffles top scientists

Apr 29, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/625938

Flat fee for tuition passes vote at U of T

Apr 28, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/625639

Antarctic ice shelf crumbling into icebergs

Apr 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/28/tech-090428-wilkins-ice-shelf-antarctica.html

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions soared to new high in 2007

At 26 per cent above 1990 levels, emissions in violation of Kyoto Protocol pledge; rates far worse than in United States
Apr 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wemissions0428/BNStory/National

Canada against EU entry to Arctic Council because of seal trade ban

Apr 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/29/cda-eu-arctic-seal.html

Swine flu edges closer to pandemic: WHO

European cases increasing; 13 confirmed in Canada
Apr 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/29/health-swine-flu-world285.html

Keep fear-o-meter on low for now

Apr 29, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090429.wflupicard29art2238/BNStory/National

'Inappropriate' to use antivirals now, public health chief says

Apr 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/28/antivirals-swine-flu.html

Canadian swine flu cases double as tourists come home

Health Minister points to 'mild' nature of illness in Canadians so far; Ottawa warns against travel to Mexico but stops short of ban
Apr 29, 2009
GLORIA GALLOWAY , CAROLINE ALPHONSO , KAREN HOWLETT and DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wflumain0428/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Seasonal workers raise swine flu fears on farms

Temporary foreign help could be at greater risk
Apr 29, 2009
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Article/626077

Pork industry braces for fallout

Pig farmers cry foul, insist the influenza should not be linked with pigs and argue the name be changed
Apr 28, 2009
JOHN MINER
LONDON FREE PRESS
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/CanadaWorld/2009/04/28/9272836-sun.html

Pork exports hit by panic

Hogs from Canada, U.S., Mexico targeted despite public health assurances
Apr 29, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/626076

Act fast on 'old clunkers,' city urged

Critics slam 5-year shift to greener equipment
Apr 29, 2009
Paul Moloney
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/626055

U.S. government revokes rule limiting species protections

Apr 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/28/tech-090428-endangered-species-obama.html

Global warming key topic for Arctic Council meeting

Apr 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/28/arctic-council.html

Ont. government backs down on plan to require energy audit on home sales

Apr 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/28/energy-audits.html

Ontario government uncovers huge illegal drug rebate scheme

Apr 28, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ontario+government+uncovers+huge+illegal+drug+rebate+scheme/1541544/story.html

Charges laid, legal action taken in Ontario drug resale scheme

Apr 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jPBmM7-Os_Zas_xaqNLMfm4BodHQ

Groups discuss hazards to local environment

Apr 28, 2009
CAROL CHRISTIAN
Fort McMurray Today
http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1543989

Activists, experts mindful of water quality in Ontario

Apr 28, 2009
BOB MIHELL
Sault Ste. Marie This Week
http://www.saultthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1543420

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Obama vows 3% of GDP for science research

Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/27/obama-research.html

Key players implicated in scheme to boost generic drug profits

Apr 28, 2009
KAREN HOWLETT AND KATE HAMMER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090428.DRUGS28ART22023/TPStory/National

Canadian health officials warn against travel to Mexico

WHO says travel restrictions not needed
Apr 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/28/health-canada-mexico865.html

Rookie minister praised for quick, open response

SARS experience serves Aglukkaq well
Apr 28, 2009
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wfluminister28art2243/BNStory/Front

WHO raises alert level as virus spreads its reach

Move to phase 4 signals sustained human transmission
Apr 28, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO AND GLORIA GALLOWAY
With a report from Joe Friesen and The Canadian Press
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090428.FLU28ART22412/TPStory/National/

Canada will monitor, not bar Mexican farm workers

Doctors to help border authorities process migrant workers during flu outbreak
Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/04/27/montreal-migrantworkers-swine-0427.html

End asbestos support now

Apr 28, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/fp/asbestos+support/1541219/story.html

Fredericton company hopes carbon is the new black

Apr 28, 2009
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/649481

Technology fund takes shape in Quebec

Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/27/quebec-technology.html

Scientists take a page from online journalists

Apr 27, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/21/f-strauss-science-blogs.html

No consensus on climate change document at indigenous summit

Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/27/indigenous-climate-summit865.html

Monday, April 27, 2009

Not all research deserves public funding

Apr 27, 2009
GWYN MORGAN
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090421.wagenda_morgan27/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Flu fear spreads as cases confirmed in Canada

Canadian sufferers showing milder symptoms, but health official says virus could mutate and warns Ottawa to brace for severe cases
Apr 27, 2009
TU THANH HA AND BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090426.wflumain27/BNStory/International

Public health still vulnerable after SARS

Upgraded system suffers from funding gaps
Apr 27, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wfluprepared27art2121/BNStory/National/home

No need to panic ... yet

Ontario officials are worried swine flu could be pandemic, killing thousands
Apr 26, 2009
MICHELE MANDEL
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/2009/04/26/9248411-sun.html

World governments race to contain flu outbreak

Apr 27, 2009
RAY LILLEY
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wfluworldreax0427/BNStory/International

PM's pal gets government job

Appointment to board of directors is geologist's third posting to be criticized for favouritism
Apr 27, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/624802

Legal battle over Vancouver's supervised injection site starts Monday

Apr 27, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Legal+battle+over+Vancouver+supervised+injection+site+starts+Monday/1538132/story.html

New California fuel rule may violate NAFTA: lawyer

Apr 27, 2009
Scott Haggett
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKN2446164120090427?sp=true

Losing the war on climate gases

Apr 27, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Business/Losing+climate+gases/1537732/story.html

Arctic researchers struggle to complete projects as costs rise

Apr 26, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Arctic+researchers+struggle+complete+projects+costs+rise/1537022/story.html

CANADA: Is brain gain going down the drain?

Apr 26, 2009
Philip Fine
University World News
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090424130258237

Legal policies steer direction of stem cell research

Amy Zarzeczny
May 1, 2009 issue
The Lawyers Weekly
http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&volume=28&number=48&article=3

An action plan to save Canada's forest industry

Apr 27, 2009
AVRIM LAZAR
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wagendalazar0427/BNStory/robAgenda/home

MP pushes for national pesticide ban

Apr 27, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/624694

Experts prefer tap water

Our water is safer, more eco-friendly than bottled, local scientists say
Apr 27, 2009
Eric McGuinness
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/555450

Winnipeg lab working on swine flu vaccine

Apr 26, 2009
Jen Skerritt
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Winnipeg+working+swine+vaccine/1536602/story.html

Carbon copy in Ottawa

Apr 26, 2009
Editorial
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1118702.html

Do not read this column ...

... if all you're going to do is tell me to stop picking on that nice Al Gore and David Suzuki
Apr 26, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/26/9248316-sun.html

Space goal set early

Apr 26, 2009
DEAN BENNETT
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/26/9250566-sun.html

Science nationals await

Provincial fair picks top talent
Apr 27, 2009
Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/science-nationals-await-43759917.html?viewAllComments=y

Federal Court orders publication of all mining pollution data

Apr 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/24/court-mining-pollution865.html

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Federal government's research funding scheme is wasteful: researchers

Apr 24, 2009
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/04/24/tech-090424-research-funding-caut.html

CAN SCIENCE SAVE THE OIL SANDS?

Falling oil prices and bad PR have hammered the oil sands. Out of all that bad news may rise a new era in innovation.
Apr 25, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090425.RCOVER25ART1935/TPStory/Business

Pandemic in the making

Canada raises health alarm as Mexico shuts down schools in effort to halt swine flu that has killed 20 people and possibly sickened hundreds more
Apr 25, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090425.ILLNESS25ART2116/TPStory/National/

Can we reduce our dependence on America?

Apr 25, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090425.COSIMP25ART1959/TPStory/National

Court ruling forces mining pollution to be revealed

Apr 25, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090425.MINING25ISLART2118/TPStory/Environment

Going green is sprouting financial benefits

Eco targets creating new positions, while businesses expand in traditional environmental sectors
Apr 25, 2009
DEREK SANKEY
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/working/story.html?id=e87556dd-f350-4718-9a93-7b5be043e71e

The greener generation

Environmental consciousness already rooted in youth
Apr 25, 2009
AYOUB ANSARI
SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/life/greenplanet/2009/04/25/9240716-sun.html

Guilt-free mass-market coffee - `greenwashing'?

Apr 25, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/623475

Look beyond oil and gas, says Trudeau

Apr 25, 2009
JASMINE FRANKLIN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2009/04/25/9241346-sun.html

The greening of the oilsands: New technologies set to eliminate tailings ponds

Apr 24, 2009
Dave Cooper
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/greening+oilsands+technologies+eliminate+tailings+ponds/1531439/story.html

Canadian lab confirms human swine flu cases in Mexico

World health agency schedules emergency meeting after 20 deaths
Apr 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/24/health-flu-mexico090424.html

McGuinty willing to consider standards for health effects of wind turbines

Apr 24, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/24/ont-wind.html

Wanted: tech head

In many ways, Canada's largest tech players are loath to let go of analog business models. Some think they could use a push
Apr 24, 2009
KEN HUNT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090424.ROB5PG18/TPStory/Business

Lead contamination closes parts of New Edinburgh park

Apr 24, 2009
Cassandra Drudi
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Lead+contamination+closes+parts+Edinburgh+park/1530729/story.html

Like it or not, your next car may be a hybrid

Still small, but segment poised to boom
Apr 23, 2009
Julie Beun-Chown
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Cars/story.html?id=1522691

A wide open field

Sustainability will be a big part of the new economic landscape
Apr 22, 2009
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/technology/Sustainability+will+part+economic+landscape/1520296/story.html

While we talk, Canada's emissions go up, up and up ...

Apr 22, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090421.wcosimp22/BNStory/specialComment/home

Albertans need a climate-change reality check

Apr 21, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wcosimp21/BNStory/specialComment

Canada's greenhouse emissions soaring again: UN report

After dip, output now 33.8 per cent above Kyoto commitment
Apr 21, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Canada+greenhouse+emissions+soaring+again+report/1516915/story.html

The anti-specialists

For one group, the future of science lies outside one's area of expertise
Apr 18, 2009
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1508693&p=1

Friday, April 24, 2009

Harper, researchers grasp olive branch

University leaders joining PM at event to announce finalists in federal grant program
Apr 23, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090423.RESEARCH23ART2251/TPStory/National

Feds launch international search for excellence

Apr 23, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Feds+launch+international+search+excellence/1526486/story.html

Environment central in B.C. leaders debate

Apr 24, 2009
IAN BAILEY AND JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090424.BCELECTIONDEBATE24ART2120/TPStory/National/

Poultry screening endangers public, vet says

Food safety agency puts meat plant workers in charge of judging
Apr 24, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Article/623695

Officials balk at criticism over handling of listeriosis

Apr 24, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/623694

Revise listeriosis report, feds tell Ontario official

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jbbfsDwj8ZAy97oms_uZ2rr95pTQ

Ontario's new top doc helped fight SARS

Apr 24, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/623706

Dr. Arlene King named Ontario's new medical officer of health

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hsWyji7lAIPsrGHB8ZPxUH4wM6mQ

Mexican flu raises spectre of SARS

Apr 24, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER AND ANTONELLA ARTUSO
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/04/24/9226036-sun.html

Ontario officials warn of mysterious Mexican illness

Apr 23, 2009
Lee Greenberg
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Ontario+officials+warn+mysterious+Mexican+illness/1527193/story.html

Canadian senator proposes declaration on ethical sealing

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/seal-declare.html

Prentice promises details of emissions policy

California move could hurt oilsands
Apr 24, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Prentice+promises+details+emissions+policy/1529011/story.html

Canadian Lab technologists air public health concerns

Apr 23, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+technologists+public+health+concerns/1528965/story.html

Top court rejects bid to sue Health Canada over implants

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hZtfzd9bqvq3RFE6xEs12r_0QiHg

Cow genome unraveled in bid to improve meat, milk

Apr 23, 2009
RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htQD0GkedhwsESnH-xgQKqc3CGEgD97OCEIG0

Environmentalist frustrated over delays to clean up Moncton creek

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/04/23/nb-petitcodiac-environment-1120.html

NDP wants end to subsidy for `greatest industrial killer'

Apr 23, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/wants+subsidy+greatest+industrial+killer/1528923/story.html

Include indigenous rights in global climate change policies, summit told

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/climate-rights.html

N.W.T. Housing Corp. to test eco-friendly home in Inuvik

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/eco-house.html

Rules to move new turbines back from P.E.I. homes

Apr 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/24/pei-wind-turbine-setback.html

Ancient fertilizer technique could help poor farmers, store carbon

Apr 23, 2009
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/tech-090423-biochar-carbon-trading.html

Bed bugs invade

Infestations growing
Apr 24, 2009
BRENDAN WEDLEY
THE PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1538296

Public outcry prompts Alta to back off on some cuts to drug coverage for seniors

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jAw7-jw9IiwKHg_kwkzc7vuQjV_g

Sir John Maddox: The nature of Nature

The man who reinvented science journalism
Apr 23, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13525812

Gene technology threatens new racism: Vatican

Apr 23, 2009
Laura Macinnis
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Gene+technology+threatens+racism+Vatican/1526215/story.html

Restore coverage for services, Alberta chiropractors say

Apr 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/04/22/edm-chiropractors.html

Exciting careers await mathematicians

Apr 22, 2009
Arvind Guptafor
Canwest News Service; Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/life/Exciting+careers+await+mathematicians/1523187/story.html

Students Winnipeg-bound for science fair

Apr 23, 2009
Julia Le
The Mississauga
http://www.mississauganews.com/article/26482

R&D spending under pressure

Yes, R&D spending is down in this economy, but how the big players are reacting may surprise you
Apr 15, 2009
Stefan Dubowski
Canadian Business Online
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/article.jsp?content=20090414_173202_1488

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Canada is a leader in environmental stewardship

Apr 23, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1536717

Saskatchewan reneges on climate-change

Cites world economic slump, despite fact province is one of few in the black
Apr 22, 2009
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090422.wsaskcarbon0422/BNStory/National

Government rejects unified carbon prices

Apr 23, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/money/2009/04/23/9212566-sun.html

Motive questioned in failure to disclose asbestos study

Government trying to protect Quebec industry, scientist alleges
Apr 22, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090422.ASBESTOS22ART2244/TPStory/National

Oil sands braces for American green fuel regulation

Apr 23, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090423.RCARBON23ART1940/TPStory/Business

Meat inquiry missing a key player

Agriculture minister hasn't been interviewed by investigator looking into listeriosis outbreak
Apr 23, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/622952

Ont. groups want formal study into health effects of wind turbines

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iwK8mnBntVOEpuReldBbWB1qPf_w

Parasite behind European honeybee colony collapse, researchers say

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/22/honey-bee-collapse.html

Mr. Math aims to convert Canadians

Our kids lack basic skills and that's going to hurt them, B.C. numbers guru says
Apr 23, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622969

Talking about the future of farming in Canada

GROWING FORWARD: Agriculture ministry rep speaks at agricultural night
Apr 23, 2009
MARK TAYTI
THE TRIBUNE
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1536761

McGuinty’s solution: Leave waste at the stores

The Series Star series prompts call for consumers to act
Apr 23, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/622976

Vitamin D may lower asthma severity

Apr 23, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090423.wlasthma23art1829/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Musings on this 'green' day

Apr 23, 2009
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/644611

Pesticides: Science vs. Emotion

Apr 22, 2009
Rob Breakenridge
CHQR
http://www.am770chqr.com/Blogs/TheWorldTonight/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10029601

Greenhouse gas emissions cut by 6.5M tonnes: Alberta

Apr 22, 2009
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Greenhouse+emissions+tonnes+Alberta/1523509/story.html

Group tracks western economic diversification spending

Apr 22, 2009
Bruce Cheadle
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/622835

Unnecessary scans pose health risk, UVic study shows

Apr 22, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Unnecessary+scans+pose+health+risk+UVic+study+shows/1523858/story.html

Deliver access to capital

Apr 22, 2009
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/642969

PREDICTING DEATH

As one of the worst avalanche seasons draws to a close, avalanche science remains dangerously inexact
Apr 22, 2009
Trent Edwards
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/news/PREDICTING+DEATH/1523040/story.html

Late blooming science whiz has ‘high hopes’ of earning trip to Tunesia

Apr 22, 2009
Janet Richards
The Community Press
http://www.communitypress-online.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1534939

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth Day: Lost in a forest of green?

How Earth Day and Earth Hour stay relevant amid expanding branches of environmentalism
Apr 22, 2009
Moira Welsh
http://www.thestar.com/special/article/622015

B.C. snags top spot in green report card; Alberta gets high marks

Apr 22, 2009
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090422.wrenvironment22art21062/BNStory/National/home

B.C. earns green crown in Earth Day report; P.E.I. last

Apr 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/04/22/provinces-green-report042209.html

Protesters aim to weed out pesticides

Environmentalists take on producing giants in Richmond
Apr 22, 2009
Alan Campbell
Richmond News
http://www2.canada.com/richmondnews/news/story.html?id=c65998de-9837-4c20-abfa-f4bc1b576e8c

Mother Nature

Her job has become more challenging as the planet heats up
Apr 22, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/life/2009/04/22/9198561-sun.html

Weeds are not the worst thing in our yards

Apr 22, 2009
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Weeds+worst+thing+yards/1521915/story.html

Bugs, cornstarch replace pesticides today

Hardware and garden stores removing all chemical, cosmetic weed killers from shelves across province
Apr 22, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622246

Earth Day's message

Apr 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/622075

10 easy steps to mark Earth Day

Apr 22, 2009
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/easy+steps+mark+Earth/1520618/story.html

Earth Day Canada has sterling reputation

Apr 22, 2009
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Earth+Canada+sterling+reputation/1520620/story.html

Practising what he preaches

The president of national environmental charity Earth Day Canada takes us through his day
Apr 22, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090422.SRGREENLEADERART1953/TPStory/National

Recycling still a challenge for consumer electronics

Apr 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090422/recycling_090422/20090422?hub=SciTech

Earth Day idea: Make firms pay up to recycle products

Legislating 'you make it, you take it' recycling cornerstone to Ontario's vision for waste diversion
Apr 22, 2009
Christopher Hume & Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622243

Disposables a luxury we must trash

Apr 22, 2009
Christopher Hume
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/622247

For students, thinking green is second nature

Apr 22, 2009
Adrian Brijbassi
TORONTO STAR
http://www.thestar.com/Special/article/622018

Environment commissioner laments lack of federal water strategy

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h_qwQdNQasGWzIHpWpldzc_SaNWQ

Ont. to enact toughest pesticide restrictions in Canada despite trade dispute

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h5UADozJYYd5bo6XGMCDX7HsWemg

Canadians more likely to give a green thumbs-down to financial crisis: poll

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gsnaFwTydBpo1QFFS-08EphXACVg

The birth of the biological single parent?

It hasn't happened yet, but research suggests it is possible
Apr 21, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090421.wlstem21art1831/BNStory/Science/home

NDP private bill would ban cosmetic pesticide use

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hXJSnY3F6rvIjbVqzvuCnqhnSv2g

Saskatchewan courts Alberta energy expertise

Eastern neighbour searching for workers and investors
Apr 21, 2009
Dina O’Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Saskatchewan+courts+Alberta+energy+expertise/1520059/story.html

Going green without disrupting the environment

Apr 21, 2009
Paul Gallant
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/f-energy-wind-power.html

Finding funding for biotech continues to be challenging: survey

Apr 21, 2009
Krystle Chow
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/294302058634133.php

EcoKids an important part of Earth Day Canada

Apr 21, 2009
Marlyn Graziano
Comox Valley Echo
http://www.canada.com/EcoKids+important+part+Earth+Canada/1519876/story.html

Wind farm under review

Feds to conduct environmental assessment on multi-million-dollar project
Apr 21, 2009
JUDY MYRDEN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1117763.html

It's off to Winnipeg for MV science whiz

Alyssa Borutski wins spot at national fair for second time
Apr 21, 2009
Heather Kendall
Barry's Bay This Week
http://www.barrysbaythisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1532903

Accolades roll in for local science whiz

ASHLEY MILLETTE: Places fourth in Eastern Ontario challenge
Apr 21, 2009
JANET RICHARDS
SUN MEDIA
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1532011

China's wind-power boom to outpace nuclear by 2020

Apr 20, 2009
Rujun Shen and Tom Miles
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPEK33615120090420?sp=true

Fear stands in the way of disenfranchised PhDs

Apr 20, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/fear-stands-in-the-way-of-disenfranchised-phds/

When Dreams Collide With Reality

Apr 17, 2009
Christine Kelly
Inside Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/04/17/kelly

Patch readies for next cycle

Pain in energy sector starts to subside
Apr 16, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Patch+readies+next+cycle/1501089/story.html

CN idea a winner for oil sands

Apr 10, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/idea+winner+sands/1486255/story.html

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

New contaminants threaten Ontario lakes and rivers: report

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/21/water-quality.html

Drug safety rules tilted to industry: Report

Apr 21, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Drug+safety+rules+tilted+industry+Report/1517912/story.html

Speedy approvals more important to Health Canada than drug safety: report

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5izMyPU0XpQ0vKKIF-FdmTcmRH7Kw

Hawking's illness puts Perimeter's hopes in peril

Renowned physicist set to shift key research to Waterloo institute
Apr 21, 2009
DOUG SAUNDERS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.whawking0420/BNStory/Front

Raising capital concerns

Apr 21, 2009
Reid Southwick
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/641818

Sierra Club goes to court to keep environmental assessments

Apr 21, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090421.ASSESS21ART2125/TPStory/Environment

Hats off for giving new life to old fungi

Research grants awarded; Recipients turn waste into reusable fuel
Apr 21, 2009
PEGGY CURRAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Hats+giving+life+fungi/1516749/story.html

Climate change could take centre stage in next election

Apr 21, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1117715.html

Patchwork of recycle rules triggers separation anxiety

Apr 21, 2009
Kenyon Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/621600

Breast is best for babies and moms: Study

Apr 21, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Breast+best+babies+moms+Study/1517905/story.html

Listeriosis outbreak: looking for answers

Apr 21, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/621502

Food safety is not optional

Apr 21, 2009
Lee Prokaska
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/551886

Food agency chief under fire at listeriosis probe

CFIA head snubs reporters after committee grilling
Apr 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/21/listeriosis-probe-cfia021.html

McCain takes aim at listeria oversight

Inspectors' union disagrees with CEO's view that paperwork trumps visual quality control procedures
Apr 21, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090421.FOOD21ART2242/TPStory/National

Maple Leaf president outlines vision for food inspection

Apr 20, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/621321

Listeria uptick logged in binder months before outbreak: Maple Leaf

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_utS0jTt0tpdahJ_Nk0Z2VGe6iw

Cut ties between Health Canada, drug companies, grieving MP urges

Apr 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/20/drug-safety-young.html

Indigenous peoples talk climate change at Alaska summit

Apr 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/20/climate-summit.html

Use of unapproved drugs violates sound process

Apr 20, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/unapproved+drugs+violates+sound+process/1514534/story.html

Credit crisis puts biotech industry at risk: study

Apr 20, 2009
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Credit+crisis+puts+biotech+industry+risk+study/1515431/story.html

Sask. universities to benefit from research funding

Apr 20, 2009
Annie McLeod
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Sask+universities+benefit+from+research+funding/1515105/story.html

What Suzuki didn't tell you

Linking specific weather events, like Hurricane Katrina, to global warming is bad science
Apr 19, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/19/9161711-sun.html

Probiotics: What are they and what are their benefits?

Apr 19, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1530467

Who's winning cancer battle?

Young people, that's who. Survival rate brightens for patients aged 15 to 29, new data show
Apr 17, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/619926

Monday, April 20, 2009

How recession changed the green marketplace

Apr 20, 2009
JENNIFER WELLS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090420.RCONSUMERGREEN20ART1939/TPStory/Business

Food-safety agency planning cutbacks, union says

CFIA accused of moving to cut spending by as much as 15 per cent to cover cost of emergency fund
Apr 20, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wlisteria20art2036/BNStory/National/home

Food watchdog plans to cut operations to build contingency fund: union

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hF3YqSk-tMX_zwgAhC4minw9Wdnw

Meat safety 'impossible' job

Maple Leaf plant wasn't audited properly before listeria outbreak, angry inspectors say
Apr 20, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Unassigned/article/621085

Count on a grizzly feud

Results of five-year DNA inventory awaited
Apr 20, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Anticipated+grizzly+study+release/1514416/story.html

Folic acid may raise cancer risk in offspring

Apr 20, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wlfolic20art1830/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Looking for a net gain in the energy sector

Canadian firm hopes to plug into nuclear fusion's potential at a mere fraction of the cost Americans have invested
Apr 20, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/SmallBusiness/article/621041

Living down to Earth

We need to heal the planet to heal ourselves
Apr 20, 2009
MARILYN LINTON
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2009/04/20/9170481-sun.html

Is there a problem with the Avaluator?

Apr 19, 2009
Trent Edwards
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/there+problem+with+Avaluator/1503758/story.html

A doomsayer, and a father, with a heart of faint hope

Our expert on future catastrophe trusts we'll find ways to save Earth
Apr 19, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/620762

If the bees disappear, we'll all be stung

Apr 19, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14021

Better helmets needed to stop brain injuries, conference told

Apr 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/04/18/edm-helmet-safety.html

Green dies hard

Apr 17, 2009
David Dias
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Green+dies+hard/1419566/story.html

Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival

Apr 17, 2009
Ian Austen
New York Times
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/report-says-cap-and-trade-is-a-must-for-canadas-economic-survival/

Brace for U.S. protectionism: federal adviser

Apr 16, 2009
BILL CURRY
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wenvironment0417/BNStory/politics/home

Climate panel presses for cap-and-trade system

Ottawa urged to target entire economy, not just heavy industry, and do away with patchwork approach to emissions adopted by provinces
Apr 16, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wPOLclimate0416/BNStory/politics

Canada Govt To Invest C$145M In Auto-Sector R&D

Apr 16, 2009
Carolyn King
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090416-709234.html

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Our pledge to Africa: Lost in red tape?

Apr 18, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=d0c2346b-0135-4199-aaf0-bef28ca06050

Keeping Our Promise

Senator seeks to resuscitate export of affordable HIV drugs and -- at the same time -- Canada's reputation in the world
Apr 18, 2009
Louisa Taylor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=2aa2f0fe-ba81-4b46-a286-abdc34865593

Do carbon offsets actually help the planet?

They may ease guilt, but some experts say they won't reduce global warming at all
Apr 18, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Special/article/618547

Changes to science funding worry profs

Apr 18, 2009
SUNEET GREWAL
SPECIAL TO THE STANDARD
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1530226

Greenhouse gases bad for health: U.S. agency

Apr 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/17/us-greenhouse-gases018.html

Innovations pave way for cleaner oilsands

Environmental issues spark explosion of ideas
Apr 17, 2009
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Innovations+pave+cleaner+oilsands/1508350/story.html

Enerplus puts Kirby project on hold

Apr 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wenerplus0417/BNStory/Business/home

Algoma U gets $500K from feds

Money to help create Health Informatics Research Institute
Apr 17, 2009
MICHAEL PURVIS
SAULT STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1528245

Bedbug infestations challenging Regina pest controller

Apr 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/04/17/bed-bugs-123.html

Friday, April 17, 2009

Industry Minister Clement defends science budget amid researchers' concerns

Apr 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ih762zoWhY90aHwhW_WTZ8YxZqPw

Universities seek students, private contracts amid funding crunch

Apr 17, 2009
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/tech-090416-university-funding-crunch.html

Listeriosis report slams Public Health Agency of Canada

Apr 17, 2009
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wlist0417/BNStory/National/home

Food Inspection Agency hampered Listeriosis response: report

Apr 17, 2009
Lee Greenberg
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Food+Inspection+Agency+hampered+Listeriosis+response+report/1506988/story.html

Food-borne illness report criticizes Ontario

Province singled out for relying too heavily on federal testing during listeria crisis that killed 21 people
Apr 17, 2009
Emily Mathieu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/620040

Roles of public officials need clarity in time for next outbreak: Listeriosis report

Ont. releases findings into 2008 deli meat recall
Apr 17, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Roles+public+officials+need+clarity+time+next+outbreak+Listeriosis+report/1506721/story.html

Forests could be carbon foes

Apr 17, 2009
Eric Scharf
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Forests+could+carbon+foes/1505479/story.html

Merck, Biogen Boost Lobbying to Defy Obama’s Drug Comparisons

Apr 17, 2009
Jonathan D. Salant and Aliza Marcus
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aHjr0BP1zvgo&refer=news

University, a career – and chemo: Cancer rates rising among young adults

Researchers say there is 'lack of appreciation' in health community for challenges young cancer patients face in getting proper support
Apr 17, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD AND JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wcancer17art2258/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Climate Science and Sobering Prospects

Apr 17, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Climate+Science+Sobering+Prospects/1506346/story.html

Climate change could mean a walk in the Arctic woods

While global warming is expected to endanger most of the globe's woodlands, trees may prosper in Canada's Far North, scientists say
Apr 17, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090417.FOREST17ART2237/TPStory/Environment

Eco-friendly labelling? It's a lot of 'greenwash'

98% of product claims fail 'sin-free' test, marketing experts say
Apr 17, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/619936

No changes needed to way polar bears listed as species at risk: committee

Apr 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/04/16/cosewic-pbear.html

Control greenhouse emissions or face trade sanctions, panel tells governments

Apr 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hScgRIhbPfvMTwVjDMlQoz7JUIdg

Health Canada report ties asbestos to lung cancer

Apr 16, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Health+Canada+report+ties+asbestos+lung+cancer/1500296/story.html

Canada 'shirked' international scene: Jeffrey Sachs

Apr 16, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wsachs16art2239/BNStory/National/home

U.K. announces $9,000 electric car subsidy

Apr 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/uk-hybrid-electric-car-subsidy.html

Canadians spend almost $30 billion a year on medications, study finds

Apr 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gT8QqapcTOReRd33EqGiKr7YqSdQ

Electronic waste sparks environmental concerns

Apr 16, 2009
RICK CECCONI
The Daily Press
http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1526484

One status doesn't fit all when it comes to polar bears: WWF

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/04/15/pbear-status.html

Scientists urge PM to restore research funds

Apr 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/scientists-funding.html

Thursday, April 16, 2009

PM urged to restore science funds

More than 2,000 scientists galvanized into 'Don't leave Canada behind' campaign
Apr 16, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090416.SCIENCE16ART2239/TPStory/National

Union warns of brain drain after budget cuts

Apr 16, 2009
AEDAN HELMER
The Ottawa Sun
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/04/16/9129861-sun.html

NDP's 'environmental plan' just a gimmick

Party's 'axe the tax' campaign is pure political opportunism
Apr 16, 2009
Andrew Weaver
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Comment+environmental+plan+just+gimmick/1501963/story.html

B.C. deserves better environmental policies

Apr 16, 2009
Editorial
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-214390/bc-deserves-better-policies

Everything’s coming up science, or, it’s a Goodyear to talk about policy

Apr 15, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/15/everythings-coming-up-science-or-its-a-goodyear-to-talk-about-policy/

Workfare for scientists: cheaper AND more productive!

Apr 15, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/15/workfare-for-scientists-cheaper-and-more-productive/

The next big thing

Focus on resource plays moves forward despite recession
Apr 16, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1502360

Energy industry casts doubt on green-collar jobs

Developers don't think provincial project will attract new investment
Apr 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/618483

Global health network available in Canada thanks to U of Ottawa

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/15/ot-090415-cochrane-network.html

Let's be honest about alcohol

Apr 16, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=b3c5fb52-12c2-4956-b4c9-6854d0d615dc

Climate change can boost sea level suddenly, fossil record shows

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/tech-090415-coral-sea-level-climate-change.html

Running on fumes: Ontario company turns manure into money

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ot-090415-manure-digester.html

Attention shoppers: beware of false eco-claims

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/greenwashing.html

Hospital cleaners fail again

A toxic chemical has left NRGH workers with respiratory problems and hair loss
Apr 16, 2009
Derek Spalding
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Hospital+cleaners+fail+again/1501801/story.html

Canada should call for a complete ban on asbestos right now

Apr 15, 2009
Murray Dobbin
Rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2009/04/canada-should-call-complete-ban-asbestos-right-now

No charges as polluters spew smoke

Apr 15, 2009
Eric McGuinness
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/548551

Cuts in greenhouse gases would lessen global warming, study shows

Apr 14, 2009
SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wgreenhousegases0414/BNStory/Science/home

Tiny Saskatchewan town turns carbon trap into cash

Weyburn, pop. 10,000, pushes province onto global warming frontier
Apr 14, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/617907

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Regulations will keep low-speed electric vehicles off Ontario roads

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/electric-car.html

Bar owner fights medical marijuana ruling

To tell court that rights commission's order violates Ontario law
Apr 15, 2009
John Goddard
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/618587

Search on for better anthrax protection

Vaccine development firm signs 3-year deal with military agency to conduct vaccine research
Apr 15, 2009
STEVE PROCTOR
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1116758.html

Court upholds firing of nuclear safety watchdog head

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/keen-firing-upheld-nuclear.html

Ottawa delivers $170 million for forestry research, marketing

Apr 14, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Ottawa+delivers+million+forestry+research+marketing/1496045/story.html

Germany bans farming of genetically modified corn

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/tech-090414-germany-corn.html

One-third of P.E.I.'s salmon rivers lost

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/pei-salmon-rivers.html

Wind turbines causing health problems, some Ont. residents say

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/04/14/tech-090414-wind-turbines.html

Queue No More

Canada's surprising proposal for fast tracking new drugs to patients
Apr 14, 2009
Ronald Bailey
Reason Online
http://www.reason.com/news/show/132890.html

Teens use less booze, drugs and tobacco, new health survey shows

Apr 14, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Teens+less+booze+drugs+tobacco+health+survey+shows/1496181/story.html

Much of drinking in Canada done in excess, study suggests

Apr 14, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i1SLDSqdctZHHZNBhTCDZ5nN9WNQ

Marijuana may increase smokers' risks, study says

Apr 14, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wldope14art1802/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Tory minister scrambles to save Mont-Mégantic Observatory

Apr 14, 2009
DANIEL LEBLANC
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wastronomy0415/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Ikea Canada to eliminate plastic bags

Apr 14, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ikea+Canada+eliminate+plastic+bags/1495375/story.html

The environment: Biofools

Farming biofuels produces nitrous oxide. This is bad for climate change
Apr 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13437705

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Premier’s tech report touts more science grads, e-learning

Apr 13, 2009
Gillian Shaw
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Premier+tech+report+touts+more+science+grads+learning/1492391/story.html

Easing the passage of AIDS medicines to Africa

Apr 13, 2009
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/617406

N.B. clean-air activist demands emissions cut by Irving Oil Ltd.

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/nb-irving-refinery-608.html

Tested to the limit

Apr 14, 2009
RASHA MOURTADA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090409.caseIndex14/BNStory/breakthrough

Mediterranean diets healthiest, study finds

McMaster A major study of cardiac risks
Apr 14, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/617976

Changes aim to protect babies

Apr 14, 2009
ELIZABETH THOMPSON
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/14/9104836-sun.html

Federal health minister wants tougher product recall laws

Apr 13, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Federal+health+minister+wants+tougher+product+recall+laws/1491960/story.html

Seniors most likely hospitalized for adverse drug reactions: StatsCan

Apr 13, 2009
Pauline Tam
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Seniors+most+likely+hospitalized+adverse+drug+reactions+StatsCan/1492577/story.html

Don't brew your own pesticides

Apr 12, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/12/9088931-sun.html

Green Bin waste sent to landfill

Apr 11, 2009
Gail Swainson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/616983

City eyes rebates to cut lead in water

Low-income residents would install filters on their faucets under plan
Apr 11, 2009
Donovan Vincent
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/616988

Monday, April 13, 2009

Carbon capture and storage 'being oversold as a panacea'

But critics and experts say there are geological risks, it's a waste of taxpayers' money and the 'economics are deadly.'
Apr 13, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/april/13/legislation/&c=2

Environment Canada puts off action to protect woodland-caribou habitat

Apr 13, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090413.CARIBOU13ART2231/TPStory/National

Professional skills for graduate students

Apr 13, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/professional-skills-for-graduate-students/

Let's get it together with ecosystem management

Apr 13, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=13919

The heat is on

Health groups want tanning industry's hide for still allowing teens their place in the artificial sun
Apr 13, 2009
SHARON LEM
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/04/13/9095736-sun.html

Weather forecasts a lot of hot air, Canadians tell agency

Apr 12, 2009
Jack Branswell and Vanessa Burka
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Weather+forecasts+Canadians/1489581/story.html

Budget cuts threaten renowned teaching observatory

Apr 12, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Budget+cuts+threaten+renowned+teaching+observatory/1490069/story.html

An inconvenient film

Apr 11, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=b944112c-c1bc-4492-aa44-5aa29b67e08b

Black-footed ferret set to make Canadian comeback

Apr 11, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Black+footed+ferret+make+Canadian+comeback/1487641/story.html

WestJet goes for gold on environment

Apr 10, 2009
Gina Teel
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/WestJet+goes+gold+environment/1484626/story.html

Saturday, April 11, 2009

MP stays mum on evolution remarks

Constituents weigh in on touchy topic
Apr 11, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/stays+evolution+remarks/1487965/story.html

Weather vs. climate

One snowstorm or heat wave does not prove or disprove climate change
Apr 11, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/life/greenplanet/2009/04/11/9081481-sun.html

Battle erupts over eggs

A Robarts Research Institute scientist stirs up debate over the issue of consuming eggs
Apr 11, 2009
JOHN MINER
LONDON FREE PRESS
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/04/11/9082836-sun.html

West rejects Ottawa's emission plan

Apr 10, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY AND DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090410.RCARBON10ART1933/TPStory/Business

Canada doing better than U.S. against whooping cough in adolescents: expert

Apr 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gAg9ObGjB2H_kL0Xwniht1CE35Wg

Friday, April 10, 2009

Blue Dog Democrats growling at climate-change plan

Party's fiscal conservatives and those elected in mining states could side with GOP to veto Obama's cap-and-trade proposal
Apr 10, 2009
JOHN IBBITSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090410.IBBITSON10ART2244/TPStory/Environment

Red tape traps McMaster scientist

Cancer project had success against stroke. Now there's no money
April 10, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/616724

More lights went out this Earth Hour

Local figures uncertain compared with last year due to new poll, but participation up across Canada
Apr 10, 2009
Debra Black
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/616707

U.S. pressure could alter Canada's greenhouse gas approach

Apr 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/09/tech-090409-prentice-greenhouse-gas.html

Dow sues Canadian government over Que.'s pesticide ban

Apr 9, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/sues+Canadian+government+over+pesticide/1482852/story.html

Famed star observatory in Quebec loses federal support

Apr 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/04/09/mtl-montmegantic-funding-0409.html

Time to invest in R&D

Apr 8, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1115586.html

Green dreams, unplugged

The U.S. and Canadian bailout plans announced this week for the big auto companies find policy makers caught in a contradiction: They are trying to save jobs building gas guzzlers at the same time as promoting alternative energy and reduced emissions. And that, as Konrad Yakabuski reports, could be a dead end
Apr 4, 2009
KONRAD YAKABUSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090404.COVER04/TPStory/Environment/

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Hard caps, free trade

Apr 9, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090409.ECAPANDTRRADE09ART2000/TPStory/Comment

Ottawa faces pressure to align with U.S. on green plans

Canada may be forced to adopt 'comparable' standards to U.S. bill that would set strict limits on emissions
Apr 9, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090409.RCARBON09ART2236/TPStory/Environment

High-speed action — without the howl and growl

I not only want one, I want our government to get more serious about electric cars.
Apr 9, 2009
JEREMY CATO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090409.whTeslaMain0409/BNStory/specialGlobeAuto

Cap and trade's a sucker punch

Apr 9, 2009
HEATHER DOUGLAS
Calgary Sun
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Douglas_Heather/2009/04/09/9063391-sun.php

Prospect of Nortel asset fire sale is very high

Apr 9, 2009
James Bagnall
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Prospect+Nortel+asset+fire+sale+very+high/1479844/story.html

CMAJ article points to 'loophole' on animal antibiotics

Apr 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/08/animal-antibiotics.html

Mild flu season in U.S. apparently winding down: CDC

Apr 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/08/flu-season.html

Calorie counts belong on menus, MDs say

Apr 8, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/615403

Half of Canada's boreal caribou herds in decline: report

Apr 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/08/caribou-boreal.html

Canadian approach to environment hampering auto sector: C.D. Howe report

Apr 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpGVo-rW1aw2aVbgzkMFmTpJ34Lw

Taxing sugar-laden pop, energy drinks could cut consumption: obesity expert

Apr 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iv7jVju0pJbli1haPlAgLMNaP8Qw

A sea change in cancer research

Apr 8, 2009
DAVID HOSKIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1115503.html

SAVE THE WHOOPERS

The valiant effort to save North America's biggest bird from extinction has suffered a setback
Apr 8, 2009
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/SAVE+WHOOPERS/1478399/story.html

Thank oxygen-producing bacteria for your existence

Apr 8, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Thank+oxygen+producing+bacteria+your+existence/1478323/story.html

Former oilsands exec named head of climate working group

Apr 7, 2009
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Former+oilsands+exec+named+head+climate+working+group/1474723/story.html

States of mind

Apr 6, 2009
Paul wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/06/states-of-mind/

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Ontario targets companies' use of toxic chemicals

Apr 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/07/toxics.html

Environment file slips from radar

Apr 8, 2009
Chantal Hébert
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Canada/Columnist/article/615420

Potential sites named for power plant

Too many sources of air pollution in area already, residents near Mississauga-Oakville border argue
Apr 8, 2009
Mike Funston
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/615398

Quantum funding finally comes through

Institute for Quantum Computing receives $50 million in federal cash first promised three years ago
Apr 8, 2009
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/517194

Fluoride to stay in Calgary drinking water

Apr 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/04/07/cgy-fluoride-city-council-water.html

Green energy legislation will hike electricity bills: report

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/06/energy.html

Increase protections for polar regions, says Clinton

Apr 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/06/antartica-tourism.html

Study maps Canada's hidden water to stave off shortages

Apr 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/06/tech-090406-underground-water-aquifers-map.html

Promise, perils of deep-sea mining debated

Apr 3, 2009
JAY LINDSAY
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/613268

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Expert raises spectre of next oil shock

Supply crunch feared on lack of investment
Apr 7, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Expert+raises+spectre+next+shock/1472050/story.html

Tuition attrition? Reposition

Apr 7, 2009
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090407.COWENTE07/TPStory/National

U of T faculty approves flat tuition fee

Apr 7, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/614803

Arctic losing thick sea ice, U.S. data show

Apr 7, 2009
OLIVER MOORE AND PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090407.ICE07ART2242/TPStory/Environment

If only they'd heeded the 'mad scientist'

Seismologist was rebuked as alarmist for warning of quake
Apr 7, 2009
Gavin Jones
REUTERS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/614827

Kudos for much success adding value to seaweed

Acadian Seaplants gets national award from research council
Apr 7, 2009
JOHN McPHEE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1115397.html

Ottawa pouring stimulus funds into small enterprise

Apr 7, 2009
JON TATTRIE
METRO HALIFAX
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/209127

'Stunt' pokes fun at carbon capture

Apr 7, 2009
Trish Audette
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Stunt+pokes+carbon+capture/1472429/story.html

More botched cancer tests anger experts, patients

Apr 7, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090407/cancer_tests_090407/20090407?hub=TopStories

Challenging times breed innovation

Apr 7, 2009
SHAWN BERRY
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/627759

Ruling would 'bankrupt this province'

$1.7 million awarded in tainted water case may spur more lawsuits, appellate court told
Apr 7, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/614790

Canada still has no consensus on Alberta's tar sands GHGs

It's critical the government find an accurate way to measure GHG emissions from Alberta's tar sands, say experts.
Apr 6, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/april/6/tar_sands/&c=2

Ignatieff suggests North Pole should be protected as global 'public park'

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gs3nj9WCNFn8rDenn0tU9wCLPigw

Polar summit to debate Arctic riches, environment

Apr 6, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifcqNDceefGYp4ZGe4jW4ObDPXfg

Universities pick their priorities for infrastructure renewal

Deadline for bids was March 31, but the federal government still must decide when, where and how the money will flow
Apr 6, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-pick-their-priorities-for-infrastructure-renewal.aspx

Canadian universities scramble to find jobs for co-op students

Apr 6, 2009
Julia Kilpatrick
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-universities-scramble-to-find-jobs-for-co-op-students.aspx

We need to sell ourselves, say social scientists

Apr 6, 2009
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-need-to-sell-ourselves-say-social-scientists.aspx

How you are changing science journalism

Apr 6, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/f-strauss-science-journalism.html

It’s time for a new ‘normal’ in academe

Apr 2, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/its-time-for-a-new-normal-in-academe/

Hiring freezes raise issues for PhDs in the job market

Mar 26, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/hiring-freezes-raise-issues-for-phds-in-the-job-market/

Ottawa announces $7.9 million for research at four Atlantic universities

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9011270.html

Tim Jackson: Entrepreneurship and the upside to a downturn

An existing shortage of tech R&D spending will fuel future opportunities for today's small startups. What's needed is risk takers
Apr 6, 2009
GORDON PITTS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090406.watthetop06/BNStory/robAtWork/home

Canada a model for U.S.: Expert

Urban pro says country has a chance to step into limelight
Apr 6, 2009
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Canada+model+Expert/1469064/story.html

Centuries-old Antarctic ice bridge breaks up

Apr 6, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/614366

Turn out lights, make difference

Apr 5, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1511188

B.C.'s carbon-offset plan doesn't sit well with environmentalists

Apr 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/05/bc-carbon-offsets.html

Spurned science museum tries yet again for new home

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gARoPEszVpHu6ntnBCHW4svQjXEQ

IND Dairy Tech's cow breeding technology expands Canadian-style farms in China

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hQGaXAlOaNVdhUClMFkzpnBEZKLg

Where have the bees gone?

Colony Collapse Disorder a worldwide phenomenon
Apr 5, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/05/9008901-sun.html

Justice gone to pot

Apr 5, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Justice+gone/1466127/story.html

Calgary latest Canadian community to look at safety of fluoride in water

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwZkLXsjoJHX52d0fsch4JgYal5w

Secrecy slowing drug research

Leading scientist urges transparency to deliver drugs to patients sooner
Apr 4, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/613662

Toronto encourages food business to grow

Incubator lets innovators share space and tap into expertise
Apr 3, 2009
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Toronto+encourages+food+business+grow/1461207/story.html

Nexen, Opti Canada may be targeted in oil sands deals

Apr 3, 2009
Joe Carroll
Bloomberg
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Nexen+Opti+Canada+targeted+sands+deals/1461208/story.html

James Lunney vs Evolution

Apr 2, 2009
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/02/james-lunney-v-science/

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Darwin would think again, Lunney tells House of Commons

MP says theorist might draw different conclusions if he had today's information
Apr 4, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
The Daily News
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=a151fc02-31fa-460a-b14f-1ab9ab54b6e5

Genome Canada pulling out of stem-cell project

Groups disagree on whether move is related to federal budget; Genome CEO said other issues forced decision
Apr 4, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090404.GENOME04/TPStory/National

A whole new meaning to cutting classes

Cash-strapped universities looking at cancelling small classes, programs, charging flat tuition
Apr 4, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090404.wcourses04/BNStory/National/home

Fluoride up to voters: mayor

Five aldermen want to cancel water additive
Apr 4, 2009
James Jeffrey and Richard Cuthbertson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Fluoride+voters+mayor/1464195/story.html

Climate clock is ticking

Apr 3, 2009
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Climate+clock+ticking/1462485/story.html

Oilsands move tarnishes image

Apr 3, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Oilsands+move+tarnishes+image/1459923/story.html

Alberta hires consultants to lobby Washington

Apr 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/04/03/cgy-lobby-alberta-washington.html

Friday, April 3, 2009

Will Dow challenge Quebec pesticide law?

Apr 3, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090403.wnafta0403/BNStory/National/home

New centre aims to unite cancer researchers

Specialist stresses need to keep scientists in Nova Scotia
Apr 3, 2009
JOHN McPHEE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1114791.html

Greenhouse gas targets bill passes 2nd reading

Apr 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/02/tech-090302-climate-change-accountability-act.html

Study on cholesterol drugs raises ethical questions

Que. MDs offered $100 per prescription
Apr 2, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Study+cholesterol+drugs+raises+ethical+questions/1457939/story.html

Canada offside with world on cell tower issue

Apr 2, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+offside+with+world+cell+tower+issue/1457497/story.html

Don't call off the watchdogs - give them teeth

Apr 2, 2009
HEATHER MCLEOD-KILMURRAY AND NATHALIE CHALIFOUR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090402.COASSESS02/TPStory/Environment

Dead-duck backlash hurts Alberta again

Apr 2, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Dead+duck+backlash+hurts+Alberta+again/1455387/story.html

Suncor fined $850,000 for environmental violations

Apr 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/02/edm-suncor-fined.html

Alta. premier denies coverup of duck death total

Apr 1, 2009
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Alta+premier+denies+coverup+duck+death+total/1453617/story.html

Canada duping the world by exporting asbestos: NDP MP

'I resent the asbestos industry profoundly'
Apr 1, 2009
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+duping+world+exporting+asbestos/1453475/story.html

Natural causes also responsible for global warming: Scientists

Apr 1, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Natural+causes+also+responsible+global+warming+Scientists/1453524/story.html

Building an online academic community

University Junction pools together student materials
Apr 1, 2009
Adam Crozier
The Western Gazette
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=FrontPage&articleID=1370&month=04&day=01&year=2009

New program makes it easier to recycle electronic waste in Ont.

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/31/electronics-recycling.html

Dozens of radioactive devices lost in Canada, but most later found: report

Mar 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/tech-090330-radioactive-devices.html

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Canada to set mandatory vehicle fuel standards

Apr 1, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Cars/Canada+mandatory+vehicle+fuel+standards/1452338/story.html

Greenhouse gases stay buried for millions of years, say scientists

Apr 1, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iGRD2Cwl1Y8omA84jmm4kp1DiqDg

Men open up like never before as recession takes its toll

Demand rises for mental-health support among those hit hardest by layoffs
Apr 1, 2009
ERIN ANDERSSEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090401.MEN01/TPStory/National

Medical skeptic wins top award

Apr 1, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/611545

Gairdner award honours noted stem-cell scientist

Shinya Yamanaka among international researchers who will receive 'baby Nobels' in Canada this year
Mar 31, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.wgairdner31/BNStory/Science/home

Strahl announces funding to rebuild, refurbish Arctic research centres

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i3e3qbAHdqcNbO-NfOJZZUAh2rJg

Inspection gaps raise water-quality questions

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gPmOSYZWtzsI6C7-zZePj1aDhw8Q

P.E.I. retailer upset by pulling of electronic cigarettes

Health Canada says more study of devices that emit nicotine vapour is needed
Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/03/31/pe-electronic-cigarettes.html

Fighting childhood obesity: Is phys-ed enough?

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/31/f-physed-obesity.html