Premier’s medal of innovation, industry research chairs announced

Jun 29, 2009
The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=265154&sc=98

High-tech lobby urges 'test beds' with government

June 29, 2009
Kathryn May
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/High+tech+lobby+urges+test+beds+with+government/1744928/story.html

Is Ottawa still Silicon Valley North?

As Nortel crumbles, analysts consider the fate of high-tech sector in capital
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/t-tech-silicon-valley-north-ottawa.html

Obama's willing to spend political capital on climate change. Why isn't Harper?

Greenhouse-gas vision is missing in Canada
Jun 30, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/obamas-willing-to-spend-political-capital-on-climate-change-why-isnt-harper/article1201317/

Nuclear tennis match

Jun 30, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/658528

A taste not worth dying for

Canadians are dying for their salt
Jun 30, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-taste-not-worth-dying-for/article1199427/

Mental-health advocates hail $5-million Thomson donation

Gift will fund new CAMH facility to help youth who suffer from addictions and mental illnesses
Jun 29, 2009
Jill Colvin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/mental-health-advocates-hail-5-million-thomson-donation/article1200683/

System uses air traffic patterns to predict global infectious disease spread

Jun 29, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAOqQfPUs2AxzGS0-f3VzOdb7dYg

Scientists use genomic research to tackle mountain pine beetle

June 30, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+genomic+research+tackle+mountain+pine+beetle/1745355/story.html

AIDS breakthrough a reason for pride, pain

June 28, 2009
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=8e49e702-0ede-433d-a22f-f900719024a6

Green technology gains momentum in Windsor

Prof gets $1.4M to boost diesel fuel efficiency
June 29, 2009
Dave Hall
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=98aadab4-513a-4773-b456-6f490bc5db78

Western provinces need to improve on productivity: conference board

June 26, 2009
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Western+provinces+need+improve+productivity+conference+board/1737503/story.html

Swine flu shows first sign of resistance to Tamiflu

Key drug in fight against H1N1 virus still reliable, world health officials say after isolated case in Denmark
Jun 29, 2009
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shows-first-sign-of-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1201110/

Ontario drops plans for 2 new nuclear reactors

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/onatario-nuclear.html

Ontario suspends nuclear power plans

Announcement marks a huge shift in policy for the McGuinty government, which had planned to spend $26-billion expanding and refurbishing its fleet of reactors
Jun 29, 2009
Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-suspends-nuclear-power-plans/article1200469/

Ont. nullifies nuclear power plant plans

June 29, 2009
Megan O'Toole
National Post
http://www.canada.com/Technology/nullifies+nuclear+power+plant+plans/1744589/story.html

Reactor design puts safety of nuclear plants into question

Feature speeds up rate of atomic reactions in event of a coolant leak; regulators say they misjudged size of the problem
Jun 29, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/reactor-design-puts-safety-into-question/article1200130/

Central Asian leaders plead for help in cleaning nuclear waste

Remnants of Cold War are a regional and global threat, delegates from four ex-Soviet states urge at summit in Geneva
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/central-asian-leaders-plead-for-help-in-cleaning-nuclear-waste/article1201134/

A public tarring in Saudi Canada

Jun 28, 2009
Andrew Nikiforuk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/657518

China now taking climate change seriously: Barroso

June 26, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+taking+climate+change+seriously+Barroso/1736832/story.html

Obama gears up for climate bill's test in U.S. Senate

President, reluctant to speculate about when senators might pass energy law, rolls out new standards for energy conservation in lighting systems
Jun 29, 2009
Jeff Mason
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/obama-gears-up-for-climate-bills-test-in-us-senate/article1201191/

America's climate-change bill: In need of a clean

America's bill is a bundle of compromises
June 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13933204

U.S. House passes landmark climate bill

Legislation a major victory for Obama
Jun 27, 2009
Richard Cowan
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-house-passes-landmark-climate-bill/article1199364/

Carbon capture probably doable, experts say, but cost and legal barriers exist

Jun 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gfLJWw0PL6f2mcy97Q4l_IURTdSg

Deadly pneumonia in swine-flu outbreak hit young hard

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/29/swine-flu-research.html

Oilsands progress a missed lesson for Chu

U.S. energy secretary would have learned a lot from CAPP event
June 27, 2009
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+progress+missed+lesson/1739145/story.html

Chief health officer warns pregnant women of flu risk

June 29, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Chief+health+officer+warns+pregnant+women+risk/1744628/story.html

Bruce nuclear plant unsafe, workers say

Half-tonne load of steel at facility falls 20 metres from crane
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/658118

Minister touts arctic strength

Lawrence Cannon
June 29, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1743165

British PM backs $113B climate fund for 3rd World

June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/uk-brown-fund-climate-change-developing-countries.html

Hawkesbury solar farm gets green light

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ottawa-hawkesbury-solar-farm.html

Can we 'milk' oil from algae?

Jun 29, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/658052

Researchers use thoughts to drive wheelchair

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/wheelchair-thought-brain-control-toyota.html

Ozone machines latest move to solve sewage odour in Halifax

Water commission persuaded by demonstration with old smoke-eater
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ns-halifax-water-ozone.html

The not-so-great outdoors: How to green your grill

Jun 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13936868

Deep-sea coral emerges from the darkness

New technology lets B.C. research team study exotic creatures, in hopes of affecting policy protecting them
Jun 27, 2009
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deep-sea-coral-emerges-from-the-darkness/article1199528/

Botanists set out on canoe expedition to gather Arctic plants

June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/nwt-plants.html

Black-footed ferret coming to Sask. Grasslands this fall

June 26, 2009
John Weidlich
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/black-footed-ferret.html

Stephen Hawking might visit Canada in October

June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/tech-stephen-hawking-perimeter-institute.html

A math, science future

June 26, 2009
Ross Rosier
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=fbb76076-dd71-4d85-94d7-22d38c01f760

New leaders, rather than salvage

The federal government's provision of $300-million to facilitate the foreign takeover of two Nortel divisions would have been better spent to encourage research and development in Canada
Jun 24, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/new-leaders-rather-thansalvage/article1192903/

MS research gets boost

June 25, 2009
Sneh Duggal
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/research+gets+boost/1731006/story.html

FNUC being 'picked on': faculty member

June 26, 2009
Jason Warick
Saskatchewan News Network
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/News/FNUC+being+picked+faculty+member/1734293/story.html

Alberta least attractive province for energy investment: report

It's behind Man. and Sask., and even trails N.S. and N.L.
June 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/24/fraser-institute-energy-report-alberta.html

Swine flu virus 'stable,' WHO head says

June 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/25/swine-flu-who.html

Canada virtually sure to roll out H1N1 vaccine this fall: Butler-Jones

Jun 25, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iffwOhWwMBdDmLx4epOs_TVYVP3w

First Nations call for state of emergency

H1N1 Spread
June 25, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1731268

Return of wheat wars surprises farmers

Proponents say changing world conditions have created an international demand for the gene-altered wheat
Jun 26, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/return-of-wheat-wars-surprises-farmers/article1197945/

Fungus threat hangs over world wheat production

June 24, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1728850

1 in 25 deaths worldwide linked to alcohol consumption, study finds

Jun 25,2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpAppgKjd71wEbeo2_Is5rJsiQrw

Canada still unsure on isotope reactor repair plan

June 25, 2009
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+still+unsure+isotope+reactor+repair+plan/1731845/story.html

Stringent food-safety standards vital

Jun 25, 2009
MICHAEL H. McCAIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1129166.html

Climate change: reducing risks and costs

Jun 25, 2009
JENNIFER GRAHAM
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1129133.html

The safety of herbicides

June 25, 2009
Gerald Filipski
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/safety+herbicides/1731676/story.html

Cap and tax

The proposed Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation is more tax grab than carbon-dioxide reducer
June 25, 2009
Martin Feldstein
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/25/cap-and-tax.aspx

Sonic, Shell team for oilsands patent

Details of 'innovation' not disclosed
June 24, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Sonic+Shell+team+oilsands+patent/1727121/story.html

Fishing threatens a third of ocean sharks worldwide

June 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/25/tech-sharks-overfishing-sharks.html

Environmental bills before U.S. Congress could boost Mackenzie pipeline

June 24, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iz3yq1IRtJdn_-f_bKo2yWwlH_Cg

Tofino under pressure to build secondary sewage treatment facility

Town hasn't tested sewage outflow site for contamination in ten to 15 years
June 25, 2009
Sarah Douziech
Westerly News
http://www.canada.com/Tofino+under+pressure+build+secondary+sewage+treatment+facility/1730192/story.html

Research defends city's wily coyotes

June 26, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Research+defends+city+wily+coyotes/1735081/story.html

Canada's $580M in New Grants Include Numerous 'Omics Programs

June 22, 2009
GenomeWeb News
http://www.genomeweb.com/canadas-580m-new-grants-include-numerous-omics-programs

Groundbreaking health research gets boost

Province funnels $42M toward 15 projects, from medical plastics to early cancer detection
June 24, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/655635

Clement vows to boost high-tech sector

June 22, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Clement+vows+boost+high+tech+sector/1721923/story.html

Canada's digital economy to be prioritized

Jun 22, 2009
ALTHIA RAJ
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/22/9892966-sun.html

The spotlight is turning to biotechnology

June 22, 2009
OWEN ROBERTS
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/498647

The payback on early learning makes it a dollars and sense proposition

The return on investment in early childhood programs has been pegged at 8:1, compared to a 3:1 return for primary and secondary education
Jun 23, 2009
Don Drummond and Veronica Lacey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-payback-on-early-learning-makes-it-a-dollars-and-sense-proposition/article1194161/

Early learning makes business sense

Jun 22, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653899

Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten

Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Jun 18, 2009
Amira Elghawaby
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/not-so-fast-home-schooling-trumps-full-day-kindergarten/article1187946/

Full-day kindergarten? First, fix what's broken

Ontario needs to invest in the shortcomings of the entire system, not focus on one year at the expense of the other 12
Jun 24, 2009
Anne Kothawala
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/full-day-kindergarten-first-fix-whats-broken/article1194127/

U.S. government lends $8B for 'green' vehicles

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/energy-green-loans.html

True public will must decide call to build reactor

June 24, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Technology/True+public+will+must+decide+call+build+reactor/1726456/story.html

Here's the Plan: Calgary leads us all to a greener future

The massive Plan It Calgary proposal would set a framework for the city's growth for the next 60 years
Jun 24, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heres-the-plan-calgary-leads-us-all-to-a-greener-future/article1192584/

Preparing for round 2 of the H1N1 virus

Some might think the threat posed by the H1N1 flu virus has been overblown, but we're still in the early days of the pandemic.
June 23, 2009
The Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Health/Preparing+round+H1N1+virus/1723545/story.html

Public Health Agency of Canada seeks new ‘visual identity’

June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722027

Nation seeks answers on isotope crisis

Jun 24, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/655420

Fisheries management shrouded in secrecy, corrupted by politics: study

Jun 22, 2009
Alison Auld
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ih6koiUkDpmCMq0M-DjvzOG6y04A

Bringing pandemic vaccine to flu clinics first requires animal, human testing

Jun 23, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5irZe07hyuMtE2LVFM4Lz_K0huWFg

Alcohol-based sanitizers for flu-hit First Nations delayed over substance abuse fears

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/first-nations-swine-flu.html

Nuclear-plant workers face elevated cancer risk: report

June 23, 2009
Jeremy Warren
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Nuclear+plant+workers+face+elevated+cancer+risk+report/1724362/story.html

Saskatchewan premier hopes province can pitch medical isotope plan within weeks

Jun 22, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ivXc_bgLJdjwjDH15xU6TfLnJlnA

Conservation group buys large section of land along Bay of Fundy

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/nb-johnsons-mills-nature-109.html

Spiralling cost of vision loss requires national plan: CNIB

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/vision-loss-cost.html

Delays push back Hadron Collider's restart date

Massive particle accelerator has been down since September
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/lhc-large-hadron-collider-october.html

Health Canada to crack down on TV ads for vaccines

June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722004

Heart disease now kills more women than men

The new study underscores a seismic shift regarding what used to be considered a disease of middle-aged men
Jun 23, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/heart-disease-now-kills-more-women-than-men/article1192571/

Canada's heart attack death rates declined rapidly after 1994

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/heart-disease-deaths.html

Discovery by Canadian-led team could lead to AIDS cure

University of Montreal scientists identify ‘hiding places' for AIDS virus in human body, say it is the first clue about how to eradicate HIV
Jun 21, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-by-canadian-led-team-could-lead-to-aids-cure/article1191121/

An Inconvenient Talk: Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age

Jun 23, 2009
Chris Turner
Walrus Magazine
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.06-energy-an-inconvenient-talk//?ref=2009.07-environment-an-inconvenient-talk&page=

N.W.T. seeks 'level playing field' for Mackenzie project

June 23, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/seeks+level+playing+field+Mackenzie+project/1723401/story.html

Aboriginal group turns to Ottawa on pipeline

NWT first nations, Inuit seek federal loan to gain majority stake on $16.2-billion Mackenzie gas project
Jun 23, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/aboriginal-group-turns-to-ottawa-on-pipeline/article1193094/

Clamping down on the ‘rubber duck' chemical

Phthalates are found everywhere -- bug sprays, children’s glow sticks, dentures, clothing, automobiles -- making it difficult to avoid
Jun 23, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/clamping-down-on-the-rubber-duck-chemical/article1192616/

Salt, Part 3: The taste of things to come

As Canadians consume about 3,100 milligrams of sodium a day -- more than double the recommended intake -- food manufacturers are looking to slash the salt from their products. But with no good alternative to the irreplaceable flavour of salt, the food industry faces a challenge that's far from simple
Jun 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/the-taste-of-things-to-come/article1192703/

Salt, Part 2: Hunting for the salt gene

Researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute hope an ambitious study will help unlock the mystery of why some ethnic groups are highly sensitive to salt and suffer from high blood pressure, a disease that is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke.
Jun 23, 2009
Marina Jiménez
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/hunting-for-the-salt-gene/article1191288/

Profiting from green hysteria

June 24, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8e47d655-9207-4301-bc9e-576f70947f10

Destroying life for science

June 22, 2009
Margaret Somerville
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Destroying+life+science/1719495/story.html

James Turk: Why we are calling on Science Minister Gary Goodyear to resign

June 20, 2009
James Turk
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-235050/james-turk-why-we-are-calling-science-minister-gary-goodyear-resign

In search of better balance

On June 9, the University of Toronto conferred on Michael Bliss the degree of L. L. D. (honoris causa). The following is an edited excerpt of the speech he delivered to PhD and MA graduates at the Convocation ceremony.
June 22, 2009
Michael Bliss
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/22/michael-bliss-in-search-of-better-balance.aspx

Canadians concerned about the value of an education: poll

Jun 21, 2009
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jcWrGafGnDyJNHvaDJqk5GCrBHGg

Drug 'reports' found to be faked

Firms misrepresented some research results, slew of cases suggest
June 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/654423

Nortel breakup signals R&D power shift

Larger, better-run foreign players will have increasing say in how much technology research is done by Canadians
Jun 22, 2009
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/nortel-breakup-signals-rd-power-shift/article1191282/

Federal government continues to 'wrestle' with asbestos issue: Strahl

Ottawa spends millions to remove asbestos from Parliament Buildings, but dumps 200,000 tonnes of it per year in Third World countries.
June 22, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/22/asbestos_issue/&c=2

Sole option is to adapt, climate author says

Jun 22, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/654444

Only a quarter of Calgary Catholic school girls get HPV vaccination

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/hpv-vaccination-catholilc-bishop-henry-girls-cancer.html

Biomass energy plan under scrutiny

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/ns-biomass-power.html

Strange move on wind farms

Jun 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/654436

Nuclear inaction puts half-century of innovation at risk

Scientists warn that if Canada gets out of the medical isotope business, an exodus of researchers and doctors will follow
Jun 20, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nuclear-inaction-puts-half-century-of-innovation-at-risk/article1190413/

Hard-won nuclear expertise should not be thrown away

Sale of AECL could bring six decades of high-tech achievement to an inglorious end
Jun 22, 2009
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653897

The pandemic is here

Those who dismiss H1N1 as a panic-fest are profoundly wrong – even the mild version in a country like Canada could kill thousands. And the nightmare scenario? That would be really scary
Jun 20, 2009
Vivienne Parry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-pandemic-is-here/article1187501/

Northern Manitoba native groups co-ordinate swine flu response

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/mb-fluplan.html

EU ministers leave open possibility of clone food

June 22, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/ministers+leave+open+possibility+clone+food/1721318/story.html

Fisheries: Avoiding catastrophes

It is easy to destroy an ecosystem but difficult to rebuild it
Jun 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13891210

Phthalates: Soft plastic's hidden hazard

June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/06/04/f-phthalates.html

Salt, Part 1: Under pressure

We think of hypertension and the accompanying risk of heart attack as a problem of middle age or obesity. So how did this slim Quebec teen get high blood pressure? The health dangers that stalk growing numbers of Canadian children begin with extreme levels of salt in our food - a lot of it in places you don't suspect
Jun 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/salt-part-1-under-pressure/article1188881/

Saving the planet – one burp at a time

Farmers tweaking cows' diets to reduce how often the animals belch, in turn shrinking their carbon footprint
Jun 21, 2009
Lisa Rathke
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/saving-the-planet-one-burp-at-a-time/article1191169/

A strawberry's journey: From West to feast

Its ancestors trace back to Chile and the woodlands of eastern North America. But the one that's hot now is as engineered as a laptop computer and maybe as well- travelled. Join the modern strawberry on its trek to your table
Jun 21, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/654217

Like 2 genetic researchers in a pod

They share an office, the world of science, a heady intellect and a rich family life
Jun 21, 2009
Mary Ormsby
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/654245

$103 million pledged to clean up abandoned radar sites in northern Ontario

June 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/radar-sites.html

DFO's latest weapon: Buddy the lobster egg-sniffing dog

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/nb-buddy-lobster-dog-618.html

Seal virus' spread linked to retreating Arctic ice: scientists

June 21, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Seal+virus+spread+linked+retreating+Arctic+scientists/1718875/story.html

Canada’s urban mega-regions: landscapes of opportunity or regret?

Jun 22, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1623839

U of T receives $134M research windfall

Jun 20, 2009
IAN ROBERTSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/20/9868351-sun.html

Vaccinate Canadians under 40 and natives first: experts

June 21, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Vaccinate+Canadians+under+natives+first+experts/1718965/story.html

Feds probe bird kill at Alberta base

June 20, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Feds+probe+bird+kill+Alberta+base/1716946/story.html

The Rubber Duckies: Slow death by tax-free money

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-slow-death-by-tax-free-money.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Baird leads Harper team

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-baird-leads-harper-team.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: McGuinty’s nanny state

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-mcguinty-s-nanny-state.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Deutsche Bank's countdown to the carbon bubble

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-deutsche-bank-s-countdown-to-the-carbon-bubble.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Lifetime achievement

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-lifetime-achievement.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Still no retraction from CTV on Port Hope

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-still-no-retraction-from-ctv-on-port-hope.aspx

Junk Science Week: The Rubber Duckies

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/junk-science-week-the-rubber-duckies.aspx

The Harper government: Good for science

June 19, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/19/the-harper-government-good-for-science/

Financial difficulties at Canada’s universities

June 18, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/financial-difficulties-at-canadas-universities/

Canada's 'toxic secret' soon to be made public

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/06/18/edmonton-oilsands-tailings.html

Calgary physicists get $10M for Nunavut space-research station

June 18, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Calgary+physicists+Nunavut+space+research+station/1710570/story.html

McMaster researchers awarded $48 million

June 19, 2009
Meredith Macleod
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/585927

New approaches aim to charge up consumer interest in electric cars

June 19, 2009
Grant Buckler
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/electric-cars-ultracapacitors-lithium-ion.html

Critics press federal government to regulate trans fat in prepared foods

Compliance to guidelines 'a catastrophic failure': NDP MP
June 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/trans-fat-regulation284.html

Agriculture committee calls for public inquiry into listeriosis crisis

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/listeriosis-parliament-report061809.html

Report calls for listeria inquiry

Panel blames 'turf wars' for time lost in warning public about meat crisis
Jun 19, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/653396

Minister proposes ban on chemicals used in kids' plastic products

June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/phthalate-ban-aglukkaq268.html

Little proof $196B US health programs work

June 19, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/health-programs-un.html

Alarm bells ring on drought 'disaster'

Farmers and ranchers across a vast section of Alberta and Saskatchewan are staring down the same ominous fields of parched soil and brown crops
Jun 19, 2009
Nathan Vanderklippe and Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alarm-bells-ring-on-drought-disaster/article1188142/

Early learning is the path to prosperity

As a small nation, our ability to compete hinges on skill and innovation. That starts with early-childhood education
Jun 17, 2009
Margaret Norrie McCain and Paul Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/early-learning-is-the-path-to-prosperity/article1186133/

Raitt looks to France, Belgium for medical isotopes

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/medical-isotopes-raitt.html

Health workers not taking pandemic precautions: CDC

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/swine-flu-cdc.html

Risk factors for severe swine flu may explain disease's enigmas: experts

June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/swine-flu-risk-factors.html

More than 1 billion don't have enough to eat: UN agency

Historic number of hungry due to high food prices, economic crisis
June 19, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/un-world-hunger-report.html

Playing chicken with antibiotics

Antibiotics injected into chicken eggs is making Canadians resistant to meds
June 17, 2009
Cathy Gulli
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/17/playing-chicken-with-antibiotics/

Underfunded DNA bank is hurting investigations: report

June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/dna-funding-report-0618.html

Canada's monster computer roars to life

University of Toronto's $50-million supercomputer – the fastest such machine in Canada – goes online to improve research potential
Jun 18, 2009
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/canadas-monster-computer-roars-to-life/article1186431/

Ont. researchers to build $24M tornado simulator

June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/tech-tornado-wind-tunnel-university-of-western-ontario.html

Feds step up to protect endangered right whales

June 17, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Feds+step+protect+endangered+right+whales/1706266/story.html

Conference Board of Canada admits plagiarism, will redo reports

June 17, 2009
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-232999/conference-board-canada-admits-plagiarism-will-redo-reports

Copyright report lacked balance: Conference Board

Organization recalls three reports deemed to be too one-sided
June 18, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Copyright+report+lacked+balance+Conference+Board/1708671/story.html

$1-billion lifeline for forestry industry

Federal aid for 'greener future' to counter massive U.S. subsidies
June 17, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Canwest News Service
http://www.timescolonist.com/Business/billion+lifeline+forestry+industry/1703857/story.html

Government isotope response inadequate, doctors say

Ottawa's funding announcement to help scientists find alternatives does nothing to alleviate crisis, critics contend
Jun 18, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny and Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/government-isotope-response-inadequate-doctors-say/article1184861/

Loss of isotope supply will hurt in long run

Jun 18, 2009
Jatin Nathwani
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/652576

The Maple reactors can keep Canada's isotope industry alive

One Maples reactor powered at 50 per cent could produce enough isotopes to replace production from the ailing Chalk River reactor
Stephen P. DeFalco
Jun 18, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-maple-reactors-can-keep-canadas-isotope-industry-alive/article1186181/

Junk Science Week: Breaking out of green hell

Steve Milloy’s new book shines a harsh light on greenwashers
June 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/peter-foster-for-junk-science-week-breaking-out-of-green-hell.aspx

Junk Science Week: DDT, the banned lifesaver

Nothing prevents malaria better than DDT application
June 18, 2009
Diane Katz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/junk-science-week-ddt-banned-lifesaver.aspx

Junk Science Week: Base chemical rules on science, not fear

The integrity of Ottawa's Chemicals Management Plan hangs in the balance
June 18, 2009
Howard Mains
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/junk-science-week-base-chemical-rules-on-science-not-fear.aspx

Junk Science Week: No death by Bisphenol A

June 17, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/17/terence-corcoran-for-junk-science-week-no-death-by-bisphenol-a.aspx

Junk Science Week: Case of chemophobia

The movement to ban Bisphenol A has no scientific basis. But that hasn’t been an obstacle
June 17, 2009
S. Robert Lichter and Trevor Butterworth
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/17/junk-science-week-case-of-chemophobia.aspx

Chemistry down the tubes

June 16, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/651341

U.S. urges cleaner Alberta oilsands

June 16, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/urges+cleaner+Alberta+oilsands/1699392/story.html

U.S. climate report dire, but offers hope

Permanent damage has been done, but it's not too late to do something about it, White House says
Jun 17, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-climate-report-dire-but-offers-hope/article1184876/

Ottawa to ante up $1-billion aid to pulp and paper industry

June 16, 2009
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iDckWe5181KXc5kaIJyQfOMZjPfg

Canada called on to join renewable-energy agency

Cooperation crucial to developing booming sector, industry says
Jun 16, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/651252

Hydrogen gas leak delays shuttle launch again

June 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/17/space-shuttle.html

2 die of swine flu in Manitoba as Canadian toll hits 11

Manitoba cases now at 226 after 74 new ones confirmed Tuesday
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/mb-swine-flu-death-manitoba.html

Canada's isotope failure felt worldwide

June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Canadas-isotope-failure-felt-worldwide/UPI-21861245161554/

Nuclear medicine experts question appointment of isotope adviser

June 16, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/nuclear-chalk-isotope-adviser-0616.html

Ottawa to spend $6M seeking medical isotope alternatives

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/medical-isotopes.html

Small comfort in isotope crisis

Jun 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651739

Abandoning production of isotopes is a tragedy

June 17, 2009
Keith Martin
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Abandoning+production+isotopes+tragedy/1703396/story.html

University says it can meet Canada's isotope needs

Jun 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrbzMklV-xnrkM8Uv-t2oyD01XKw

The Chalk River mess has left AECL's reputation in meltdown mode

The last thing Atomic Energy Canada, or the country, needs is the black eye from the isotope crisis - to say nothing of the anguish for patients
Jun 16, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-chalk-river-mess-has-left-aecls-reputation-in-meltdown-mode/article1184592/

In search of a Canadian digital action strategy

June 16, 2009
Michael Geist
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/search+Canadian+digital+action+strategy/1700173/story.html

Nunavut Inuit wouldn't change diet over contaminant fears: study

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/north-contaminants.html

Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario

Evidence supports Pascal's blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
Jun 16, 2009
Jim Grieve & Bill Hogarth
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651249

Full-day learning deserves support

Jun 16, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651218

Early is not everything

Jun 17, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/early-is-not-everything/article1183389/

All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet

The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun 15, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/all-day-kindergarten-is-not-the-magic-bullet/article1182946/

Will women one day father children?

A new film imagines lesbians conceiving with sperm derived from each other's stem cells – and the science may not be far-fetched
Jun 16, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/will-women-one-day-father-children/article1182938/

Anti-aging hormone products risky, U.S. medical group says

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/hormone-aging-ama.html

Most Canadians ignore air-quality advisories: Report

June 16, 2009
Don Butler
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Most+Canadians+ignore+quality+advisories+Report/1702560/story.html

More mercury flowing into Arctic Ocean than thought: Research

June 16, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/More+mercury+flowing+into+Arctic+Ocean+than+thought+Research/1702589/story.html

Aquatic microbiota threatened by pollution

June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/16/Aquatic-microbiota-threatened-by-pollution/UPI-87731245174083/

Ottawa seizing Mexican cancer drug

Canadian patients 'starting to die,' drug firm says
June 15, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696051

German firms eye huge African solar project: report

June 16, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/German+firms+huge+African+solar+project+report/1701455/story.html

Malaria vaccine trials put researchers to the test

Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet
Jun 16, 2009
Zoe Alsop
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/malaria-vaccine-trials-put-researchers-to-the-test/article1184851/

People with autism ace intelligence test

Study finds autistic subjects finish reasoning exam 40 per cent faster than volunteers without the disorder
Jun 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/people-with-autism-ace-intelligence-test/article1184701/

Canadian, U.S. scientists win $1M Shaw prize for obesity work

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/shaw-prize-coleman534.html

$4.4M boost for U of C's asphalt research

Husky renews its support of school
June 16, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/boost+asphalt+research/1699411/story.html

U of S adds research chair

Pharmaceutical companies contribute to new position
June 16, 2009
Jeanette Stewart
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/adds+research+chair/1700433/story.html

Junk Science Week: Decision-based evidence making

Decision-based evidence making isn’t a joke. It’s part of the plan, the policy, the way things are done
June 16, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-decision-based-evidence-making.aspx

Junk Science Week: 300,000 non-deaths

New climate projections are based on a lot of things, just not on scientific data
June 16, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-peter-foster-300-000-non-deaths.aspx

Junk Science Week: MIT’s unscientific, catastrophic climate forecast

The MIT modellers violated 49 principles of forecasting
June 16, 2009
Kesten C. Green and J. Scott Armstrong
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-mit-s-unscientific-catastrophic-climate-forecast.aspx

Junk Science Week: The models behind the financial crisis

In the buildup to the financial crisis, the science of risk management was turned into junk science that was overlooked by all players, including regulators
June 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/terence-corcoran-the-models-behind-the-financial-crisis.aspx

Goodyear says two-thirds Knowledge Infrastructure funds distributed

June 15, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/goodyear-says-two-thirds-knowledge-infrastructure-funds-distributed.aspx

A celebration of science, with guest star Stephen Hawking

Also, how one protein could produce the Schwarzenegger effect
Jun 12, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/a-celebration-of-science-with-guest-star-stephen-hawking/article1180871/

Ontario bails out Ottawa stem cell scientists leading international project

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/tech-ottawa-stem-cell-regulome-genome-project-ontario-funding-rudnicki.html

Youth and tobacco

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650710

Tory baby steps on carbon gases

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650713

Made-in-Canada caps and offsets

Canada is finally on its way toward doing its part to deal with carbon emissions.
Jun 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/made-in-canada-caps-and-offsets/article1180976/

Anger builds over carbon trading

Farmers have 'serious issues' with scheme
June 13, 2009
Kelly Cryderman; With Files From Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Anger+builds+over+carbon+trading/1692423/story.html

Cap-and-trade plan a forced union

June 12, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/trade+plan+forced+union/1688970/story.html

U of T switches to controversial flat-fee tuition

June 15, 2009
Anne Kershaw
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/u-of-t-switches-to-controversial-flat-fee-tuition.aspx

Plastic bag's legal turf may be thin

Will Power Hold? City intervening in commercial transaction
June 15, 2009
Shannon Kari
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1696140

Education report calls for all-day kindergarten, sweeping reforms

Proposal blends early learning system into seamless program
Jun 15, 2009
JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education-report-calls-for-all-day-kindergarten-sweeping-reforms/article1181958/

Flu hits all provinces with Nfld. case

Health officials in Quebec announced two new deaths from H1N1 in the province over the weekend, bringing the Canadian death toll to six
Jun 15, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/flu-hits-all-provinces-as-nfld-reports-its-first-case/article1181943/

Isotope crisis to dominate conference

Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting usually discusses research breakthroughs, but this year it will focus on how to solve the crisis following Chalk River shutdown
Jun 15, 2009
Anna Mehler-Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/isotope-crisis-to-dominate-conference/article1182199/

Too many ifs cloud nuclear future

Jun 15, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650185

The Wind Debate: Green and cost competitive

June 12, 2009
Amory Lovins
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-green-and-cost-competitive.aspx

The Wind Debate: An expensive job killer

June 12, 2009
Michael J. Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-an-expensive-job-killer.aspx

Clinton, Cannon pledge to renew Great Lakes water pact

June 14, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Clinton+Cannon+pledge+renew+Great+Lakes+water+pact/1694890/story.html

Premiers, governors, promote Canada-U.S. energy corridor

June 14, 2009
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Premiers+governors+promote+Canada+energy+corridor/1695862/story.html

B.C. grizzly hunt being shot down by critics

June 14, 2009
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/grizzly+hunt+being+shot+down+critics/1694864/story.html

Global economy to get 'shock of its life' when oil hits triple digits

Energy expert and former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin says he's doesn't give a hoot if politicians read his book. When oil prices soar, 'the folk' will force the political players to do the right thing.
June 15, 2009
Kate Malloy
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/15/qa_rubin/&c=2

Little progress seen as climate talks head for wrap

June 12, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Little+progress+seen+climate+talks+head+wrap/1689716/story.html

Data centre gets serious about using less energy

Jun 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/650726

Two generations of Canadian astronauts meet in space

Payette to join Thirsk at space station and she will be operating the Canadarm as it strains to reach the farthest end of the orbital complex.
Jun 13, 2009
Tu Thanh Ha
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-generations-of-canadian-astronauts-meet-in-space/article1178365/

Shuttle carrying Canada's Payette may launch Wednesday

June 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/14/nasa-endeavour.html

New campaign promotes healthy treats to encourage kids

June 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/campaign+promotes+healthy+treats+encourage+kids/1695350/story.html

Bill to curb tobacco use heads to Obama

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/tobacco-fda-cigarettes-youth.html

Drug-resistant infections: Fighting superbugs

The way a superbug tries to survive might provide a treatment
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815133

Solar-powered manned flight: Flying for ever

A new solar-powered aircraft attempts to fly around the world with zero emissions
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815125

Physics is beauty

Sometimes I wonder whether my research is useful to anyone. But I do know that I'm in awe
Jun 11, 2009
Lindsay LeBlanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/physics-is-beauty/article1177308/

Minister's resignation demanded after reviewing funding for Israel-Palestine conference

June 11, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Minister+resignation+demanded+after+reviewing+funding+Israel+Palestine+conference/1686615/story.html

Oversold age of innovation has yet to deliver

June 11, 2009
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Business/innovation+deliver/1685687/story.html

Ontario funding keeps Canada in stem-cell project

Province kicks in $3.8-million over four years on international effort to map how genes work as embryonic stem cells develop
Jun 12, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-funding-keeps-canada-in-stem-cell-project/article1179054/

Province sends $18.5M for Ottawa medical research

June 11, 2009
Pauline Tam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Province+sends+Ottawa+stem+cell+research/1686324/story.html

WHO declares swine flu pandemic, no change in Canada's approach

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/11/swine-flu-virus-who-pandemic.html

Blowing up a storm

Lawmakers are finally acknowledging concerns about the esthetic and health impacts of wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped plans for massive investment in the new source of energy
Jun 10, 2009
Dakshana Bascaramurty, Dawn Walton and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/blowing-up-a-storm/article1177125/

Tough drinking-water standard proposed

Ontario panel recommends world's strictest limits for the amount of cancer-causing tritium considered safe
Jun 11, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tough-drinking-water-standard-proposed/article1175482/

Energy industry unsure of impact of cap & trade

June 11, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760741-sun.html

Carbon offsets disaster in making

Federal regulation doesn't inspire confidence
June 11, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Braid+Carbon+offsets+disaster+making/1684734/story.html

Alberta satisfied with Ottawa's carbon market strategy

June 11, 2009
Kelly Cryderman And Renata D'aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Alberta+satisfied+with+Ottawa+carbon+market+strategy/1684723/story.html

Ottawa cooking up greenhouse gas stew that could sicken heavy emitter Alberta

June 11, 2009
RICK BELL
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760746-sun.html

What is Macleans' thinking!?

Jun 10, 2009
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2009/06/10/what-is-macleans-thinking.aspx

You can’t buy that here

Why Canadians have to wait for the coolest new gadgets
June 9, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/you-can%E2%80%99t-buy-that-here/

Swine flu vaccine could be ready by fall

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/swine-flu-vaccine-morocco012.html

Ottawa raises prospect of closing clinics at epicentre of Mba flu outbreak

Jun 11, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5htAgQ3MOn5RVhBYvt_aQ78LJbvYQ

Environmentalists say purchase of Chemainus estuary a victory

Ducks Unlimited buys land from Catalyst for $3M
June 11, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Environmentalists+purchase+Chemainus+estuary+victory/1685199/story.html

Arctic researchers leave 'tremendous' footprint

Jun 12, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-researchers-leave-tremendous-footprint/article1179036/

Caribou herds worldwide experiencing serious decline: Study

June 11, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Caribou+herds+worldwide+experiencing+serious+decline+Study/1686758/story.html

UN sketches countries with climate risk profile

June 11, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/sketches+countries+with+climate+risk+profile/1685917/story.html

Feds may reduce toy safety standards

But move will only take place if 'justified': Records
June 11, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+reduce+safety+standards/1685210/story.html

Many kids aren't fully protected

Low child vaccination rate worries officials
June 11, 2009
Danielle Bell
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Many+kids+aren+fully+protected/1685160/story.html

McMaster starts producing medical isotopes

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/mcmaster-isotopes.html

Unclear when Chalk River will produce isotopes again: officials

June 11, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/chalk-river-isotope-0611.html

MDs, industry want to revisit mothballed Maple reactors

Ottawa urged not to abandon medical isotope business it pioneered a half-century ago
Jun 12, 2009
Gloria Galloway and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mds-industry-want-to-revisit-mothballed-maple-reactors/article1179058/

Canada getting out of medical isotope production: PM

June 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/isotope-harper.html

Ontario and Ottawa at odds over reactor

Secret briefing notes suggest the federal government believes AECL has been picked to build Ontario's new reactor, but that the province considers the price too high
Jun 11, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-and-ottawa-at-odds-over-reactor/article1176875/

Medical isotopes on Saskatchewan's radar: premier

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/11/medical-isotopes-saskatchewan.html

Medical isotopes: What are the alternatives?

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/f-isotope-shortage-options-cyclotron.html

Asbestos: The magic mineral that was once Canada's gold

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/10/f-asbestos-safety.html

Ottawa station 1st in world to sell biofuel from wheat straw

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/biofuel-shell-wheat-straw.html

Researchers want to share data to improve chronic care

Institute says a lot of health care depends on strategies that used to work
June 12, 2009
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/697238

Goodyear questions Mideast forum funds

Science Minister draws ire of academics for intervening on controversial conference
Jun 10, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/goodyear-questions-mideast-forum-funds/article1175909/

Canada’s Science Minister Is Accused of Interfering With Academic Conference

June 10, 2009
Karen Birchard
The Chronnicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6618/canadas-science-minister-is-accused-of-interfering-with-academic-conference

Environment minister unveils key part of Canadian carbon market

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/tech-carbon-cap-and-trade-canada-prentice-draft.html

Feds unveil plans for carbon market

Jun 10, 2009
Steve Rennie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648691

Ontario proposes tough new wind turbine rules

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/ontario-wind-turbines.html

Federal food scientists look into adding probiotics to many foods, beverages

Jun 9, 2009
Judy Creighton
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwo67tItYxLbZ69GszB4TZ07Y0Jg

Emotional Raitt apologizes for 'sexy' isotopes comment

Canadians 'cannot count' on Raitt's reassurances over medical isotopes supply: Ignatieff
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/raitt-statement-isotopes061009.html

Taxpayers still on hook despite AECL privatization: report

Government can't avoid having a continuing role even if nuclear Crown corporation is sold off, C.D. Howe Institute says
Jun 10, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/taxpayers-still-on-hook-despite-aecl-privatization-report/article1174933/

Putting food on the table produces greenhouse gases: StatsCan

June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/06/09/food-production.html

Alberta Tories take Ottawa to task

MLAs take aim at their federal counterparts
Jun 10, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-tories-take-aim-at-brethren/article1174091/

Canada better than U.S. and Mexico at reporting industrial pollutants: study

June 10, 2009
Tobi Cohen
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwPwNbKXiA5gVq30_NEzFGB8h6Kg

School board mulls aspartame-only drinks

Jun 10, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/648335

In bid to stem global warming, future of foreign aid is green

Jun 10, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648348

Will falling wind speed curb turbine plans?

Jun 10, 2009
Seth Borenstein
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/648631

Manitoba First Nations, health system straining under flu outbreak

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/09/mb-swine-flu-first-nations.html

WHO head calls experts over swine flu spike

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/swine-flu-who.html

Canada to step up flu vaccine research

Jun 10, 2009
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE5544NQ20090610

World 'very close' to pandemic: WHO

June 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/World+very+close+pandemic/1681262/story.html

Calgary college opens crime research lab

June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/06/09/calgary-research-lab-mount-royal-college-.html

NASA considering joint exploration to Mars with Europe

Budget woes pushing space agency toward significant shift
Jun 9, 2009
Alicia Chang
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-considering-joint-exploration-to-mars-with-europe/article1175481/

Nuclear fusion power project to start in slimmed-down version

June 9, 2009
Laurence Chabert
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nuclear+fusion+power+project+start+slimmed+down+version/1678135/story.html

World faces daunting refugee crisis because of climate change

‘Large swaths of land that people live on and rely on for their livelihoods are going to become partially or entirely uninhabitable'
Jun 10, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/world-faces-daunting-refugee-crisis-because-of-climate-change/article1175616/

Reefs collapse across Caribbean, study says

Researchers cite climate change in rapid and devastating decline
Jun 10, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/reefs-collapse-across-caribbean-study-says/article1175531/

U.S. Army's war on trees has environmentalist worried

Fearful of roots undermining flood barriers, engineering corps launches nationwide effort to clear away trees; critics say the roots are stabilizing levees, not weakening them
Jun 9, 2009
Cain Burdeau
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/us-armys-war-on-trees-has-environmentalist-worried/article1175552/

Japan emissions targets fail to impress

Prime Minister, with an election due within months, had to balance fighting climate change with the needs of industry and voters amid the nation's worst recession since World War II
Jun 10, 2009
Risa Maeda and Chisa Fujioka
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/japan-emissions-targets-fail-to-impress/article1176128/

Brace yourselves for apocalypse now

Whether it's something in the air (such as greenhouse gases) or something in the economy (such as oil and food prices), the only field where there currently seems to be a boom is in gloom. But it's not just ranters wearing bathrobes on street corners: Some of the most respected thinkers about science and society are issuing alarming prognostications about humanity coming to an end, with a bang or with a whimper.
Jun 9, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/brace-yourselves-for-apocalypse-now/article1172056/

Canada in the driver's seat

June 10, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Canada+driver+seat/1679833/story.html

Gerry Ritz happy to support Canada's agriculture sector

June 8, 2009
BRUCE JOHNSTONE
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Business/Gerry+Ritz+happy+support+Canada+agriculture+sector/1673055/story.html

Lack of infectious disease specialist poses patient crisis: advocates

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/infectious-diseases-shortage-610.html

'Hybrid' skills touted at digital forum

June 10, 2009
Chuck Howitt
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/550956

Ottawa ponies up to teach scientists management skills

June 7, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+ponies+teach+scientists+management+skills/1672692/story.html

A cold reality check can be the greatest gift

June 8, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/a-cold-reality-check-can-be-the-greatest-gift

Fraud in science: Liar! Liar!

Scientists are not quite as honest as might be hoped
Jun 4, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13776974

Canada "bullying'' developing countries over Kyoto: environmentalists

June 8, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+bullying+developing+countries+over+Kyoto+environmentalists/1674007/story.html

Publisher Elsevier to revise journal sponsorship rules

June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/elsevier-journal-sponsorship.html

Alberta memo reveals climate change rift with Ottawa

Ignatieff doing more for oil sands: memo
June 8, 2009
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1675635

Debate on growing GM wheat rises again, but experts say issues are the same

Jun 7, 2009
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g1sTby8vqtu8x9MyPUV5MSGZK7dA

'Digital nation' key to economic recovery, academics say

Canada 3.0 conference seeks to help make digital media a part of the country's economic plan
Jun 8, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/digital-nation-key-to-recovery-academics/article1172651/

H1N1 spreading across Canada, doctors warn

Jun 8, 2009
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-spreading-across-canada-doctors-warn/article1172090/

Severe flu cases surge in Manitoba aboriginal community

June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/08/mb-influenza-winnipeg.html

Lyme disease spreading in Canada, researchers find

June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/08/lyme-disease-canada.html

Get out of the nuclear business

June 8, 2009
The Vancouver Sun
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=d6085f40-4acd-4ad0-9280-c7446651bf0b

Reactor experts carry $29M price tag: watchdog

Jun 7, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jOsssWIxDNjFHZdZ1jTZqq11EmLw

Raitt calls isotope crisis 'sexy,' criticizes Aglukkaq on audiotape

June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/08/raitt-injunction.html

Alternative medicine goes mainstream in U.S. hospitals

June 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/08/alternative-medicine.html

Storage plan a key piece of renewable puzzle

Jun 8, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/647034

Wood stoves blamed for worsening air quality

June 6, 2009
Jan Ravensbergen
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Wood+stoves+blamed+poor+quality/1670602/story.html

Seeking the face of climate change

Crew will sail through the Arctic to document phenomenon's toll on northern residents
Jun 8, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/647085

N.B. naturalists cry foul over impact of Canada geese invasion

June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/08/nb-canada-geese-invasion-1149.html

Global garbage swamping world's oceans: UN report

Canada on the right track: Minister
June 8, 2009
Steven Edwards
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Global+garbage+swamping+world+oceans+report/1675356/story.html

Filmmaker fears for the Great Lakes

Kevin McMahon, in talking about his documentary Waterlife: ‘I was surprised how bad things are'
Jun 8, 2009
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/filmmaker-fears-for-the-great-lakes/article1172520/

What we do to the oceans we do to ourselves

Jun 7, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14625

Expedition to study forests coral off B.C.

June 7, 2009
Rebecca Tebrake
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Expedition+study+forests+coral/1672499/story.html

Labs to re-examine samples from 2,100 Quebec breast cancer patients

June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/05/cancer-tests.html

Warfare, culture and human evolution: Blood and treasure

People are altruistic because they are militaristic, and cultured because they are common. At least that is the message of a couple of new studies
Jun 4, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13776964

UN recognizes climate change as possible security threat

Non-binding resolution a symbolic victory that may push climate change onto Security Council's agenda
Jun 4, 2009
Claudia Parsons
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/un-recognizes-climate-change-as-possible-security-threat/article1169251/

Science looks to re-forest Alberta oilsands

June 5, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Science+looks+forest+Alberta+oilsands/1666369/story.html

U.S., Canadian groups gear up to halt oil sands development

June 4, 2009
MICHAEL BURNHAM
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/04/04greenwire-us-canadian-groups-gear-up-to-halt-oil-sands-d-53217.html

Carbon capture no 'silver bullet'

Minister acknowledges what critics have said all along: Technology has limited use in bitumen mining
Jun 5, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/carbon-capture-no-silver-bullet/article1170007/

Energy minister dismisses talk of N.B. nuclear storage site

'I don't care,' Keir says about early debate
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/nb-nuclear-waste-unb-520.html

Numbers don't measure full swine flu impact, says Ontario health official

June 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/04/ontario-flu.html

Ottawa announces $10.8 million to aid pandemic flu research initiative

June 5, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iebwUcoU-MqSUpUUY4lLukUKSxZA

Funding for influenza vaccine research announced

June 5, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1666597

How much fertilizer can a river take? P.E.I. asks

June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/pei-nitrates-rivers.html

3-month Chalk River reactor repair estimate called 'optimistic'

June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/04/isotopes-reactor-shutdown060409.html

Scientists use sex hormone to stop destructive beetle in Halifax

June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/beetle-research.html

$17M applied science centre announced for P.E.I.'s Holland College

June 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/04/pei-education-infrastructure.html

3 Nunavut communities vie for High Arctic research station post

June 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/03/nunavut-research-station.html

Inuit village blames climate change for strange events

June 4, 2009
Alexander Panetta
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hewptQHTBRsfHlPy3woJJRWo93rA

Diesel spill from derailment won't affect Ottawa water supply, officials say

June 5, 2009
Brendan Kennedy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Diesel+spill+from+derailment+affect+Ottawa+water+supply+officials/1666269/story.html

UdeM gets $24M to expand

Total of $178M in gov't money announced for N.B. post-secondary institutions
June 5, 2009
Stephanie Kukkonen
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/690149

ABU gets $12M for expansion

Officials say funding will help turn dream into a reality
June 5, 2009
ALAN COCHRANE
TIMES & TRANSCRIPT
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/690154

Norway shows our Pacific salmon in peril

June 5, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Norway+shows+Pacific+salmon+peril/1664485/story.html

Lyme disease: Tiny tick, big problem

June 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/04/f-lyme-disease-ticks.html

Vanoc reaches deal to help stage carbon-neutral Games

June 3, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Vanoc+reaches+deal+help+stage+carbon+neutral+Games/1659349/story.html

Deal signed to stage greenest Games in history

VANOC enlists first sponsor of its kind to invest in technologies that offset greenhouse gas emissions
Jun 4, 2009
ROD MICKLEBURGH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deal-signed-to-stage-greenest-games-in-history/article1168031/

Staff shortage at nuclear station concerns regulator

Ontario's Pickering plant chastised for lack of preparedness to deal with serious accidents or emergencies
Jun 4, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/staff-shortage-at-nuclear-station-concerns-regulator/article1168096/

An interview with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

June 4, 2009
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/an-interview-with-finance-minister-jim-flaherty/

Girls worse at math? No way, new analysis shows

June 2, 2009
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Girls+worse+math+analysis+shows/1654917/story.html

Isotope supply OK, say feds

Jun 3, 2009
PETER ZIMONJIC
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/03/9658691-sun.html

Megadeal goes to historic vote

June 3, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Megadeal+goes+historic+vote/1660070/story.html

Canada not yet ready for China

June 3, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1656706

Ethics and the oilsands

June 4, 2009
Father Raymond J. de Souza
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1660287

Government investment in aerospace industry is visionary

Programs help put our industry on a level playing field
June 3, 2009
CLAUDE LAJEUNESSE
Montreal Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=1415c6e1-8638-4d63-9818-b312b1e2bf10

Health insurers invest in tobacco

But Sun Life says medical journal has wildly overstated value of its cigarette stocks
Jun 4, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/645344

Livestock industry fuelling destruction of Amazonia

June 3, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Livestock+industry+fuelling+destruction+Amazonia/1658650/story.html

Company hopes wind's at its back

If approved, B.C. project would become first ocean-based wind farm in North America
Jun 4, 2009
Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/company-hopes-winds-at-its-back/article1167899/

Canadian wolves thriving in U.S. cause lawsuits, controversy

Animals transferred to U.S. in repopulation experiment 13 years ago
Jun 4, 2009
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-wolves-thriving-in-us-cause-lawsuits-controversy/article1167630/

Every day is ‘science day'

There is scarcely a single issue that is not affected by the collaborative arm of science, technology and innovation
Jun 2, 2009
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/every-day-is-science-day/article1165776/

Magna wants to build electric car in Canada

June 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/02/magna-electric.html

China ready to step up fight on climate change

But criticizes ‘unfair' demands of rich countries in UN treaty
Jun 2, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/china-ready-to-step-up-fight-on-climate-change/article1165693/

Ombudsman faults inspection process in Quebec listeria outbreak

June 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/cheese-listeria.html

U.S. FDA weighs more openness on drug reviews

June 2, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/fda-secrecy.html

WHO says swine flu cases approaching 20,000

June 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/03/swine-flu.html

Swine flu 'getting closer' to pandemic level, WHO official says

June 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/swine-flu-who.html

Forestry sector wants auto-style bailout

U.S. subsidy puts Canadian companies at disadvantage
Jun 3, 2009
Patrick Brethour
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forestry-sector-wants-auto-style-bailout/article1167677/

Investing in health key to economic recovery, senators say

June 3, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Investing+health+economic+recovery+senators/1659791/story.html

Environment law 'hostile' for business: Shipping firms

June 2, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Environment+hostile+business+Shipping+firms/1656095/story.html

Canadians given big, fat 'F' in youth fitness report card

Just 13 per cent meeting daily activity standard
June 3, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Canadians+given+youth+fitness+report+card/1657563/story.html

Outsourced side effects

Perils of foreign clinical trials
June 3, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1656630

We are what we breathe

June 3, 2009
JANICE HARVEY
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/687445