Science Canada: August 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Some question necessity of high-radiation CT, heart scans
Aug 27, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/27/radiation-ct.html

Cancer stem cells spur hope, skepticism

Some researchers now believe this rare sub-type of cells may be the engine driving cancer growth and recurrence, and hope the findings could lead to new approaches to treating the disease
Aug 27, 2009
Jill Colvin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/cancer-stem-cells-spur-hope-skepticism/article1267299/

Canada aims to speed up flu vaccine production

But chief public health officer stresses it won't be rolled out until it passes all safety tests; mid-November launch expected
Aug 27, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-aims-to-speed-up-flu-vaccine-production/article1266929/

Officials working to speed up delivery of swine flu vaccine

Aug 27, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Officials+working+speed+delivery+swine+vaccine/1935846/story.html

The virtues of biochar: A new growth industry?

Biochar could enrich soils and cut greenhouse gases as well
Aug 27. 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14302001

Science and technology keeping Canadians safe

Security Global conflict and economic instability is rapidly changing the 21st century
Aug 27, 2009
JOHN SHMUEL
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/773201

Canada-U.S. trade crucial to renewal of Alberta’s agricultural sector

Aug 26, 2009
David Finlayson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Canada+trade+crucial+renewal+Alberta+agricultural+sector/1932161/story.html

U.S. lowers swine flu death estimate

Aug 26, 2009
Lauran Neergaard
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/686931

We can't afford new moon mission, NASA says

Aug 26, 2009
SETH BORENSTEIN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/686932

Can wind farms cause false weather alarms?

Aug 26, 2009
DIRK LAMMERS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/686890

International praise for philosopher king

Ian Hacking, 73, wins $800,000 Holberg prize
Aug 26, 2009
Raveena Aulakh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/686537

Ericsson defends Nortel purchase

Ericsson executives are touting the value their company has brought to the Canadian economy since opening doors here more than 50 years ago
Aug 24, 2009
SIMON AVERY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ericsson-defends-nortel-purchase/article1261946/

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Canada needs new paradigm for research and innovation

Current funding model is proving inadequate at commercializing breakthroughs
Aug 26, 2009
Ron Freedman
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/686405

The search for a nuclear graveyard

40,000 metric tonnes of radioactive waste is stored at sites across Canada
Aug 26, 2009
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-search-for-a-nuclear-graveyard/article1263189/

Tip-offs on tornadoes

Aug 26, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/686426

The AIDS epidemic that wasn't

Aug 26, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1929676

Carbon Baron Gore

Who will be the Robber Barons of the 21st century? Al Gore is poised to become the first climate billionaire
Aug 26, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/26/lawrence-solomon-carbon-baron-gore.aspx

Ottawa mulls greener city fleet

Aug 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/26/ottawa-green-fleet.html

Researchers study sick oilsands fish

Aug 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/26/pei-oil-sands-fish-research.html

No fire ants yet on P.E.I.

Aug 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/26/pei-fire-ants.html

Just half of organic waste hits green bins

Aug 26, 2009
Kevin Donovan & Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/686522

From autism to determinism, science to the soul

Norway rewards Canadian philosopher Ian Hacking for his curiosity with $750,000 prize
Aug 26, 2009
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/from-autism-to-determinism-sciencetothesoul/article1264432/

Canadian wins $700,000 prize for exploring science history

Aug 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/25/ian-hacking-holberg-prize-science-philosophy.html

Water-export plan no Grand Canal

Aug 25, 2009
F. Pierre Gingras
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/25/water-export-plan-no-grand-canal.aspx

No to a second-tier educational model

Competition and collaboration are good – why import an intellectual caste system?
Aug 25, 2009
Roseann O'Reilly Runte
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/no-to-a-second-tier-educational-model/article1262807/

Five universities team up to push for the lion's share of research dollars

They say Canada needs an elite group of postsecondary institutions focusing on research and graduate education
Aug 24, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/five-universities-team-up-to-push-for-the-lions-share-of-research-dollars/article1261964/

Innovation is the economic engine

Aug 25, 2009
PETER LINDFIELD
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/770730

Parents, health workers hesitant to get vaccine shots, study finds

Aug 25, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/parents-health-workers-hesitant-to-get-vaccine-shots-study-finds/article1263229/

HIV hits Natives hard

Can the dire warning of a Saskatchewan health official spur action?
Aug 25, 2009
MINDELLE JACOBS
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2009/08/25/10596106-sun.html

Where have all the salmon gone?

And where on Earth are our public watchdogs? Scientists tipped them to this tragedy in 2007
Aug 25, 2009
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Where+have+salmon+gone/1928666/story.html

Uncovering the mystery of B.C.’s disappearing sockeye

Aug 25, 2009
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-249185/david-suzuki-uncovering-mystery-bcs-disappearing-sockeye

World nears 'tipping point' on climate change, minister warns

Aug 25, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/World+nears+tipping+point+climate+change+minister+warns/1927891/story.html

Storm highlights emergency warnings' flaws

Most Canadian municipalities don't have systems to inform residents of storms, other urgent situations
Aug 25, 2009
JILL MAHONEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/storm-highlights-emergency-warnings-flaws/article1263228/

Improved storm warning system urged

Aug 25, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/25/ont-tornaodes.html

Maple Leaf executive backpedals on listeria quip

'Ill-considered' joke draws fire after video makes its way online
Aug 25, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/685958

Study to assess risks of burying CO2 emissions

Aug 25, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/685871

More research supports ban on smoking in cars

Aug 25, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/686192

Follow basic flu precautions, lung group says

Aug 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/25/swine-flu-lung.html

Circumcision doesn't stop spread of HIV among gay men: study

Aug 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/25/circumcision-hiv.html

HPV may cause half of penile cancers

Aug 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/25/cancer-penile-hpv.html

Stronger oversight for public health

Aug 24, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/685447

High cost of higher education

Lack of summer jobs, rise in already lofty tuition fees forcing university students to sink deeper into debt
Aug 24, 2009
SHARON LEM
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/08/24/10580281-sun.html

The case for hybrids: Take the long view

Try to see Ontario's Volt initiative as critical groundwork, not a subsidy
Aug 24, 2009
Jatin Nathwani
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-case-for-hybrids-take-the-long-view/article1260439/

Let's not cheat our students

If we don't treat them as individuals when it comes to ethics, they won't take responsibility for themselves
Aug 24, 2009
Mark Kingwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-not-cheat-our-students/article1260436/

True science is beautiful

Aug 24, 2009
David Warren
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/True+science+beautiful/1917880/story.html

Take small, realistic steps to meet climate challenge

No consensus exists for ambitious targets that would threaten national economies
Aug 24, 2009
Richard Haass
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684919

Canada's latest flu challenge: distribution

The country doesn't have enough health workers to deliver flu shot as it arrives
Aug 24, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-latest-flu-challenge-distribution/article1261729/

What 'BPA-free' really means

Health Canada finds baby bottles labeled BPA-free among those leaching chemical
Aug 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/f-bpa-free-bottles823.html

S. Korean cloning scientist could face jail term

Aug 24, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/24/clone-scientist-disgraced-south-korea-hearing-jail.html

CFIA swine flu specimens a dead end for scientists

Aug 24, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/24/pigs-h1n1-humans.html

International sea floor survey to gather data for two years off East Coast

Aug 24, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrCu1t7FUQ9pmxlP3QUPpDqYFMYQ

Canada considers Beaufort Sea fishing moratorium

Aug 24, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1925427

Get swine flu vaccine ready: U.S. advisers

Aug 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/24/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Live dinosaurs on the way, Montreal researcher says

Aug 24 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090824/dinosaur_chicken_090824/20090824?hub=TopStories

PM holds Nortel's fate in his hands

Aug 23, 2009
Marc Garneau & John McCallum
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684903

Agri-foodies push Canada's berries and flax over olive oil and red wine

Aug 23, 2009
Shannon Montgomery
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j9MQGYFTTHvlvMKl3KZ0fwxQxshg

Waste diversion needs 21st-century tune-up not complete overhaul

Aug 24, 2009
Katrina Miller
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684917

Eco group says US research ship headed for Canadian waters despite legal fight

Aug 23, 2009
Steve Mertl
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jk4bbvyhKO0EFFoH-prGt3p-M8iw

Canadian scientists debunk 10,000-year-old Arctic seeds

Aug 23, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Canadian+scientists+debunk+year+Arctic+seeds/1922137/story.html

How a 'perfect storm' caught us by surprise

Sticky air mass, heat, and winds created Thursday's tempest. Here's what happened
Aug 22, 2009
Cathal Kelly & Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/685009

HIV could kill 3o% of natives: study

Aug 21, 2009
Angela Hill
Prince Albert Daily Herald, with Files From Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1916553

In hot water: Warmer oceans could spell environmental disaster

July was the hottest the world's oceans have been in almost 130 years of record-keeping. August could set another record, scientists say
Aug 20, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/in-hot-water-warmer-oceans-could-spell-environmental-disaster/article1259015/

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Why science class has become a 'daunting slog'

Survey of science teachers finds most feel exams take excitement away from learning
Aug 21, 2009
Douglas Quan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/why-science-class-has-become-a-daunting-slog/article1257894/

Swine flu 'explosion' coming: WHO

Aug 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/swine-flu-explosion-asia-world-health.html

Reserve swine flu drugs for sickest: WHO

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/swine-flu-antivirals.html

Tories under fire for neglecting troubled B.C. salmon stocks

Aug 21, 2009
Jorge Barrera
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1917631

Nortel sale review required by law: Opposition

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/08/21/ottawa-nortel-opposition-review-sale-ericsson.html

Ericsson awaits green light from Ottawa on Nortel deal

Aug 21, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Ericsson+awaits+green+light+from+Ottawa+Nortel+deal/1917550/story.html

University of Calgary receives funding from makers of BlackBerry for GPS

Aug 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iyqCZbDeU3CO7lAvjeaFGTEPl3mg

Canadian named in HRT scandal

Aug 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/684982

Raitt defends move to shelve nuclear reactors

Federal Natural Resources Minister says two Maple reactors would not have prevented global isotope crisis
Aug 21, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/raitt-defends-move-to-shelve-nuclear-reactors/article1259261/

Yes In My Backyard to nuclear power

Aug 21, 2009
Patrick Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684231

A net-benefit greenhouse gas plan

Less really is more
Aug 21, 2009
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/neil-reynolds/a-net-benefit-greenhouse-gas-plan/article1259526/

PM touts green benefits of Arctic power project

Harper's 10,000 km northern tour has the feel of an election trek
Aug 21, 2009
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/684637

Google launches flu fight site

Aug 21, 2009
David Wylie
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Google+launches+fight+site/1916215/story.html

Garbage in, energy out

From SHL Systemhouse to the Ottawa Senators, Rod Bryden has played a key role in developing and financing ideas that have been difficult to pull off. Now he's counting on municipal refuse to solve the world's energy crisis
Aug 21, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/garbage-in-energy-out/article1260457/

Vaccinate school kids first to slow pandemic: study

Better to target those likely to transmit virus, rather than the most vulnerable: researchers
Aug 21, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Vaccinate+school+kids+first+slow+pandemic+study/1915684/story.html

Heroin helps hard-core addicts in treatment: study

Addicts provided with heroin rather than methadone more likely to stay in treatment, less likely to use street drugs
Aug 21, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/heroin-helps-hard-core-addicts-in-treatment-study/article1257858/

Critics: Canada should improve severe weather warnings

Aug 21, 2009
Christina Spencer
Sun Media
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/08/21/10555201.html

Ocean surface temperature hits record high

Aug 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/21/warming-oceans-record-july-noaa.html

Free flu shots tied to lower antibiotic use

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/flu-shots-antibiotics.html

Isotope regional disparity of 'great concern'

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/isotopes-medical.html

Flu shot guidelines criticized

Mathematical model suggests that US experts got their priorities wrong.
Aug 20, 2009
Elie Dolgin
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090820/full/news.2009.846.html

Rethink isotope production, MDs urge Ottawa

Aug 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/20/cma-isotopes.html

Canada explored, rejected idea of bottling flu vaccine in another plant: PHAC

Aug 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqOoif18_aoyJHTMKU_JM2kBcF3Q

Mercury-tainted fish found widely in U.S. streams

Aug 20, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Mercury+tainted+fish+found+widely+streams/1913171/story.html

Logjam in vaccine packaging to delay H1N1 flu shots

As Canadians wait for syringes, drug will be exported to other countries in bulk
Aug 19, 2009
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/logjam-in-vaccine-packaging-to-delay-h1n1-flu-shots/article1256528/

3 soldiers hospitalized in Quebec for superbug

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/superbug-quebec-city-military-drug-resistant.html

Feds, province spar over First Nations flu kits

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/manitoba-flu-kits.html

Gardasil's safety record normal: study

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/hpv-vaccine-safety.html

Researchers decry use of diabetes drug Avandia

Aug 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/diabetes-drugs-avandia.html

Australia, N.Z. mull common carbon plan

Australians expecting to begin carbon-trading scheme by 2011; New Zealand's plan still under review
Aug 19, 2009
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/australia-nz-mull-common-carbon-plan/article1257875/

Health official denies air problems at Moncton school

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/nb-moncton-school-air-527.html

P.E.I. records 1st TB case in 4 years

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/pei-tb-charlottetown.html

DFO exoneration of fish farms is very surprising

Aug 19, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/exoneration+fish+farms+very+surprising/1906936/story.html

Cannibis smokers have a seven-fold schizophrenia risk

Harper government devotes funds to studying the link between marijuana use and mental illness
Aug 19, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/mindmood/mentalhealth/article/682905

Firm raises eyebrows with suggestion for nuclear powered mines

Aug 18, 2009
Lynn Moore
Montreal Gazette
http://www.canada.com/technology/Firm+raises+eyebrows+with+suggestion+nuclear+powered+mines/1906151/story.html

Fewer antibiotics prescribed for coughs, colds in U.S.

Aug 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/18/antibiotic-rates.html

Health czar urged for flu readiness

Journal calls for national leader to make tough calls as doctors cite lack of direction from Ottawa
Aug 18, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/682370

MDs urged to prepare for H1N1's return

Aug 18, 2009
Janet French
Saskatchewan News Network; Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/urged+prepare+H1N1+return/1903150/story.html

Isotope shortage to be discussed at medical conference

Aug 19, 2009
Janet French
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/health/Isotope+shortage+discussed+medical+conference/1908382/story.html

Canada protects deadly bio-lab

Ottawa will spend $30M on facility in central Asia
Aug 19, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1902934

The McMaster solution

The university's reactor could be part of a homemade fix to the isotope crisis
Aug 18, 2009
Mo Elbestawi
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-mcmaster-solution/article1254968/

Fortune magazine names Research in Motion world's fastest-growing company

Aug 18, 2009
Kristine Owram
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hJTCCNPUyhcKgX-c0I8IHNMSaldA

Alberta to cut acid-rain tests in oilsands region

Aug 17, 2009
Canwest News Service, Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Alberta+acid+rain+tests+oilsands+region/1902825/story.html

Marijuana's journey to legal health treatment: the Canadian experience

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/f-medical-marijuana.html

P.E.I. sand safe: health officials

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/17/pei-sand-safe.html

The future of wheat

Genetically modified wheat would increase yields, cut pesticide use and give Canadian farmers a global edge
Aug 18, 2009
Rolf Penner
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/18/the-future-of-wheat.aspx

Is the Mackenzie Pipeline dead?

New technology has revitalized old gas exploration areas and opened new ones, putting the economic logic of northern pipelines in doubt
Aug 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/18/peter-foster-is-the-mackenzie-pipeline-dead.aspx

You'll just have to take our word on the global warming stuff

Aug 18, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/18/kevin-libin-you-ll-just-have-to-take-our-word-on-the-global-warming-stuff.aspx

Prentice consults Nunavut leaders on climate change

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/17/prentice-nunavut.html

Monday, August 17, 2009

Canada loses out as U.S. ups green ante

Aug 17, 2009
Nicole Mordant
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57G2HH20090817?sp=true

Climate engineering: It's cheap and effective

Solar radiation management and marine cloud whitening are two promising approaches
Aug 17, 2009
Bjorn Lomborg
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-engineering-its-cheap-and-effective/article1252644/

Utilities warming to ice-storage air-cooling systems

Aug 17, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/682007

Moral obligation on isotope mess

Aug 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/681993

Dutch bracing for the worst when top two isotope reactors are shut down next year

Aug 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gmYWkIQRhEXeNvJV-n1yft9Kw0LA

Lake Winnipeg shows nitrogen, phosphorus spike

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/17/manitoba-lake-winnipeg.html

NASA assembles new moon rocket

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/17/ares-assemble-nasa-rocket-moon.html

State of Canada's food-safety system still hotly debated

Aug 15, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/State+Canada+food+safety+system+still+hotly+debated/1897401/story.html

Carbon disaster

Don’t worry about the risks of earthquakes or suffocation or water contamination. Carbon capture is good, really
Aug 15, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/15/lawrence-solomon-carbon-disaster.aspx

Harper urges quicker action on Chalk River reactor

Aug 14, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5impNUsHgcqqFtrXVBUMdAq9mXS4g

Raitt regrets miscues in isotope crisis

Seeks firm repair date after latest reactor delay
Aug 14, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/681150

How Canada let the world down

AECL says isotope-producing reactor will be out of service until spring; medical officials call delay ‘a disaster,' fear even longer wait
Aug 14, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-canada-let-the-world-down/article1250565/

Memo to Ottawa: Rethink isotope plans

Ottawa must review decision to mothball MAPLE program for sake of our reputation – and health of the world
Aug 14, 2009
Tom Campbel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/681031

Where have all the Fraser River sockeye salmon gone?

Natives point to over-fishing at sea, want total ban on all salmon on river
Aug 14, 2009
Brian Lewis
The Province
http://www.canada.com/technology/Column+Where+have+Fraser+River+sockeye+salmon+gone/1893791/story.html

Parasite infects Atlantic finches

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/14/pei-finch-parasite.html

Arctic ice experiencing severe summer retreat: Experts

Aug 14, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+experiencing+severe+summer+retreat+Experts/1894560/story.html

Antarctic glacier melting at faster rate: scientists

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/14/antarctica-ice-melt-pine-island.html

Swine-flu vaccine now being tested on humans

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Polio surges in Nigeria after vaccine virus mutates

Aug 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/polio-vaccine-oral-nigeria.html

Low estrogen birth control pills reduce clot risk

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/birth-control-pills-clots.html

Ontario-wide swine flu study begins

Aug 14, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/681115

Wind, solar energy producer runs out of steam

SkyPower has filed for protection from creditors after collapse of major shareholder Lehman Bros.
Aug 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/681062

Greenpeace plays on atheist campaign

Catchy billboards meant to bring awareness to dwindling fish stocks
Aug 13, 2009
PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1137231.html

Lawsuit seeks to halt U.S. seismic blasting in Canadian waters

Aug 13, 2009
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Lawsuit+seeks+halt+seismic+blasting+Canadian+waters/1889327/story.html

Health minister's hasty departure

It is not too much to ask that Leona Aglukkaq provide explanations and respond to pertinent questions about a potentially life-and-death issue in a public forum
Aug 13, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/health-ministers-hasty-departure/article1251372/

H1N1: Aglukkaq exits before taking main questions

MPs furious after Tory leaves early
Aug 13, 2009
Christina Spencer
Sun Media
http://lfpress.ca/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=272364&s=politics

Right hook, wrong angle

The Great Lakes fishery is safe – it's recreational fishermen who have to watch what they catch
Aug 13, 2009
Peter Meisenheimer and Rick Smith
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/right-hook-wrong-angle/article1250863/

B.C. Interior breast cancer tests questioned

Aug 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/13/bc-kelowna-breast-exams-.html

Millions fewer salmon

Aug 13, 2009
Paul J. Henderson
The Times
http://www.vancouversun.com/Millions+fewer+salmon/1890953/story.html

Sask. oilsands need 3-year 'pause': environment group

Aug 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/13/oilsands.html

Diversion proposal doesn’t hold water

Ontario, Quebec and the Great Lakes states are unlikely to support the Gingras plan
Aug 12, 2009
Frank Quinn
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/12/diversion-proposal-doesn-t-hold-water.aspx

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Canadian changes in the air

Aug 12, 2009
Virginia Gewin
Nature
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2009/090813/full/nj7257-920a.html

Parks Canada cuts scientific research budget in Banff

Aug 12, 2009
Cathy Ellis
For The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Parks+Canada+cuts+scientific+research+budget+Banff/1884125/story.html

Canada’s R&D spending will stagnate this year, likely remain weak in 2010

Aug 12, 2009
JOHN CLINKARD
Journal of Commerce
http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id34885

Solving (almost) Canada's productivity puzzle

Study examines why Canada lags in competitiveness
Aug 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/08/10/f-productivity-statistics-canada-study.html

A summer of discontent over Ottawa's flu plan

Aglukkaq blasts opposition as government doles out $926,600 to develop strategies that businesses can use to get through pandemic
Aug 13, 2009
Caroline Alphonso and Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-summer-of-discontent-over-ottawas-flu-plan/article1249561/

Millions of missing fish signal crisis on the Fraser River

More than nine million sockeye have vanished from B.C. river. How it happened remains a mystery
Aug 13, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/millions-of-missing-fish-signal-crisis-onthefraserriver/article1249976/

Quebec seeks federal compensation for isotope costs

Isotope shortage could cost province $10M by end of year: Bolduc
Aug 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/13/isotope-shortage.html

Doctors worry about long-term isotope supply

Idled Chalk River reactor won't restart until 2010
Aug 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/13/chalk-river-isotope-reactor081309.html

Injection site for Toronto under study

Aug 12, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/679845

Singapore, China find Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 viruses: WHO

Aug 12, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ga4fc-CuD_2uVK_dOPlbPaGheujw

NASA can't track dangerous asteroids: report

Aug 13, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/13/asteroid-threat-earth-collide-detect-nasa.html

Doer, Prentice meet on climate change

Aug 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/12/manitoba-prentice-climate.html

DNA research in N.W.T. sparks genetic sampling concerns

Aug 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/11/nwt-dna-research.html

Our medicine review board is broken

The government should undertake a comprehensive review of the Patented Medicine Review Board
Aug 11, 2009
Jeffrey Graham and Alissa Raphael
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/11/our-medicine-review-board-is-broken.aspx

GM’s electric clunker

The Volt would not exist but for ‘energy independence’ mania
Aug 11, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/11/peter-foster-gm-s-electric-clunker.aspx

Will the Chevy Volt really go 230 miles per gallon? That depends

Aug 12, 2009
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/12/national-post-editorial-board-will-the-chevy-volt-really-go-230-miles-per-gallon-that-depends.aspx

No need to panic on Tamiflu

Aug 12, 2009
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/12/national-post-editorial-board-no-need-to-panic-on-tamiflu.aspx

Ottawa says it won't block Nortel sale

Aug 12, 2009
STEVEN CHASE AND SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-says-it-wont-block-nortel-sale/article1249058/

PM stands firm on Nortel

Harper says foreign asset sale will be examined, but Tories won't support increased protectionism
Aug 12, 2009
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/679841

West Nile has likely stricken 20,000 Albertans

Aug 11, 2009
Michelle Lang
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/plus+Albertans+West+Nile/1880204/story.html

More E. coli in sand than water

Study suggests beach sand contains far more E. coli and parasites than beach water does, and could cause gastrointestinal illness
Aug 12, 2009
DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/more-e-coli-in-sand-than-water/article1248992/

Benefits of mammograms, PSA tests overestimated: study

Aug 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/11/mammogram-psa-screening.html

Inuit fear Canadian flu plan won't work

Aug 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/11/inuit-newfoundland-811.html

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Canadian Science Policy Conference, Toronto, October 28-30 2009

Aug 11, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2009/11/c4032.html

The Canadian Government’s War on Science

Aug 11, 2009
David Eaves
Agoravox
http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10547

We are in need of a ‘Canadian renewal'

The responsibility for our sagging R&D performance falls squarely on the shoulders of business
Aug 7, 2009
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/we-are-in-need-of-a-canadian-renewal/article1245408/

Federal action needed to bring up venture capital numbers: CVCA

Aug 11, 2009
Elizabeth Howell
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/295158376463456.php

Feds need to boost innovation and technology: premiers

Aug 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/07/premiers-conference-pensions.html

Canada's nuclear know-how in accelerated decay, scientists fear

Expert panel begins pondering the future of the country's medical isotopes program
Aug 10, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-nuclear-know-how-in-accelerated-decay-scientists-fear/article1246467/

Scientific Literacy Quiz

Aug 11, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/science/article/679050

Canada dismisses warning about flu drug

Study raises questions about effectiveness of Tamiflu for young children, but public health agency stands by broad use of treatment
Aug 11, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tamiflu-effective-in-treating-children-canada-maintains/article1247247/

Flu antivirals not worth risk in children

Aug 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/10/flu-antiviral-tamiflu.html

Pollution tax? It's already here

Aug 10, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/678638

Dropping the Nortel ball

Aug 11, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/679092

Keep Nortel assets in Canada, RIM says

Sale of key wireless assets to Swedish firm was fair, Nortel executive tells Commons committee
Aug 7, 2009
Les Whittington & Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/677665

The enticements of green carrots

Nudging people with environmental incentives may work better than imposing costs and penalties
Aug 8, 2009
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-enticements-of-green-carrots/article1245360/

Grizzlies will never roam all Prairies again: Report

Aug 10, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Grizzlies+will+never+roam+Prairies+again+Report/1879245/story.html

Premiers disappoint green groups in Regina

Aug 7, 2009
Angela Hall
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Premiers+disappoint+green+groups+Regina/1873144/story.html

Drug companies resort to dirty tricks to keep prices high

Aug 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Drug+companies+resort+dirty+tricks+keep+prices+high/1876935/story.html

Much spin, little sense with electric car rebates

Aug 8, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/678161

Green suasion or mind control?

Officials hoping to stem emissions are getting their message massaged by psychologists
Aug 8, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/678162

Climate change 'greatest challenge': UN chief

Aug 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/un-chief-climate.html

Arctic ice watchers concerned by warm summer

Aug 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/summer-ice-melt-arctic.html

Acid rain falling on Sask. from Alberta oilsands, says lobby

Aug 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/sask-acid-rain-levels-environment-oilsands.html

Manitoba studies plug-in hybrid impact on hydro grid

Aug 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/manitoba-hybrid-cars.html

World's potato experts meet in Fredericton

Virus Y focus of international conference
Aug 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/10/potato-conference.html

Elm tree spray program prompts health concerns

Aug 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/08/10/manitoba-beetle-spraying.html

NASA wants proposals for space taxis

Aug 10, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/NASA+wants+proposals+space+taxis/1878436/story.html

Swine flu school closings discouraged

Aug 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/07/swine-flu.html

Cheaper HIV drugs coming for poor countries

Aug 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/07/hiv-tb-clinton.html

The psychology of climate change

New report from APA explains reluctance to act on climate change warnings, offers advice
Aug 7, 2009
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-psychology-of-climate-change/article1245158/

Toxic logic at Health Canada

Will Canadians have to go to the U.S. to buy safe plastic toys?
Aug 5, 2009
Elmer Rauckman
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/05/toxic-logic-at-health-canada.aspx

Friday, August 7, 2009

What do we know about the vaccines' safety? Not enough

In the headlong rush to do good, we need to be sure we don't end up doing harm
Aug 7, 2009
Alan Cassels and Arthur Schafer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/what-do-we-know-about-the-vaccines-safety-not-enough/article1242422/

Harper manipulating the scientific process

Aug 7, 2009
Evan Wood
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/677476

Of causation, correlation and calories

Aug 7, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1867858

House committee calls meeting on Nortel sale

Aug 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/05/nortel-sale-industry-committee.html

The premiers and the flu

Aug 7, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-premiers-and-the-flu/article1244151/

‘Cash for clunkers' won't help the planet, experts say

Trading in old, gas-guzzling vehicles may help ailing auto industry, but as far as attacking climate change, ‘it's just a drop in the bucket'
Aug 5, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/cash-for-clunkers-wont-help-the-planet-experts-say/article1242406/

Possible fix found for swine flu vaccine production

Aug 6, 2009
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/677134

How much vaccine to order and who gets it?

While Ottawa could buy less than the maximum amount, it also could do exactly that and give any excess to poor countries
Aug 5, 2009
Françoise Baylis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-much-vaccine-to-order-and-who-gets-it/article1242268/

Government rebates for hybrid cars miss the mark

Aug 7, 2009
Colby Cosh
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/07/colby-cosh-government-rebates-for-hybrid-cars-miss-the-mark.aspx

More kids getting inflammatory bowel disease, Ontario survey finds

Institute suggests that prevalence of Crohn's disease in children is rising, and doctors are trying to figure out why
Aug 5, 2009
ANNE-MARIE TOBIN
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/more-kids-getting-inflammatory-bowel-disease-ontario-survey-finds/article1242737/

Clean energy, not photo-op, should be premiers' priority

Provincial agreement on pollution standards would clear the way for action by Ottawa
Aug 5, 2009
Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/676159

Kirk says Canada is lost in space

Aug 7, 2009
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Kirk+says+Canada+lost+space/1868769/story.html

Mental health experts target ‘huge mismatch’ in funding

Stigma is diverting money for research, doctors say
Aug 7, 2009
Tony Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Mental+health+experts+target+huge+mismatch+funding/1867684/story.html

FDA vows safety crackdown

Aug 6, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/06/fda-crackdown.html

Saskatchewan leads

Aug 5, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/saskatchewan-leads/article1241518/

Get fired up over badly managed forests

B.C. residents are rightfully furious that the lessons of the 2003 fire season appear to have been disregarded
Aug 5, 2009
Reese Halter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/get-fired-up-over-badly-managed-forests/article1241134/

Prentice proposes stronger waste-water rules

Aug 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/06/nb-prentice-environment-wastewater-1240.html

Contaminated soils can yield healthy harvest

Aug 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/06/tech-crops-food-contaminated-soil-metals-vegetables.html

Lyme and the tale of two tests

As ticks spread into Canada, concern rises about rigour of existing screenings
Aug 5, 2009
Lia Grainger
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=1862342

Canada to order 50.4 million H1N1 vaccine doses

$400M contract goes to GlaxoSmithKline factory in Quebec City
Aug 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/06/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Human tests of swine flu vaccine start

Aug 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/05/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Health Canada studying effect of chemicals on infant genitals

Research will determine if the genitals of Canadian babies are being altered by their moms' exposure to bisphenol A or phthalates
Aug 7, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health-canada-studying-effect-of-chemicals-on-infant-genitals/article1244166/

Reduce fetal exposure to BPA and phthalates, experts say

With Health Canada recently banning plastic baby bottles made from bisphenol A and proposing to ban certain toys, questions arise about whether similar actions should be taken to safeguard pregnant women
Aug 6, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/reduce-fetal-exposure-to-bpa-and-phthalates-experts-say/article1243872/

Hybrid rebates ineffective, study finds

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/hybrid-study.html

Swine flu deaths rise above 1,000: WHO

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/swine-flu-world.html

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Science for Policy Project: Final Report

Aug 5, 2009
Bipartisan Policy Center
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/11125

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Nearly all infrastructure funds allocated

Aug 4, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/nearly-all-infrastructure-funds-allocated.aspx

Canadian Arctic university idea gains momentum

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/arctic-university.html

Funding for antiviral research key in flu fight doctor says

Lab work shows cancer drug might be effective against H1N1, but studies involving seriously ill patients are needed – and that means more cash
Jul 29, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/funding-for-antiviral-research-key-in-flu-fight-doctor-says/article1235457/

Who should provide career support for PhDs?

July 28, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/who-should-provide-career-support-for-phds

Scientific publishing: Huddled maths

A journal provides haven for rejected work
Jul 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14119761

Electric car battery-maker gets $17M from Ontario

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/electrovaya-funding.html

Green rebates just look like a bailout

Aug 4, 2009
Ambarish Chandra, Sumeet Gulati, & Milind Kandlikar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/674967

Lacking answers, and urgency

Ottawa's apparent desire to wash its hands of isotopes is no excuse for its lack of a strategy in dealing with the current crisis
Aug 4, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/lacking-answers-andurgency/article1240348/

Sask. isotope reactor could cost $750M

Province wants Ottawa to cover most of construction, operating costs
Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/sask-isotope-proposal.html

Industry awaits Ottawa's high-tech plan

Will a government that watched the failure of its leading technology multinational embrace the digital revolution?
Aug 4, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/industry-awaits-ottawas-high-tech-plan/article1238365/

The unnecessary ban on garden pesticides in New Brunswick

Aug 4, 2009
IAN L. McQUEEN
The Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/749670

Modified corn seeds sow doubts

Consumer groups worry Health Canada 'abdicated its responsibility' to test seeds' safety
Aug 4, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/modified-corn-seeds-sow-doubts/article1240469/

Trash or treasure?

Combination of science, emotion considered in setting forest policy
Aug 4, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Trash+treasure/1857822/story.html

New study links booze, cancer

Heavier drinkers have highest risk, wide-ranging research finds
Aug 4, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-study-links-booze-cancer/article1240226/

Hip, spine fractures linked to higher death risk

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/hip-back-fractures.html

Pneumonic plague prompts Chinese to flee town

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/pneumonia-plague-china.html

Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific

Aug 4, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+study+huge+plastic+patch+Pacific/1858501/story.html

Why killing Nortel deal is a bad idea

Competitive position vital for survival
Aug 3, 2009
James Bagnall
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/killing+Nortel+deal+idea/1855503/story.html

Pandemic planners fear doomsday scenario in isolated North

Aug 3, 2009
Charlie Fidelman
Montreal Gazette
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Pandemic+planners+fear+doomsday+scenario+isolated+North/1856352/story.html

Engineer builds diesel-gas hybrid engine

Researchers find energy efficiency in blending fuels
Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/diesel-gas-hybrid.html

Vancouver firm makes fertilizer out of human sewage

Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/phosphorus-sewage.html

Don't back down on wind turbines

Aug 3, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/675414

Piping plover plan 3 years behind schedule

Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/pei-plover-recovery-plan.html

New HIV strain discovered

Aug 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/03/hiv-africa.html

Space agency says next Canadian astronaut blast-off unlikely before 2012

Aug 1, 2009
Sidhartha Banerjee
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gusKKgGKepqiHRWy0if2P744Gbag

Worries grow with C-section rate

Procedure remains controversial
Aug 1, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Worries+grow+with+section+rate/1852379/story.html

Atlantic fisheries show little recovery

July 31, 2009
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Atlantic+fisheries+show+little+recovery/1847926/story.html

Fish stocks recovering from overfishing

Canada still lags as fish populations grow in U.S., Iceland, New Zealand
July 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/tech-090730-fish-stocks-recovery.html

Magazines, toys must be removed from hospital emergency: Feds

July 31, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Magazines+toys+must+removed+from+hospital+emergency+Feds/1850139/story.html

Sperm stem cell study retracted by journal

July 31, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/31/stem-cell-sperm-retraction.html

Tracking swine flu may become easier

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/swine-flu-who.html

Support breastfeeding moms to save child lives: WHO

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/breastfeeding-who.html

Canadian groups dispute green light for GM corn

July 31, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canadian+groups+dispute+green+light+corn/1850022/story.html

Tanning beds part of P.E.I. public health review

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/pei-tanning-beds-regulations.html

Comets not expected to wipe out life on earth

July 31, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Comets+expected+wipe+life+earth/1849656/story.html

More natural doesn't mean more healthy

Aug 1, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1851194

No nutritional value added in organics: study

Consumers paying more for 'perceived' benefit
July 30, 2009
Charles Lewis
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1842708

Universities brace for fall swine flu wave

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/swine-flu-universities.html

Race on in the Prairies to solve isotope shortage

Acsion Industries, University of Winnipeg say their cheap solution could be running in three years
Jul 30, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/race-on-in-the-prairies-to-solve-isotope-shortage/article1236966/

Canadian food recalls more frequent

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/food-recalls.html

Tories' actions on swine flu get Canadians' OK

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-poll-ekos.html

Swine flu screening planned for Canada Games

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/pei-swine-flu-canada-games.html

Yukon announces 1st elk hunt

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/yukon-elk-hunt.html

Toxin tests surprise Health Canada

Chemical found in 'BPA-free' bottles during recent tests
July 30, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Toxin+tests+surprise+Health+Canada/1844915/story.html

St. John's e-waste fee plan gets mixed reaction

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/mmsb-ewaste-730.html

Agency turns its focus to tampering of food supply

July 30, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Agency+turns+focus+tampering+food+supply/1846345/story.html

'Global warming as new religion?' Give me a break — climate change is serious

July 30, 2009
Jim Hoggan
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Global+warming+religion+Give+break+climate+change+serious/1845976/story.html

Caribou in peril, Ontario warned

Facing 'emergency,' province urged to halt logging, road building in threatened habitats
Jul 30, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/673897