The ‘structural disintegration’ of universities

Sep 24, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-structural-disintegration-of-universities

A prof's life is no haze of mint juleps

Today's universities take teaching not less seriously, but more
Sep 23, 2009
Clifford Orwin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-profs-life-is-no-haze-of-mint-juleps/article1297640/

Canada MIA in carbon talks

Sep 26, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/700658

Nuclear power could meet energy needs of oilsands: study

Sep 26, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Nuclear+power+could+meet+energy+needs+oilsands+study/2036236/story.html

Canada, the laggard

At about 23 tonnes, Canada's per- capita greenhouse-gas emissions are among the worst in the world. We have farther to go than most, and are getting a late start.
Sep 26, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+laggard/2037021/story.html

Flu shot messages confusing, doctor says

Different launch dates, unverified new research contribute to problems
Sep 26, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/701433

Lost world: How Canada missed its moment of glory

Next month may see a Nobel Prize for the discovery of the first planet outside our solar system. Canadians won that race, but may have hesitated too long to share in the credit
Sep 26, 2009
Jacob Berkowitz
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/lost-world-how-canada-missed-its-moment-of-glory/article1302189/

Canada and climate change: Nothing gets done, fingers get pointed

The Liberals' lame record doesn't excuse the Conservatives' part in our national shame
Sep 25, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-climate-change-nothing-gets-done-fingers-get-pointed/article1300481/

Innovation slips away

Sep 25, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/innovation-slips-away/article1300963/

Big step forward on green energy

Sep 25, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/700693

Homegrown green power

Province claims jobs for Ontario workers as wind, solar projects get off the ground
Sep 25, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/700746

$5.4M wind turbine project blows Windsor's way

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/25/windsor-windtronics-turbines-092509.html

Scientists scour Fundy for invasive tunicate

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/25/nb-pancake-batter-tunicate-556.html

Suzuki speeds to defence of environment

Sep 25, 2009
Vik Kirsch
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/538922

Flu shot plans vary across Canada

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/25/h1n1-seasonal-flu.html

Conference Board creates northern research centre

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/25/north-conference-board.html

Work begins on $60-million Vancouver medical research centre

Sep 24, 2009
Graeme Wood
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Work+begins+million+Vancouver+medical+research+centre/2029703/story.html

More funding needed for CO2-capture technology: Expert

Sep 24, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/More+funding+needed+capture+technology+Expert/2029867/story.html

Paying to save trees: Last gasp for the forest

A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests
Sep 24, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14492973

Rein in deadly salt in food supply: report

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/23/salt-diet-food-supply.html

Vaccine cut HIV infection risk by 31%

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/24/hiv-aids-vaccine-thailand-study831.html

N.W.T. caribou herd numbers plummet

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/24/nwt-bathurst-caribou.html

Ont. gives green energy price guarantee

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/09/24/ontario-green-energy-act.html

Tory climate-change plan has too many flaws, say provinces

System of 'offsets' must guard against green profiteers
Sep 24, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Tory+climate+change+plan+many+flaws+provinces/2027640/story.html

Study linking flu shots, swine flu raises concern abroad, prompt changes at home

Sep 24, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g-jBo3N9xWt8pxrXRQvzljFetL0g

Agency fixated on H1N1 spin, critics say

Opposition cites PR contracts for flu battle
Sep 24, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/700196

New network has eye to curbing vision loss

Sep 24, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/network+curbing+vision+loss/2028693/story.html

Latest studies point to water on the Moon

Sep 24, 2009
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Latest+studies+point+water+Moon/2025892/story.html

Polar ice sheets melting into sea: study

Sep 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/tech-environment-ice-sheet-melting.html

Invasive plant species takes root in Canada

Sep 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/leamington-kudzu-092309.html

Alberta's ‘dirty oil' suits U.S. security

In the interest of ensuring supplies from a politically stable country, Americans prepared to leave strategy to reduce emissions in Canada's hands
Sep 23, 2009
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/albertas-dirty-oil-suits-us-security/article1297947/

Carbon capture plan 'sheer folly'

Main pillar of climate-change plan too risky for Canada to pursue, policy paper says
Sep 23, 2009
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/carbon-capture-plan-sheer-folly/article1297748/

More science needed on effects of genetically modifying food crops

Sep 23, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iQBAisOGKI2I6YO5MRjxJ1PQn6MA

China diminishes hope for global climate deal

Copenhagen summit set for failure as major polluters fail to break new ground toward a treaty
Sep 23, 2009
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-diminishes-hope-for-global-climate-deal/article1297854/

China falls short on climate commitment, Prentice says

Calling UN presentations by Beijing and Washington 'pivotal,' Canada's Environment Minister notes binding targets for emissions reduction have not yet been set
Sep 23, 2009
Bill Curry and Campbell Clark
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-falls-short-on-commitment-prentice/article1297365/

Small steps toward Copenhagen

China's promises at the New York summit on climate change stand out only because the rest of the world has been so timid. That must change
Sep 23, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/small-steps-toward-copenhagen/article1297930/

Questions raised over probiotic benefits

Yogurt and other food makers tout their products' body-boosting properties on the labels, but experts say not all bacteria are created equal
Sep 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/questions-raised-over-probiotic-benefits/article1297546/

Brad Wall – Canada's carbon diplomat

Saskatchewan Premier brings U.S. senators north to sell the province's solution
Sep 23, 2009
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/brad-wall-canadas-carbon-diplomat/article1297944/

How Ottawa bungled the easiest health law ever

Sep 23, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/23/kevin-libin-how-health-canada-bungled-the-easiest-health-law-like-ever.aspx

The Canadian Cancer Society Rallies Canadians to Take Their Best Shot at Cancer

Sep 23, 2009
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/23/c7898.html

Canada's wind industry aims high

Sep 22, 2009
Susan Taylor and Nicole Mordant
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58L42F20090922?sp=true

B.C. pine beetle plague may be near end: minister

Sep 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/bc-pine-beetle-bell.html

Solar panel ban on farmland will cost Ontario: group

Sep 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/ontario-solar-panels232.html

Nortel's demise no indictment of Canada tech sector: NBF analysts

Sep 22, 2009
Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/09/22/nortel-s-demise-no-indictment-of-canada-tech-sector-nbf-analysts.aspx

Growth first, climate later

The G20 is going for growth over CO2
Sep 22, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/22/terence-corcoran-growth-first-climate-later.aspx

Obama’s climate fantasies

Sep 22, 2009
Myron Ebell
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/22/obama-s-climate-fantasies.aspx

B.C. must do more to attract the world’s best and brightest, conference told

Sep 22, 2009
Brian Morton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/must+more+attract+world+best+brightest+conference+told/2021095/story.html

Health Canada to consider mustard a priority allergen in proposed regulations

Sep 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iMuFiTbAEUHzp3c6bXoEeSZ0cVIA

Standards needed for brain-boosting infant formula: Manufacturer

Sep 22, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Standards+needed+brain+boosting+infant+formula+Manufacturer/2021210/story.html

Flu plans need a federal enforcer: experts

Provincial strategies ineffective unless somebody wields a 'big stick'
Sep 21, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/plans+need+federal+enforcer+experts/2015402/story.html

PM faces climate-change questions

Harper's low-key environmental approach under scrutiny at United Nations soiree before he talks trade and economic recovery with G20 leaders
Sep 21, 2009
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pm-faces-climate-change-questions/article1296085/

President Obama touts role of basic research in innovation

Sep 21, 2009
Peter Harsha
Computing Research Policy Blog
http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000747.html

Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs?

How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model
Aug 27, 2009
Adrian Slywotzky
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_36/b4145036681619.htm

Leaders in science policy to gather in Toronto in October to discuss future directions

Sep 22, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/22/c7559.html

Researchers analyze tenure policy across Canada

Study finds similarities, some surprising differences, at Canada’s universities
Sep 21, 2009
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/researchers-analyze-tenure-policy-across-canada.aspx

Canadian-made code of ethics for stem cell research stresses public trust

Sep 22, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ioo6pbaf7dnmzQCCoLGisqNvW6Ow

Climate Change: Co-ordinate the efforts

Sep 22, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-change-co-ordinate-the-efforts/article1295126/

Fight protectionism by going green

Sep 22, 2009
Rudyard Griffiths
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/22/rudyard-griffiths-fight-protectionism-by-going-green.aspx

Working together on climate change

Sep 22, 2009
Terry Breese
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/22/terry-breese-working-together-on-climate-change.aspx

Canadian voters conflicted on carbon

Sep 22, 2009
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/698872

Alberta, Texas harness 'science of small' in energy efforts

Sep 22, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+Texas+harness+science+small+energy+efforts/2016714/story.html

Climate linked to security

Millions will be displaced by global warming, research scientist warns foresters in Nanaimo
Sep 22, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Climate+linked+security/2019299/story.html

Co-operation needed for new climate change plan: Obama

Meeting aims to build momentum for December's Copenhagen conference
Sep 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/climate-change-un-ban-new-york381.html

China passes U.S. in battle against warming, UN says

President Hu Jintao to unveil new plans at summit on climate change today
Sep 22, 2009
John Heilprin
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/698947

PM's office given green petition

Sep 22, 2009
BILL KAUFMANN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/22/11045871-sun.html

Mediterranean countries reject bluefin Tuna fishing limits

Sep 22, 2009
Pete Harrison
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/699085

Kudos to college

Marc Garneau applauds school's research into alternative and renewable energy technologies
Sep 22, 2009
MIKE NORRIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1762885

Nortel's Demise Adds to Worries That Canada Lags in High Tech

Sep 21, 2009
PHRED DVORAK and BEN DUMMETT
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125348241860626023.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Patent protection, the new mother of invention

A win for a Canadian startup was a win for innovation and the free market
Sep 21, 2009
Michael Trebilcock and Edward Iacobucci
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/patent-protection-the-new-mother-of-invention/article1296305/

Satellites show ozone depletion levelling off

Sep 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/tech-environment-ozone-depletion.html

Stem cell research guidelines to be proposed at U.S. summit

Sep 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/stem-cell-summit.html

China could lead climate change fight: UN's de Boer

Sep 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/china-climate-change.html

Tories spend five times more on touting economic plan than H1N1 prevention

Sep 21, 2009
Bruce Cheadle
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ibUw5fihl-5Y-7vUbSGqU4EY1WcA

It's time to rethink our approach to garbage

Sep 21, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16058

Canadians' help sought for a green desert oasis

Sep 21, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/698476

H1N1 flu outbreak would affect a fall federal election campaign, say MPs

Conservative MP Tim Uppal says some MPs are concerned that the campaign itself could spread H1N1.
Sep 21, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/september/21/h1n1/&c=1

Fewer feet, smaller footprint

A world with fewer people would emit less greenhouse gases
Sep 21, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14488619

Feds offer financial help for research centre

Sep 21, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Feds+offer+financial+help+research+centre/2016843/story.html

H1N1 triage: Hope for the best, plan for the worst

Why Hamilton Health Sciences has a pandemic protocol
Sep 21, 2009
Andrea Frolic
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/h1n1-triage-hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst/article1293606/

New food-labelling proposals tabled by Health Canada

Sep 21, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/food+labelling+proposals+tabled+Health+Canada/2016934/story.html

Dementia cases rising faster than predicted: report

Sep 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/21/alzheimer-dementia-age.html

Feds mum over legal protection for swine flu vaccine makers

Sep 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/21/swine-flu-h1n1-sue-court.html

One in six first-year university students will not make the grade

Sep 20, 2009
Sunny Freeman
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iaJS6ELf0TP4bCshIAbtv8pbel9Q

Feds right to dot I's, cross the T's on pandemic vaccine approval: Doctors

Sep 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3xUqfcj5tds9LjeSUvnZSpdrJQA

Better H1N1 protection for homeless needed

But access to care and more outreach also a concern, says community group
Sep 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/20/200909-h1n1-homeless-priority.html

The man who fought the 'neo-Luddites'

Norman Borlaug used biotechnology to boost crop yields, saving millions from starvation
Sep 20, 2009
Diane Katz
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697995

Tory waste-water policy will punish taxpayers: cities

Sep 20, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=2014108

The carbon tax and the triumph of green

Sep 20, 2009
Jesse Kline
Western Standard.ca
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/09/the-carbon-tax-and-the-triumph-of-green.html

Want to know why professors don't teach?

In the reward system of universities, it's research that matters
Sep 19, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/want-to-know-why-professors-dont-teach/article1293548/

Biotech 'revolution' may loom

Sep 19, 2009
HANK DANISZEWSKI
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/2009/09/19/10990841-sun.html

Canada hasn't joined U.S., others in donating H1N1 vaccine

Group of developing nations contributing one-tenth of pandemic vaccine to countries that lack access to the shots
Sep 19, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-hasnt-joined-us-others-in-donating-h1n1-vaccine/article1293749/

Ground for concern about radioactive waste cleanup

After decades of struggle, residents hope a $260 million project will finally eradicate curse of town's nuclear past
Sep 19, 2009
Carola Vyhnak
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/698050

Nova Scotia looks to tap powerful Bay of Fundy tides for clean energy

Sep 19, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nova+Scotia+looks+powerful+tidal+energy/2012332/story.html

Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record

Sep 19, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Arctic+melts+third+smallest+area+record/2008427/story.html

Desperately seeking dead ducks

Scientist documents his hunt for precious stuffed specimens
Sep 19, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/698076

Swine flu protocol signed for First Nations

Health minister says communications plan should reduce fear over pandemic
Sep 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/19/swine-flu-aglukkaq.html

Oil sands need positive spin

Sep 19, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=c205bfa8-21f6-4f11-86c8-36d348968cf7

Alberta math, science exams to be multiple choice

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/calgary-exams-alberta-multiple-choice.html

Why B.C.'s biotech industry is falling behind

The global recession means new sources of money are becoming increasingly elusive
Sep 18, 2009
Nicole Poirier
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/biotech+industry+falling+behind/2007192/story.html

Fight climate change by giving condoms to poor: Lancet

Sep 18, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/condoms-climate-change.html

Alberta may feel brunt of looming U.S. climate change legislation

Sep 18, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+feel+brunt+looming+climate+change+legislation/2008996/story.html

Tamiflu urged for chronic cases before flu hits

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/bc-tamiflu-swine-flu-advice-vancouver-island.html

H1N1 deaths up almost 300 in week: WHO

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/h1n1-who-cdc.html

Swine flu vaccines to fall short: WHO

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/who-flu-vaccine018.html

Fundy right whale numbers rebound

Record number of calves born this year
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/nb-right-whales.html

Nunavut tests aerial surveys of polar bears

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/nunavut-pbear-surveys.html

Medical supply companies scramble to fill H1N1 orders

Demand for products up 300 per cent, one firm reports
Sep 18, 2009
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/health/Medical+supply+companies+scramble+fill+H1N1+orders/2006584/story.html

Arctic geological map in final stages

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/15/arctic-geo-map.html

Universities and the ‘knowledge economy’

Sep 17, 2009
David Turpin and Eric Sager
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Comment+Universities+knowledge+economy/2005477/story.html

Reality check for a big idea

What the provinces think of the Big Five’s revolutionary ideas for university reform
Sep 17, 2009
Katie Engelhart
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/reality-check-for-a-big-idea/

Small but smart

Why some schools don’t want a Big Five monopoly on research
Sep 3, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/small-but-smart/

Ottawa lets Nortel slip from our grasp

Sep 18, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/697415

How a Made-in-Canada Nortel solution died

Lack of support from Ottawa ended plans for a foreign-owned, Toronto-based technology giant, sources say
Sep 18, 2009
Andrew Willis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/how-a-made-in-canada-nortel-solution-died/article1291924/

Nortel sale gets all-clear

Ericsson's $1.13B acquisition will protect Canadian jobs, intellectual property: Clement
Sep 17, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/696887

B.C. reserve hit by first outbreak of the fall flu season, experts say

Virus infects more than 100 at AFN chief's first nation
Sep 18, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-reserve-hit-by-first-outbreak-of-the-fall-flu-season-experts-say/article1292296/

Report of B.C. flu cases 'irresponsible'

Health official says only six people had H1N1 virus in communities journal said has pandemic outbreak
Sep 18, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/697581

Twiddling our thumbs while waiting for a U.S. climate-change bill

Congressional politics and a coherent stand on greenhouse-gas emissions
Sep 18, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/twiddling-our-thumbs-while-waiting-for-a-us-climate-change-bill/article1291916/

Judicial, binding review needed of DFO

Sep 18, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Judicial+binding+review+needed/2007813/story.html

Playing catch-up with H1N1

Sep 18, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/playing-catch-up-with-h1n1/article1292289/

Waste not, want not

Ethanol from rubbish is the latest biofuel
Sep 18, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14483677

Swine flu vaccines to fall short: WHO

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/who-flu-vaccine018.html

Provinces ask Ottawa to help cover H1N1 costs

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/health-ministers-cost-swine-flu-vaccine.html

Energy transition: not for the faint-hearted

It will take both innovation and patience to change the energy game
Sep 17, 2009
Peter Voser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/energy-transition-not-for-the-faint-hearted/article1290055/

Inexcusable delay in electricity plan

A sound plan for the electricity system of the future needed now to avoid big mistakes later
Sep 17, 2009
John Wilson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696846

Newest high-tech business? Oil and gas

New drilling and production technology has dramatically transformed North America's natural gas industry by unlocking massive shale gas reservoirs. Now, those technological advances are being adopted more broadly in the oil and gas industry to reduce costs in mature or difficult-to-tap fields
Sep 17, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/newest-high-tech-business-oil-and-gas/article1290846/

What the pill bottle doesn't tell you

Sep 18, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697429

New drugs sought to fight superbugs

Sep 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/superbugs-europe.html

Lack of thimerosal-free pandemic vaccine option leads some planning to pass

Sep 17, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gSlFg4Cq0N54wkeqg37NttTxij2A

Health Canada apologizes for body bags

Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/mb-body-bags-butler-jones-manitoba.html

Canadian body bags cause H1N1 controversy

Sep 17, 2009
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE58F69K20090917?sp=true

Hidden curse revealed?

Sep 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/696519

Getting into the game

Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it’s a man’s world—for now.
Sep 17, 2009
Julien Russell Brunet
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/getting-into-the-game/

Feds paid $5M to buy bottled water

Sep 17, 2009
Glen McGregor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+paid+bottled+water/2003510/story.html

Oceans face climate-change crisis

'Life as we know it is going to end'; World's nations must drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, author says
Sep 17, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Oceans+face+climate+change+crisis/2002373/story.html

Even low lead levels impair kids' IQs

Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/lead-levelskids.html

H1N1, isotopes top health ministers' agenda

Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/health-ministers-meeting.html

No special treatment for tar sands

Sep 16, 2009
James Hansen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696244

H1N1 vaccine priority groups released

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/16/h1n1-vaccine.html

Wireless carriers lag on green in Canada

Sep 16, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/09/17/10946391-cp.html

Nova gives $1M to science centre

Sep 16, 2009
JENNA MCMURRAY
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/16/10929706-sun.html

Cities urged to plan for extreme weather

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/16/nb-climate-city-planning-704.html

NASA's moon program gets boost in Congress

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-space-nasa-moon-plan-016.html

North America backs plan to cut greenhouse gases

Sep 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-climate-montreal-protocol-hfcs.html

Climate change threatens 'health catastrophe,' MDs say

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/climate-change-health.html

N.S. garlic farmer raises stink over microwave towers

Sep 16, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/garlic+farmer+raises+stink+over+microwave+towers/2001107/story.html

Manitobans not revved about hybrid cars

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/150909-hybrid-manitoba.html

Technology for sustainable Canada already exists, but faces obstacles

Sep 15, 2009
Len Smirnov
The Brock Press
http://media.www.brockpress.com/media/storage/paper384/news/2009/09/15/News/Technology.For.Sustainable.Canada.Already.Exists.But.Faces.Obstacles-3772205.shtml#4

H1N1 shows more resistance to Tamiflu

Alberta woman is second case in Canada, and one of only a handful of such cases on record globally; patient has since recovered, Alberta Health Services says
Sep 15, 2009
Caroline Alphonso and Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-shows-more-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1288521/

Research dollars should follow great ideas

Sep 14, 2009
Allan Rock
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=9863ef82-4327-4e23-a11c-b1d89ae01442

Real innovation vital, and sadly lacking

Sep 13, 2009
KAREN BLOTNICKY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1142213.html

Is research ever value-free?

Considering the ethical implications of the scientific pursuit
Sep 14, 2009
Nikki Bozinoff
The McGill Daily
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/19796-is-research-ever-value-free-

Making Canada a leader in the global knowledge economy

Scientific, business communities must work with international counterparts
Sep 9, 2009
David Emerson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Making+Canada+leader+global+knowledge+economy/1974562/story.html

Alberta's 'firewall' approach to climate change

Sep 15, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/695623

The real 'Green Revolution'

Sep 15, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1993907

Male bass with female features found in U.S.

Intersex fish problem linked to hormone treatments
Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/tech-biology-fish-sex-organs.html

Alberta finds 1st case of drug-resistant swine flu

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/edmonton-alberta-drug-resistant-h1n1-swine-flu.html

Biovail fined $25M for bribing doctors

Pharmaceutical firm paid cash to encourage doctors to prescribe Cardizem drug to patients
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/biovail-doctor-kickbacks.html

H1N1 vaccines get U.S. approval

Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/swine-flu-vaccine-fda.html

Most oppose nuclear power in Sask., report says

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/nuclear-plant.html

Elections Canada prepares for poll amid possible H1N1 outbreak

Officials stockpile hand sanitizer and draw up signs urging voters to cough into their sleeves after NDP asks about swine-flu preparedness
Sep 15, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections-canada-prepares-for-poll-amid-possible-h1n1-outbreak/article1287033/

Expert says swine flu ‘hid' for decade

‘This virus most likely has been circulating under the radar in pigs for the better part of 10 years,' Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona revealed at a meeting
Sep 15, 2009
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/expert-says-swine-flu-hid-for-decade/article1288572/

Ottawa must act on salt crisis, doctors say

A new study highlights the need for a strategy to combat the high-sodium diets of many Canadians. But any sustained initiative will need government backing to achieve results from industry
Sep 15, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-must-act-on-salt-crisis-doctors-say/article1287068/

Canada's becoming a 'global carbon bully': Greenpeace

Our greenhouse-gas emissions are up 26 per cent since 1990
Sep 14, 2009
Monique Beaudin
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+becoming+global+carbon+bully+Greenpeace/1993316/story.html

Cellphones recalled 10 months after government warning

Sep 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=1993299

MP has H1N1 concerns for federal election

Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/14/mb-wasylycia-leis-election-h1n1-winnipeg.html

Canada has 'tremendous' challenge ahead on climate change: experts

Canada's low-profile ambassador for climate change Michael Martin will be negotiating at Copenhagen's critical climate change meeting, but the Prime Minister's in charge.
Sep 14, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/14/civil_circles/&c=2

Expert predicts parental ‘angst’over flu shots

Schoolyards will be H1N1 battlegrounds, researchers say
Sep 14, 2009
Shelley Page
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Expert+predicts+parental+angst+over+shots/1990513/story.html

Sustainable energy plan has rivals green with envy

Sep 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/695150

Leukemia drug, stem cell research honoured

Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/14/lasker-awards-medical-research.html

Feds won't cough up H1N1 plan

Strategy in event of swine flu outbreak kept from MPs
Sep 14, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/14/10885151-sun.html

Aquarium concept timely

Sep 14, 2009
Anne Jarvis
Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Aquarium+concept+timely/1991469/story.html

Win-win on power plant

Sep 14, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/695118

Prairie 'agri-preneurs' battle megafarm waste

Highmark Renewables is turning out enough electricity to power 700 homes along with environmentally safe fertilizer
Sep 14, 2009
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/prairie-agri-preneurs-battle-megafarm-waste/article1286482/

Oilsands emit more than entire countries: report

Sep 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/13/greenpeace-oilsands.html

Consumers attracted to status of 'green' products more than benefits, research suggests

Sep 13, 2009
Misty Harris
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1989948

Google working to reduce cost of green technology

Disappointed with lack of breakthrough ideas, company developing own mirror technology for solar thermal plants
Sep 13, 2009
Poornima Gupta
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/google-working-to-reduce-cost-of-green-technology/article1286140/

Conservatives announce $75M for food safety

Funds to address problems flagged by critical report
Sep 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Conservatives+announce+food+safety/1987117/story.html

Tuna and pollock: A tale of two fisheries

How to pillage the oceans deliberately, and by accident
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401157

Space: Flying high

America's government has no money for its human-spaceflight plans. The private sector has plenty
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401165

Focus on innovation

Sep 9, 2009
David Mitchell
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=bef826ae-0ee9-4b8b-874c-db16cfd959f2

Invest in education to beat the recession

Sep 10, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/invest-in-education-to-beat-the-recession

R&D credits apply to more than just rocket science

Sep 12, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/789478

The mystery of Lake Louise's missing water

Unexplained absence of 510,000 cubic metres of water from resort's distribution system 'an embarrassment for Canada'
Sep 12, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-lake-louises-missing-water/article1283014/

Endless oil

Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil
Sep 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/12/lawrence-solomon-endless-oil.aspx

List of threatened Arctic animals is growing

Sep 12, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/List+threatened+Arctic+animals+growing/1984133/story.html

H1N1 could peak early, study suggests

If that occurs, many Canadians will not be protected since vaccine won't be rolled out for weeks
Sep 12, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-could-peak-early-study-suggests/article1282910/

Premiers win climate pledge

Federal greenhouse-gas plan won't favour Alberta, environment minister assures Ontario, Quebec
Sep 11, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/694063

Dr. Kumanan Wilson on the vaccine

Canada Research Chair in Public Health Policy at the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute takes your questions on the reluctance among Canadians to receive the H1N1 pandemic vaccine
Sep 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dr-kumanan-wilson-on-the-vaccine/article1282172/

Feds to follow listeriosis advice

Sep 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/listeroisis-recommendations.html

Raitt says Ottawa likely to split AECL into two separate entities

Sep 11, 2009
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAQbAh_EClxA_Au8-_LRkr5Hy5Jw

Canada likely to split up nuclear agency: minister

Sep 11, 2009
Scott Anderson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE58A4I620090911?sp=true

H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late, scientists warn

Canada's swine flu cases likely to peak a month before November inoculations, researchers say
Sep 11, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/694066

Arctic warming effects spread: study

Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/tech-climate-arctic-warming.html

Global warming takes a break

Sep 11, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/11/lorne-gunter-global-warming-takes-a-break.aspx

H1N1 school closures need to be swift: WHO

Sept 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-school-close-who.html

1 dose of H1N1 vaccine may suffice: studies

Studies in children not finished yet
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-vaccine.html

Drug czar slams Harper gov't as he exits to 'next adventure'

Aims to shape wider policy
Sep 10, 2009
Andy Ivens
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Drug+czar+slams+Harper+exits+next+adventure/1978524/story.html

Wind power prescribed for China's energy needs

Wind turbines dotting argicultural areas would cost $900B over 20 years
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/energy-china-wind-power.html

Ares moon rocket test deemed a success

Sep 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/nasa-moon-rocket-ares-test-utah.html

Child death rates alarming: UNICEF

Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/10/child-mortality-unicef.html

Research: Tundra being 'squeezed' by forests, oceans

Sep 10, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/10/10824966.html

Feds backtrack on allowing fortified junk food

Sep 10, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Feds+backtrack+allowing+fortified+junk+food/1980713/story.html

Arctic needs 'boots on the snow' year-round: Alberta scientist

Sep 10, 2009
Elise Stolte
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+needs+boots+snow+year+round+Alberta+scientist/1980798/story.html

Vaccinate now to curtail swine flu, U.S. study warns

Sep 10, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Vaccinate+curtail+swine+study+warns/1980347/story.html

Young people take pass on flu-shot trials

They feel invincible, but H1N1 disproportionately affects those born after 1957
Sep 10, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/young-people-take-pass-on-flu-shot-trials/article1282877/

Tofino a model for water conservation

Sep 10, 2009
Katie-Marie Gardner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tofino-a-model-for-water-conservation/article1283106/

Canadians are water gluttons, OECD says

Sep 10, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-are-water-gluttons-oecd-says/article1283105/

Manitoba government mandating biodiesel use

Sep 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+government+mandating+biodiesel/1979168/story.html

City buries sewage sins

Public in dark about overflow into rivers
Sep 10, 2009
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2009/09/10/10813211-sun.html

The business side to good health

Ivey Centre's goal is to aid Canadian innovation and commercialization of health technologies
Sep 10, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692636

UN climate fantasies

Sep 10, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1977543

New Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative funding announced

Sep 9, 2009
François Shalom
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Strategic+Aerospace+Defence+Initiative+funding+announced/1976016/story.html

Hardwiring our children for success

Sep 9, 2009
Dr. Denis Daneman & Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones & Dr. Dina Kulik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/692609

The H1N1 flu waiting game

Sep 9, 2009
Howard Elliott
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/631108

HPV vaccine for men backed in U.S.

Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/gardasil-men-hpv.html

Trans fats banned from schools in Manitoba

Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/mb-healthy-food-schools-manitoba.html

Dwindling salmon stocks poorly managed: biologist

Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/09/bc-salmon-suzuki-foundation.html

U.S. and Canada Sign Agreement on Civil Space Cooperation

Sep 9, 2009
NASA
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS229760+09-Sep-2009+PRN20090909

Canada's Kyoto failure a warning to summit: study

Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1971686

Canadian innovation is at stake

We need more entrepreneurs, better deals and committed investors with time and money to foster new businesses
Sep 6, 2009
Kevin Talbot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-is-at-stake/article1278331/

Five hundred scientists from Quebec and around the world call for a sustainable boreal plan

Sep 10, 2009
The Canadian Boreal Initiative & Ducks Unlimited Canada
http://interboreal.org/resources/pressrelease-qcletter-en.doc
http://interboreal.org/resources/QuebecScienceLetter-EN.pdf

We need a forum on science policy

National conference in October is a first step to making this a reality
Sep 8, 2009
Mehrdad Hariri and Jeff Sharom
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-need-a-forum-on-science-policy.aspx

AUCC calls for research funding boost

In its pre-budget submission to the federal government, association puts emphasis on research spending
Sep 8, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/AUCC-calls-for-research-funding-boost.aspx

Ottawa enhances student aid

Canada Student Loans Program expects to dole out over $500 million in new grants
Sep 8, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/ottawa-enhances-student-aid.aspx

Changes ahead for university governance in Quebec

This sensitive subject is back in the spotlight following tabling of new bill
Sep 8, 2009
François-Olivier Dorais
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/changes-ahead-for-university-governance-in-Quebec.aspx

Fair access to university

What will it take to make postsecondary education within the grasp of more Canadians?
Sep 8, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/fair-access-to-university.aspx

Education pays in many ways, OECD tells Canada

Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News
http://www.canada.com/business/Education+pays+many+ways+OECD+tells+Canada/1973184/story.html

Making university education a quality product

The history of attempts to measure and improve quality is not a happy one
Sep 8, 2009
Ross Finnie and Alex Usher
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/making-university-education-a-quality-product/article1276857/

Will Ontario lose in Ottawa's plan?

Sep 9, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/692576

Bright idea or sci-fi?

Experts meet to discuss feasibility of harvesting solar power in space, beaming it back to Earth
Sep 9, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692716

U.S. space panel says moon return plan is no go

Panel suggests extending planned life of space station, shuttle fleet
Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/09/space-nasa-moon-travel-009.html

NASA strategy proposal aims for Mars over Moon

Sep 8, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/NASA+strategy+proposal+aims+Mars+over+Moon/1972693/story.html

Swine flu shown to be deadliest among children

Findings by U.S. health authorities stoke fears that classrooms will serve as incubators for the pandemic virus
Sep 8, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shown-to-be-deadliest-among-children/article1275321/

Swine flu models preparing Canada for pandemic

Sep 8, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Swine+models+preparing+Canada+pandemic/1972331/story.html

Smart grid, smart future

Work is already under way on bringing the electrical system, which is largely unchanged since its inception a century ago, into the information age
Sep 8, 2009
Grant Buckler
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/smart-grid-smart-future/article1279109/

U.S. urges tighter use of flu antivirals

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/08/swine-flu-china.html

Why the British are invading the oil patch

North Sea oil environmental technology, recruitment and engineering firms are setting up shop in Alberta
Sep 8, 2009
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-the-british-are-invading-the-oil-patch/article1278005/

As go the sockeye, so go the grizzlies

As salmon numbers drop, bears are also few and far between along B.C.'s wild central coast – signalling what conservationists say is an unfolding ecological disaster
Sep 8, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/as-go-the-sockeye-so-go-the-grizzlies/article1279874/

Fraser River sockeye fry had little chance because of fish farms

Sep 8, 2009
D.C. Reid
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Fraser+River+sockeye+little+chance+because+fish+farms/1971312/story.html

Fish farms put squeeze on marine resources

A new study finds that consumer demand for healthy omega-3 fatty acids has put a squeeze on the fish-food supply, where alternatives must be relied upon to avoid a wipeout of wild forage fish
Sep 8, 2009
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/fish-farms-put-squeeze-on-marine-resources/article1279812/

Protecting the environment without hurting the economy

Sep 8, 2009
Ken Field
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/08/ken-field-protecting-the-environment-without-hurting-the-economy.aspx

McGill neuroscientist wins $1M research prize

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/milner-balzan-prize.html

Tuktoyaktuk on front line of climate change

Sep 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/climate-change-tuktoyaktuk-erosion.html

Banff may get new caribou herd

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/calgary-banff-caribou-extinct.html

Fungus threatens P.E.I. frogs

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/pei-chytrid-frog-fungus.html

RIM met 11 times with senior government officials, three Cabinet ministers

In lead up to the international climate change negotiations, energy and environment issues lobbied with Cabinet ministers and MPs.
Sep 7, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/7/rim/&c=2

Influenza has a cure: affluence

This spring, H1N1 flu hit native communities first and deepest. This fall, it's likely to get much, much worse. Today we know the main factor is poverty. Laying out the science that explains why, in a pandemic, that puts us all at risk
Sep 7, 2009
Kevin Patterson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/influenza-has-a-cure-affluence/article1276838/

Petrifying carbon dioxide: Rock of ages

Another way of getting rid of carbon dioxide
Sep 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14396594

The top make-or-break environmental issues in Parliament's fall session

Election or no election, federal politicians need to get moving on these critical public policy issues
Sep 7, 2009
Pierre Sadik
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/7/green_files/&c=2

Gaps in science make it difficult to solve B.C. salmon collapse

Sep 7, 2009
James Keller
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/692037

B.C. salmon mystery has experts fishing for answers

Sep 7, 2009
James Keller
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/Article/691867

Trouble bubbling in the Arctic

Pockets of methane gas rippling waters like hot tub may be an acceleration factor for global warming
Sep 7, 2009
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/691868

People the problem when it comes to emission cuts

Sep 7, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/691776

No clear answer about who's responsible for approval

Sep 7, 2009
ROBERT MATAS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-clear-answer-about-whos-responsible-for-approval/article1277362/

No answers in B.C.'s sudden salmon collapse

Experts say cuts to research grants will make it difficult to determine why more than nine million sockeye won't return to the Fraser River this year
Sep 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/no-answers-in-bcs-salmon-collapse/article1277846/

University research grab would be a 'national disaster'

Sep 5, 2009
Jack Lightstone
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/05/jack-lightsone-university-research-grab-would-be-a-national-disaster.aspx

Forestry's future is R&D

Sep 5, 2009
Don Floyd
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/782592

For awareness, not panic, on flu

Sep 5, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/690722

Canada's environmental politics: the tragedy of delay

Sep 4, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Canada+environmental+politics+tragedy+delay/1962780/story.html

Swine flu deaths top 2,800 worldwide

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/04/h1n1-deaths-who.html

Sigg backpedals on BPA

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/03/siggbpa-admission.html

Misconceptions about the flu

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/04/f-flu-myths.html

Canada to offer pregnant women modified vaccine

Uadjuvanted swine flu shot to be available to help ease reluctance many pregnant women feel about taking any medication
Sep 4, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-to-offer-pregnant-women-modified-vaccine/article1277115/

Insite safe drug-injection site sues critic for defamation over article

Sep 3, 2009
Steve Mertl
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j6jAdmtwEEwHFg9zCE92LH1WVemw

Canada needs a sense of urgency

This country should be committed at the highest political levels to having an effective H1N1 vaccine ready for Canadians at high risk by the early fall
Sep 3, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-needs-a-sense-of-urgency/article1272818/

Oil sands output to double by 2013: report

Profit to triple
Sep 3, 2009
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1957368

Canada will get vaccine by October: health chief

Comments run contrary to the federal government's insistence that Canadians should not expect to be immunized until mid-November
Sep 3, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-will-get-vaccine-by-october-health-chief/article1273858/

Doctors, Ottawa clash over vaccine

Canada's chief public health officer rejects medical association's charge that Ottawa's strategy is resulting in unnecessary delay
Sep 3, 2009
Patrick White and Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doctors-ottawa-clash-over-vaccine/article1272775/

Recent Arctic warming follows centuries of natural cooling

Sep 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/03/climate-environment-arctic-change.html

Arctic is the warmest it's been in 2,000 years

Sep 3, 2009
Randolph E. Schmid
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/690581

NUMBY strikes Ohio

Sep 3, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/03/lawrence-solomon-numby-strikes-ohio.aspx

UN chief warns of climate-related disaster

Sep 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/03/ban-ki-moon-climate.html

Electric cars: Charge!

Carmakers are shifting towards electric vehicles. Policymakers must do their part, too
Sep 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14363307

The electrification of motoring: The electric-fuel-trade acid test

After many false starts, battery-powered cars seem here to stay. Are they just an interesting niche product, or will they turn motoring upside down?
Sep 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14362092

University infrastructure – now slightly less old

Sep 3, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-infrastructure-now-slightly-less-old/

Funding IVF would save taxpayers money

Sep 2, 2009
Amir Attaran
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/02/amir-attaran-funding-ivf-would-save-taxpayers-money.aspx

Doubt cast on cannabis, schizophrenia link

Sep 2, 2009
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/02/cannabis-schizophrenia.html

Landmark B.C. study lets trauma sufferers find relief with ecstasy

Vancouver therapists get green light to use drug in trial to treat post-traumatic stress
Sep 2, 2009
Frances Bula
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/landmark-bc-study-lets-trauma-sufferers-find-relief-with-ecstasy/article1271380/

Survival of the biggest

Sep 2, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/689552

Canada's flu strategy flawed: CMAJ

Leading medical journal argues plan to vaccinate population will move too slowly
Sep 2, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-flu-strategy-flawed-cmaj/article1271216/

N.W.T. gets greenhouse gas observation station

Sep 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/02/nwt-emissions-station.html

Arctic climate change warming globe: report

Sep 2, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/689974

Swine flu unlikely to become superbug

Sep 2, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/689715

Canadian innovation starts in the classroom

Fresh thinking about our 'innovation ecosystem' is needed for adapting to a rapidly evolving global economy
Sep 1, 2009
WARREN JESTIN AND STAN SHAPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-starts-in-the-classroom/article1270259/

Risky schemes may be only hope for cooling planet: scientists

Sep 1, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Risky+schemes+only+hope+cooling+planet+scientists/1951915/story.html

Nitrous oxide is top destroyer of ozone layer: study

Sep 1, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nitrous+oxide+destroyer+ozone+layer+study/1951069/story.html

Are the ICUs ready?

Experts predict ICUs will be the main battlefield in the war against a pandemic virus and they have a warning for hospitals: Prepare. Now.
Sep 1, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/are-the-icus-ready/article1271352/

Manning turns to the dark side

Sep 1, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/01/peter-foster-manning-turns-to-the-dark-side.aspx

Our quality of life depends on a green economy

Sep 1, 2009
Andrew Heintzman and Preston Manning
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/01/andrew-heintzman-and-preston-manning-our-quality-of-life-depends-on-a-green-economy.aspx

Your in-vitro fertilization questions answered

Fertility specialists Dr. Arthur Leader and Dr. Marjorie Dixon and one couple took questions about IVF in Ontario
Sep 1, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/your-in-vitro-fertilization-questions-answered/article1271263/

Alberta to U.S.: Use the oil sands or lose them

Aug 31, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/alberta-to-u-s-use-the-oilsands-or-lose-them.aspx

PetroChina takes $1.9-billion stake in oil sands

Aug 31, 2009
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1947720

A lesson for the NDP on environmental economics

Aug 31, 2009
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/stephen-gordon-a-lesson-for-the-ndp-on-environmental-economics.aspx

DFO bans Maritime shellfish harvesting

Aug 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/08/31/pei-shellfish-ban.html

Give Canada's excess flu vaccine to developing world: Experts

Aug 31, 2009
Norma Greenaway
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Give+Canada+excess+vaccine+developing+world+Experts/1946953/story.html

Evidence of success in decriminalizing drugs

Aug 31, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/raphael-alexander-evidence-of-success-in-decriminalizing-drugs.aspx

The man who doubted Al Gore

To dissent on the man-made global warming ‘consensus’ is seen as evidence of mental deficiency
Aug 28, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/28/peter-foster-the-man-who-doubted-al-gore.aspx

Disastrous sockeye run flops to a finish

Aug 28, 2009
Jeff Nagel
Surrey North Delta Leader
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/55786357.html

Portugal's drug policy: Treating, not punishing

The evidence from Portugal since 2001 is that decriminalisation of drug use and possession has benefits and no harmful side-effects
Aug 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14309861

Big five controversy keeps on going

Aug 31, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/big-five-controversy-keeps-on-going/

A teachable moment for Canada's universities

If big universities spent half as much time on teaching as they do searching for research money, students might be better off
Aug 28, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-teachable-moment-for-canadas-universities/article1268920/

U of W president enters fray over research funding

Aug 27, 2009
Don Lajoie
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b5789361-70db-436e-8317-654bb55f7f13

Ode to the mid-sized university

Aug 27, 2009
Daniel Woolf
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/ode-to-the-mid-sized-university/article1264554/

Smartening up

Presidents of seven smaller universities take aim at the big five
Aug 10, 2009
Cathy Gulli
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/10/smartening-up/

Our universities can be smarter

Canada’s ‘big five’ presidents have an ambitious plan for fixing our schools, writes Paul Wells
Jul 28, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/28/our-universities-can-be-smarter/

Can higher ed reach higher?

Canada’s leading universities want to, writes Paul Wells, but big dreams call for big changes
Jul 22, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/22/can-higher-ed-reach-higher/