Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The long, winding road to ‘eureka!'

Last week's Nobel Prize winner struck a chord when he defended the notion of research driven by curiosity – not chequebooks
Oct 16, 2009
John Lorinc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-long-winding-road-to-eureka/article1327490/
Oct 27, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/27/c2755.html
Monday, October 26, 2009

Beyond the Valley of Death

Re: On The Path To Dependency, Peter Foster, Oct. 23
Oct 24, 2009
Vicky J. Sharpe
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/23/fp-letters-to-the-editor-oct-24.aspx
Oct 26, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/science-community-hopes-to-bridge-gap-with-ottawa/article1337929/
Friday, October 23, 2009

Canada's science media centre opens doors

Researchers and policymakers hope it will help journalists better cover science and researchers better understand reporters' motivations
Oct 19, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/Article.aspx?id=6806
Increase, felt in all regions, was most dramatic at the graduate level
Oct 23, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-enrolment-jumps-reflecting-bad-economy/article1335122/

Enrolment up again across Canada

Recession likely keeping students in school and out of the labour market
Oct 22, 2009
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enrolment-up-again-across-Canada.aspx
TransAlta's carbon-spewing coal plants are part of a ‘green' plan that blends technology and renewable energy
Oct 23, 2009
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/multiple-fuels-multiple-solutions/article1336324/
Only 36% feel humans to blame, poll says
Oct 23, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/714762--americans-waning-on-global-warming
Oct 23, 2009
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Suncor+embraces+tailings+pond+technology/2138432/story.html

NASA should skip moon: panel

Oct 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/23/tech-space-nasa-panel-report.html
Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/human+space+flight+plan+underfunded+experts/2137243/story.html
Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/football+fields+deforested+each+minute/2137561/story.html
Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/give+threatened+polar+bears+vast+critical+habitat/2137574/story.html
Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/23/ont-wind.html
Dr. Michael Gardam of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, and Globe and Mail reporter Caroline Alphonso wade through the confusion around the pandemic and the vaccines
Oct 23, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/our-experts-answered-your-swine-flu-questions/article1335617/
Oct 23, 2009
Christina Spencer
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/23/11508431-sun.html

Canada enters 2nd wave of H1N1

Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/h1n1-second-wave-canada.html
Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/mb-first-nation-h1n1-plans.html
Oct 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/h1n1-world.html
Reconsider sick note requests for flu, Ont. doctors tell employers
Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/flu-antivirals-tamiflu.html
Oct 23, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/23/lawrence-solomon-democrats-are-abandoning-obama-on-global-warming.aspx
More suggestions that biofuels are not an environmental free lunch
Oct 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14710469
Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-biofuels-kyoto-error.html
Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-ocean-dead-zone-microbe.html
Government's stock-for-charity program saves investors money and helps Canada's doctors save lives
Oct 22, 2009
ALISON CUNLIFFE
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/investing/article/713077--tax-change-injects-funds-into-medical-research
Canadian flu cases on the rise
Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/22/h1n1-vaccine-pregnant-women-sogc.html
Oct 22, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/22/cervarix-hpv-us.html
Big Oil has attacked a global scientific consensus on climate change; now some local authors are exposing its tactics
Oct 22, 009
Charlie Smith
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-265275/taking-goliath
Stevia has a no-calorie zip that's popping up in natural health products, but the risks have left a bitter taste
Oct 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/stevia-is-sweet-but-is-it-safe/article1333389/
'Now is the time to make those bets that will drive productivity'
Oct 22, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/microsoft/article/713962--microsoft-s-ceo-bullish-on-tech-sector

The WHO's political pandering

Oct 22, 2009
Michael Fumento
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/22/michael-fumento-the-who-s-political-pandering.aspx

On the path to dependency

Sustainable Development Technology Canada, out of taxpayer cash, wants more. Ottawa should say no
Oct 22, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/22/peter-foster-on-the-path-to-dependency.aspx
Oct 22, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/22/raphael-alexander-canada-s-flu-panic-for-political-purposes.aspx
Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/21/ndp-climate-change-bill-liberals-copenhagen.html
Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/flu-vaccine-h1n1-approval-canada.html
Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/h1n1-vaccine-us-uk.html
High-risk groups will be priority, as H1N1 vaccine receives approval
Oct 21, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/healthy-canadians-asked-to-hold-off-getting-swine-flu-vaccine/article1333107/

Sask. to limit needle exchange

AIDS group calls change 'recipe for disaster'
Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/sk-needle-exchange-limits.html
Emissions action urged as UN conference looms
Oct 21, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/713379--climate-experts-accuse-ottawa-of-foot-dragging
Oct 21, 2009
Charley Beresford
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canada+needs+back+track+climate+change/2126832/story.html
Oct 21, 2009
Tom Harris and Tim Patterson
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Anti+Gore+film+doesn+help+climate+change+skeptics/2126459/story.html

Germany's renewable myth

Germany is seen as a leader in renewable energy, but its experience has been a costly waste
Oct 21, 2009
Manuel Frondel, Nolan Ritter and Colin Vance
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/21/germany-s-renewable-myth.aspx
Industry, government and NGOs are creating a new political model
Oct 21, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/21/terence-corcoran-climatism-and-the-new-green-industrial-state.aspx
A true believer's goal for the future: Practical electric cars with clean battery power
Oct 21, 2009
Jeremy Cato
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/auto/electric-vehicles-the-rational-choice/article1332495/

Bringing science to youth

Oct 21, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/345712--bringing-science-to-youth

Jumping to crack conclusions

Oct 21, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2125890
Oct 21, 2009
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2125923

Flu prevention worth a shot

Oct 21, 2009
JOHN KASTNER
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2009/10/21/11470056-sun.html
Only way to help addicts is to get them to quit
Oct 21, 2009
Jon Ferry
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Crack+addict+safe+inhalation+zone+just+nuts/2126573/story.html
Oct 20, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/gairdner-awards-celebrate-50-years/
Oct 20, 2009
Ann Silversides
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/20oct09_cihr_appointment.shtml
Oct 20, 2009
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/616544
Oct 20, 2009
Eric Lam
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/slumped+even+before+financial+crisis/2123582/story.html
Oct 20, 2009
Kevin Bissett
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqndB_uB6foUJX7eDt8J8STOKFRQ
Oct 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gUwbn7MbLrHro-VPF34VJATdiaew
Oct 20, 2009
Keith Gerein
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/More+women+than+making+grade+Alberta+universities/2123893/story.html

America's dirty little secret

Influence wielded by coal-producing states – 25 of them – is the big reason the U.S. is a climate-change laggard
Oct 20, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/americas-dirty-little-secret/article1331242/
Oct 20, 2009
CATHRYN ATKINSON
Special to The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/academics-entrepreneurs-combine-to-market-green-discoveries/article1330287/
Oct 20, 2009
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bcs-top-medical-health-officer-calls-for-crack-inhaling-rooms/article1330227/
We steered away just as the world was entering the knowledge economy
Oct 20, 2009
Roger Martin
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/712638
Oct 20, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/20/11457571-sun.html
With a growing global population, declining freshwater resources and an increasingly volatile climate, the world will rely on food technologies like his sooner than we realize
Oct 20, 2009
Karen Pinchin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/growing-plants-indoors-no-longer-rooted-in-sci-fi/article1330448/
Oct 20, 2009
Barrie Examiner
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2136942
Lake sediment suggests summer temperatures have only been this warm once before in last 200,000 years
Oct 20, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/arctic-heat-wave-unique-in-history-study/article1330231/
Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/hiv-aids-vaccine.html
Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/consumer-food-labels.html
Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/mercury-autism-children-blood.html
Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/to-turkey-swine.html
Oct 20, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/20/maldives-president-all-wet-on-sea-level.aspx
Oct 19, 2009
Let's Talk Science
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/19/c7690.html

Getting youth hooked on science

Oct 19, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/343784--getting-youth-hooked-on-science
CEFRIO survey: Baby boomer kids put priority on job security
Oct 21, 2009
ROBERTO ROCHA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/uses+technology+eschews+learning+tech+skills/2126271/story.html

Tech drive to entice 'Gen C'

Oct 19, 2009
ROBERTO ROCHA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Tech+drive+entice/2122139/story.html
Oct 19, 2009
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/article/712135--law-bytes-canadian-universities-closed-minded-on-open-access
Oct 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/19/tech-cp-hawking-waterloo.html
Co-founder of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates discusses how renewable energy will change the world
Oct 19, 2009
Gordon Pitts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/tech-guru-shines-a-light-on-the-energy-century/article1328777/
Cancers in the 0 to 19 age group account for fewer than 1 per cent of all cancer diagnoses but understanding their root causes is essential in fighting the disease
Oct 19, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/about-3-of-cancer-research-focuses-on-childhood-illness/article1329878/
Oct 19, 2009
Dave Machacek
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16588
The small reductions gained by staggering per-tonne costs illustrate what every independent analyst knows: The Harper government's 20-per-cent reduction target will not be met
Oct 19, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/on-a-cost-basis-carbon-capture-projects-are-madness/article1329825/
Oct 19, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/rocket+engine+could+make+trips+Mars+realistic/2119300/story.html
Oct 19, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2136375

Filmmaker, debunk thyself

Oct 19, 2009
John Moore
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/19/john-moore-filmmaker-debunk-thyself.aspx

Clean hands, every day

Oct 19, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/clean-hands-every-day/article1328736/
Oct 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jpVztREInBL76IgRoQTYuysaqCig
Oct 19, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/321006641083227.php
Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/aecl-union.html
52-year-old reactor has been plagued by shutdowns in recent years
Oct 19, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/chalk-river-repairs-have-70-million-price-tag-aecl/article1329937/
Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/file-cancer-society-191009.html
Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/consumer-bagged-salad.html
Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/consumer-nutrition-survey.html
'Accountability act' could be enacted in time for Copenhagen conference, Layton says
Oct 19, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/712363--pass-climate-bill-to-send-message-ndp-urges
Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/hiv-vaccine.html
Oct 18, 2009
JIM PRENTICE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+doing+part+fight+climate+change+minister/2118449/story.html
Oct 18, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091018/Climate_Debate_091018/20091018/?hub=TorontoNewHome

Harper's inconvenient truth

The prime minister knows cap-and-trade is wrong for Canada and bad for Canadians. He should say it
Oct 18, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/18/11438451-sun.html

Kids to the Rescue

Canadian youth are doing what they can to clean up an ecological mess they didn't create
Oct 18, 2009
Angelo Dicaro
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/588-kids-to-the-rescue

$62m offered toward food research

Oct 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1148152.html
She hit BC to reassure about swine flu. But there was an outbreak of confusion.
Oct 18, 2009
Crawford Kilian
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/10/18/AglukkaqH1N1/
Visit by renowned theoretical physicist to herald Waterloo institute's growing role as world leader in research
Oct 17, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hawking-gives-boost-to-perimeters-expansion/article1327788/

The free luncher: Exelon

Oct 17, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/17/the-free-luncher-exelon.aspx
Province says it is doing what it can to maintain funding, increase spaces
Oct 17, 2009
Keith Gerein
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Schools+students+squeezed+economic+downturn/2116767/story.html
Provincial programs transforming industry
Oct 17, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Farmers+venturing+into+brave+world+carbon+markets/2116550/story.html
Oct 16, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-death-of-canadas-education-advantage/
Information technology is the key to improving productivity
Oct 16, 2009
Steve Ballmer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/investing-in-innovation-will-fuel-canadas-economic-growth/article1327215/
With falling enrolment from local areas, students from away fill the empty spots
Oct 16, 2009
TASLEEM MAWJI
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1147909.html
Following the global-warming herd doesn't show courage – quite the opposite, in fact
Oct 16, 2009
Rex Murphy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/michael-ignatieff-should-think-outside-the-green-box/article1327161/

Testing testing

Oct 16, 2009
Cassandra Kyle
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Testing+testing/2109773/story.html
CEO sees 100-year span to tame greenhouse gases
Oct 16, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/quick+carbon+solution+Imperial/2109599/story.html

Alberta shelves annual pap tests

Exam now needed every three years
Oct 16, 2009
Michelle Lang
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Alberta+shelves+annual+tests/2109582/story.html
Oct 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/10/16/nb-hpv-vaccine-continues-612.html

Climate change dominoes fall

Oct 16, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/16/lawrence-solomon-climate-change-dominoes-fall.aspx
Oct 16, 2009
BC Innovation Council
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/16/c7814.html
Oct 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/16/arthritis-bracelets-copper.html
Goal is safe, effective vaccine, minister says
Oct 15, 2009
PATRICK WHITE AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/officials-defend-go-slow-approach-to-inoculation/article1324221/

The duty to be vaccinated

Being vaccinated against H1N1 is the most effective way to save lives. It is the right thing to do.
Oct 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-duty-to-be-vaccinated/article1325664/
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/10/15/nl-h1n1-testing-1015.html
Oct 15, 2009
AMY O’BRIAN and DARAH HANSEN
VANCOUVER SUN
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/H1N1+virus+hitting+harder+than+rest+Canada/2112666/story.html

The weather exploiters

Radical environmentalist Tim Flannery’s new book contains the usual hysterical pseudo-science. Second in an occasional series titled Countdown to Catastrophe: Copenhagen.
Oct 15, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/15/peter-foster-the-weather-exploiters.aspx
Oct 16, 2009
Marcel Coutu
Canadian Oil Sands Trust
http://www.oilsandsnow.ca/pr091017.html
Move would impose greater burden on others, but strict limits on producers would stifle the industry's growth, says head of Canadian Oil Sands Trust
Oct 15, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/allow-higher-oil-sands-emissions-ceo/article1325369/
Chief public health officer says population should be immunized by Christmas before the virus peaks
Oct 14, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-will-get-h1n1-shots-faster-than-others-official/article1323652/
Oct 14, 2009
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/295648957466126.php
Oct 14, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/AECL+engineers+urge+Ottawa+protect+CANDU+technology/2107755/story.html

H1N1 research gets $2.4M

Oct 14, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/H1N1+research+gets/2105832/story.html
Oct 14, 2009
Dr. Todd Arsenault
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/823475
Oct 19, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/19/c8146.html

Unshackling Science

Basic scientific research can take decades to produce commercial results. We need to give scientists the time they need to explore ideas.
Oct 15, 2009
James Day
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/581-unshackling-science

Falling back

In science, technology, and innovation, Canada lags behind much of the developed world. We must start placing good policy above partisan politics.
Jun 3, 2009
Heather Munroe-Blum
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/277-falling-back

Top Priority

Science and technology has the power to address the environment, the economy, and the security and health of the American people.
Oct 16, 2009
Kei Koizumi
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/584-top-priority

Leave the Beaver

Canada needs a branding makeover to better position itself in a global, knowledge-based economy and put science at the forefront.
Oct 14, 2009
Paul Dufour
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/576-leave-the-beaver

Trust the Experts?

Public distrust of science and technology is increasing. But there are a few areas in the field where we can make good use of it.
Oct 14, 2009
Marc Saner
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/575-trust-the-experts

By, for, and with the public

It's important for both science and society that we find ways to engage non-scientists in dreaming about and generating scientific thought.
Oct 15, 2009
Elana Brief
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/582-by-for-and-with-the-public

The Science of Peace

Our tendency to accept violence and destruction as a necessary consequence of science is blind and must be challenged.
Oct 16, 2009
Ramin Jahanbegloo
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/587-the-science-of-peace
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Atlantic Canada’s universities committed to communities

Oct 15, 2009
PETER HALPIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1147609.html
Oct 15, 2009
Margaret Webb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/710334--canada-needs-a-national-food-strategy
Oct 15, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gC5BBLwna4shv7tyghJhhzhd3gyQ

Anti-Canadian climate

Oct 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/710395--anti-canadian-climate
Oct 15, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/15/11407461-sun.html

Fossil award fuels action

Oct 15, 2009
MIKE NORRIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2126183
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/15/canada-rivers-wwf-report331.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/genital-warts-hpv-gardasil-vaccine226.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/sk-swine-flu-statistics910.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/ottawa-swine-flu-vaccination-public-health-programs.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/elderly-end-of-life-care.html
Oct 15, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/15/kelly-mcparland-michael-ignatieff-s-environmental-vision-let-s-be-more-like-china.aspx
Oct 15, 2009
Kathy Michaels
Kelowna.com
http://www.kelowna.com/2009/10/15/high-tech-companies-bloom-in-silicon-vineyard/
Oct 14, 2009
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=2103037

Why people are chilled by warming

The apocalyptic language of environmentalists doesn't go down well with the public
Oct 14, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-people-are-chilled-by-warming/article1323750/

Climate for smart change

Oct 14, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Climate+smart+change/2104506/story.html

Vaccine delayed, vaccine denied

With early H1N1 vaccinations, Canada could limit the ‘attack rate' quite effectively
Oct 14, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/vaccine-delayed-vaccine-denied/article1322594/

Trillion-dollar black holes

The costs of climate control dwarf the financial crisis
Oct 14, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/14/terence-corcoran-trillion-dollar-black-holes.aspx
Copenhagen agreement 'hard to see'
Oct 14, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Prentice+doubtful+climate+change+accord+Copenhagen/2104315/story.html
Oct 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/arctic-sea-summer.html
Oct 14, 2009
Tamsyn Burgmann
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hbWnlHeJ7ZXYyOwJutoQn5GLLeig
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/bc-cancer-study-bc-generations.html
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/consumer-cigarette-cmaj.html

H1N1 wave hits N.W.T.

Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/nwt-h1n1.html
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/h1n1-research-funding.html
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/edmonton-harper-alberta-carbon-capture-transalta-keephills.html
Proud to be honoured, 'humiliated' by Canada's climate change stance
Oct 14, 2009
Dene Moore
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/709839---alternative-nobel-prize-bittersweet-for-david-suzuki
Oct 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/709767--new-solar-farm-can-provide-power-for-1-000-homes
Canada's major waterways have suffered significant alterations in their natural flows, a WWF-Canada report contends
Oct 14, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-trouble-facing-canadian-rivers/article1323904/

Label law offers food for thought

Oct 14, 2009
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/709665
Oct 14, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/709659--frontline-workers-need-the-flu-shot

Suzuki wins 'alternative Nobel'

Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/13/alternative-nobel-right-livelihood-award467.html

Fitness, fatness and hysteria

An epidemic of physical fitness is breaking out among the 50-plus generation
Oct 13, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fitness-fatness-and-hysteria/article1321354/
Oct 13, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708350
Oct 13, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-looks-at-accessibility-of-pse/
Developing nations at climate talks protest call to replace protocol
Oct 13, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/709146--canada-s-kyoto-view-triggers-a-walkout
Doctors fear late rollout means flu shot will arrive just as virus begins to peak
Oct 13, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/plan-to-shelve-flu-vaccines-breeds-dissent/article1322494/
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/flu-vaccine-nunavut.html
Oct 13, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/AECL+sale+could+death+knell+CANDU+reactors/2103432/story.html
Plenty of time to receive vaccinations, health agency says
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/olympic-athletes-h1n1-flu-vaccine331.html
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/blood-supply-aging.html
Oct 13, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/13/tech-environment-indian-glacier-climate.html

Nobel win misses the point

The media have wrongly connected Elinor Ostrom's Nobel win to the climate-change controversy
Oct 13, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/13/peter-foster-nobel-win-misses-the-point.aspx
Oct 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/12/lawrence-solomon-the-british-are-for-turning-on-climate-change.aspx
All party whips will collaborate on monitoring MPs' health on the Hill
Oct 12, 2009
CYNTHIA MÜNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/h1n1_house_preparedness-10-12-2009
Oct 12, 2009
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/708794--canadian-diet-looks-like-a-dog-s-breakfast
Oct 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/12/ecosystem-biodiversity-loss-conference.html
Oct 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/12/h1n1-virus-infection-females-young-aboriginals-study.html

Countdown to Copenhagen

Oct 12, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16450
Variety of social factors cause first- and second-generation Canadians to attend university far in excess of non-immigrant children
Oct 12, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/if-youre-a-new-canadian-you-go-to-university/article1321201/
Oct 12, 2009
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/821253

They discovered stem cells ...

... so why the Toronto scientists didn't win the Nobel is another 'go figure' in Prize history
Oct 11, 2009
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708640
Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Diabetes+quiet+growing+epidemic/2091984/story.html
Oct 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/09/h1n1-children-us.html
Oct 10, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/scientists-seek-truth-on-oil-sands-damage/article1319806/
$439,000 spent on project to develop range of healthier meals for astronauts
Oct 10, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Canadian+space+food+come+long+since+Tang/2091328/story.html
Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/707700---we-need-to-pay-farmers-to-protect-nature
Oct 9, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/09/kevin-libin-copenhagen-plan-could-wreck-global-economy.aspx
Oct 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/09/h1n1-seasonal-flu-shots.html

Climate of distrust

Oct 8, 2009
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Climate+distrust/2087995/story.html
Ottawa’s Bob Reid is trying to understand what’s at the root of the health crisis
Oct 7, 2009
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Eighty+cent+pregnant+women+Nunavut+smoke/2082113/story.html
35 per cent of Canadians could come down with H1N1, but vaccinations won't start until November
Oct 7, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/vaccine+Canada+washes+hands/2080725/story.html

Eyeing a Total oil sands package

Jean-Michel Gires discusses Total's future in Canada
Oct 6, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/eyeing-a-total-oil-sands-package/article1313295/

Enjoy your last days on campus

Another forecast of changes coming to university education
Oct 5, 2009
Patrick J.J. Phillips
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enjoy-your-last-days-on-campus.aspx

Values for the times

Some of the fundamental values associated with postsecondary institutions have been transformed
Oct 5, 2009
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/values-for-the-times.aspx
Friday, October 9, 2009

Canadian winner bemoans bureaucracy

Canadian whose work in physics led to the development of digital photography says politicians need 'an appreciation for the free will, free spirit of scientists'
Oct 7, 2009
Jill Mahoney and Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-winner-bemoans-bureaucracy/article1314594/
Oct 8, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/canada-has-11-in-top-200-world-university-rankings/
Oct 8, 2009
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=f65ba4cf-f00b-4f4a-bb7d-24157783fd89

Quebec to invest $123M in pharmas

Oct 8, 2009
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Quebec+invest+123M+pharmas/2084744/story.html

Indecisiveness hobbles flu fight

Oct 9, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/707751--indecisiveness-hobbles-flu-fight

Global blushing

Growing ice, the mob and red-faced professors: Warmists are having yet another bad week
Oct 9, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/09/lawrence-solomon-global-blushing.aspx
A lesson from history on how to prevent climate-induced wars
Oct 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14585709
Prizes for optical fibres, charge-coupled devices, ribosomes and telomeres
Oct 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14585719

Climate 2099: A Possible Future

Oct 8, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Climate+2099+Possible+Future/2084058/story.html
Ontario's former chief medical officer says flu shots to come too late
Oct 8, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/blunder-endangers-h1n1-vaccine-plan-health-expert-says/article1317825/
A previously secret document suggests the province is not ready for H1N1
Oct 8, 2009
Amber Bellaire
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bc-not-prepared-for-h1n1-outbreak-report/article1317056/
Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/ottawa-killamprizes.html
Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/conference-board-carbon-management.html
Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/france-cellphone-ban.html
Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/h1n1-swine-flu.html
Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/08/h1n1-vaccine-early.html

Denmark makes you green with envy

While much of the world talks about the problem, the Danes are finding solutions
Oct 8, 2009
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/denmark-makes-you-green-with-envy/article1315784/
Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/10/08/north-mines-study.html

Play, under pressure

Oct 7, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/play-under-pressure/article1314767/
Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-chemistry225.html
Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/10/07/pei-wheat-toxin-review-584.html
Oct 7, 2009
Jason Markusoff
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Calgary+approves+outline+looser+herbicide+bylaw/2079762/story.html
Oct 7, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/early+rollout+vaccine+Minister+office/2083332/story.html
Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/10/07/inuit-sexual-health.html
The H1N1 influenza virus in Canada is not spreading quickly, the country's top public health official has determined as he put the brakes on an early rollout of the vaccine
Oct 7, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/swine-flu-less-severe-than-feared/article1316129/
Oct 7, 2009
Ethan Baron
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Difficult+warm+climate+change+denier/2080348/story.html
Oct 7, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Energy+choices+will+determine+Sask+fortunes/2080495/story.html
Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/07/h1n1-vaccine.html
Oct 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/07/flavoured-tobacco.html
Findings published in the British Medical Journal raises questions about provincial decisions to change vaccination schedules
Oct 6, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/seasonal-shots-help-protect-against-h1n1-new-study-suggests/article1314434/
Oct 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/06/nobel-prize-physics-kao-boyle-smith281.html
Oct 6, 2009
Amil Niazi
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourview/2009/10/the-future-of-science-and-technology-how-can-canada-stay-competitive.html
Oct 6, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Noxious+Alberta+algae+buildup+threatens+fish+populations/2074442/story.html
Oct 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/06/bc-nissan-leaf-electric-car-launch.html
Oct 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/06/bisphenol-bpa-pregnant-girls-behaviour-study481.html
Oct 5, 2009
Jacques Simoneau
Special to the National Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Venture+Capital+Crucial+Commercializing+Innovation/2069512/story.html
Oct 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hVEmU_0l9geZq3VTCVCg4nfm4rmw
Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/hand-wash.html
Chromosome, enzyme research adds 'new dimension' to understanding of cells
Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/05/nobel-prize-medicine-enzyme303.html
Monday, October 5, 2009

Innovation summit panelists debate Canada's future

Brain trust at IBM event agree that new ways of teaching science are needed
Oct 5, 2009
Peter Nowak
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/05/ibm-science-innovation-summit-panel.html

Millennium foundation winds down

As one of the few groups funding national research on student access to university and college, demise of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation will leave a gap
Oct 5, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/millennium-foundation-winds-down.aspx
Sep 30, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/more-funding-for-universities-reasonable-but-is-it-realistic/

Errors of omission

Climate-change models must become even more complicated
Oct 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14580781
Oct 5, 2009
Jim Prentice
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/05/jim-prentice-working-with-washington-to-tackle-climate-change.aspx
Oct 5, 2009
Kathleen Ruff
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/704763
Each DM is accountable for providing a healthy and safe workplace, but the complexity of the federal public service demands a flexible approach, says one government official
Oct 5, 2009
CYNTHIA MÜNSTER
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/pandemic_flu_public_service-10-5-2009
Government consulting with corporations, provinces, not civil society organizations and environmental groups, say environmentalists
Oct 5, 2009
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/environmental_org_government_not_talking-10-5-2009

Let them eat cake

Oct 5, 2009
Marni Soupcoff
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/05/marni-soupcoff-let-them-eat-cake.aspx

Living in a green 'hood

Never mind recycling or solar panels – if you want to cut your carbon footprint, move downtown and throw your garbage down the chute
Oct 5, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/living-in-a-green-hood/article1310517/
Oct 5, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/705455
Oct 5, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/705469
Oct 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/05/tech-space-garneau-anniversary.html
Oct 5, 2009
Archie McLean
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Canada+going+wrong+climate+change+Greenpeace/2068786/story.html
Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/autism-us-children.html
Oct 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/h1n1-vaccine.html
Two new studies on H1N1 come as Canadians are faced with changing vaccination programs across the country
Oct 5, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/cmaj-questions-value-of-hand-washing-in-flu-prevention/article1308993/
Oct 5, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/Reintroduced+ferrets+face+poison+threat+Environmentalists/2069134/story.html
Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/natural-health-products.html
Oct 4, 2009
Rory Maclean
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Saskatchewan+innovation+could+improve+indoor+quality/2068578/story.html
Oct 4, 2009
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jAcxRRNOS-1gDfT-go8ndTVFURsw

Preterm births on rise: report

Oct 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/03/preterm-births-march-of-dimes-report.html

Sinking under the waves

Oct 3, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/sinking-under-the-waves/article1309318/

Burying CO2: Fix or folly?

Oct 3, 2009
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Burying+folly/2064972/story.html
Oct 3, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/704036
H1N1 is dominant strain and 'schools are where it all happens,' doctor says
Oct 3, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/704822
Oct 3, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/Article/704823
Oct 3, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jWLEdlQwgIiBIYy6DWp-5O94u6XQ
Oct 3, 2009
Sunny Dhillon
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gz9aaZvFBXhg-jnkmo39shDY-7Ow
Oct 3, 2009
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/704864

The end is near

The media, polls and even scientists suggest the global warming scare is all over but the shouting
Oct 3, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/03/lawrence-solomon-the-end-is-near.aspx
Oct 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/10/02/probiotics-eu.html

Go easy on the salt, Ottawa

With a healthy dose of labelling, consumers won't need more food regulation
Oct 2, 2009
Sylvain Charlebois
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/go-easy-on-the-salt-ottawa/article1307228/
Oct 2, 2009
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iR4nbQUHgcK2oBdXvtGDJ3sXOjNA
Oct 2, 2009
Elizabeth Thompson
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/01/11238911-sun.html
Oct 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/01/h1n1-bc-tamiflu.html
Tories keep buying alternate fuel cars, but there's only 4 places in Canada to fill them up
Oct 2, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/704292
Oct 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/02/oilsands-emissions.html
Oct 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/02/charest-climate-tax.html
And few places will be more affected than Canada's Arctic
Oct 2, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/it-gets-harder-to-ignore-the-signs-of-climate-change/article1308816/

Public impact, no public access

Oct 2, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/public-impact-no-public-access/article1306425/
Think-tank adviser says CO2 not a threat; Warming science called flawed
Oct 2, 2009
Gina Teel
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Climate+fears+based+lies+Calgary+told/2058176/story.html
Oct 2, 2009
James Cowan
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2060870

Meet the Deniers

Oct 2, 2009
Ron Nurwisah
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/02/meet-the-deniers.aspx
Only by playing with data can scientists come up with the infamous ‘hockey stick’ graph of global warming
Oct 1, 2009
Ross McKitrick
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/01/ross-mckitrick-defects-in-key-climate-data-are-uncovered.aspx

Climate data buster

The discovery of more data distortion further undermines the claim of recent temperature records. The IPCC is now on wobbly legs at all four corners
Oct 1, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/01/terence-corcoran-climate-data-buster.aspx
As the climate warms, conservationists might consider looking to the past to protect the future
Oct 1, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14539704
The routine use of anti-AIDS drugs is spreading
Oct 1, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14539720

Scientists urge more Nobel Prizes

Oct 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/01/tech-science-new-nobel-prizes.html
New industrial research chair to focus on how to deal with large amounts of customer data
Oct 1, 2009
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/rim-queens-form-research-partnership/article1308476/
New Brunswick, Quebec and Nunavut buck trend of delaying fall immunization plans
Sep 30, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/provincial-flu-strategies-all-over-the-map/article1307772/
Sep 30, 2009
Raphael G. Satter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/703174

More flu programs suspended

Confusion grows over association between seasonal flu shot and catching H1N1
Sep 30, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/more-flu-programs-suspended/article1304958/
Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/bc--trans-fat-restaurant-ban-restriction.html
Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/h1n1-air-travel478.html
Sep 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/aids-drugs.html
Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/pei-naturopath-regulation-584.html
Sep 29, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/702708
Women executives with science degrees are now leading some of the world's largest companies
Sep 29, 2009
Hilary Stout
Forbes.com
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/f-forbes-women-in-science.html
Sep 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/29/ont-tobacco.html

Climate policy bust

The case against drastic action goes well beyond holes in the science
Sep 29, 2009
Peter Foster
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/29/peter-foster-climate-policy-bust.aspx
Sep 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/29/nwmb-baffin-bay-hearing.html

The resilience of species

Sep 28, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-resilience-of-species/article1303515/

Urban metabolism

Cities can learn from comparing their carbon footprints
Sep 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14535367
Sep 28, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/28/raphael-alexander-damaging-the-economy-to-please-environmentalists.aspx

Stop using babies as lobbyists

Communication must foster comprehension and assurance, not confusion and anxiety
Sep 28, 2009
Howard Mains
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/28/stop-using-babies-as-lobbyists.aspx
Sep 28, 2009
Murray Brewster
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jIdOrKJWyM3GZgU9witgjHCfOnOg
Sep 28, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Liberal+Senators+wrangle+over+product+safety+legislation/2042399/story.html
Solar panel manufacturing plant seen as a sign of bright future
Sep 28, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/311204418946025.php
Proponents eager for arrival of 'green' chemical research and commercialization centre
Sep 28, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/326884097147256.php
Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/windsor-offshore-wind-092809.html
Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/electric-vehicle-committee-report.html

UN climate talks open in Bangkok

Nations urged to break deadlock over global warming deal
Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/climate-talks-bangkok.html

Samsung mulls Ontario wind farm

Sep 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/samsung-wind-farm-ontario.html
Sep 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/27/calgary-climate-change-conference.html
Sep 25, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+answers+FAQs+about+H1N1/2035319/story.html

Clement angered by Nortel knocks

Deal to get review
Sep 25, 2009
Paul Vieira
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Clement+angered+Nortel+knocks/2030356/story.html
Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/25/calgary-bat-deaths-alberta-wind-farms.html