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/

Media Advisory - Canadian Science Policy Conference, Toronto, Oct 28-30, 2009

Oct 27, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/27/c2755.html

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

Science community hopes to bridge gap with Ottawa

Oct 26, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/science-community-hopes-to-bridge-gap-with-ottawa/article1337929/

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

University enrolment jumps, reflecting bad economy

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

Multiple fuels, multiple solutions

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/

Americans waning on global warming

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

Suncor embraces new tailings pond technology

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

U.S. human space flight plan underfunded: experts

Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/human+space+flight+plan+underfunded+experts/2137243/story.html

36 football fields deforested each minute: WWF

Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/football+fields+deforested+each+minute/2137561/story.html

U.S. to give threatened polar bears vast 'critical habitat'

Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/give+threatened+polar+bears+vast+critical+habitat/2137574/story.html

Wind turbine research set for Lake Ontario

Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/23/ont-wind.html

Our experts answered your swine flu questions

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/

Canadians urged to get H1N1 vaccine

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

First Nations set up H1N1 action plans

Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/mb-first-nation-h1n1-plans.html

Swine flu deaths rise to nearly 5,000: WHO

Oct 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/h1n1-world.html

Drug-makers aim to boost Tamiflu supply for kids

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

Democrats are abandoning Obama on global warming

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

The pros and cons of biofuels: Ethanol tanks

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

Kyoto biofuels flaw threatens forests: scientists

Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-biofuels-kyoto-error.html

'Dead-zone' microbe measures ocean health

Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-ocean-dead-zone-microbe.html

Tax change injects funds into medical research

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

H1N1 vaccine safe for pregnant women: specialists

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

2nd HPV vaccine backed by U.S. panel

Oct 22, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/22/cervarix-hpv-us.html

Local authors take on climate change deniers

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 is sweet – but is it safe?

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/

Microsoft's CEO bullish on tech sector

'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

Canada's politically-motivated flu plan

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

Liberals snub NDP climate-change bill

Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/21/ndp-climate-change-bill-liberals-copenhagen.html

Swine flu vaccine approved in Canada

Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/flu-vaccine-h1n1-approval-canada.html

U.S. senator envies Canada's H1N1 vaccines

Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/h1n1-vaccine-us-uk.html

Healthy Canadians asked to hold off on getting swine flu vaccine

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

Climate experts accuse Ottawa of 'foot-dragging'

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

Canada needs to get back on track for climate change

Oct 21, 2009
Charley Beresford
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canada+needs+back+track+climate+change/2126832/story.html

Anti-Gore film doesn't help climate-change skeptics

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

Climatism and the new green industrial state

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

Electric vehicles the ‘rational choice'

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

Risks from H1N1 vaccine 'close to zero'

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

Crack-addict safe-inhalation zone just nuts

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

Gairdner Awards celebrate 50 years

Oct 20, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/gairdner-awards-celebrate-50-years/

CIHR appointment stirs controversy

Oct 20, 2009
Ann Silversides
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/20oct09_cihr_appointment.shtml

RIM and Open Text boost R&D spending despite national decline

Oct 20, 2009
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/616544

R&D slumped even before financial crisis

Oct 20, 2009
Eric Lam
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/slumped+even+before+financial+crisis/2123582/story.html

N.B. gov't disputes $1.6b estimate on cost overruns of Point Lepreau plant

Oct 20, 2009
Kevin Bissett
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqndB_uB6foUJX7eDt8J8STOKFRQ

Ontario reports H1N1 in breeder turkeys, urges farmer workers to get flu shots

Oct 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gUwbn7MbLrHro-VPF34VJATdiaew

More women than men making the grade at Alberta's universities

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/

Academics, entrepreneurs combine to market green discoveries

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/

B.C.'s top medical health officer calls for crack-inhaling rooms

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/

What happened to Canada's education advantage?

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

Vaccine skeptics perplex health experts

Oct 20, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/20/11457571-sun.html

Growing plants indoors no longer rooted in sci-fi

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/

Time to see how MPs feel about the climate

Oct 20, 2009
Barrie Examiner
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2136942

Arctic heat wave 'unique' in history: study

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/

HIV vaccine trial 'landmark moment'

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/hiv-aids-vaccine.html

FDA cracks down on inaccurate food labels

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/consumer-food-labels.html

Mercury levels no higher in autistic children

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/mercury-autism-children-blood.html

Ont. turkeys with H1N1 pose 'minimal' risk

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/to-turkey-swine.html

Maldives’ president all wet on sea level

Oct 20, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/20/maldives-president-all-wet-on-sea-level.aspx

Let's Talk Science to mobilize thousands of university students during National Science & Technology Week to turn Canadian kids on to science

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

Gen C uses technology but eschews learning tech skills

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

Canadian universities closed-minded on open access

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

Hawking's Waterloo visit rescheduled for 2010

Oct 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/19/tech-cp-hawking-waterloo.html

Tech guru shines a light on the energy century

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/

About 3% of cancer research focuses on childhood illness

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/

The Nobel Prize: What is it saying to Canadians?

Oct 19, 2009
Dave Machacek
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16588

On a cost basis, carbon-capture projects are madness

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/

New rocket engine could make trips to Mars realistic

Oct 19, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/rocket+engine+could+make+trips+Mars+realistic/2119300/story.html

Copenhagen climate deal must be fair, ambitious, and binding

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/

'Last chance' to pass greenhouse gas bill before key UN summit: Layton

Oct 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jpVztREInBL76IgRoQTYuysaqCig

Ottawa firms receiving 'fair share' of fed research grants

Oct 19, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/321006641083227.php

Workers want AECL to remain Crown firm

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/aecl-union.html

Chalk River repairs have $70-million price tag: AECL

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/

N.L. rate of chemo mistakes not alarming: cancer society

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/file-cancer-society-191009.html

Bagged salad going under the microscope

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/consumer-bagged-salad.html

Survey reveals little progress in Canadian eating habits

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/consumer-nutrition-survey.html

Pass climate bill to send message, NDP urges

'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

HIV vaccine results get closer look

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/hiv-vaccine.html

Canada is doing its part to fight climate change - minister

Oct 18, 2009
JIM PRENTICE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+doing+part+fight+climate+change+minister/2118449/story.html

Climate change dispute a 'fake debate,' expert says

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

Health Minister Aglukkaq's Road Show

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/

Hawking gives boost to Perimeter's expansion

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

Schools, students squeezed by economic downturn

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

Farmers venturing into brave new world of carbon markets

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

The death of Canada’s education advantage

Oct 16, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-death-of-canadas-education-advantage/

Investing in innovation will fuel Canada's economic growth

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/

Universities learning how to recruit

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

Michael Ignatieff should think outside the green box

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

No quick carbon solution: Imperial CEO

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

HPV vaccinations to be completed in some N.B. schools

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

Celebrate National Science & Technology Week (NSTW) in Pacific Canada

Oct 16, 2009
BC Innovation Council
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/16/c7814.html

Bracelets 'ineffective' for arthritis pain

Oct 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/16/arthritis-bracelets-copper.html

Officials defend go-slow approach to inoculation

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/

Limit H1N1 testing: N.L. health authority

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/10/15/nl-h1n1-testing-1015.html

B.C. feeling more brunt of H1N1 than other provinces

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

Marcel Coutu responds to October 16, 2009 Globe & Mail Article

Oct 16, 2009
Marcel Coutu
Canadian Oil Sands Trust
http://www.oilsandsnow.ca/pr091017.html

Allow higher oil sands emissions: CEO

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/

Canadians will get H1N1 shots faster than others: official

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/

White paper looks at why Canuck tech firms are "disappearing"

Oct 14, 2009
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/295648957466126.php

AECL engineers urge Ottawa to protect CANDU technology

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

Time to celebrate National Science and Technology Week

Oct 14, 2009
Dr. Todd Arsenault
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/823475

Dr. Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine, to deliver keynote address at the 2009 Canadian Science Policy Conference

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

Atlantic Canada’s universities committed to communities

Oct 15, 2009
PETER HALPIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1147609.html

Canada needs a national food strategy

Oct 15, 2009
Margaret Webb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/710334--canada-needs-a-national-food-strategy

Canada refutes climate split with developing nations

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

Kyoto questions will dog Ignatieff

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

Water demand puts Canadian rivers at risk

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/15/canada-rivers-wwf-report331.html

Fewer warts after Gardasil vaccine rolled out

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/genital-warts-hpv-gardasil-vaccine226.html

Sask. braces for 200,000 swine flu cases

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/sk-swine-flu-statistics910.html

Ottawa city programs cut to speed swine-flu shots

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/ottawa-swine-flu-vaccination-public-health-programs.html

Treating frail elderly not always best: studies

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/elderly-end-of-life-care.html

Michael Ignatieff's environmental vision -- Let's be more like China

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

High tech companies bloom in Silicon Vineyard

Oct 15, 2009
Kathy Michaels
Kelowna.com
http://www.kelowna.com/2009/10/15/high-tech-companies-bloom-in-silicon-vineyard/

Canadian tech firms need better entrepreneurial skills: study

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

Prentice doubtful on climate change accord in Copenhagen

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

North Pole summers ice-free in 10 years: researchers

Oct 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/arctic-sea-summer.html

Future generations to benefit from 30-year cancer prevention project

Oct 14, 2009
Tamsyn Burgmann
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hbWnlHeJ7ZXYyOwJutoQn5GLLeig

Massive B.C. cancer project launched

Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/bc-cancer-study-bc-generations.html

Cigarette firm destroyed studies, review finds

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

Harper's hedge on H1N1 shot sparks confusion

Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/h1n1-research-funding.html

Feds, Alberta pledge $779M to carbon-capture project

Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/edmonton-harper-alberta-carbon-capture-transalta-keephills.html

'Alternative Nobel' prize bittersweet for David Suzuki

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

New solar farm can provide power for 1,000 homes

Oct 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/709767--new-solar-farm-can-provide-power-for-1-000-homes

The trouble facing Canadian rivers

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

Frontline workers need the flu shot

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/

Alberta's health networks get stitched back together

Oct 13, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708350

Senate looks at accessibility of PSE

Oct 13, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-looks-at-accessibility-of-pse/

Canada's Kyoto view triggers a walkout

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

Plan to shelve flu vaccines breeds dissent

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/

H1N1 vaccine safe, top health officials stress

Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/flu-vaccine-nunavut.html

AECL sale could be 'death knell' for CANDU reactors

Oct 13, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/AECL+sale+could+death+knell+CANDU+reactors/2103432/story.html

Make Olympians a priority for H1N1 shots: official

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

Aging Canadians a challenge for blood supply

Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/blood-supply-aging.html

Glaciers in Indian Kashmir melting, says study

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

The British are for turning on climate change

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

House holds H1N1 emergency preparedness simulation exercises

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

Canadian diet looks like a dog's breakfast

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

Ecosystem erosion quickening, scientists say

Oct 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/12/ecosystem-biodiversity-loss-conference.html

Severe H1N1 infection in females 'striking': study

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

If you're a new Canadian, 'you go to university'

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/

New Brunswick schools to be tested for radon levels

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

Diabetes a quiet and growing epidemic

Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Diabetes+quiet+growing+epidemic/2091984/story.html

7% of U.S. H1N1 patients died: study

Oct 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/09/h1n1-children-us.html

Scientists seek truth on oil sands damage

Oct 10, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/scientists-seek-truth-on-oil-sands-damage/article1319806/

Canadian space food has come a long way since Tang

$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

'We need to pay farmers... to protect nature'

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

How Copenhagen could cost Canada most

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

2 flu shots at same time OK in U.S.

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

Eighty per cent of pregnant women in Nunavut smoke

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

U.S. has vaccine, Canada washes its hands

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

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/

Canada has 11 in top 200 World University Rankings

Oct 8, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/canada-has-11-in-top-200-world-university-rankings/

Science recognizes no national boundaries

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

Climate change and warfare: Cool heads or heated conflicts?

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

The Nobel science prizes: Winning ways

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

Blunder endangers H1N1 vaccine plan, health expert says

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/

B.C. not prepared for H1N1 outbreak: report

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/

2009 Killam winners celebrated at Rideau Hall

Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/ottawa-killamprizes.html

Companies more focused on climate change: report

Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/conference-board-carbon-management.html

French Senate wants cellphone ban for kids

Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/france-cellphone-ban.html

Google Flu Trends tool comes to Canada

Oct 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/h1n1-swine-flu.html

Canada may move up H1N1 vaccine rollout

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/

Abandoned northern mines subject of research

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/

Nobel chemistry prize awarded to trio

Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-chemistry225.html

Wheat toxin review worries farmers

Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/10/07/pei-wheat-toxin-review-584.html

Calgary approves outline for looser herbicide bylaw

Oct 7, 2009
Jason Markusoff
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Calgary+approves+outline+looser+herbicide+bylaw/2079762/story.html

No early rollout of flu vaccine: Minister's office

Oct 7, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/early+rollout+vaccine+Minister+office/2083332/story.html

Inuit sexual health conference underway in Iqaluit

Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/10/07/inuit-sexual-health.html

Swine flu less severe than feared?

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/

Difficult to warm to climate-change denier

Oct 7, 2009
Ethan Baron
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Difficult+warm+climate+change+denier/2080348/story.html

Energy choices will determine Sask. fortunes

Oct 7, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Energy+choices+will+determine+Sask+fortunes/2080495/story.html

Flu shot campaign on track: Aglukkaq

Oct 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/07/h1n1-vaccine.html

Senate passes bill banning flavoured tobacco

Oct 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/07/flavoured-tobacco.html

Seasonal shots help protect against H1N1, new study suggests

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/

Canadian scientist shares Nobel physics prize

Oct 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/06/nobel-prize-physics-kao-boyle-smith281.html

The future of science and technology: How can Canada stay competitive?

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

Noxious Alberta algae buildup threatens fish populations

Oct 6, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Noxious+Alberta+algae+buildup+threatens+fish+populations/2074442/story.html

Nissan Leaf electric car to hit B.C. in 2011

Oct 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/06/bc-nissan-leaf-electric-car-launch.html

BPA in womb linked to aggression in girls

Oct 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/06/bisphenol-bpa-pregnant-girls-behaviour-study481.html

Venture Capital: Crucial For Commercializing Innovation

Oct 5, 2009
Jacques Simoneau
Special to the National Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Venture+Capital+Crucial+Commercializing+Innovation/2069512/story.html

Canada's IT industry to create 84,000-plus highly skilled jobs by end of 2013

Oct 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hVEmU_0l9geZq3VTCVCg4nfm4rmw

Commuters' hands reveal poor hygiene

Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/hand-wash.html

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to U.S. trio

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

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

More funding for universities – reasonable, but is it realistic?

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

Working with Washington to tackle climate change

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

Quebec's asbestos consensus crumbles

Oct 5, 2009
Kathleen Ruff
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/704763

Who's in charge if pandemic flu strikes federal public service, MPs ask feds

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

Environmental organizations say government isn't talking to them

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/

Americans win Nobel medicine prize

Oct 5, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/705455

Recent Nobel physiology or medicine winners

Oct 5, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/705469

Garneau marks 25 years of Canadians in space

Oct 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/05/tech-space-garneau-anniversary.html

Canada is going “wrong way” on climate change: Greenpeace

Oct 5, 2009
Archie McLean
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Canada+going+wrong+climate+change+Greenpeace/2068786/story.html

Autism disorders found in 1% of U.S. children

Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/autism-us-children.html

Canadian flu shot study unlikely to change policy: WHO

Oct 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/h1n1-vaccine.html

CMAJ questions value of hand washing in flu prevention

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/

Reintroduced ferrets face poison threat: Environmentalists

Oct 5, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/Reintroduced+ferrets+face+poison+threat+Environmentalists/2069134/story.html

Labelling deadline may keep natural health products off shelves

Oct 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/05/natural-health-products.html

U of Saskatchewan innovation could improve indoor air quality

Oct 4, 2009
Rory Maclean
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Saskatchewan+innovation+could+improve+indoor+quality/2068578/story.html

Eat it to save it: mass production to spare rare Canadian chicken from extinction

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

Climate change 'solution' a fossil-fuel enabler

Oct 3, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/704036

Swine flu's second wave seems to have arrived

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

Americans to get first swine flu vaccine next week

Oct 3, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/Article/704823

Number of H1N1 cases rising slowly: latest Public Health Agency of Canada figures

Oct 3, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jWLEdlQwgIiBIYy6DWp-5O94u6XQ

Canadian researchers tackle 'fainting astronaut syndrome'

Oct 3, 2009
Sunny Dhillon
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gz9aaZvFBXhg-jnkmo39shDY-7Ow

Nobel buzz surrounds Toronto scientists

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

Probiotic health claims unsupported: EU

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/

Endangered black-footed ferrets return home to wilds of Canadian Prairie

Oct 2, 2009
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iR4nbQUHgcK2oBdXvtGDJ3sXOjNA

Hand washing may not help prevent flu: CMA

Oct 2, 2009
Elizabeth Thompson
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/01/11238911-sun.html

'Expedite' H1N1 shots: Ontario to feds

Oct 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/01/h1n1-bc-tamiflu.html

Ottawa's eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel

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

Oilsands emissions underestimated, report claims

Oct 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/02/oilsands-emissions.html

No tax hikes to cut emissions: Charest

Oct 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/02/charest-climate-tax.html

It gets harder to ignore the signs of climate change

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/

Climate fears based on lies, Calgary told

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

Lords of climate change skepticism

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

Defects in key climate data are uncovered

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

Palaeontology and conservation: Avoiding the heffalump trap

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

AIDS treatment: Almost halfway there

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

RIM, Queen's form research partnership

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/

Provincial flu strategies all over the map

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/

HPV vaccine not likely cause of girl's death

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/

B.C. cuts trans fat from restaurant food

Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/bc--trans-fat-restaurant-ban-restriction.html

Airline routes predict spread of disease

Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/h1n1-air-travel478.html

Millions still need AIDS drugs: UN

Sep 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/aids-drugs.html

Naturopaths warn lack of regulation a risk

Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/pei-naturopath-regulation-584.html

Canada asked to join nations in pumping greenhouse gases underground

Sep 29, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/702708

Mythbusters: Who says women can't do math and science?

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

Ont. launches $50B tobacco lawsuit

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

Inuit, scientists split on polar bear numbers

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

Damaging the economy to please environmentalists

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

Mandatory H1N1 shots for soldiers could violate Charter: Forces surgeon general

Sep 28, 2009
Murray Brewster
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jIdOrKJWyM3GZgU9witgjHCfOnOg

Liberal Senators wrangle over product safety legislation

Sep 28, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Liberal+Senators+wrangle+over+product+safety+legislation/2042399/story.html

KINGSTON: Gathering energy for a critical mass

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

KINGSTON: A walk in the Innovation Park

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

Offshore wind facility would be Canada's largest

Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/windsor-offshore-wind-092809.html

Energy storage key to electric car plans

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

Canadians talk climate change for UN

Sep 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/27/calgary-climate-change-conference.html

Health Canada answers FAQs about H1N1

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

Slowing wind farm blades reduces bat deaths

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/25/calgary-bat-deaths-alberta-wind-farms.html