Monday, January 12, 2009

Faculty postpone retirement across Canada

Economy’s slide and end of mandatory retirement see more profs staying on
Jan 12, 2009
Anne Kershaw
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/faculty-postpone-retirement-across-canada.aspx

City ponders smoking ban for playgrounds

Children gathered at wading pools, splash pads face risk of second-hand smoke, staff report warns
Jan 10, 2009
Vanessa Lu
Toronto Starhttp://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/568608

A judge confronts his fear of AIDS

Jon-Jo Douglas once made witness don mask
Jan 10, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/568627

City hall still slow to embrace green ways

Despite campaign, official City of Toronto bags with logo are made of plastic
Jan 9, 2009
John Spears
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/564231

Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the Earth

Barack Obama is making good his promise to welcome scientists into his administration
Jan 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12887207

Nanotech full of environmental questions

Alberta biologist awarded $3.3M federal grant to help create a research group
Jan 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/08/nanotech-environment.html

Harbour mess 'ignored'

The village may be left alone to deal with a problem likened to the Sydney tar ponds, Canada's worst toxic waste site
Jan 7, 2009
CHIP MARTIN
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/01/07/7941631-sun.html

Carbon tax shaping up as key issue in B.C. vote

Liberals losing support to the New Democrats ahead of May election
Jan 7, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/562822

Why state R&D flops

Government spending on creating the green auto sector of the future will do nothing but hold the industry back
Jan 6, 2009
Peter Foster
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/06/peter-foster-why-state-r-amp-d-flops.aspx

Outsourcing contamination

Products that are supposed to improve one's health may actually contain harmful ingredients if they are outsourced from a country with few standards and low accountability
Jan 6, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1147676

Popping the hydrogen bubble

Electric and hydrogen cars present us with what looks like a transportation paradigm where almost everything becomes worse for the user in the short term
Jan 6, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/f-strauss-hydrogencars.html