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
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Probiotic health claims awaiting federal policy
Jan 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=9178fa29-f0d6-4635-9c06-14cdae28d101
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=9178fa29-f0d6-4635-9c06-14cdae28d101
Another step toward extinction for plastic bag
Jan 12, 2009
PETER CHENEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090112.BAGS12/TPStory/National/
PETER CHENEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090112.BAGS12/TPStory/National/
Raw milk: What's the risk?
Jan 11, 2009
Jordana Huber
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/milk+What+risk/1160835/story.html
Jordana Huber
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/milk+What+risk/1160835/story.html
Changing course requires all hands on deck
Jan 11, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=12542
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=12542
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
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
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
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
Jan 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12887207
McHealth stories leave us all hungry
Jan 8, 2009
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wlpicard08/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wlpicard08/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
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
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
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
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
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
Jan 6, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1147676
Dementia will become epidemic, study warns
Alzheimer's patients getting younger: report
Jan 6, 2009
CHARLIE FIDELMAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Dementia+will+become+epidemic+study+warns/1145269/story.html
Jan 6, 2009
CHARLIE FIDELMAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Dementia+will+become+epidemic+study+warns/1145269/story.html
Science of tiny raises big hopes, big fears
Jan 6, 2009
DEAN BENNETT
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090106.wnano0106/BNStory/Science/home
DEAN BENNETT
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090106.wnano0106/BNStory/Science/home
Listeriosis probe on back burner
Jan 6, 2009
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090105.weListeriosis06/BNStory/politics/home
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090105.weListeriosis06/BNStory/politics/home
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
Jan 6, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/f-strauss-hydrogencars.html
Bush to create 3 marine monuments in Pacific
Jan 6, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/marine-conservation.html
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/06/marine-conservation.html
AUCC submits pre-budget brief to federal Finance Minister
Jan 5, 2009
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2009/brief_flaherty_01_05_e.html
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2009/brief_flaherty_01_05_e.html
Treating obesity
Jan 5, 2009
Elizabeth Payne
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=4974612e-c843-4154-b152-dab4a15265cc
Elizabeth Payne
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=4974612e-c843-4154-b152-dab4a15265cc
Obama's health care pledge may hurt Canada
Doctor Shortage
Jan 5, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1141872
Jan 5, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1141872