Ottawa fails to follow through on toxics review

Launched by the Prime Minister in 2006, Chemicals Management Plan is no longer issuing assessments of hazardous chemicals
Jan 16, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090116.BPANEW16/TPStory/Environment

FDA pledges openness on gene-altered products

Jan 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090116/fda_products_090116/20090116?hub=Health

Polar bears' survival rests in our hands

Situation critical, says environment minister
Jan 16, 2009
CHINTA PUXLEY
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/01/16/8042391-sun.html

Malfunction at plant sends raw sewage into Halifax harbour

Jan 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/halifax-sewage-malfunction.html

NASA suspends space station contract awards following protest

Jan 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/nasa-contracts.html

Bush administration calls for increased U.S. offshore drilling

Jan 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/offshore-drilling.html

Expand methadone treatment to curb crime: Saint John police

Jan 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/16/nb-methadone-crime.html

Second life

Biologists debate the scale of extinction in the world’s tropical forests
Jan 15, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12926042

Come and join the Public Policy Wiki

Jan 15, 2009
Mathew Ingram
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090115.WBmingram20090115092840/WBStory/WBmingram

Lilly pays $1.42B US to settle some Zyprexa claims

Jan 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/lilly-zyprexa.html

Grand plan for electric cars takes shape in Ontario

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/ontario-electric.html

Report: Canada needs new energy strategy to deal with oilsands concerns

Jan 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gXXqRRdl2wxpyNwHcPZggrfOhMwA

VC investment gap widens between Canada and U.S.: CVCA

Jan 15, 2009
Krystle Chow
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/293569198646933.php

Tories feel the heat over climate

Ottawa must harmonize environmental plan with one proposed by Obama administration
Jan 15, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/571305

BIOTECanada Calls for Government to Listen to Canadians, Support Innovation Industries

Canadian Biotech Jobs and Innovation at Risk as 50 % of Firms Report Cash Shortage
Jan 15, 2009
BIOTECanada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/biotecanada-calls-government-listen-canadians/story.aspx?guid=%7B24AB649C-C844-4149-9DCC-043854A5A193%7D&dist=msr_5

Ottawa urged to improve fuel quality standards

Jan 15, 2009
Tony Van Alphen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/571253

Polar bear protection to be focus of national round table

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/15/polar-bears.html

Study suggests fish feces helping neutralize carbon dioxide levels in oceans

Jan 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hK0nPCxswxaSdstb6MVwzST12BOg

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Releases Major Report on Measuring the Value of Health Research

Jan 15, 2009
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28677586/

Mind is key to getting moving

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/exercise-mind.html

'Sense of urgency' needed to cut maternal deaths, UNICEF head says

Jan 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/maternity-deaths.html

Oil sands on agenda for Obama's Canada visit: Harper

Jan 15, 2009
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1180523

Science, law will trump politics at EPA: Obama nominee

Jan 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/14/science-epa.html

Nortel struggles a 'big blow' to research in Canada

Jan 14, 2009
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/14/nortel-research.html

Doctors push government to crack down on tobacco products aimed at children

Jan 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/14/doctors-cigarillos.html

Secrecy surrounds Winnipeg round table about polar bears

Jan 14, 2009
Lindsey Wiebe
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Secrecy+surrounds+Winnipeg+round+table+about+polar+bears/1178011/story.html

Research network to study long-term safety of drugs taken by Canadians

Jan 14, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hQvAjmxcxKRtFRisI-o3VIYxgd0A

'What are we going to do about the bears?'

For the first time, governments, environmentalists, researchers and Inuit are meeting to discuss the fate of the endangered carnivore
Jan 14, 2009
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090114.POLARBEARS14/TPStory/Environment

Herbal menopause remedies ineffective

Jan 14, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090114.wherbal14/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Pricey cancer drug revisited

Board agrees to reconsider public funding for therapy
Jan 14, 2009
Michelle Lang
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=73e0a218-61d7-4f36-8811-34139a1ccf2f

Giving Rise To Excellence

Jan 14, 2009
Valerie Berenyi
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=97331446-8947-4ab4-8b30-260a25db0a39

Pfizer to lay off up to 800 scientists

Jan 13, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/13/pfizercuts.html

Botox chemical may spread, Health Canada confirms

Jan 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/13/botox.html

Obama focuses on next generation innovation

Jan 13, 2009
Michael Warren
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/569685

An inferiority complex could be stalling innovation

Commanding resources Chairman dares Atlantic Canada to exploit the unimaginable
Jan 13, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/538009

Cancer death rate 65% higher among the mentally ill

Jan 13, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090113.wlmind13/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Science 2.0: New online tools may revolutionize research

Jan 13, 2009
Grant Buckler
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/08/f-tech-research.html

Case against wood burning heats up

Smog alerts descend on Montreal; Bans in St. Léonard, St. Laurent may set trend
Jan 13, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Case+against+wood+burning+heats/1170936/story.html

Human consumption speeding up evolutionary change: study

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/humans-predators.html

Canada to study economic impact of climate change

Jan 12, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Canada+study+economic+impact+climate+change/1169598/story.html

Red flags on probiotic health claims shelved due to hazy policy, files show

Jan 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1168924

You can fish, but you can't eat, says health officer

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/12/pe-keefes-mercury.html

Changes to climate, permafrost spur worries in Arctic coastal community

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/permafrost.html

Yukon Energy cranks up search for geothermal heat source

Jan 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/12/yukon-geothermal.html