A Pressing Need: Revising academic apprenticeship

May 6, 2009
Trevor McKee
The Mark
http://themarknews.com/articles/170-a-pressing-need-revising-academic-apprenticeship

Education our only magic elixir

May 7, 2009
James Travers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/canada/columnist/article/630362

Reverse Reaganism, reverse growth

May 7, 2009
William Watson
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=138dc53e-8bee-48d1-a83b-09df3528b562

Industry faces high cost by neglecting R&D

Internship program helps slow graduate brain drain
May 6, 2009
Marke Andrews
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/working/story.html?id=79f41869-2ebf-4e9d-84cc-a168e410b450

Telus, Microsoft hope Canada will buy into patient-centred e-health records

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/06/tech-telus-health-space-microsoft-electronic-health-records.html

Run-of-river power projects breach environmental standards: documents

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/06/bc-environmental-inspections-private-power-projects.html

New map of Arctic could point to Canadian gas, minerals

Data could also be used to claim more Arctic waters, seabed
May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-geological-map-arctic-marc-st-onge.html

Britain to remove some DNA profiles from databases

Critics say changes don't go far enough to protect privacy
May 7, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/britain-dna-privacy.html

Pork industry scrambles to prove meat is safe

Politicians say Canadian pigs still a good food source, but some farmers suggest slaughtering infected Albertan herd
May 7, 2009
GLORIA GALLOWAY and DAWN WALTON AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090507.FLU07ART2257/TPStory/National/

Official says H1N1 could infect third of world

May 7, 2009
DARREN SCHUETTLER
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090507.wflumain0507/BNStory/International/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Swine flu is same strain in Canada and Mexico

201 confirmed cases in Canada, 1,893 worldwide
May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/06/swine-flu-sequencing060.html

Flu virus baffles Canadian scientists

Winnipeg lab can't find reason why Mexicans are being hit the hardest
May 7, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/630370

Green roof proposal faces withering criticism

May 7, 2009
JEFF GRAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090507.GREEN07ART2253/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/

Lafarge proposes test-burning biomass fuels

Company seeks public input this time around
May 7, 2009
PAUL SCHLIESMANN
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1556811

P.E.I. ready to issue air quality warnings

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/05/07/pei-air-quality-index.html

Animal testing: Suffering for science

Europe votes for better regulation of animal experiments
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13610079

Global health: Preparing for the worst

Vaccine makers are ill-prepared for an influenza pandemic
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13609361

Electric cars and noise: The sound of silence

Sound generators will make electric and hybrid cars safer
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13606446

Take a look inside the lab at Science Rendezvous

Robots, smart homes and a GPS-outfitted rescue dog part of daylong show-and-tell
May 7, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/630394

Radiation from medical tests; important information to use

May 3, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/medicinematters/archive/2009/05/03/radiation-from-medical-tests.aspx

What you need to read about flu pandemics

May 1, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/medicinematters/archive/2009/05/01/what-you-need-to-read-about-flu-pandemics.aspx