June 20, 2009
James Turk
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-235050/james-turk-why-we-are-calling-science-minister-gary-goodyear-resign

In search of better balance

On June 9, the University of Toronto conferred on Michael Bliss the degree of L. L. D. (honoris causa). The following is an edited excerpt of the speech he delivered to PhD and MA graduates at the Convocation ceremony.
June 22, 2009
Michael Bliss
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/22/michael-bliss-in-search-of-better-balance.aspx
Jun 21, 2009
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jcWrGafGnDyJNHvaDJqk5GCrBHGg

Drug 'reports' found to be faked

Firms misrepresented some research results, slew of cases suggest
June 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/654423
Larger, better-run foreign players will have increasing say in how much technology research is done by Canadians
Jun 22, 2009
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/nortel-breakup-signals-rd-power-shift/article1191282/
Ottawa spends millions to remove asbestos from Parliament Buildings, but dumps 200,000 tonnes of it per year in Third World countries.
June 22, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/22/asbestos_issue/&c=2
Jun 22, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/654444
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/hpv-vaccination-catholilc-bishop-henry-girls-cancer.html
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/ns-biomass-power.html

Strange move on wind farms

Jun 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/654436
Scientists warn that if Canada gets out of the medical isotope business, an exodus of researchers and doctors will follow
Jun 20, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nuclear-inaction-puts-half-century-of-innovation-at-risk/article1190413/
Sale of AECL could bring six decades of high-tech achievement to an inglorious end
Jun 22, 2009
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653897

The pandemic is here

Those who dismiss H1N1 as a panic-fest are profoundly wrong – even the mild version in a country like Canada could kill thousands. And the nightmare scenario? That would be really scary
Jun 20, 2009
Vivienne Parry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-pandemic-is-here/article1187501/
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/mb-fluplan.html
June 22, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/ministers+leave+open+possibility+clone+food/1721318/story.html

Fisheries: Avoiding catastrophes

It is easy to destroy an ecosystem but difficult to rebuild it
Jun 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13891210
June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/06/04/f-phthalates.html

Salt, Part 1: Under pressure

We think of hypertension and the accompanying risk of heart attack as a problem of middle age or obesity. So how did this slim Quebec teen get high blood pressure? The health dangers that stalk growing numbers of Canadian children begin with extreme levels of salt in our food - a lot of it in places you don't suspect
Jun 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/salt-part-1-under-pressure/article1188881/
Farmers tweaking cows' diets to reduce how often the animals belch, in turn shrinking their carbon footprint
Jun 21, 2009
Lisa Rathke
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/saving-the-planet-one-burp-at-a-time/article1191169/
Its ancestors trace back to Chile and the woodlands of eastern North America. But the one that's hot now is as engineered as a laptop computer and maybe as well- travelled. Join the modern strawberry on its trek to your table
Jun 21, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/654217
They share an office, the world of science, a heady intellect and a rich family life
Jun 21, 2009
Mary Ormsby
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/654245
June 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/radar-sites.html
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/nb-buddy-lobster-dog-618.html
June 21, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Seal+virus+spread+linked+retreating+Arctic+scientists/1718875/story.html
Jun 22, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1623839
Jun 20, 2009
IAN ROBERTSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/20/9868351-sun.html
June 21, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Vaccinate+Canadians+under+natives+first+experts/1718965/story.html
June 20, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Feds+probe+bird+kill+Alberta+base/1716946/story.html
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-slow-death-by-tax-free-money.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-baird-leads-harper-team.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-mcguinty-s-nanny-state.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-deutsche-bank-s-countdown-to-the-carbon-bubble.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-lifetime-achievement.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-still-no-retraction-from-ctv-on-port-hope.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/junk-science-week-the-rubber-duckies.aspx