Science Canada: 06/24/09

Province funnels $42M toward 15 projects, from medical plastics to early cancer detection
June 24, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/655635

June 22, 2009
OWEN ROBERTS
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/498647

The return on investment in early childhood programs has been pegged at 8:1, compared to a 3:1 return for primary and secondary education
Jun 23, 2009
Don Drummond and Veronica Lacey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-payback-on-early-learning-makes-it-a-dollars-and-sense-proposition/article1194161/

Jun 22, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653899

Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Jun 18, 2009
Amira Elghawaby
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/not-so-fast-home-schooling-trumps-full-day-kindergarten/article1187946/

Ontario needs to invest in the shortcomings of the entire system, not focus on one year at the expense of the other 12
Jun 24, 2009
Anne Kothawala
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/full-day-kindergarten-first-fix-whats-broken/article1194127/

The massive Plan It Calgary proposal would set a framework for the city's growth for the next 60 years
Jun 24, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heres-the-plan-calgary-leads-us-all-to-a-greener-future/article1192584/

Some might think the threat posed by the H1N1 flu virus has been overblown, but we're still in the early days of the pandemic.
June 23, 2009
The Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Health/Preparing+round+H1N1+virus/1723545/story.html

June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722027

Jun 24, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/655420

Massive particle accelerator has been down since September
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/lhc-large-hadron-collider-october.html

June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722004

The new study underscores a seismic shift regarding what used to be considered a disease of middle-aged men
Jun 23, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/heart-disease-now-kills-more-women-than-men/article1192571/

University of Montreal scientists identify ‘hiding places' for AIDS virus in human body, say it is the first clue about how to eradicate HIV
Jun 21, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-by-canadian-led-team-could-lead-to-aids-cure/article1191121/

NWT first nations, Inuit seek federal loan to gain majority stake on $16.2-billion Mackenzie gas project
Jun 23, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/aboriginal-group-turns-to-ottawa-on-pipeline/article1193094/

Phthalates are found everywhere -- bug sprays, children’s glow sticks, dentures, clothing, automobiles -- making it difficult to avoid
Jun 23, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/clamping-down-on-the-rubber-duck-chemical/article1192616/

As Canadians consume about 3,100 milligrams of sodium a day -- more than double the recommended intake -- food manufacturers are looking to slash the salt from their products. But with no good alternative to the irreplaceable flavour of salt, the food industry faces a challenge that's far from simple
Jun 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/the-taste-of-things-to-come/article1192703/

Researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute hope an ambitious study will help unlock the mystery of why some ethnic groups are highly sensitive to salt and suffer from high blood pressure, a disease that is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke.
Jun 23, 2009
Marina Jiménez
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/hunting-for-the-salt-gene/article1191288/

Science Canada

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Canada's $580M in New Grants Include Numerous 'Omics Programs

Groundbreaking health research gets boost

Clement vows to boost high-tech sector

Canada's digital economy to be prioritized

The spotlight is turning to biotechnology

The payback on early learning makes it a dollars and sense proposition

Early learning makes business sense

Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten

Full-day kindergarten? First, fix what's broken

U.S. government lends $8B for 'green' vehicles

True public will must decide call to build reactor

Here's the Plan: Calgary leads us all to a greener future

Preparing for round 2 of the H1N1 virus

Public Health Agency of Canada seeks new ‘visual identity’

Nation seeks answers on isotope crisis

Fisheries management shrouded in secrecy, corrupted by politics: study

Bringing pandemic vaccine to flu clinics first requires animal, human testing

Alcohol-based sanitizers for flu-hit First Nations delayed over substance abuse fears

Nuclear-plant workers face elevated cancer risk: report

Saskatchewan premier hopes province can pitch medical isotope plan within weeks

Conservation group buys large section of land along Bay of Fundy

Spiralling cost of vision loss requires national plan: CNIB

Delays push back Hadron Collider's restart date

Health Canada to crack down on TV ads for vaccines

Heart disease now kills more women than men

Canada's heart attack death rates declined rapidly after 1994

Discovery by Canadian-led team could lead to AIDS cure

An Inconvenient Talk: Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age

N.W.T. seeks 'level playing field' for Mackenzie project

Aboriginal group turns to Ottawa on pipeline

Clamping down on the ‘rubber duck' chemical

Salt, Part 3: The taste of things to come

Salt, Part 2: Hunting for the salt gene

Profiting from green hysteria

Destroying life for science