The decline of Nortel coincides with a troubling reality: Research spending is shrinking, productivity is sliding, and we're still leaning too heavily on our resources
Jul 2, 2009
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/canadas-innovation-gap/article1203108/
The goal of the Science Canada website is to highlight science policy issues in Canada's political arena and media.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Swine flu cases worldwide surpass 77,000
Cumulative totals include at least 332 global deaths
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/swine-flu.html
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/swine-flu.html
Health Canada weighs options as U.S. FDA adds "black box" warnings
July 3, 2009
Teresa Smith
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Health+Canada+weighs+options+adds+black+warnings/1756296/story.html
Teresa Smith
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Health+Canada+weighs+options+adds+black+warnings/1756296/story.html
Canada to match U.S. climate change rules
Environment Minister Jim Prentice says regulations must be ‘comparable' to avoid punitive tariffs on oil sands and other big greenhouse-gas emitters
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-to-match-us-climate-change-rules/article1202636/
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-to-match-us-climate-change-rules/article1202636/
Oil sands to take hit from U.S. bill
Producers and their U.S. refiners face sharply higher costs
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-to-take-hit-from-us-bill/article1201222/
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-to-take-hit-from-us-bill/article1201222/
Farmers start to write off year as drought parches Prairie land
This may be start of more than a typical dry spell, researcher says
July 3, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/farmers-start-to-write-off-year-as-drought-parches-prairie-land/article1203663/
July 3, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/farmers-start-to-write-off-year-as-drought-parches-prairie-land/article1203663/
Climate change in the land of great drought
Given that droughts represent a recurring reality, why does each new occurrence seem to be a surprise?
July 3, 2009
Barry Smit
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-change-in-the-land-of-great-drought/article1204677/
July 3, 2009
Barry Smit
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-change-in-the-land-of-great-drought/article1204677/
Canada dead last on green list
We have fallen behind other nations on climate change plan, scorecard reveals
Jul 1, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/659218
Jul 1, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/659218
U.S. legal case opens animal testing to more scrutiny
Settlement between Humane Society, federal government means Agriculture Department must post information online
Jul 1, 2009
Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-legal-case-opens-animal-testing-to-more-scrutiny/article1203653/
Jul 1, 2009
Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-legal-case-opens-animal-testing-to-more-scrutiny/article1203653/
Changing El Nino making hurricanes more frequent, research suggests
Unconventional new structure could lead to increased warning of deadly storms
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/science-nino-hurricane.html
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/science-nino-hurricane.html
Canada-U.S. may go different routes on pandemic vaccine production
July 1, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iH-wG-zD8Yn_Wxpav5Mn4ssTx5dw
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iH-wG-zD8Yn_Wxpav5Mn4ssTx5dw
New materials for renewable energy: The power of being made very small
Nano-engineering can produce substances with unique properties that will give renewable energy a boost
July 2, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13941135
July 2, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13941135
FDA urges lower doses for popular painkillers
Canada to study U.S. findings
June 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/30/fda-painkiller-restrictions375.html
June 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/30/fda-painkiller-restrictions375.html
Celebrating our natural wealth on Canada Day
July 2, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14938
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14938