Nearly all infrastructure funds allocated

Aug 4, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/nearly-all-infrastructure-funds-allocated.aspx

Canadian Arctic university idea gains momentum

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/arctic-university.html

Funding for antiviral research key in flu fight doctor says

Lab work shows cancer drug might be effective against H1N1, but studies involving seriously ill patients are needed – and that means more cash
Jul 29, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/funding-for-antiviral-research-key-in-flu-fight-doctor-says/article1235457/

Who should provide career support for PhDs?

July 28, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/who-should-provide-career-support-for-phds

Scientific publishing: Huddled maths

A journal provides haven for rejected work
Jul 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14119761

Electric car battery-maker gets $17M from Ontario

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/electrovaya-funding.html

Green rebates just look like a bailout

Aug 4, 2009
Ambarish Chandra, Sumeet Gulati, & Milind Kandlikar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/674967

Lacking answers, and urgency

Ottawa's apparent desire to wash its hands of isotopes is no excuse for its lack of a strategy in dealing with the current crisis
Aug 4, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/lacking-answers-andurgency/article1240348/

Sask. isotope reactor could cost $750M

Province wants Ottawa to cover most of construction, operating costs
Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/sask-isotope-proposal.html

Industry awaits Ottawa's high-tech plan

Will a government that watched the failure of its leading technology multinational embrace the digital revolution?
Aug 4, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/industry-awaits-ottawas-high-tech-plan/article1238365/

The unnecessary ban on garden pesticides in New Brunswick

Aug 4, 2009
IAN L. McQUEEN
The Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/749670

Modified corn seeds sow doubts

Consumer groups worry Health Canada 'abdicated its responsibility' to test seeds' safety
Aug 4, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/modified-corn-seeds-sow-doubts/article1240469/

Trash or treasure?

Combination of science, emotion considered in setting forest policy
Aug 4, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Trash+treasure/1857822/story.html

New study links booze, cancer

Heavier drinkers have highest risk, wide-ranging research finds
Aug 4, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-study-links-booze-cancer/article1240226/

Hip, spine fractures linked to higher death risk

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/hip-back-fractures.html

Pneumonic plague prompts Chinese to flee town

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/pneumonia-plague-china.html

Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific

Aug 4, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+study+huge+plastic+patch+Pacific/1858501/story.html

Why killing Nortel deal is a bad idea

Competitive position vital for survival
Aug 3, 2009
James Bagnall
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/killing+Nortel+deal+idea/1855503/story.html

Pandemic planners fear doomsday scenario in isolated North

Aug 3, 2009
Charlie Fidelman
Montreal Gazette
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Pandemic+planners+fear+doomsday+scenario+isolated+North/1856352/story.html

Engineer builds diesel-gas hybrid engine

Researchers find energy efficiency in blending fuels
Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/diesel-gas-hybrid.html

Vancouver firm makes fertilizer out of human sewage

Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/phosphorus-sewage.html

Don't back down on wind turbines

Aug 3, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/675414

Piping plover plan 3 years behind schedule

Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/pei-plover-recovery-plan.html

New HIV strain discovered

Aug 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/03/hiv-africa.html

Space agency says next Canadian astronaut blast-off unlikely before 2012

Aug 1, 2009
Sidhartha Banerjee
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gusKKgGKepqiHRWy0if2P744Gbag

Worries grow with C-section rate

Procedure remains controversial
Aug 1, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Worries+grow+with+section+rate/1852379/story.html

Atlantic fisheries show little recovery

July 31, 2009
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Atlantic+fisheries+show+little+recovery/1847926/story.html

Fish stocks recovering from overfishing

Canada still lags as fish populations grow in U.S., Iceland, New Zealand
July 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/tech-090730-fish-stocks-recovery.html

Magazines, toys must be removed from hospital emergency: Feds

July 31, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Magazines+toys+must+removed+from+hospital+emergency+Feds/1850139/story.html

Sperm stem cell study retracted by journal

July 31, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/31/stem-cell-sperm-retraction.html

Tracking swine flu may become easier

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/swine-flu-who.html

Support breastfeeding moms to save child lives: WHO

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/breastfeeding-who.html

Canadian groups dispute green light for GM corn

July 31, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canadian+groups+dispute+green+light+corn/1850022/story.html

Tanning beds part of P.E.I. public health review

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/pei-tanning-beds-regulations.html

Comets not expected to wipe out life on earth

July 31, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Comets+expected+wipe+life+earth/1849656/story.html

More natural doesn't mean more healthy

Aug 1, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1851194

No nutritional value added in organics: study

Consumers paying more for 'perceived' benefit
July 30, 2009
Charles Lewis
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1842708

Universities brace for fall swine flu wave

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/swine-flu-universities.html

Race on in the Prairies to solve isotope shortage

Acsion Industries, University of Winnipeg say their cheap solution could be running in three years
Jul 30, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/race-on-in-the-prairies-to-solve-isotope-shortage/article1236966/

Canadian food recalls more frequent

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/food-recalls.html

Tories' actions on swine flu get Canadians' OK

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-poll-ekos.html

Swine flu screening planned for Canada Games

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/pei-swine-flu-canada-games.html

Yukon announces 1st elk hunt

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/yukon-elk-hunt.html

Toxin tests surprise Health Canada

Chemical found in 'BPA-free' bottles during recent tests
July 30, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Toxin+tests+surprise+Health+Canada/1844915/story.html

St. John's e-waste fee plan gets mixed reaction

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/mmsb-ewaste-730.html

Agency turns its focus to tampering of food supply

July 30, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Agency+turns+focus+tampering+food+supply/1846345/story.html

'Global warming as new religion?' Give me a break — climate change is serious

July 30, 2009
Jim Hoggan
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Global+warming+religion+Give+break+climate+change+serious/1845976/story.html

Caribou in peril, Ontario warned

Facing 'emergency,' province urged to halt logging, road building in threatened habitats
Jul 30, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/673897

Swine flu vaccine fast-tracked in Canada, U.S., Europe

July 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Arctic tundra's thaw speeds climate change, UBC prof says

Greenhouse gases being released faster than predicted from Arctic, as vegetation covers region's surface and traps more of the sun's heat
Jul 29, 2009
David Ljunggren
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-tundras-thaw-speeds-climate-change-ubc-prof-says/article1235398/

Pap tests may not help women under 25

July 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/pap-tests-young-women.html

Swine-flu risks make pregnant women a priority: CDC

July 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-pregnant864.html

Give young priority for swine-flu antivirals: researchers

July 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/swine-flu-antiviral-vaccine.html

Firefighters, police not protected in pandemic plan: municipalities

July 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/pei-municipal-workers-pandemic-plan.html

Tanning beds, UV radiation definitely cause cancer: study

New analysis finds risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 per cent when people start using tanning beds before age 30
Jul 29, 2009
Maria Cheng
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/tanning-beds-uv-radiation-definitely-cause-cancer-study/article1235010/

Tanning beds cause cancer: WHO

July 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/tanning-beds-cancer.html

US, China upbeat on climate treaty: US envoy

July 28, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+upbeat+climate+treaty+envoy/1837201/story.html