Sep 9, 2009
David Mitchell
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=bef826ae-0ee9-4b8b-874c-db16cfd959f2
The goal of the Science Canada website is to highlight science policy issues in Canada's political arena and media.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Invest in education to beat the recession
Sep 10, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/invest-in-education-to-beat-the-recession
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/invest-in-education-to-beat-the-recession
R&D credits apply to more than just rocket science
Sep 12, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/789478
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/789478
The mystery of Lake Louise's missing water
Unexplained absence of 510,000 cubic metres of water from resort's distribution system 'an embarrassment for Canada'
Sep 12, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-lake-louises-missing-water/article1283014/
Sep 12, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-lake-louises-missing-water/article1283014/
Endless oil
Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil
Sep 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/12/lawrence-solomon-endless-oil.aspx
Sep 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/12/lawrence-solomon-endless-oil.aspx
List of threatened Arctic animals is growing
Sep 12, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/List+threatened+Arctic+animals+growing/1984133/story.html
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/List+threatened+Arctic+animals+growing/1984133/story.html
H1N1 could peak early, study suggests
If that occurs, many Canadians will not be protected since vaccine won't be rolled out for weeks
Sep 12, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-could-peak-early-study-suggests/article1282910/
Sep 12, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-could-peak-early-study-suggests/article1282910/
Premiers win climate pledge
Federal greenhouse-gas plan won't favour Alberta, environment minister assures Ontario, Quebec
Sep 11, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/694063
Sep 11, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/694063
Dr. Kumanan Wilson on the vaccine
Canada Research Chair in Public Health Policy at the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute takes your questions on the reluctance among Canadians to receive the H1N1 pandemic vaccine
Sep 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dr-kumanan-wilson-on-the-vaccine/article1282172/
Sep 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dr-kumanan-wilson-on-the-vaccine/article1282172/
Raitt says Ottawa likely to split AECL into two separate entities
Sep 11, 2009
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAQbAh_EClxA_Au8-_LRkr5Hy5Jw
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAQbAh_EClxA_Au8-_LRkr5Hy5Jw
Canada likely to split up nuclear agency: minister
Sep 11, 2009
Scott Anderson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE58A4I620090911?sp=true
Scott Anderson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE58A4I620090911?sp=true
H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late, scientists warn
Canada's swine flu cases likely to peak a month before November inoculations, researchers say
Sep 11, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/694066
Sep 11, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/694066
Arctic warming effects spread: study
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/tech-climate-arctic-warming.html
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/tech-climate-arctic-warming.html
1 dose of H1N1 vaccine may suffice: studies
Studies in children not finished yet
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-vaccine.html
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-vaccine.html
Drug czar slams Harper gov't as he exits to 'next adventure'
Aims to shape wider policy
Sep 10, 2009
Andy Ivens
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Drug+czar+slams+Harper+exits+next+adventure/1978524/story.html
Sep 10, 2009
Andy Ivens
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Drug+czar+slams+Harper+exits+next+adventure/1978524/story.html
Wind power prescribed for China's energy needs
Wind turbines dotting argicultural areas would cost $900B over 20 years
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/energy-china-wind-power.html
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/energy-china-wind-power.html
Ares moon rocket test deemed a success
Sep 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/nasa-moon-rocket-ares-test-utah.html
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/nasa-moon-rocket-ares-test-utah.html
Research: Tundra being 'squeezed' by forests, oceans
Sep 10, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/10/10824966.html
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/10/10824966.html
Feds backtrack on allowing fortified junk food
Sep 10, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Feds+backtrack+allowing+fortified+junk+food/1980713/story.html
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Feds+backtrack+allowing+fortified+junk+food/1980713/story.html
Vaccinate now to curtail swine flu, U.S. study warns
Sep 10, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Vaccinate+curtail+swine+study+warns/1980347/story.html
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Vaccinate+curtail+swine+study+warns/1980347/story.html
Young people take pass on flu-shot trials
They feel invincible, but H1N1 disproportionately affects those born after 1957
Sep 10, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/young-people-take-pass-on-flu-shot-trials/article1282877/
Sep 10, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/young-people-take-pass-on-flu-shot-trials/article1282877/
Tofino a model for water conservation
Sep 10, 2009
Katie-Marie Gardner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tofino-a-model-for-water-conservation/article1283106/
Katie-Marie Gardner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tofino-a-model-for-water-conservation/article1283106/
Canadians are water gluttons, OECD says
Sep 10, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-are-water-gluttons-oecd-says/article1283105/
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-are-water-gluttons-oecd-says/article1283105/
Manitoba government mandating biodiesel use
Sep 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+government+mandating+biodiesel/1979168/story.html
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+government+mandating+biodiesel/1979168/story.html
City buries sewage sins
Public in dark about overflow into rivers
Sep 10, 2009
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2009/09/10/10813211-sun.html
Sep 10, 2009
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2009/09/10/10813211-sun.html
The business side to good health
Ivey Centre's goal is to aid Canadian innovation and commercialization of health technologies
Sep 10, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692636
Sep 10, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692636
Hardwiring our children for success
Sep 9, 2009
Dr. Denis Daneman & Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones & Dr. Dina Kulik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/692609
Dr. Denis Daneman & Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones & Dr. Dina Kulik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/692609
Canada's Kyoto failure a warning to summit: study
Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1971686
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1971686
Canadian innovation is at stake
We need more entrepreneurs, better deals and committed investors with time and money to foster new businesses
Sep 6, 2009
Kevin Talbot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-is-at-stake/article1278331/
Sep 6, 2009
Kevin Talbot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-is-at-stake/article1278331/