Oct 15, 2009
PETER HALPIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1147609.html
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Canada needs a national food strategy
Oct 15, 2009
Margaret Webb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/710334--canada-needs-a-national-food-strategy
Margaret Webb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/710334--canada-needs-a-national-food-strategy
Kyoto questions will dog Ignatieff
Oct 15, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/15/11407461-sun.html
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/15/11407461-sun.html
High tech companies bloom in Silicon Vineyard
Oct 15, 2009
Kathy Michaels
Kelowna.com
http://www.kelowna.com/2009/10/15/high-tech-companies-bloom-in-silicon-vineyard/
Kathy Michaels
Kelowna.com
http://www.kelowna.com/2009/10/15/high-tech-companies-bloom-in-silicon-vineyard/
Why people are chilled by warming
The apocalyptic language of environmentalists doesn't go down well with the public
Oct 14, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-people-are-chilled-by-warming/article1323750/
Oct 14, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-people-are-chilled-by-warming/article1323750/
Climate for smart change
Oct 14, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Climate+smart+change/2104506/story.html
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Climate+smart+change/2104506/story.html
Vaccine delayed, vaccine denied
With early H1N1 vaccinations, Canada could limit the ‘attack rate' quite effectively
Oct 14, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/vaccine-delayed-vaccine-denied/article1322594/
Oct 14, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/vaccine-delayed-vaccine-denied/article1322594/
Trillion-dollar black holes
The costs of climate control dwarf the financial crisis
Oct 14, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/14/terence-corcoran-trillion-dollar-black-holes.aspx
Oct 14, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/14/terence-corcoran-trillion-dollar-black-holes.aspx
Prentice doubtful on climate change accord in Copenhagen
Copenhagen agreement 'hard to see'
Oct 14, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Prentice+doubtful+climate+change+accord+Copenhagen/2104315/story.html
Oct 14, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Prentice+doubtful+climate+change+accord+Copenhagen/2104315/story.html
North Pole summers ice-free in 10 years: researchers
Oct 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/arctic-sea-summer.html
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/arctic-sea-summer.html
Future generations to benefit from 30-year cancer prevention project
Oct 14, 2009
Tamsyn Burgmann
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hbWnlHeJ7ZXYyOwJutoQn5GLLeig
Tamsyn Burgmann
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hbWnlHeJ7ZXYyOwJutoQn5GLLeig
'Alternative Nobel' prize bittersweet for David Suzuki
Proud to be honoured, 'humiliated' by Canada's climate change stance
Oct 14, 2009
Dene Moore
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/709839---alternative-nobel-prize-bittersweet-for-david-suzuki
Oct 14, 2009
Dene Moore
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/709839---alternative-nobel-prize-bittersweet-for-david-suzuki
New solar farm can provide power for 1,000 homes
Oct 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/709767--new-solar-farm-can-provide-power-for-1-000-homes
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/709767--new-solar-farm-can-provide-power-for-1-000-homes
The trouble facing Canadian rivers
Canada's major waterways have suffered significant alterations in their natural flows, a WWF-Canada report contends
Oct 14, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-trouble-facing-canadian-rivers/article1323904/
Oct 14, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-trouble-facing-canadian-rivers/article1323904/
Fitness, fatness and hysteria
An epidemic of physical fitness is breaking out among the 50-plus generation
Oct 13, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fitness-fatness-and-hysteria/article1321354/
Oct 13, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fitness-fatness-and-hysteria/article1321354/
Senate looks at accessibility of PSE
Oct 13, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-looks-at-accessibility-of-pse/
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-looks-at-accessibility-of-pse/
Canada's Kyoto view triggers a walkout
Developing nations at climate talks protest call to replace protocol
Oct 13, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/709146--canada-s-kyoto-view-triggers-a-walkout
Oct 13, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/709146--canada-s-kyoto-view-triggers-a-walkout
Plan to shelve flu vaccines breeds dissent
Doctors fear late rollout means flu shot will arrive just as virus begins to peak
Oct 13, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/plan-to-shelve-flu-vaccines-breeds-dissent/article1322494/
Oct 13, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/plan-to-shelve-flu-vaccines-breeds-dissent/article1322494/
AECL sale could be 'death knell' for CANDU reactors
Oct 13, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/AECL+sale+could+death+knell+CANDU+reactors/2103432/story.html
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/AECL+sale+could+death+knell+CANDU+reactors/2103432/story.html
Make Olympians a priority for H1N1 shots: official
Plenty of time to receive vaccinations, health agency says
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/olympic-athletes-h1n1-flu-vaccine331.html
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/olympic-athletes-h1n1-flu-vaccine331.html
Nobel win misses the point
The media have wrongly connected Elinor Ostrom's Nobel win to the climate-change controversy
Oct 13, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/13/peter-foster-nobel-win-misses-the-point.aspx
Oct 13, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/13/peter-foster-nobel-win-misses-the-point.aspx
House holds H1N1 emergency preparedness simulation exercises
All party whips will collaborate on monitoring MPs' health on the Hill
Oct 12, 2009
CYNTHIA MÜNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/h1n1_house_preparedness-10-12-2009
Oct 12, 2009
CYNTHIA MÜNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/h1n1_house_preparedness-10-12-2009
Canadian diet looks like a dog's breakfast
Oct 12, 2009
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/708794--canadian-diet-looks-like-a-dog-s-breakfast
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/708794--canadian-diet-looks-like-a-dog-s-breakfast
Countdown to Copenhagen
Oct 12, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16450
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16450
If you're a new Canadian, 'you go to university'
Variety of social factors cause first- and second-generation Canadians to attend university far in excess of non-immigrant children
Oct 12, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/if-youre-a-new-canadian-you-go-to-university/article1321201/
Oct 12, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/if-youre-a-new-canadian-you-go-to-university/article1321201/
New Brunswick schools to be tested for radon levels
Oct 12, 2009
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/821253
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/821253
They discovered stem cells ...
... so why the Toronto scientists didn't win the Nobel is another 'go figure' in Prize history
Oct 11, 2009
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708640
Oct 11, 2009
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708640
Diabetes a quiet and growing epidemic
Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Diabetes+quiet+growing+epidemic/2091984/story.html
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Diabetes+quiet+growing+epidemic/2091984/story.html
Scientists seek truth on oil sands damage
Oct 10, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/scientists-seek-truth-on-oil-sands-damage/article1319806/
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/scientists-seek-truth-on-oil-sands-damage/article1319806/
Canadian space food has come a long way since Tang
$439,000 spent on project to develop range of healthier meals for astronauts
Oct 10, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Canadian+space+food+come+long+since+Tang/2091328/story.html
Oct 10, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Canadian+space+food+come+long+since+Tang/2091328/story.html
'We need to pay farmers... to protect nature'
Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/707700---we-need-to-pay-farmers-to-protect-nature
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/707700---we-need-to-pay-farmers-to-protect-nature
Climate of distrust
Oct 8, 2009
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Climate+distrust/2087995/story.html
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Climate+distrust/2087995/story.html
Eighty per cent of pregnant women in Nunavut smoke
Ottawa’s Bob Reid is trying to understand what’s at the root of the health crisis
Oct 7, 2009
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Eighty+cent+pregnant+women+Nunavut+smoke/2082113/story.html
Oct 7, 2009
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Eighty+cent+pregnant+women+Nunavut+smoke/2082113/story.html
U.S. has vaccine, Canada washes its hands
35 per cent of Canadians could come down with H1N1, but vaccinations won't start until November
Oct 7, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/vaccine+Canada+washes+hands/2080725/story.html
Oct 7, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/vaccine+Canada+washes+hands/2080725/story.html
Eyeing a Total oil sands package
Jean-Michel Gires discusses Total's future in Canada
Oct 6, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/eyeing-a-total-oil-sands-package/article1313295/
Oct 6, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/eyeing-a-total-oil-sands-package/article1313295/
Enjoy your last days on campus
Another forecast of changes coming to university education
Oct 5, 2009
Patrick J.J. Phillips
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enjoy-your-last-days-on-campus.aspx
Oct 5, 2009
Patrick J.J. Phillips
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enjoy-your-last-days-on-campus.aspx
Values for the times
Some of the fundamental values associated with postsecondary institutions have been transformed
Oct 5, 2009
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/values-for-the-times.aspx
Oct 5, 2009
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/values-for-the-times.aspx