Friday, October 23, 2009

Canada's science media centre opens doors

Researchers and policymakers hope it will help journalists better cover science and researchers better understand reporters' motivations
Oct 19, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/Article.aspx?id=6806

Enrolment up again across Canada

Recession likely keeping students in school and out of the labour market
Oct 22, 2009
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enrolment-up-again-across-Canada.aspx

Multiple fuels, multiple solutions

TransAlta's carbon-spewing coal plants are part of a ‘green' plan that blends technology and renewable energy
Oct 23, 2009
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/multiple-fuels-multiple-solutions/article1336324/

Our experts answered your swine flu questions

Dr. Michael Gardam of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, and Globe and Mail reporter Caroline Alphonso wade through the confusion around the pandemic and the vaccines
Oct 23, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/our-experts-answered-your-swine-flu-questions/article1335617/

Tax change injects funds into medical research

Government's stock-for-charity program saves investors money and helps Canada's doctors save lives
Oct 22, 2009
ALISON CUNLIFFE
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/investing/article/713077--tax-change-injects-funds-into-medical-research

Local authors take on climate change deniers

Big Oil has attacked a global scientific consensus on climate change; now some local authors are exposing its tactics
Oct 22, 009
Charlie Smith
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-265275/taking-goliath

Stevia is sweet – but is it safe?

Stevia has a no-calorie zip that's popping up in natural health products, but the risks have left a bitter taste
Oct 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/stevia-is-sweet-but-is-it-safe/article1333389/

On the path to dependency

Sustainable Development Technology Canada, out of taxpayer cash, wants more. Ottawa should say no
Oct 22, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/22/peter-foster-on-the-path-to-dependency.aspx

Germany's renewable myth

Germany is seen as a leader in renewable energy, but its experience has been a costly waste
Oct 21, 2009
Manuel Frondel, Nolan Ritter and Colin Vance
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/21/germany-s-renewable-myth.aspx

Electric vehicles the ‘rational choice'

A true believer's goal for the future: Practical electric cars with clean battery power
Oct 21, 2009
Jeremy Cato
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/auto/electric-vehicles-the-rational-choice/article1332495/

America's dirty little secret

Influence wielded by coal-producing states – 25 of them – is the big reason the U.S. is a climate-change laggard
Oct 20, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/americas-dirty-little-secret/article1331242/

What happened to Canada's education advantage?

We steered away just as the world was entering the knowledge economy
Oct 20, 2009
Roger Martin
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/712638

Growing plants indoors no longer rooted in sci-fi

With a growing global population, declining freshwater resources and an increasingly volatile climate, the world will rely on food technologies like his sooner than we realize
Oct 20, 2009
Karen Pinchin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/growing-plants-indoors-no-longer-rooted-in-sci-fi/article1330448/

Arctic heat wave 'unique' in history: study

Lake sediment suggests summer temperatures have only been this warm once before in last 200,000 years
Oct 20, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/arctic-heat-wave-unique-in-history-study/article1330231/

Tech guru shines a light on the energy century

Co-founder of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates discusses how renewable energy will change the world
Oct 19, 2009
Gordon Pitts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/tech-guru-shines-a-light-on-the-energy-century/article1328777/

About 3% of cancer research focuses on childhood illness

Cancers in the 0 to 19 age group account for fewer than 1 per cent of all cancer diagnoses but understanding their root causes is essential in fighting the disease
Oct 19, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/about-3-of-cancer-research-focuses-on-childhood-illness/article1329878/

On a cost basis, carbon-capture projects are madness

The small reductions gained by staggering per-tonne costs illustrate what every independent analyst knows: The Harper government's 20-per-cent reduction target will not be met
Oct 19, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/on-a-cost-basis-carbon-capture-projects-are-madness/article1329825/

Pass climate bill to send message, NDP urges

'Accountability act' could be enacted in time for Copenhagen conference, Layton says
Oct 19, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/712363--pass-climate-bill-to-send-message-ndp-urges

Harper's inconvenient truth

The prime minister knows cap-and-trade is wrong for Canada and bad for Canadians. He should say it
Oct 18, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/18/11438451-sun.html

Kids to the Rescue

Canadian youth are doing what they can to clean up an ecological mess they didn't create
Oct 18, 2009
Angelo Dicaro
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/588-kids-to-the-rescue

Health Minister Aglukkaq's Road Show

She hit BC to reassure about swine flu. But there was an outbreak of confusion.
Oct 18, 2009
Crawford Kilian
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/10/18/AglukkaqH1N1/

Hawking gives boost to Perimeter's expansion

Visit by renowned theoretical physicist to herald Waterloo institute's growing role as world leader in research
Oct 17, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hawking-gives-boost-to-perimeters-expansion/article1327788/

Universities learning how to recruit

With falling enrolment from local areas, students from away fill the empty spots
Oct 16, 2009
TASLEEM MAWJI
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1147909.html

The duty to be vaccinated

Being vaccinated against H1N1 is the most effective way to save lives. It is the right thing to do.
Oct 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-duty-to-be-vaccinated/article1325664/

The weather exploiters

Radical environmentalist Tim Flannery’s new book contains the usual hysterical pseudo-science. Second in an occasional series titled Countdown to Catastrophe: Copenhagen.
Oct 15, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/15/peter-foster-the-weather-exploiters.aspx

Allow higher oil sands emissions: CEO

Move would impose greater burden on others, but strict limits on producers would stifle the industry's growth, says head of Canadian Oil Sands Trust
Oct 15, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/allow-higher-oil-sands-emissions-ceo/article1325369/

Canadians will get H1N1 shots faster than others: official

Chief public health officer says population should be immunized by Christmas before the virus peaks
Oct 14, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-will-get-h1n1-shots-faster-than-others-official/article1323652/