Science Canada: 11/12/09

Nov 12, 2009
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/11/12/why-phds-leave-academics/

The Canadian Institues of Health Research has begun aggressively campaigning for health research grant applications from social scientists and humanists
Nov 12, 2009
Ann Silversides
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/12nov09-social-scientists-redirected-to-cihr-for-grants.shtml

Nov 12, 2009
SUSANNA KELLEY
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/11/12/11717696-sun.html

Not if you ask the folks who pump it
Nov 12, 2009
Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/is-the-world-awash-in-oil/article1360337/

Review 'suffers from significant bias,' company says
Nov 12, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/12/pfizer-neurontin.html

60% Below Average
Nov 11, 2009
Paul Vieira
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=2210089

If the best way to fight swine flu is to avoid it, how do we still know so little about its transmission?
Nov 11, 2009
Marc Saner
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/658-how-not-to-catch-h1n1

Nov 11, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16997

‘Whole span of modern medicine' is under threat because bugs are become resistant, rendering the drugs useless
Nov 11, 2009
Kate Kelland
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/antibiotic-overuse-threatens-treatments/article1359453/

- Backlash against GM crops complicates bid to feed world
- Resistance to science-based agriculture grows in U.S.
- Is a second Green Revolution needed, or even desirable?
Nov 10, 2009
Claudia Parsons, Russell Blinch and Svetlana Kovalyova
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN091742

Doctor denies obstructing Health Canada
Nov 10, 2009
Gwendolyn Richards
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2204160

A fired official believes climate change is equivalent to a religious belief. Who could disagree?
Nov 10, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/10/peter-foster-climatism-is-more-than-a-belief-system.aspx

Congress approves $163M subsidy to build new reactor, begin domestic production
Nov 9, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/723019--u-s-isotope-industry-will-be-canada-s-loss

But companies unable to forge consensus on the best way to proceed with emissions reduction
Nov 9, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/big-oil-makes-case-for-carbon-capture-subsidies/article1356162/

If we don't produce our oil and gas resources, countries that refuse to be bound by Kyoto targets will
Nov 9, 2009
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/zealots-throw-another-dagger-at-our-oil-industry/article1356167/

Children deserve the utmost in protection at a time of a public-health emergency
Nov 9, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/schoolchildren-are-the-next-priority/article1357350/

Come December, public health officials will be faced with the task of persuading people to get the shot after the worst is over
Nov 9, 2009
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/for-many-vaccine-will-be-available-after-flu-peaks/article1356125/

When activism is disguised as science
Nov 9, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/does-bpa-give-you-the-willies-it-shouldnt/article1357124/

Pollster Nik Nanos says there's no benefit for any politicians who 'manufacture a problem' where there isn't one
Nov 9, 2009
CYNTHIA MÜNSTER, BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/h1n1_issue-11-9-2009

Tories accuse opposition parties of frightening the public and creating panic by overstating the degree of the threat of the H1N1 pandemic
Nov 9, 2009
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/100_million_stimulus_ads-11-9-2009

Environment Minister signs memorandum of understanding with the United States and Mexico that binds the three countries in defending uninhabited spaces
Nov 9, 2009
Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-commits-to-wilderness-deal/article1356547/

Ottawa has offered a false choice between economic growth and environmental progress
Nov 8, 2009
Clare Demerse
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/722486

Discuss how to save B.C.'s salmon stock with Fisheries Survival Coalition spokesman Phil Eidsvik
Nov 8, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/online-qa-bcs-salmon-crisis/article1355700/

The Globe and Mail obtained findings of a lengthy investigation by Alberta's College of Physicians and Surgeons into whistleblower John O'Connor's claims
Nov 8, 2009
Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/report-casts-doubt-on-mds-claims-about-alberta-reserves-cancer-rates/article1355980/

Vaccine wastage, disease management among crucial messages
Nov 8, 2009
Denise Ryan
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+officials+battle+H1N1+rumours/2200356/story.html

Polar bears are in decline, alright, but not everywhere. There is a case for keeping the hunt alive in Nunavut and the Inuit are making it
Nov 8, 2009
Paul Watson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/722760--the-bear-facts-about-the-polar-bear-hunt

Energy minister meets industry in Calgary
Nov 7, 2009
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/patient+carbon+policy+Raitt+counsels/2196666/story.html

Emissions Targets. Chances of reaching a treaty at next month's UN conference in Copenhagen appear more remote than ever as the gap in demands between rich and poor countries continues to widen
Nov 7, 2009
WILLIAM MARSDEN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Clouds+gather+over+climate+talks/2195365/story.html

In his new book, Satya Das argues that so-called dirty oil can help build a cleaner future. He focuses on Albertans, such as Evan Chrapko, who are paving the way
Nov 7, 2009
SATYA DAS
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/722497--energy-s-face-of-the-future

Canada is calling the bluff of Big Green and its army of unquestioning acolytes
Nov 7, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2197134

Politicians the world over claim that 4,000 scientists believe in global warming. Depends on who’s counting
Nov 7, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/07/lawrence-solomon-numbers-racket.aspx

On the environment, Quebec is content to play the holier-than-thou role
Nov 6, 2009
Lysiane Gagnon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/red-cloud-over-alberta/article1354846/

How many bureaucrats does it take to give your kid a shot in the arm?
Nov 6, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/swine-flu-snafus/article1354773/

Thursday, November 12, 2009