Science Canada: January 2010

Friday, January 22, 2010

Poll finds strong support for boosting heath, medical research funding

Follows earlier report from blue-ribbon Science, Technology and Innovation Council that said government support for research in Canada was middling and inadequate
Jan 18, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/poll-finds-strong-support-for-boosting-heath-medical-research-funding/article1434464/

Science Policy in Canada: We should be ashamed...

Jan 21, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/01/21/science-policy-in-canada-we-should-be-ashamed%e2%80%a6/

Canadians want more money spent on medical research

Jan 18, 2010
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100118/research_survey_100118/20100118?hub=TopStoriesV2

Why Research Matters

Health care innovation saves patients' lives and fuels our knowledge economy. It should not be left to chance funding.
Jan 18, 2010
Christopher Paige
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/838-why-research-matters

Cancer survival doubles for smokers who quit: study

Never give up on quitting, says researcher
Jan 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/22/lung-cancer-smoking.html

Climate change a problem in desperate need of leadership

The Liberals would stand out by presenting clear environmental policies to Canadians
Jan 21, 2010
Désirée McGraw
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/753595--climate-change-a-problem-in-desperate-need-of-leadership

Ontario backs $7B renewable energy deal

Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/ontario-energy.html

McGuinty heralds Samsung green energy deal

Controversial agreement gives South Korean consortium access to energy market with promise of thousands of jobs for Ontario
Jan 21, 2010
Robert Benzie & Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/753816--mcguinty-heralds-samsung-green-energy-deal

Ottawa erred on B.C. mine review: court

Red Chris project gets green light to proceed
Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/bc-red-chris-mine-supreme-court.html

Carbon credit trading no fraud

Re: The Next Big Scam: CO2, Patricia Adams, Jan. 13.
Jan 21, 2010
Konrad Mech
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/21/fp-letters-carbon-credit-trading-no-fraud.aspx

UN climate report hurt by errors on glaciers

Jan 21, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/tech-un-climate-glacier.html

UN panel 'regrets' exaggeration

Climate change; Himalayan melt not as fast as stated
Jan 21, 2010
Reuters
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/panel+regrets+exaggeration/2466207/story.html

Glaciers and the IPCC: Off-base camp

A mistaken claim about glaciers raises questions about the UN’s climate panel
Jan 21, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15328534

Non-stick coating linked to thyroid disease

Jan 21, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/pfoa-coating-thyroid.html

New genetic analyzing tool helps trace superbug MRSA's origins: study

Jan 21, 2010
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hfjCjq24ebGsuLk9KAs4dlJENcCQ

Milk given the raw deal?

Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/27/f-health-raw-milk.html

Some full-body scanners not without cancer risk: experts

Jan 21, 2010
Pauline Tam
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Some+full+body+scanners+without+cancer+risk+experts/2469724/story.html

The pillar of salt can be knocked down

Reducing salt in the Canadian diet should be as much of a public-health priority as cutting obesity
Jan 21, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-pillar-of-salt-can-be-knocked-down/article1439760/

Canada's infant mortality rate highest in Saskatchewan

Jan 21, 2010
Jason Warick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+infant+mortality+rate+highest+Saskatchewan/2469882/story.html

Combo treatment helps hospital infection

Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/21/c-difficile-treatment.html

The Economy of the Future

Climate policy is increasingly about economics and new energy technologies. What will Canada's place be in the green economy?
Jan 20, 2010
Alex Wood
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/855-the-economy-of-the-future

Right Decision, Wrong Reasons

Insite is saved for now, but proponents of the safe injection site will have to do more than emphasize scientific studies if they want to make real headway
Jan 20, 2010
Patrick Fafard
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/857-right-decision-wrong-reasons

Health Canada opens door to more vitamins, minerals in foods

Jan 20, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Health+Canada+opens+door+more+vitamins+minerals+foods/2464882/story.html

GM flax contamination threatens Canadian production

Now that it has been confirmed that Canadian flax has been contaminated with the genetically modified variety called Triffid, taken off the market in 2001, Canadian flax growers are scrambling to find a market for their product.
Jan 20, 2010
Stephanie Dearing
Digital Journal
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/286058

Blame Asia for some of North America's growing ozone pollution: study

Jan 20, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Blame+Asia+some+North+America+growing+ozone+pollution+study/2464588/story.html

Ozone pollution in N. America linked to Asia

Jan 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/20/tech-ozone-america-asia.html

Dealing with the Copenhagen deniers

Jan 20, 2010
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/20/dealing-with-the-copenhagen-deniers.aspx

Scientists using selective temperature data, skeptics say

Jan 20, 2010
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2465231

Surmont oilsands expansion given green light

Jan 19, 2010
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Surmont+oilsands+expansion+given+green+light/2459351/story.html

ConocoPhillips plans oilsands expansion

Construction to start this year
Jan 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/01/19/surmont-oilsands-to-expand.html

Federal government takes second look at benefits of biofuels

Jan 19, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Federal+government+takes+second+look+benefits+biofuels/2460641/story.html

How the WHO overshot on H1N1

There was no conspiracy – just an inability to adapt to changing circumstances
Jan 19, 2010
Richard Schabas and Neil Rau
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-the-who-overshot-on-h1n1/article1436739/

Monarch butterfly count at a record low

North American weather extremes take toll on migratory insects whose colonies in Mexico were already in decline
Jan 19, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/monarch-butterfly-count-at-a-record-low/article1435827/

Not a great start to the year for the “Warmists”

Jan 19, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=7409

Price fixing

Why it is important to put a price on nature
Jan 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15321193

Manufacturing in trouble? You can thank the tar sands

Hitching the economy to dirty oil production turns our dollar into a petro-loonie, which hurts manufacturing
Jan 18, 2010
Gillian McEachern & Matt Price
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/751926--manufacturing-in-trouble-you-can-thank-the-tar-sands

Health Canada slow to act on lead-filled children's jewelry

Jan 18, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/life/Health+Canada+slow+lead+filled+children+jewelry/2456638/story.html

R&D will keep Chalk on top

Innovation: Fredericton company among those relying on research to stay ahead of the pack
Jan 18, 2010
John Pollack
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/923802

Screen children for obesity, MDs urged

Jan 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/18/obese-screening-children.html

Diabetes on rise in young aboriginal women

Jan 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/18/diabetes-aboriginal.html

Lakes wind could power Ontario: report

Offshore turbines would spawn huge industry that has potential of outpacing entrenched generators such as nuclear, hydro, developer says
Jan 18, 2010
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/lakes-wind-could-power-ontario-report/article1435455/

Quebec's green machines

Jan 15, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2443408

B.C. government approves controversial Prosperity mine project

Jan 15, 2010
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/government+approves+controversial+Prosperity+mine+project/2442564/story.html

AECL's fork in the road

Jan 15, 2010
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/01/aecls-fork-in-the-road.html

Program could help kids get jump-start in math

John Mighton isn't a teacher, but the mathematician's methods could help regular students become more fluent in math
Jan 15, 2010
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/program-could-help-kids-get-jump-start-in-math/article1433199/

And the real sinkhole is...

Jan 14, 2010
Lynne Bezanson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/and-the-real-sinkhole-is/article1431827/

Canada's alleged obesity epidemic

Public health efforts should focus on trying to encourage Canadians to improve their cardiovascular health
Jan 14, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canadas-alleged-obesity-epidemic/article1431756/

Canadians like the things that produce pollution

What the PM's little announcement in Rivière-du-Loup really means
Jan 12, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadians-like-the-things-that-produce-pollution/article1428877/

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Call for a bigger vision

Science in Canada cannot realize its full potential without clear direction from government
Jan 14, 2010
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7278/full/463135a.html

Producing more PhDs

Jan 11, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/producing-more-phds

Canadian survey of postdocs reveals dissatisfaction

Report recommends time limit on postdoctoral training
Jan 11, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-survey-postdocs.aspx

Manning: an unlikely ally for universities?

Preston Manning has been a knowledgeable supporter of science for years
Jan 11, 2010
Daniel Mccabe
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/manning-an-unlikely-ally-for-universities.aspx

Canada needs a polar policy

A lack of coordination in Arctic research funding leaves scientists without the support they need for fieldwork. John England outlines how Canada can set things right, and show leadership in the north.
Jan 14, 2010
John England
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7278/full/463159a.html

Canadian Arctic science underfunded, poorly co-ordinated: British journal

Jan 13, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpniNCHdszW0AL7fhSwW78p76XxA

Arctic researchers frozen out of gov't funding: scientist

Jan 13, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+researchers+frozen+funding+scientist/2437949/story.html

Canada's Arctic researchers call for polar policy

Jan 13, 2010
John Bowman
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/13/tech-arctic-polar-research.html

Cancer studies face national funding crisis

As hospitals scramble for philanthropic dollars, many fear that only pharmaceutical firms will have pockets deep enough for trials
Jan 16, 2010
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cancer-studies-face-national-funding-crisis/article1433644/

No new cash causes foundation that funds climate research to fear brain drain

Jan 11, 2010
Bruce Cheadle
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/81182202.html

A shortsighted way to save a little money

Jan 12, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/letters/shortsighted+save+little+money/2431133/story.html

Funds needed to stay on top

Jan 11, 2010
SHARON LEM
QMI AGENCY
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/01/11/12416201-sun.html

Con Mine geothermal plan nets federal funding

Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/con-mine-geothermal.html

Ottawa chips in $58 million for clean-tech innovations

Jan 13, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/749960--ottawa-chips-in-58-million-for-clean-tech-innovations

Taxing Issues

Quebec culture, special interest groups to blame for slow pace of reform at cash-strapped universities
Jan 9, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Taxing+Issues+Reform+happening+slowly+cash+strapped+Quebec+universities/2422520/story.html

Feds pump $5.5 million into biofuel plant

Jan 12, 2010
Eric McGuinness
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/703598

Canadian Research Knowledge Network Concludes Agreements for $140 Million in Digital Research Content

Jan 14, 2010
Canadian Research Knowledge Network
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/14/c8778.html

Invasion of the bighead carp has Ontario scared

Supermarket fined $3,500 for selling a live bighead carp that could endanger native fish
Jan 16, 2010
Ann Hui
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/751564--invasion-of-the-bighead-carp-has-ontario-scared

B.C. court affirms injection site's right to exist

Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/bc-court-ruling-safe-injection-site-vancouver.html

H1N1 not a 'fake' pandemic: WHO flu chief

Health authorities cannot 'sit back,' Fukuda says
Jan 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/h1n1-pandemic-who.html

H1N1 impact greater than 2003 blackout

Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/h1n1-economic-impact-hours-worked.html

H1N1 main flu spreads on 3 continents

Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/h1n1-who-us-canada.html

HPV found in 56% of new couples: study

Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/hpv-infections-new-couples.html

Finland aims to eliminate smoking

Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/smoking-finland.html

Paleontologists concerned about B.C. mining company's new Arctic project

Jan 15, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Paleontologists+concerned+about+mining+company+Arctic+project/2446342/story.html

Mitsubishi testing electric cars in Quebec

Biggest Canadian pilot project
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/15/montreal-electric-car-quebec-mitsubishi.html

Shea backs P.E.I. wind power connection

Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/15/pei-wind-power-projects-584.html

Tackling obesity may require anti-smoking style approach: Canada's top doctor

Jan 14, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Tackling+obesity+require+anti+smoking+style+approach+Canada+doctor/2442097/story.html

More preparation needed for climate change, says Phillips

Jan 14, 2010
Sharon Hill
The Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/technology/More+preparation+needed+climate+change+says+Phillips/2442885/story.html

Think-tank wants to build high-tech car in Ottawa

Jan 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/13/canadian-car.html

WHO fights back over criticism that it exaggerated H1N1 threat

Critics claim agency colluded with makers of vaccine
Jan 14, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/who-fights-back-over-criticism-that-it-exaggerated-h1n1-threat/article1431667/

Pesticide ban opponents seek charges against Ont. minister

Jan 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/01/14/consumer-pesticide-ban.html

Chalk River isotope delays could last into April

Jan 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/01/14/chalk-river-isotopes.html

Australia may be backing away from cap and trade

Jan 14, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/14/lawrence-solomon-australia-may-be-backing-away-from-cap-and-trade.aspx

Don’t be fooled. Science is always politicized

Food, climate or toys: Policy implications enter into every stage of risk assessment
Jan 14, 2010
Ronald L. Doering
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/14/don-t-be-fooled-science-is-always-politicized-160.aspx

The new inquisition

In a new collection of essays, Post columnist Rex Murphy defends climate change heretics from David Suzuki
Jan 14, 2010
Rex Murphy
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/14/rex-murphy-the-new-inquisition.aspx

Fat Nation: Canadians are heavier, wider, weaker

According to a landmark new study, we’re less fit in almost every way than we were 28 years ago. How did this happen – and what can we do about it?
Jan 13, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/fat-nation-canadians-are-heavier-wider-weaker/article1430315/

Canadians fatter, less fit than in 1981; trends don't bode well: experts

Jan 13, 2010
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gVB3NH3D7S2U3Qn-1e2OvnCCVDcA

Oilsands unfairly targeted: report

Vehicles produce more emissions, according to Environment Canada
Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/12/conference-board-oilsands.html

Global lessons on building a low-carbon economy

Jan 12, 2010
Paul Ekins
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Global+lessons+building+carbon+economy/2431456/story.html

Low amount of BPA can increase cardiac risk by 45%, study finds

The widely used plastic-making compound has already been labelled toxic by Health Canada and removed from baby bottles
Jan 12, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/low-amount-of-bpa-can-increase-cardiac-risk-by-45-per-cent-study-finds/article1428929/

New Inuit research centre to combine traditional knowledge and science

Jan 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j5u07YiMEmAnXSkSauLFb6pr00ag

Doctor weighs in on obesity ahead of Statistics Canada survey release

StatsCan to release national survey that took physical measurements of Canadians
Jan 12, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Doctor+weighs+obesity+ahead+Statistics+Canada+survey+release/2433478/story.html

We just keep getting fatter

Jan 12, 2010
MINDELLE JACOBS
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2010/01/12/12440666.html

TV time shortens life, study suggests

Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/tv-watching-premature-death-heart-disease.html

WHO to examine its H1N1 response

Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/12/h1n1-who.html

Pandemic exposed communications gap

Jan 12, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/01/12/12439436.html

New York City aims to cut salt intake

Putting voluntary bite on sodium
Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/salt-new-york-food-health.html

Internet energy efficiency goal of green initiative

Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/12/green-touch-network-communications.html

Canadians say climate change a bigger threat than terrorism: poll

Jan 11, 2010
Laura Stone
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2426327

Isotope delay would be 'extremely serious:' MDs

Jan 11, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/isotopes-chalk-river-doctors.html

Baffin Island caribou sightings few: Inuit

Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/baffin-caribou.html

HIV drug-resistance rates fall in B.C.

Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/hiv-resistance-bc.html

Expand hepatitis shots, awareness: U.S. report

Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/hepatitis-institute-medicine-us.html

New Jersey passes medical marijuana bill

Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/medical-pot-new-jersey.html

Canadian infant formula crackdown fails to make baby steps

Jan 11, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadian+infant+formula+crackdown+fails+make+baby+steps+Internal+documents/2429668/story.html

Ottawa pulls its own Internet hoax

Jan 11, 2010
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/lawbytes/article/748958--geist-ottawa-pulls-own-internet-hoax

Are we on the brink of a stem-cell breakthrough?

Researchers say China may be the country to make significant discoveries in regenerative therapies
Jan 11, 2010
SHARON LEM
QMI AGENCY
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/01/11/12416196-sun.html

Surprise baby 'boomlet' lifts B.C.'s orca pods

Six young killers whales born in the past year returns endangered population back to 2007 levels
Jan 11, 2010
ROD MICKLEBURGH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/surprise-baby-boomlet-lifts-bcs-orca-pods/article1426431/

Prentice leads way in contact with lobbyists

Analysis shows environment minister nearly matched by calls to Clement
Jan 10, 2010
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Prentice+leads+contact+with+lobbyists/2425569/story.html

'It's like a death watch'

Environmentalists say Canada is dithering despite clear evidence showing many species in decline
Jan 10, 2010
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/like+death+watch/2425928/story.html

Friday, January 8, 2010

Canada lags in graduating PhDs: report

However Conference Board of Canada's annual report card awards an ‘A' for overall education
Jan 6, 2010
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lags-in-graduating-phds-report/article1420406/

Canada improves in education performance but gaps remain: Study

Jan 7, 2010
Mark Iype
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Education+Canada+scores+despite+failures/2411425/story.html

Report gives Canada improved grade in education

Jan 5, 2010
Denise Balkissoon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/746546--report-gives-canada-improved-grade-in-education

China surpasses Canada in stem cell advances: report

Jan 7, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2416860

The Royal Society: The establishment of science

Celebrating the 350th anniversary of the birth of modern science
Jan 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15214028

Oilsands study slanted toward Big Oil: report

Environment Canada documents take aim at assessment by natural resources department
Jan 8, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Oilsands+study+slanted+toward+report/2419609/story.html

Hydrogen-powered buses at Olympics under scrutiny

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/consumer-hydrogen-buses-whistler-olympics.html

D is the new C: Sunshine vitamin is suddenly hot

Sales of once-neglected nutrient eclipse those of vitamin C for the first time, suppliers say
Jan 8, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/d-is-the-new-c-sunshine-vitamin-is-suddenly-hot/article1423352/

Earth-like planets could be found soon: astronomers

Jan 8, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/tech-space-earth-like-planets.html

Report calls for research on nanoparticles in food

Jan 8, 2010
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Report+calls+research+nanoparticles+food/2420561/story.html

H1N1 death toll hits 12,799: WHO

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/08/h1n1-who.html

Bird count in Algonquin Park lowest ever

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/bird-count-algonquin-park.html

Ottawa orders study into environmental, health effects of making renewable fuels

Jan 7, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iK6dGo9A5A92hdNEIM2u0qA8xlrQ

Canada to study biofuel's environmental impact

Jan 7, 2010
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6065BU20100107?sp=true

Climate change: No hiding place?

The betting is that 2010 will be the hottest year on record. But understanding how the planet’s temperature changes is still a challenge to science
Jan 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15211377

New antiseptic may cut hospital infections

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/07/hospital-infections.html

Obesity's disease burden worse than smoking

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/06/obesity-smoking-public-health.html

Parks Canada planning N.L. moose cull

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/07/nl-moose-cull-107.html

Stay vigilant on H1N1, U.S. advises

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/07/swine-flu-us.html

Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming: experts

Jan 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/07/tech-climate-winter-weather.html

Canada's Arctic meltdown grows at alarming pace

Jan 7, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/747290--canada-s-arctic-meltdown-grows-at-alarming-pace

N.S. wants input on possible pesticide ban

Jan 7, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9014722.html

The carp invasion

Jan 7, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/747139--the-carp-invasion

Canada's pharmaceuticals will be coming from China

Jan 7, 2010
PETER WORTHINGTON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/2010/01/07/12374261-sun.html

The green gadflys

Jan 7, 2010
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/07/steven-d-levitt-and-stephen-j-dubner-the-green-gadflys.aspx

Canadians discontent with PM's climate performance

Jan 6, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/canadians-discontent-with-pms-climate-performance/article1420791/

Obesity surpasses smoking as top health threat: U.S. study

Jan 6, 2010
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Obesity+surpasses+smoking+health+threat+study/2411688/story.html

Private hospital rooms lower risk of C. difficile

The more roommates you have during a hospital stay, the greater your risk of acquiring a dangerous infectious disease
Jan 6, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/private-hospital-rooms-lower-risk-of-c-difficile/article1420448/

Canada lending H1N1 vaccine to Mexico

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says 5 million doses will be shipped south starting this week; Mexico to replenish Canada's supply by end of March
Jan 6, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lending-h1n1-vaccine-to-mexico/article1420935/

Discard raw milk from Home on the Range, public urged

Probe finds contamination; dairy says milk safe
Jan 6, 2010
KAREN MOXLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discard-raw-milk-from-home-on-the-range-public-urged/article1420423/

More grist for the mind

Jan 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/more-grist-for-the-mind/article1420430/

Researchers to map High Arctic island

Jan 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/06/arctic-oil-map.html

Preparing for a deluge of dementia

Jan 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2405697

Daunting view on aging

Jan 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/745916--daunting-view-on-aging

U.S. considers rewriting fisheries law in dispute with Canada

Jan 5, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=2408392

Demand soars for vitamin D

Jan 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/vitamin-d.html

China's growth is Canada's gain

Chinese companies are banging on the door of Canadian resource companies as they hunt for materials for their growing society, and that theme is expected to echo loudly in the years to come
Jan 5, 2010
Paul Sullivan
Special to the Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/e-zines/trade-by-numbers/chinas-growth-is-canadas-gain/article1419888/

MP apologizes for staffer's views on climate change

Jan 5, 2010
JENN WATT
QMI AGENCY
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2246814

Even as flu cases fall, no downside to vaccine, doctors say

Some countries remain on high alert but Canada is seeing less flu activity than normal for this time of year
Jan 5, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/even-as-flu-cases-fall-no-downside-to-vaccine-doctors-say/article1420158/

The cool down in climate polls

World opinion on global warming is now as muddled as the science
Jan 5, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/05/the-cool-down-in-climate-polls.aspx

Children's place in the queue

By the time the vaccine reached young Canadians, it was next to useless
Jan 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/childrens-place-in-the-queue/article1417806/

Canadian women subject to extra ultrasounds during pregnancy: study

Jan 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2405291

Unequal access to cancer drugs creates 'postal-code lottery'

What some provinces consider standard treatment isn't offered to patients in other parts of the country
Jan 4, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/unequal-access-to-cancer-drugs-creates-postal-code-lottery/article1418818/

Monday, January 4, 2010

Senate hearings on PSE shut down

Jan 4, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-hearings-on-pse-shut-down

Nation Builder: Science - Anthony Pawson

He set the pace for great Canadian research
Jan 1, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/anthony-pawson/article1416800/

Nation Builder: Innovation - Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis

Their BlackBerry's best application was philanthropy
Jan 1, 2010
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/jim-balsillie-and-mike-lazaridis/article1416825/

Clement on Canada and competitiveness

With signs pointing to recovery, the Industry Minister shares his thoughts on making Canada more innovative and competitive going forward
Dec 27, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/clement-on-canada-and-competitiveness/article1413004/

Researchers help autos lose weight

Jan 2, 2010
Grace Macaluso
The Windsor Star
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Researchers+help+autos+lose+weight/2399755/story.html

The 10 players who will shape technology law

Jan 4, 2010
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/article/745444--geist-the-10-players-who-will-shape-technology-law

Innovation breeds optimism

Jan 4, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/745442--hamilton-innovation-breeds-optimism

Dementia surge to cost $153B by 2038: report

Jan 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/dementia-costs-aging-canada.html

Autism 'leaky gut' rejected

Jan 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/autism-diet-digestion.html

HIV travel ban lifted in U.S.

Jan 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/hiv-aids-travel-ban.html

Stuck Mars rover has uncertain future

Jan 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/04/tech-space-mars-rover-spirit.html

Myths of carbon capture 'challenge' Alberta expert

Technique best suited to power plants and industry, not oilsands, says Stefan Bachu
Jan 2, 2010
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Myths+carbon+capture+challenge+Alberta+expert/2398747/story.html

Food lobbyists blamed for squelching nutrition bill

Jan 2, 2010
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Food+lobbyists+blamed+squelching+nutrition+bill/2398099/story.html

How Canada's H1N1 plan delivered for mothers

Pregnant women got advance prescriptions
Jan 2, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-canadas-h1n1-plan-delivered-for-mothers/article1416893/

U.S. consul general watching oilsands closely

Jan 2, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100102/us_oilsands_100102/20100102?hub=Canada

Premier adamant on tying energy future to Quebec

Daring plan to barter NB Power for greener power upsets Newfoundland, may thwart regional alliance
Jan 2, 2010
Michael Tutton
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/744996--premier-adamant-on-tying-energy-future-to-quebec

U.K. drinking-related health costs rising: report

Jan 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/02/britain-drinking.html

Federal help urged to save pipeline

Jan 2, 2010
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2010/01/02/12324096-sun.html

Sensible strings attached

Jan 1, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/sensible-strings-attached/article1416485/

Canada's dirty nuclear secret

A serious warning that Canadians should know about first-hand
Jan 1, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/neil-reynolds/canadas-dirty-nuclear-secret/article1416520/

Low flu activity reported in Canada, U.S.

Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/h1n1-canada-us-who.html

Safety of drugs in pregnancy to be probed

Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/pregnancy-drugs-safety-fda.html

N.S. drinking water standard battles parasite

Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/ns-water-parasite.html

Heart devices OK'd on weak evidence: U.S. studies

Researchers made faulty assumptions, regulator responds
Dec 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/30/heart-devices-safety-fda.html

Mackenzie pipeline gets green light from panel

Dec 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/30/jrp-mackenzie-pipeline.html

Greener oil sands, greener planet

Canada must lead the evolution to a low carbon future
Dec 30, 2009
Satya Das
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/greener-oil-sands-greener-planet/article1415227/

The Obama effect and the year in medicine

A wrap-up of 2009's medical highlights, low points and emerging trends to watch in 2010
Dec 30, 2009
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/new-year/the-obama-effect-and-the-year-in-medicine/article1415223/

Kids not 'super-spreaders' of H1N1: study

Dec 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/30/h1n1-children-spread.html

Climate change: Planet B

How the underwhelming Copenhagen accord could yet turn into a useful document
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15174523

Renewable energy: The seat of power

Better sewage treatment is the latest thing in clean energy
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15172621

Agriculture and climate change: Why farms may be the new forests

In the war against climate change, peasants are in the front line
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15179766

Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid

Lack of consensus on whether the 270-metre asteroid will hit Earth on its first flyby in 2029
Dec 30, 2009
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/russia-may-send-spacecraft-to-knock-away-asteroid/article1414918/

Quebec adopts California car emissions standards

Rules will gradually lower greenhouse gas emission ceiling for cars
Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/quebec-adopts-california-emissions-standards.html

'Premature' to declare pandemic over: WHO

Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/swine-flu.html

Ginkgo doesn't help memory in seniors: study

Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/ginkgo-memory-aging.html

Industry Minister Clement Approves the Petrochina-Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation Transaction

Dec 29, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-1096236.html

Ottawa approves Ciena's $769M purchase of Nortel's Ethernet business

Dec 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iOjiQMijY_CyeoFIuRzTBYeWucyA

Industry Minister Clement Approves Ciena's Acquisition of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks Division

Dec 29, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-1096261.html

Disinfectant use could cause superbugs

Dec 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/28/disinfectants-superbugs.html