Government of Canada Invests in Research Excellence at Canada's Universities

Creating the jobs of the future by attracting and retaining the brightest minds
Mar 26, 2010
Canada Research Chairs & Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Research-Excellence-at-Canadas-Universities-1138447.htm

Canada Foundation for Innovation Practices Called "World's Best"

Mar 24, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Foundation-for-Innovation-Practices-Called-Worlds-Best-1137201.htm

Government Invests and Strenghtens Canada's Research Capacity

Research students gain international experience that benefits Canadians at home
Mar 22, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Invests-and-Strenghtens-Canadas-Research-Capacity-1135425.htm

Why Canada is bush-league at innovation

Mar 24, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/canada-bush-league-at-innovation/

Post-budget roundup

Mar 22, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/post-budget-roundup/

CAPS Getting Progress in Parliament

Mar 24, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/24/caps-getting-progress-in-parliament/

University finances: Canada versus the U.S.

Mar 26, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-finances-canada-versus-the-u-s/

New postdoc awards welcomed in 2010 federal budget

Universities say government’s proposal for new fellowships will help them to recruit top scholars
Mar 17, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-postdoc-awards.aspx

Scientists urged to form networks

Mar 24, 2010
JOHN MINER
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/03/23/13336106.html

White House taps UBC prof as science advisor

Nobel laureate masterminded push to reform how undergraduates 'flex their brains' to study science
Mar 24, 2010
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/784359--white-house-taps-ubc-prof-as-science-advisor

UBC’s Carl Wiemen nominated for White House science post

Appointment as associate director a “positive validation” of the teaching methods employed at UBC, says school’s dean of science
Mar 23, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ubcs-carl-wiemen-nominated-for-white-house-science-post/article1509922/

Canada Needs An "Own The Podium" Attitude To Innovation

Poor record of transforming knowledge into marketable new products that the world will want to buy puts Canada at a global disadvantage and the risk of falling even further behind its peers
Mar 22, 2010
James McKinnon
Persona Corporation
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=117023

Innovation out of our hands in a branch-plant economy

Offshore decision making guides our private-sector economy
Mar 23, 2010
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/783671--olive-innovation-out-of-our-hands-in-a-branch-plant-economy

$27M space program light on domestic benefits: critic

‘You don’t get this type of situation in other countries’
Mar 22, 2010
David Pugliese
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/space+program+light+domestic+benefits+critic/2709651/story.html

Silence golden for government

Mar 19, 2010
The Cape Breton Post
http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2010-03-19/article-919244/Silence-golden-for-government/1

Scientists do interact with news media

Re: Scientists must be free to speak out, March 19
Mar 23, 2010
Jim Prentice
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Scientists+interact+with+news+media/2714590/story.html

Scientists muzzled, water crusader says

Mar 24, 2010
KENNEDY GORDON
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2505106

Harper's Humiliating Muzzle on Scientists

Canada is becoming a global joke as our world-class experts are prohibited from speaking
Mar 25, 2010
Mitchell Anderson
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/03/25/HarpersMuzzle/

Budget 2010 - a welcome vision for Canada

Mar 20, 2010
J. Colin Dodds
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/990636

We just aren't making products people want

Mar 23, 2010
H. Douglas Barber and Jeffrey Crelinsten
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/just+aren+making+products+people+want/2714599/story.html

Green careers are growing

Opportunity
Mar 23, 2010
Rebecca Walberg
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/money/Green+careers+growing/2714101/story.html

Canada isn't cleaning up on green technology exports

The country's weak climate-friendly trade performance stands in contrast with exploding global opportunities
Mar 22, 2010
Danielle Goldfarb
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-isnt-cleaning-up-on-green-technology-exports/article1508577/

U of C, feds team up for energy-focused geology research

Mar 26, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/feds+team+energy+focused+geology+research/2730154/story.html

Spinal-cord research gets $38.5M boost in funding

Federal government, province of B.C. announce program on 25th anniversary of Rick Hansen's Man-in-Motion tour
Mar 21, 2010
Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/spinal-cord-research-gets-385m-boost-in-funding/article1507303/

$6 million for beef research initiative

Mar 23, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/23/13331746-qmi.html

National Science Fair needs more volunteers

Mar 26, 2010
ANDREA HOUSTON
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2509186

Calgary students in spotlight at annual Youth Science Fair

Mar 22, 2010
Sherri Zickefoose
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Calgary+students+spotlight+annual+Youth+Science+Fair/2709809/story.html

Pfizer to pay $142M for drug fraud

Sales of drug total $300M annually in Canada
Mar 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/gabapentin-ubc.html

Canada's tech standing overblown: economists

Mar 26, 2010
Peter Nowak
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/25/world-economic-forum-technology-rankings.html

N.B. reactor may be delayed into 2012

Uncertainty over Point Lepreau helped fuel collapse of NB Power deal
Mar 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/26/nb-aecl-point-lepreau-delay-keir-547.html

Monsoons spread Asian pollution worldwide: report

Winds send toxins into stratosphere, where it may affect ozone layer, Canadian scientists say
Mar 26, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Canwest News service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Monsoons+spread+Asian+pollution+worldwide+report/2727159/story.html

Trade in endangered species: Fishy business

How the elephants’ success hurt the bluefin tuna
Mar 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15767253

Green market squandered by Canada: study

Mar 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/25/green-technology.html

Canada could clean up globally with climate-friendly technologies if it seizes the opportunity

Mar 25, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/25/c5042.html

TSX launches new green tech index

Mar 25, 2010
STEFANIA MORETTI
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/money/2010/03/25/13357266.html

Medical procedures cancelled as isotope shortage becomes 'farce'

Doctors only able to get 15 to 20 per cent of needed technetium-99
Mar 25, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/medical-procedures-cancelled-as-isotope-shortage-becomes-farce/article1512491/

1 in 3 breast cancers avoidable

Mar 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/breast-cancer-diet-exercise.html

Global pace of deforestation slows: FAO

Mar 25, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Global+pace+deforestation+slows/2725450/story.html

Chalk River isotopes expected by end of July

Mar 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/isotope-chalk-river025.html

Technological fixes can have serious consequences

Mar 24, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-technological-fixes-can-have-serious-consequences-89020217.html

Asian carp may be in Lake Michigan

Mar 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/24/carp-lakes024.html

Statscan finds widespread vitamin D deficiency in Canadians

Survey says 2 out of 3 Canadians have less of the nutrient than the latest research suggests is necessary
Mar 24, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-finds-widespread-vitamin-d-deficiency-in-canadians/article1510334/

Cancer patients await research payoff: report

Mar 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/24/cancer-advocacy-report-card.html

Sanitizers more effective than hand washing: study

Mar 24, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/03/24/13341226.html

Committee rejects motion on pro-asbestos group

Sought to cut federal funding; Non-profit organization set up in 1984 to promote safe use of chrysotile product
Mar 24, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Committee+rejects+motion+asbestos+group/2718555/story.html

New lobby group tries to keep asbestos industry alive

Quebec organization bucks international calls to ban carcinogenic material
Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/03/23/mtl-abestos-partners-defend.html

Bee colonies suffer bad winter

Mar 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/24/tech-bee-colony-collapse.html

A plan to make Western Canada a global leader in clean energy

Mar 23, 2010
Wal Van Lierop
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/plan+make+Western+Canada+global+leader+clean+energy/2715032/story.html

Vitamin D deficiency in 1.1 million Canadians

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/23/vitamin-d-levels-canada.html

'War on drugs' backfiring badly: UBC report

Roundup of gang bosses blamed for bloody turf battles
Mar 23, 2010
Suzanne Fournier
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/drugs+backfiring+badly+report/2714675/story.html

More policing worsens drug violence: study

Illegal Trade; Argues that gangs step up when key players removed
Mar 23, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2713979

The lowly honeybee deserves a lot more attention

Mar 23, 2010
TOM SPEARS
Canwest news services
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/lowly+honeybee+deserves+more+attention/2712903/story.html

The ABCs of family planning

What do we mean by it, and how does it relate to safe abortion?
Mar 23, 2010
Dorothy Shaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-abcs-of-family-planning/article1508575/

Liberal contraception motion opposed by Tories

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/03/23/politics-liberals-contraception-g8-motion.html

Rigid PM flubs a motherhood issue

Mar 23, 2010
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/783606--cohn-rigid-pm-flubs-a-motherhood-issue

U.K. Space Agency launched

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/tech-uk-space-agency.html

N.W.T. caribou decline questioned at hearing

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/nwt-caribou-hearing.html

Polluted N.L. sites get $10M

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/nl-cleanup-money-323.html

Asia blocks bid to protect sharks

Mar 23, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/tech-shark-cites.html

Perception, Power and Principles: Human induced climate change and why people have trouble accepting the science

Mar 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/22/perception-power-and-principles-human-induced-climate-change-and-why-people-have-trouble-accepting-the-science/

Anti-uranium doctors renew threat to resign

Mar 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/22/mtl-uranium-sept-iles-doctors.html

Device to convert seawater offers hope to parched lands

Mar 22, 2010
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Device+convert+seawater+offers+hope+parched+lands/2711854/story.html

Canada third-best at keeping promises: G8 report card

Mar 23, 2010
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/23/13332121.html

2009 L'Aqulia G8 Summit Interim Compliance Report

March 22, 2010
Adriene Davidson, Shiva Logarajah, Sam Plett, Erin Fitzgerald, Netila Demneri and Mark Rakhmangulov, with Jenilee Guebert
University of Toronto G8 Research Group and the State University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) G8 Research Centre
http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2009compliance-interim/index.html

The time is now for a national energy strategy

Mar 22, 2010
David Emerson
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/time+national+energy+strategy/2712530/story.html

Cholera scientist wins $150K water prize

Mar 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/22/cholera-stockholm-water-prize-colwell.html

Canada's blue gold

Mar 22, 2010
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/22/national-post-editorial-board-canada-s-blue-gold.aspx

Make the Canadian mining industry more accountable

Mar 22, 2010
Catherine Coumans
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/782562--make-the-canadian-mining-industry-more-accountable

Ottawa event to highlight effect of global water crisis

Photo exhibit focuses on plight in East Africa
Mar 22, 2010
Patrick Kahtouni
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Ottawa+event+highlight+effect+global+water+crisis/2710206/story.html

Labels not effective at helping consumers choose healthy foods

Mar 22, 2010
Chris Zdeb
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Labels+effective+helping+consumers+choose+healthy+foods/2710482/story.html

Clear the air

Mar 22, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Clear/2710189/story.html

Going green locally before acting globally

Mar 21, 2010
Roger Gibbins
For The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Going+green+locally+before+acting+globally/2707979/story.html

Fine St. Patio's Day sounds alarms on climate change

Last week's warm weather felt good but by some measures it's the tip of a local climate change iceberg
Mar 21, 2010
Daniel Tseghay
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/782824--fine-st-patio-s-day-sounds-alarms-on-climate-change

... but this is

Mar 20, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/this/2704963/story.html

Canada's forgotten disease

Stephanie Law investigates why First Nations, Inuit, and immigrant communities are disproportionately affected by Tuberculosis
Mar 20, 2010
Stephanie Law
McGill Daily
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/29069

If it talks like a quack...

Mar 19, 2010
Justin Trottier and Michael Payton
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/19/justin-trottier-and-michael-payton-if-it-talks-like-a-quack.aspx

Caffeine in sodas OK: Health Canada

Mar 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/19/caffeine-sodas-healthcanada.html

How the Conservatives dodged the climate bullet

Is dropping any real pretense to enviro-concern the wisest political move for a minority government?
Mar 19, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-conservatives-dodged-the-climate-bullet/article1506329/

Recalls raise additive concerns

Additive used to enhance flavour, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, may contain salmonella
Mar 19, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/recalls-raise-additive-concerns/article1505748/

Saving the bluefin tuna: an expert explains Canada’s bind

Mar 19, 2010
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/19/saving-the-bluefin-tuna-an-expert-explains-canadas-bind/

Health Canada widens use of caffeine in carbonated drinks

Mar 19, 2010
Patrick Denison
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+widens+caffeine+carbonated+drinks/2703955/story.html

Alternative energy: Smoothing out the wind

A cunning plan to store energy underwater may help fulfil the promise of wind power
Mar 15, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-monitor/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15709229

Media Advisory - "Industrial R&D: Is Canada Really Lagging?"

The Ninth Annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference - March 25, 2010 Ottawa
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/24/c4408.html

Venture capital finally gets a break

Mar 16, 2010
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/16/venture-capital-finally-gets-a-break.aspx

Canada risks missing out on the new green economy

Ottawa's wrong to cut back on research spending
Mar 19, 2010
JANET BAGNALL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+risks+missing+green+economy/2699692/story.html

Scientists must be free to speak out

Re: Climate-change scientists feel 'muzzled': documents, March 15
Mar 19, 2010
D. W. Schindler
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+must+free+speak/2699836/story.html

Demise of Canadian climate research would have global impact: scientists

Environment: No new money in federal budget for Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
Mar 15, 2010
Andy Blatchford
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/actualites/article/984331

Naming and shaming

Canadian academia too protective of those who "go rogue"
Mar 17, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Naming+shaming/2692379/story.html

Privacy has its limits

Mar 16, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2686619

Message managers

Mar 16, 2010
The Telegram
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=332641&sc=80

Ontario needs to raise its marks to compete in education market

Lack of an integrated post-secondary system leaves province ill-equipped to attract foreign students
Mar 16, 2010
John G. Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/780296--ontario-needs-to-raise-its-marks-to-compete-in-education-market

Creating a Venture Culture

Canadian entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for their industry, not blame others for its failures
Mar 16, 2010
David Crow
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1139-creating-a-venture-culture

Making research relevant goal of Carleton events

'Research Days' to run until mid-April
Mar 18, 2010
Matthew Pearson
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Making+research+relevant+goal+Carleton+events/2695526/story.html

Science North receives $7.3 M from federal, provincial governments

Mar 17, 2010
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/03/scienceNorth-170310.aspx

Is RIM losing its competitive edge?

Most analysts still rate Canada's technology star a buy, but some say it's too reliant on past technical successes
Mar 17, 2010
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/is-rim-losing-its-competitive-edge/article1502824/

No lifeline for species on brink

Forum rejects request to ban export of bluefin tuna and international sale of polar bear skin, parts
Mar 19, 2010
Michael Casey
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/782134--no-lifeline-for-species-on-brink

Playing politics with motherhood

Mar 19, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/782012--playing-politics-with-motherhood

Family planning saves lives

Mar 19, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Family+planning+saves+lives/2699839/story.html

Pine beetle won't kill forestry, B.C. says

Mar 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/19/bc-pine-beetle-forestry-report.html

Climate science: Spin, science and climate change

Action on climate is justified, not because the science is certain, but precisely because it is not
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15720419

The science of climate change: The clouds of unknowing

There are lots of uncertainties in climate science. But that does not mean it is fundamentally wrong
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15719298

Climate-change politics: Cap-and-trade's last hurrah

The decline of a once wildly popular idea
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15721597

Canadian government 'hiding truth about climate change', report claims

Mar 18, 2010
Stephen Leahy
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/18/climate-change-canada

Contraception a part of maternal-health plan, Harper says

PM's promise contradicts earlier statements by government ministers, while funding for abortion remains off the table
Mar 18, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/contraception-a-part-of-maternal-health-plan-harper-says/article1505160/

Conservatives put birth control back on the table

Mar 18, 2010
Susan Delacourt and Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/781743--conservatives-put-birth-control-back-on-the-table

No-condoms-for-Africa is no solution

Mar 18, 2010
Tasha Kheiriddin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/18/tasha-kheiriddin-no-condoms-for-africa-a-half-cocked-solution.aspx

Feds should cut asbestos advocacy funding: NDP MP

Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Feds+should+asbestos+funding/2698741/story.html

Paradis, NDPer duke it out over asbestos

Mar 18, 2010
BRYN WEESE
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/18/13281796-qmi.html

Tory budget an environmental disaster

Response to the climate crisis undercut, nuclear energy boosted
Mar 18, 2010
Elizabeth May
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Tory+budget+environmental+disaster/2696499/story.html

WHO says rise in drug-resistant TB unclear

Gap in African data precludes link on drug-resistant TB, HIV
Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/tuberculosis-resistant-who.html

Trade and conservation: Fin times

Ban the trade in bluefin tuna—but set a clear path to sustainable exploitation
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15720346

Bluefin tuna: Eaten away

A ban on the trade in bluefin tuna is rejected
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15745509

UN rejects Atlantic bluefin tuna ban

Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-bluefin-tuna-ban.html

Global polar bear trade ban defeated

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-cites-polar-bear-ban.html

U.K. climate change ads pulled

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/17/uk-climate-change-ads.html

Isotope shortage puts patients at risk

Mar 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/isotopes-shortage018.html

Number of High Arctic animals declining

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-arctic-animal-survey.html

Flaws cited in report used to shelve HIV-vaccine facility

Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Flaws+cited+report+used+shelve+vaccine+facility/2698581/story.html

Pasteurization makes meat safer, scientist says

Mar 18, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/dietfitness/diet/article/781519--pasteurization-makes-meat-safer-scientist-says

A formula for confusion

Mar 18, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/781378--a-formula-for-confusion

‘Earths are common,’ NASA scientist says

Mar 18, 2010
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/781654--earths-are-common-nasa-scientist-says

Smog danger inflated: climate change critic

Mar 18, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2695102

Public defibrillators improve survival

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/defibrillators-aed-cardiac-arrest-public.html

Tory anti-contraception policy sparks uproar from opposition

Harper government bending to religious right by not funding pregnancy prevention abroad, opposition charges
Mar 17, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tory-anti-contraception-policy-sparks-uproar-from-opposition/article1504020/

Conservatives accused of ‘willfully ignoring’ contraception research

Mar 17, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/conservatives-accused-of-willfully-ignoring-contraception-research/article1503743/

Contraception and mothers' lives

Ignoring the fundamental problem of unplanned pregnancies leaves a curious and gaping hole in a worthy new program, even before Canada officially launches it at the G8
Mar 17, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/contraception-and-mothers-lives/article1504038/

Birth control won't be in G8 plan to protect mothers, Tories say

'Signature' initiative meant to save lives, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says, ruling out contraception
Mar 17, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/birth-control-wont-be-in-g8-plan-to-protect-mothers-tories-say/article1502796/

Breast cancer drugs get faster screening

Mar 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/breast-cancer-biomarker-study.html

Free human egg prize sparks ethics debate

Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/infertility-egg-raffle-britain.html

Oilsands an eco-timebomb: think-tank

Mar 17, 2010
RICHARD LIEBRECHT
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/17/13270936.html

It's a tough climate for Elizabeth May and the Greens

She owns the environment issue, but that suits her poorly
Mar 17, 2010
Lawrence Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-a-tough-climate-for-elizabeth-may-and-the-greens/article1503778/

Texas university has eureka moment for coal-to-gas

Scientists in Texas say they have found a way to convert coal into gasoline at a cost of less than $30 (U.S.) a barrel - with zero release of pollutants
Mar 17, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/texas-university-has-eureka-moment-for-coal-to-gas/article1502823/

Canadians slow to get approved medications

Mar 17, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadians+slow+approved+medications/2692708/story.html

Access Delayed, Access Denied: Waiting for New Medicines in Canada 2010

Slow government approval policies and provincial drug-plan delays limit Canadians’ access to new medicines
Mar 17, 2010
Brett J. Skinner & Mark Rovere
Fraser Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/accessdelayedaccessdenied2010_CDN.pdf

Study finds mothers stop nursing too soon, missing health benefits

Mar 17, 2010
Natalie Alcoba
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2691234

Canada's health gap

Mar 17, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Canada+health/2691446/story.html

Greening Ontario can afford to switch off coal power now

Mar 17, 2010
Jack Gibbons
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/780865--greening-ontario-can-afford-to-switch-off-coal-power-now

Tainted meat and red tape

Mar 17, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/780863--walkom-tainted-meat-and-red-tape

Kidney failure rising in Canada: study

Up 57% since 1999; Diabetes cited as primary cause of end-stage renal disease
Mar 17, 2010
TOBI COHEN
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Kidney+failure+rising+Canada+study/2691116/story.html

Changing needs of education

Mar 17, 2010
Geoff Johnson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Changing+needs+education/2692230/story.html

Health boss grilled on city vaccine plan

Why was HIV facility scrapped? MP demands
Mar 17, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/health-boss-grilled-on-city-vaccine-plan-88079682.html

Pepsi out of schools by 2012

Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/pepsi-school-pullout.html

Environmental dilemma: Protect killer whales or salmon they eat?

Mar 17, 2010
Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Environmental+dilemma+Protect+killer+whales+salmon+they/2694050/story.html

Where are the bodies?

Models that predict thousands of smog-related hospitalizations in Toronto don’t hold up
Mar 17, 2010
Ross McKitrick
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/17/where-are-the-bodies.aspx

Binding climate treaty may take years: Prentice

Mar 16, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Binding+climate+treaty+take+years+Prentice/2690270/story.html

Pandemic flu vaccine talks start

Mar 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/flu-vaccine-pandemic-contract.html

Sharks threatened by Asian consumers: group

Mar 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/tech-un-species-shark-fin.html

Genetically modified flax target of bill

Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/agriculture-flax-bill.html

Family planning absent from Canada's G8 focus on women, child health

Mar 16, 2010
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Family+planning+absent+from+Canada+focus+women+child+health/2690306/story.html

PM snuffs plea to legalize pot in YouTube interview

Mar 16, 2010
Joan Bryden
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/pm-snuffs-plea-to-legalize-pot-in-youtube-interview-87961632.html

Finances sank HIV vaccine facility bid

'No one is hiding anything,' Aglukkaq tells House committee
Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/03/16/hiv-vaccine-isotopes-aglukkaq-butler-jones.html

North America-wide solution needed to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions from freight trucks

Mar 16, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/16/c2214.html

Obama offers his vision for improving education

With U.S. students falling behind their peers in other countries, the President sends Congress his plans for reform
Mar 15, 2010
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-offers-his-vision-for-improving-education/article1501547/

Feds want to study travel to help against pandemics

Mar 15, 2010
ALTHIA RAJ
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/15/13240681-qmi.html

Canada's food inspection ramping up

Inspectors union says new U.S. rules require more staff here
Mar 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/15/food-inspection-memo.html

Closing the phosphorus loop

Why scientists’ scramble to recapture phosphorus has turned into a race against time
Mar 15, 2010
SHARON OOSTHOEK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/closing-the-phosphorus-loop/article1501119/

Canadians turning to “vitamin cocktails” to boost energy, health

Mar 12, 2010
Martha Worboy
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/healthy-living/Canadians+turning+vitamin+cocktails+boost+energy+health/2676311/story.html

Space station could operate until 2028, says consortium

Mar 11, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+station+could+operate+until+2028+says+consortium/2671851/story.html

Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA

Mar 10, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+shuttle+beyond+2010+money+there+NASA/2666549/story.html

Innovation is our hidden deficit

What would it take for Canada to be an innovative economy for the 21st century?
Mar 11, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/innovation-is-our-hidden-deficit/article1497976/

Hon. Gary Goodyear on Budget 2010

Mar 11, 2010
Hon. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, Science and Technology
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/hon-gary-goodyear-budget-2010

Canada’s Budget – what does it mean for Canada’s R & D and biotech firms

Mar 11, 2010
Philip Schwab
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/canada%E2%80%99s-budget-%E2%80%93-what-does-it-mean-canada%E2%80%99s-r-d-and-biotech-firms

Canada lags far behind U.S. in spending on energy efficiency plan

Mar 12, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+lags+behind+spending+energy+efficiency+plan/2674664/story.html

Jim Flaherty the latest to leap into 'innovation gap'

Mar 10, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/777472--goar-jim-flaherty-the-latest-to-leap-into-innovation-gap

Canada needs to own the podium on productivity

Mar 12, 2010
Mark Sutcliffe
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Canada+needs+podium+productivity/2674200/story.html

Mixed reviews for Canada's science budget

Mar 9, 2010
Rebecca Trager
Royal Society of Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/March/09031003.asp

Smart investing

Mar 9, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Smart+investing/2659469/story.html

BUDGET 2010: Innovation, technology, green initiatives

Nuclear industry gets big boost
Mar 4, 2010
Philippe Gohier
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-innovation-technology-green-initiatives/

Scientists warn of demise of Canadian climate research

Mar 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100314/climate_research_100314/20100314?hub=

Jim Prentice reaches out amid climate backlash

Mar 15, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/jim-prentice-reaches-out-amid-climate-backlash/article1500876/

Budget deep freeze will lead to end of climate research lab

Critics say end to funding indicates Tories' skepticism of climate-change science
Mar 9, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/budget-deep-freeze-will-lead-to-end-of-climate-research-lab/article1495628/

Climate-change scientists feel 'muzzled' by Ottawa: Documents

Mar 15, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Climate+change+scientists+feel+muzzled+Ottawa+Documents/2684065/story.html

Name dishonest researchers, government urges

Mar 15, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Name+dishonest+researchers+government+urges/2683360/story.html

Star scientist hit with 'indefinite' grant ban

Research funds spent on TVs, iPod, custom car parts
Mar 13, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Star+scientist+with+indefinite+grant/2679568/story.html

Millions in federal grants at risk, U of C warned

Researchers told to better account for spending
Mar 11, 2010
Jamie Komarnicki
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Millions+federal+grants+risk+warned/2669401/story.html

Saskatchewan must go global for innovation

Mar 11, 2010
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Saskatchewan+must+global+innovation/2668999/story.html

Workshop on barriers to commercializing R&D

Mar 11, 2010
GLENNA HANLEY
The Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/980481

UW to coordinate diabetes research network

March 9, 2010
Johanna Weidner
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/680788

Cuts to higher education a losing strategy, U of A president says

South Korea touted as proof of dividends paid by generous funding
Mar 9, 2010
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Cuts+higher+education+losing+strategy+president+says/2660793/story.html

University of Ottawa first to embrace Open Access

New online repository supported by institutional funding
Mar 8, 2010
John Lorinc
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/u-o-first-to-embrace-open-access.aspx

Agreement with Cree communities could set precedent for research

Indigenous people retain majority of intellectual property rights over research findings stemming from their traditional knowledge of local medicinal plants
Mar 8, 2010
Véronique Morin
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/agreement-with-cree-communities.aspx

Student fees set to rise

Universities in some provinces want to increase fees, without calling those fees ‘tuition’
Mar 8, 2010
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/student-fees-set-to-rise.aspx

U.S. forcing more meat inspections in Canada

Mar 15, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/forcing+more+meat+inspections+Canada/2684500/story.html

Questions raised about gap in food inspection standards

Plants producing food bound for U.S. require more frequent inspections
Mar 15, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/questions-raised-about-gap-in-food-inspection-standards/article1500460/

How to defeat a needless epidemic

The experience in the NWT shows that access to the best treatment can make a real difference in stamping out TB
Mar 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/how-to-defeat-a-needless-epidemic/article1500529/

Japan whale cull not necessary: researchers

Mar 15, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/15/whaling-research-hunt-japan.html

Tigers nearly extinct in wild: UN group

Mar 15, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/15/tech-un-species-cites.html

Unprincipled 'Precaution'

India is only the latest country to retard technological progress in the name of safety
Mar 15, 2010
JULIAN MORRIS
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704416904575122592784329892.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

The Pros and Cons of Genetically Modified Seeds

Mar 15, 2010
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126862629333762259.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Tories ignore taxpayer-funded crime research

Mar 14, 2010
BRUCE CHEADLE
The Canadian Press
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/14/13226076-cp.html

Canadian scientists uncover poppy's painkilling power

Breakthrough could mean cheaper codeine, now too expensive for many in the developing world
Mar 14, 2010
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canadian-scientists-uncover-poppys-painkilling-power/article1500380/

Listeria-contaminated meat prompts lawsuit

Mar 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/14/listeria-suit.html

Atlantic bluefin tuna ban considered

Mar 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/13/pei-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-ban-1156.html

Skeptics and scientists spurned

Mar 12, 2010
Peter Christie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/skeptics-and-scientists-spurned/article1498210/

We are living in weird times

'Don't shoot me, I'm only a climate change scientist'
Mar 12, 2010
ALBERT NERENBERG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/living+weird+times/2673945/story.html

Eureka! Less poison really is more – deadly

For 500 years, science has believed that we can tolerate a little bit of almost kind of any poison. Those days may be gone
Mar 12, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/eureka-less-poison-really-is-more-deadly/article1499340/

Speech from the throne pays little heed to clean-water action plan

Sensible national strategy would improve ecological and economic agendas
Mar 12, 2010
Thomas Axworthy
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Speech+from+throne+pays+little+heed+clean+water+action+plan/2673650/story.html

Villagers hung up on keeping cellphones out of town

Modern times catch up with picturesque hamlet in the West Kootenay mountains
Mar 12, 2010
Jane Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/villagers-hung-up-on-keeping-cellphones-out-of-town/article1498198/

B.C. joins birth control class action lawsuit

Mar 12, 2010
Darcy Wintonyk
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100312/bc_birth_control_lawsuit_100312/20100312?hub=BritishColumbia

Birth control users sue Bayer

Mar 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/03/11/yasmin-yaz-birth-control-lawsuits-bayer.html

Polish isotopes to help cover Chalk River gap

Canadian hospitals hit by reactor shutdown welcome the move
Mar 12, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/778797--polish-isotopes-to-help-cover-chalk-river-gap

Alberta cuts oil and gas royalties

Mar 12, 2010
Archie McLean
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Alberta+cuts+royalties/2672204/story.html

Incentives could spur Alberta drilling, create jobs

Analysts doubt benefits for shale gas play
Mar 12, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Incentives+could+spur+Alberta+drilling+create+jobs/2673302/story.html

Lack of snow will make life harder for B.C. salmon

Low water levels will interefere with summer spawning
Mar 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/12/bc-spawning-salmon-low-snowpack.html

Montana governor wants Canadian drugs

Mar 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/11/governor-drugs011.html

Oilpatch gets new government rules

Long-awaited competitiveness review expected to streamline regulatory process
Mar 11, 2010
Archie McLean
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Oilpatch+gets+government+rules/2669536/story.html

Suspended mastectomy doctor will operate

Mar 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/11/windsor-heartwell-operating-100311.html

Quebec to fund in vitro fertility treatments

Mar 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/11/mtl-quebec-in-vitro-funding.html

Developers delay $4-billion Bute hydro project

Amid confusion over B.C. energy policy, Plutonic Power and GE decides to wait a year to pursue green power deal
Mar 11, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/developers-delay-4-billion-bute-hydro-project/article1496990/

Restoration of U.S. icebreaker should propel Canada to Arctic action: Senator

Mar 11, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Restoration+icebreaker+should+propel+Canada+Arctic+action+Senator/2672495/story.html

Don't demonize the messenger

Mar 11, 2010
Elizabeth E. May
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/11/elizabeth-e-may-don-t-demonize-the-messenger.aspx

Fable or not, crying wolf is still a bad idea

Critics on both sides of the climate change debate do themselves a disservice by citing weather fluctuations as proof of their argument
Mar 11, 2010
Craig McInnes
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Fable+crying+wolf+still+idea/2670029/story.html

No safe way to get a tan: cancer society

Mar 11, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/11/13193311.html

Ontario's sweet drug deals threatened by disclosure of rebate terms

Confidential rebates let province reap large savings on brand-name pharmaceuticals, but that secrecy is under siege
Mar 11, 2010
Adam Radwanski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/adam-radwanski/ontarios-sweet-drug-deals-threatened-by-disclosure-of-rebate-terms/article1498059/

Group wants microwave regulation tightened

Mar 11, 2010
BRYN WEESE
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/11/13200126-qmi.html

No coyote cull for Nova Scotia

Mar 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/11/ns-no-coyote-cull.html

Not whaling but drowning

In a sea of international opprobrium. But a compromise may be at hand
Mar 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15663372

Metabolic syndrome: A game of consequences?

One of the scourges of modern life may have been profoundly misunderstood
Mar 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15660902

‘Doomsday’ seed bank growing strongly

Arctic vault now contains the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, operators say
Mar 10, 2010
Ian MacDougall
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doomsday-seed-bank-growing-strongly/article1496577/

Canada's warmest winter ever 'beyond shocking'

Season was balmiest, driest on record
Mar 10, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+warmest+winter+ever+beyond+shocking/2666979/story.html

Tailings pond breaks law: federal officer

Syncrude not charged until 2008 duck deaths
Mar 10, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tailings+pond+breaks+federal+officer/2663851/story.html

Superbug MRSA on rise in Canada

Mar 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/10/mrsa-superbug-hospitals-canada.html

Climate panel to receive external review

Mar 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/10/tech-climate-ipcc-review.html

Seal pups beached in ice-free Gulf

Pups seen on Quebec shores, as far north as Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula
Mar 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/10/mont-seal-pups-ice-gulf-lawrence.html

Quantum computing may lead to a quantum Canadian leap

Governments are twigging to the face that owning the 21st century will mean innovating their way to the top
Mar 10, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/quantum-computing-may-lead-to-a-quantum-canadian-leap/article1496565/

Pipeline recommendations could face streamlining before April hearing

Mar 10, 2010
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Pipeline+recommendations+could+face+streamlining+before+April+hearing/2667746/story.html

Changing the Climate of Uncertainty

It’s difficult to have confidence in the federal government on climate change when they’ve been so unclear
Mar 10, 2010
Tyson Dyck
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1108-changing-the-climate-of-uncertainty

New research could give Canada advantage in Arctic

Mar 10, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/research+could+give+Canada+advantage+Arctic/2663985/story.html

Obesity: 'Soda tax' detractors complain of tax on the poor

Mar 10, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Obesity+Soda+detractors+complain+poor/2668052/story.html

New Canadian research shows vaccinating children for flu also protects adults

Mar 10, 2010
Shereen Dindar
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/posted/archive/2010/03/10/new-canadian-research-shows-vaccinating-children-for-flu-also-protects-adults.aspx

Aboriginal Canadians more than 30 times more likely to have tuberculosis: Report

Mar 10, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aboriginal+Canadians+more+than+times+more+likely+have+tuberculosis+Report/2668166/story.html

Aboriginals in Canada face ‘Third World'-level risk of tuberculosis

Risk of infection among natives is 31 times greater than non-natives; for Inuit, risk is 186 times greater
Mar 10, 2010
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/aboriginals-in-canada-face-third-world-level-risk-of-tuberculosis/article1496790/

Green energy bubbles

Despite bubbles, governments keep pumping air into alternative energy
Mar 10, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/10/terence-corcoran-green-energy-bubbles.aspx

New Canadian science-writing prize unveiled

Annual $10,000 award will honour books in adult and children’s categories
Mar 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/new-canadian-science-writing-prize-unveiled/article1494774/

Budget time offers a glimpse into the future - but how far?

Mar 9, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i1Z7t7AZ1b5MOesEmp4vZmTw1LSQ

Teens tackle science of climate change

Symposium brings together youth from four countries
Mar 9, 2010
KEVIN CONNOR
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/03/09/13170926.html

Fighting the blue-green algae plague is blooming complicated

The principal man-made contributor to Lake Winnipeg's problems comes from agriculture
Mar 9, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/fighting-the-blue-green-algae-plague-is-blooming-complicated/article1495356/

Canada to map central Arctic seabed

Researchers will deploy robotic vehicles beneath the ice
Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/09/cda-arctic-mapping-borden.html

Move school-age kids up in the flu shot queue, study suggests

Researchers found that vaccinating younger children prevents the transmission of the virus and confers protection to those not already immunized
Mar 9, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/move-school-age-kids-up-in-the-flu-shot-queue-study-suggests/article1495526/

Disease, weather kill Vancouver Island bees

Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/09/bc-vancouver-island-bees-die.html

B.C. apiarists stung by bee deaths

Parasite and weather blamed for '90-per-cent losses' in Vancouver Island hives
Mar 4, 2010
BRENNAN CLARKE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bc-apiarists-stung-by-bee-deaths/article1488995/

Syncrude duck pictures not seen by Stelmach

Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/03/09/edmonton-syncrude-premier-has-not-seen-duck-images.html

Budget 2010: Post Docs, be careful what you wish for...

Mar 10, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/10/budget-2010-post-docs-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/

Budget 2010 and Canadian S&T

Mar 8, 2010
Tom Brzustowski
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-and-canadian-st

Budget 2010: Starting to Get the Message

Mar 8, 2010
Robert Mann
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-starting-get-message

Amid austerity, a boost for higher education and advanced research

Mar 8, 2010
13 Canadian university heads, Canadian universities
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Amid+austerity+boost+higher+education+advanced+research/2655298/story.html

Budget 2010 – A Qualified Success

March 5, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/budget-2010-a-qualified-success/

Federal budget highlights

Mar 5, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/federal-budget-highlights/

Federal Budget misses opportunity to make significant positive impact in post-graduate research

Harper Government fails to keep “top-minds” in Canada
Mar 8, 2010
Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars
http://sites.google.com/site/canadapostdoc/Home/CAPS_Press_Relsease_Mar.pdf?attredirects=0

Innovation gets a cash infusion

Mar 5, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY AND ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/innovation-gets-a-cash-infusion/article1490582/

U of A president pleased with $1.9 billion commitment to research

Mar 5, 2010
Florence Loyie
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/president+pleased+with+billion+commitment+research/2644568/story.html

Researchers disappointed by funding for innovation

Just keeps the lights on
Mar 5, 2010
Kenyon Wallace
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/Story.html?id=2644250

Federal budget light on initiatives for health, research

Mar 5, 2010
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/5mar10-federal-budget-light-on-initiatives.dtl

Canada’s budget lacked innovative ideas

Mar 5, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8704

Post-doctoral researchers respond to federal budget

Mar 5, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATION
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7347.html

Budget contributes to research investment

Mar 5, 2010
Paola Loriggio
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/973941

Canada Continues Firm Commitment to Science & Technology

Budget 2010 investment in TRIUMF keeps the knowledge economy moving forward
Mar 5, 2010
TRIUMF (CANADA'S NATIONAL LABORATORY OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7317.html

Budget boost for research and technology

Mar 4, 2010
Brent Davis
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/680103

Innovation cash targeted at 'practical' research

In a plan bereft of major new spending, $200-million invested in productivity and research with profit potential
Mar 4, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/innovation-cash-targeted-at-practical-research/article1489852/

Research Canada Gives Qualified Support for Budget 2010

Mar 4, 2010
Research Canada
http://csbmcb.ca/Downloads/19-FinalPressReleaseBudget2010.pdf

Budget investments in university research a "strategic choice," says AUCC

Mar 4, 2010
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/04/c7129.html

Canada's New Budget Holds Small Gains for Research

Mar 4, 2010
Karen Birchard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/article/Canadas-New-Budget-Holds/64539/

Modest progress on innovation in 2010 budget

Forestry, particle physics and satellites are this year's winners
Mar 4, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/04/budget-innovation.html

Peering into tomorrow, blind as a bat

Mar 4, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/

2010 Federal Budget a "major disappointment" for post-secondary education and research

Mar 4, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=870

Canada needs new strategy for innovation

Mar 5, 2010
Peter W.B. Phillips
Special to The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/opinion/Canada+needs+strategy+innovation/2643680/story.html

What is the purpose of N.B.'s universities?

Mar 8, 2010
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/976518

Talking Science to Non-Scientists and What’s In It For You?

Mar 4, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/04/talking-science-to-non-scientists-and-whats-in-it-for-you/

No Research in Speech From the Throne

Mar 4, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/no-research-in-speech-from-the-throne/

Ottawa to get $100M brain-mind study centre

University of Ottawa to be home of institute
Mar 3, 2010
Jennifer Green
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+100M+brain+mind+study+centre/2638557/story.html

Innovative help for Alberta innovators

Provincial program awards vouchers rather than cash toward cost of specialized services
Mar 3, 2010
David Finlayson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Innovative+help+Alberta+innovators/2635906/story.html

How to solve Canada’s abysmal productivity and innovation record

Mar 3, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8643

Green jobs are blossoming

Governments at all levels are major environmental employers
Mar 3, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Green+jobs+blossoming/2637244/story.html

Stephen Hawking plans 'to leave Britain over Government cuts in science'

Mar 3, 2010
Kate Loveys
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254945/Stephen-Hawking-plans-leave-Britain-Government-cuts-science.html

Time to call time on homeopathy

Mar 7, 2010
Justin Trottier
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/07/justin-trottier-homeopathy.aspx

Court watches tailings pond rescue

Mar 9, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Court+watches+tailings+pond+rescue/2659140/story.html

One small step for venture cap

Budget removes barrier to foreign private equity
Mar 8, 2010
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2652871

Industrial fluid suspected in fish deaths

Hundreds found floating in brown, foamy substance in creek that flows into Fraser River
Mar 8, 2010
Jane Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/industrial-fluid-suspected-in-fish-deaths/article1494334/

For Canada's obsese, exercise alone isn't going to cut it

Mar 8, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canada+obsese+exercise+alone+going/2647632/story.html

Federal green strategy goes from bad to worse

Mar 8, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/776536--hamilton-federal-green-strategy-goes-from-bad-to-worse

Developed countries outsource emissions: study

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-climate-carbon-outsourcing.html

Ocean 'termites' could be key to biofuels

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-biology-gribble-biofuel.html

B.C. fish farm 'not negligent' in escape

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/bc-fish-farm-salmon-escape.html

Avatar art director studied Alberta oilsands

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/07/edmonton-avatar-art-director-oscar-cherniawsky.html

World without HIV babies 'possible by 2015'

Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/08/hiv-global-fund-un.html

A conventional fuel, an unconventional future

Mar 8, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/a-conventional-fuel-an-unconventional-future/article1493330/

For 'climategate' scientist, nuance is the enemy

Mar 6, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/775179--gorrie-for-climategate-scientist-nuance-is-the-enemy

Pathology is not an exact science, experts say

Mar 6, 2010
Sonja Puzic and Sarah Sacheli
Windsor Star
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650072/story.html

Blowing away taxpayers

Wind power is unreliable, expensive and doesn’t result in lower C02 emmissions. Why is Ontario still rushing ahead with it?
Mar 6, 2010
Michael Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/06/blowing-away-taxpayers.aspx

Taking the wind out of green energy sector's sails

Fossil fuel firms getting hundreds of millions
Mar 5, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Taking+wind+green+energy+sector+sails/2643351/story.html

The real surprises are buried in the fine print

Mar 5, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/article/775324

Prentice defends environmental policies

Mar 5, 2010
PETER ZIMONJIC
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/05/13131716-qmi.html

Budget fails to protect environment, groups say

Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/budget-environment.html

Road salt is poisoning water bodies, study finds

During winter thaws, some streamshave salinity levels just under those found in the ocean
Mar 5, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/road-salt-is-poisoning-water-bodies-study-finds/article1490631/

Baffin Bay polar bear hunting quota to be cut

Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/baffin-bay-polar-bear-quota.html

CFIA forced to detail flight by swine flu-infected agent

Mar 5, 2010
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/food-inspection-flight.html

Linking oilsands to Avatar is pure science fiction

Mar 5, 2010
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.theprovince.com/business/Guest+column+Linking+oilsands+Avatar+pure+science+fiction/2644405/story.html

'Epidemic' of vitamin D deficiency: MUHC study

McGill research has discovered that low levels of vitamin D is linked to muscle fat and decreased strength in young people
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/mcgill-vitamind-study.html

Low number of flu cases stymie experts

Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/04/flucases-low.html

Students get with the concept of green design

Contest offers up science and tech museum as test subject for innovation, sustainability
Mar 5, 2010
Maria Cook
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Students+with+concept+green+design/2642904/story.html

Eco-glasnost

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/eco-glasnost/article1489016/

Utterly avoidable

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/utterly-avoidable/article1489015/

Demise of nuclear is being exaggerated

Mar 3, 2010
Patrick Moore
Citizen Special
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Demise+nuclear+being+exaggerated/2634928/story.html

Fish oil supplements may bring PCB compounds: Study

Mar 3, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Fish+supplements+bring+compounds/2636308/story.html

U.S. fish oil makers, drugstores sued over supplements

Lawsuit claims that makers and sellers of certain supplements found to contain high levels of PCB compounds failed to alert consumers
Mar 3, 2010
Alexandria Sage
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-fish-oil-makers-drugstores-sued-over-supplements/article1487811/

Looking for green in federal budget

Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/f-federal-budget-2010-science-innovation.html

Reject polar bear trade ban, Nunavut urges

Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/nunavut-bear-cites.html

Pathology review should be wider

Mar 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/774021--pathology-review-should-be-wider

Lights, carbon, action! 23 ideas to make every hour count

Mar 3, 2010
San Grewal
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/774206--lights-carbon-action-23-ideas-to-make-every-hour-count

Where the wild things are - but for how long?

Mar 2, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gtaK31pB76SOtrET0LoEH4-46I8A

Bison population needs land to grow: study

Mar 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/03/02/alberta-bison-study-calgary-plains.html

Weed killer can turn male frogs into females, study finds

Researchers' findings likely to fuel debate over chemical widely used on Canadian corn fields but banned in Europe
Mar 1, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/weed-killer-can-turn-male-frogs-into-females-study-finds/article1485580/

Syncrude trial to start Monday

Feb 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/02/28/edmonton-syncrude-trial.html

We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

Feb 27, 2010
AL GORE
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html

‘The thing' about innovation

It's budget week, and the need for better practices in business, public services and democracy is clear. But what are the mechanisms?
Mar 2, 2010
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-thing-about-innovation/article1487353/

How the U.S. can stay on top

Mar 1, 2010
John P. Holdren and Secretary Arne Duncan
The Hill
http://thehill.com/special-reports-archive/761-science-a-math-march-2010/84341-how-the-us-can-stay-on-top

March is Kidney Health Month

Educating and Empowering Canadians to Prevent and Manage Kidney Disease
Mar 1, 2010
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/01/c5221.html

Tories' long-term plan shifts focus from spending to innovation

Ottawa will keep up stimulus for now, but party aims to show it's tackling future challenges in Throne Speech and budget
Mar 2, 2010
Bill Curry and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/tories-long-term-plan-shifts-focus-from-spending-to-innovation/article1486269/

Research and innovation: vital to Canada's new economy

Canada has the fiscal capacity to make decisions now about supporting research and development that will enhance our competitive position and lay the foundations for growth, health and prosperity in the decades ahead, and to position Canada internationally
Feb 22, 2010
Heather Munroe-Blum
The Hill Times
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2010/munroe_blum_hill_times_02_22_e.html

Climbing up the Hill: Getting involved in Science and Society

Feb 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/02/22/climbing-up-the-hill-getting-involved-in-science-and-society/

Leaner, Meaner Innovation

As venture capital continues to shrink in Canada, a new kind of startup backed by a new kind of money is beginning to emerge
Feb 26, 2010
April Dunford
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/922-leaner-meaner-innovation

Research Funding at Risk

Feb 23, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/research-funding-at-risk/

Canadian climate scientists fight for renewed research funding

Feb 23, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+climate+scientists+fight+renewed+research+funding/2603541/story.html

Millions announced for defence infrastructure

Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/02/24/defence-research.html

Twitter for scientists

Feb 23, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/twitter-for-scientists/

Strengthening economy boosts demand for engineers

Major projects increase opportunities in hot pockets of activity
Mar 2, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Strengthening+economy+boosts+demand+engineers/2632410/story.html

Green jobs abound in public sector

Stimulus funding boosts environmental job prospects
Feb 22, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Green+jobs+abound+public+sector/2597412/story.html

Researchers' group slams decision to cancel HIV-vaccination facility

Feb 24, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Researchers+group+slams+decision+cancel+vaccination+facility/2607037/story.html

The Chopping Block: Own the Test Tube

Let’s cut the business equivalent of Own the Podium
Feb 23, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/23/the-chopping-block-own-the-test-tube.aspx

Help poor countries cope with climate change

Mar 2, 2010
Roy Culpeper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/773542--help-poor-countries-cope-with-climate-change

Bloom and the coming energy convergence

Mar 1, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/773051--hamilton-bloom-and-the-coming-energy-convergence

China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic: study

Mar 1, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+eyeing+perks+free+Arctic+study/2627909/story.html

China moves to become major Arctic player

Mar 1, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/China+moves+become+major+Arctic+player/2626826/story.html

Too much media could hurt kids' health: study

Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/01/media-children-teens-health.html

Pathology, mastectomy probe includes 3 top MDs

Review to include 3 Windsor-area hospitals
Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/windsor-pathology-review.html

Montreal hospital battles superbug

Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/montreal-c-difficile-outbreak-rosemont-hospital.html

Tsunami warning ignored by swimmers

Mar 1, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/tsunami-alert-communication-australia.html

Don, Humber river valleys to get greenbelt protection

Feb 27, 2010
Robyn Doolittle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/772423--don-humber-river-valleys-to-get-greenbelt-protection

Hospitals urge Ontario-wide pathology review

Feb 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/27/pathology-review.html

Hunting in B.C. provincial parks puts grizzlies at risk, study finds

Feb 26, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hunting-in-bc-provincial-parks-puts-grizzlies-at-risk-study-finds/article1482088/

More US weeds found resisting Monsanto Roundup

- Herbicide resistance found in kochia weed
- Farmers may suffer increased costs to treat weeds
- Monsanto evaluating problem, advising farmers
Feb 26, 2010
Carey Gillam
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2623528420100226?type=marketsNews

Montreal schools ban green cleaning products

Feb 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/26/que-health-department-bans-green-cleaning-products.html

N.B. biomedical waste to be sterilized, not burned

Feb 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/26/nb-biomedical-waste-treated.html

Magna intensifies the focus on electric vehicles

Feb 26, 2010
GREG KEENAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/magna-intensifies-the-focus-on-electric-vehicles/article1482118/

Revolution or false hope?

Micronutrients show promise for mood disorders
Feb 26, 2010
ALBERT NERENBERG
Special to The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Revolution+false+hope/2618521/story.html

Despite health risks, some people continue to buy and sell breast milk online

Feb 26, 2010
Steve Lambert
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/despite-health-risks-some-people-continue-to-buy-and-sell-breast-milk-online-85550212.html

Massive icebergs drift from Antarctic coast

Feb 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/26/tech-iceberg-antarctica.html

Let's not fret over climate migration

This century will be dominated by human movement, but not one caused by temperature
Feb 26, 2010
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-not-fret-over-climate-migration/article1483245/

Prentice denies delaying action on climate file

Refutes Bernier's suggestions that evidence doubted
Feb 25, 2010
Mike De Souza And Sheldon Alberts
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2609467

Prentice wants to play nice with Charest on emissions

Feds had blasted province's vehicle rules as 'folly'
Feb 25, 2010
SHELDON ALBERTS
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Prentice+wants+play+nice+with+Charest+emissions/2609301/story.html

Canada's rudimentary approach to ‘unselling' drugs

While U.S. hits hard with Hollywood-style ads, Canada takes a rudimentary approach
Feb 25, 2010
Simon Houpt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/canadas-rudimentary-approach-to-unselling-drugs/article1481627/

Grizzly bears being killed in B.C. parks, protected areas: review

Feb 25, 2010
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Grizzly+bears+being+killed+parks+protected+areas+review/2612595/story.html

NASA needs vision, senators say

Feb 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/tech-space-nasa-hearing.html

Countries urged to reject U.S. ban on polar bear trade

Signatories to endangered species convention to vote on proposal in March
Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/cites-polar-bears.html

Chemists create biofuel from plant waste

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/tech-energy-biofuel.html

AECL head hopes for quick Candu decision

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html

AECL restructuring underway, Paradis says

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html

Pharmaceutical industry grew through the recession

Feb 25, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/25/c4659.html

Canada-wide science fair ready to roll

Feb 25, 2010
Sarah Frank
myKawartha.com
http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/623876--canada-wide-science-fair-ready-to-roll

Keeping the lakes great

Feb 25, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Keeping+lakes+great/2609713/story.html

Genetically modified food: Attack of the really quite likeable tomatoes

The success of genetically modified crops provides opportunities to win over their critics
Feb 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15579956