Why it's hard to buy innovation

Jul 20, 2010
William Watson
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/hard+innovation/3298442/story.html

Canada has everything going for it -- except innovation

Why does Canada lag other OECD members in almost every measure of business sector innovation? What needs to change?
Jul 21, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/productivity/article1647500.ece

Canada’s poor innovation and productivity record

Rotman Dean Roger Martin and innovation expert John Armstrong answered reader questions
Jul 19, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/productivity/canadas-poor-innovation-and-productivity-record/article1645073/

Advancing Technology Innovation Through Discovery: A New Partnership Between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Genome Canada

Jul 23, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Advancing-Technology-Innovation-Through-Discovery-A-New-Partnership-Between-Canadian-1294818.htm

Government of Canada Encourages Youth to Pursue Science and Engineering

Jul 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Encourages-Youth-to-Pursue-Science-and-Engineering-1295448.htm

Canada's Economic Action Plan Supports New Research at Canada's Colleges

Jul 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-New-Research-at-Canadas-Colleges-1295358.htm

Minister unveils cash for college fund

Jul 27, 2010
MICHAEL LEA
THE WHIG-STANDARD
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2686085

Arctic research linked to sovereignty push

'Science is going to be the key to all this'
Jul 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/19/arctic-research-coast-guard.html

Centre of excellence a 'magnet'

Advanced learning sector expected to create 300 new jobs within the next five years in the new collaborative establishment to be built in the capital city's Knowledge Park
Jul 24, 2010
John Pollack
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1148166

$88M for HIV vaccine lab to go to research instead

Funding to come from federal government, Gates foundation
Jul 20, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/hiv-research-canada-gates.html

Ottawa's HIV/AIDS funding disappoints some

July 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/20/hiv-funding-vienna-declaration.html

Biotechnology centres: Sir Paul's vision

British biotechnology is set to get a boost with a fancy new research centre
Jul 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21008577

Physicists call for new atom smasher

Hope linear particle collider will give better picture of moments after big bang
Jul 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/26/new-atom-smasher-726.html

Funding for nuclear fusion: Expensive Iteration

A huge international fusion-reactor project faces funding difficulties
Jul 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16635938

Humanities, not science, key to new web frontier

Jul 21, 2010
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Humanities+science+frontier/3303742/story.html

Stats crash at the corner of ideology and reason

Munir Sheikh had no choice but to resign as head of Statistics Canada
Jul 23, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/stats-crash-at-the-corner-of-ideology-and-reason/article1648768/

Where the truth lies...

Jul 26, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/where-the-truth-lies/

Let’s act like an energy superpower

This is not just an Alberta fight. We need to wage a campaign in all 50 states around Canadian interests
Jul 27, 2010
Colin Robertson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-act-like-an-energy-superpower/article1652417/

Canada's first cloned bull goes public

Starbucks II; Animal cannot be used for meat or breeding
Jul 27, 2010
ANNE SUTHERLAND
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/montreal/Canada+first+cloned+bull+goes+public/3326274/story.html

Harper government should defer to statisticians on how to collect needed data

Jul 26, 2010
Leslie Twilley
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Harper+government+should+defer+statisticians+collect+needed+data/3322694/story.html

Government-appointed advisory group says Canadians need full census info

National Statistics Council joins census debate the day before former StatsCan boss to speak out on why he quit
Jul 26, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/840267--government-appointed-advisory-group-says-canadians-need-full-census-info?bn=1

Statistics council suggests compromise to end census battle

Jul 26, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Council+Compromise+census+battle/3323368/story.html

Harper’s census push months in the making

Scrapping the mandatory long form stems from libertarian convictions, insiders say
Jul 26, 2010
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harpers-census-push-months-in-the-making/article1651526/

Census uproar impacts 'broader narrative' of PM's relationship with public service

Some say the issue will remind voters of a string of incidents in which the government has interfered with the federal public service
Jul 26, 2010
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/census1-07-26-2010

Beware of solar energy windfalls

The virtue of solar power alone cannot justify government guarantees of outrageous rates of return
Jul 26, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/beware-of-solar-energy-windfalls/article1650374/

Proceed with caution on shale gas

Jul 26, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/838951--hamilton-proceed-with-caution-on-shale-gas

Protect B.C.'s Flathead River Valley, UNESCO urges

Jul 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/26/bc-flathead-unesco-report.html

Study suggests climate change will boost Mexican emigration

Jul 26, 2010
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Study+suggests+climate+change+will+boost+Mexican+emigration/3325784/story.html

Conservative MPs accused of killing damaging committee report on oil sands

'I think it's a total coverup,' says University of Alberta ecology professor and water expert David Schindler
Jul 26, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/environment-07-26-2010

Coast Guard in charge if foreign oil spilled in Canadian waters

Yukon Liberal MP Larry Bagnell says he's still concerned Coast Guard wouldn't have capacity to respond to a large oil spill
Jul 26, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/coastguard-07-26-2010

Energy drinks a sugary drug for kids: MDs

Some contain the caffeine equivalent of 10 cans of cola
Jul 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/26/caffeinated-energy-drinks.html

Census fiasco a triumph for ignorance over wisdom

Jul 25, 2010
JIM TRAVERS
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/TheNovaScotian/1193659.html

The science of climate change is alive and well

Jul 25, 2010
Barry Smit & Tristan Pearce
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/839644--the-science-of-climate-change-is-alive-and-well

Quebec between a rock and a hard place on gas from shale

Jul 26, 2010
Andrew Chung
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/quebec/article/839794--quebec-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-on-gas-from-shale

How the census went from a quinquennial chore to a national crisis

No fun with numbers
Jul 24, 2010
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/24/no-fun-with-numbers/

Tory grip on census decision puzzles experts

More pain than gain expected. 'It was an exercise in bad government to suddenly spring this on the public'
Jul 24, 2010
MEAGAN FITZPATRICK
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Tory+grip+census+decision+puzzles+experts/3317524/story.html

Clement Refusing To Back Down

Jul 24, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/Clement+Refusing+Back+Down/3316687/story.html

Clement to face MPs on census

July 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/23/census-clement-statscan.html

Ideology, not reality, drives Tories' AIDS policy

Peer-reviewed, scientific studies say one thing, 'research' that the Harper government uses says another. That could cost us dearly
Jul 24, 2010
Peter McKnight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Ideology+reality+drives+Tories+AIDS+policy/3318032/story.html

Ontario should follow B.C.’s lead on eco fees

Jul 24, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/839678--gorrie-ontario-should-follow-b-c-s-lead-on-eco-fees

Why the census matters just about everywhere

Everything from businesses to delivery of social services to be effected by scrapping long-form census
Jul 23, 2010
John Lorinc and Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/why-the-census-matters-just-about-everywhere/article1650524/

StatsCan in turmoil over decision to scrap long-form census

Jul 23, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Model+excellence+doubt/3312307/story.html

Tony Clement will appear at Commons committee to explain role in census crisis

Jul 23, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/839407--tony-clement-will-appear-at-commons-committee-to-explain-role-in-census-crisis

Census move will skew data: experts

Jul 23, 2010
Chad Skelton
Postmedia News
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Census+move+will+skew+data+experts/3312709/story.html

Scrapping census will cost Manitoba: Bjornson

Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/07/23/mb-census-letter-manitoba.html

Research on census wanting

Jul 23, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/editorials/research-on-census-wanting-99088014.html

PM, Aglukkaq slammed on AIDS at world meeting

Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/23/aids-montaner.html

HIV a 'global prison crisis': UN expert

Jul 23, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/23/hiv-prisons.html

ATVs damaging fish habitat: DFO

Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/23/nb-atv-salmon-dfo-warning-533.html

The Difference Engine: Twice the bang for the buck

The return of the smokey old two-stroke—as an eco-friendly motor
Jul 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21008760

Lethal fungal infection hits U.S. Northwest

Common in tropics, disease has also killed in B.C.
Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/23/cryptococcus-fungus-infections-cdc.html

Government of Canada Invests in Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Canada's Economic Action Plan strengthens the economy and helps Vancouver businesses grow
Jul 22, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Innovative-Small-and-Medium-Sized-Firms-1294587.htm

Government of Canada Increasing Knowledge of Canada's North and Protecting Natural Heritage

Jul 23, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Increasing-Knowledge-Canadas-North-Protecting-Natural-Heritage-1295040.htm

Natural Resources Canada: The Government of Canada Invests in Clean Energy in Atlantic Canada

Jul 23, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Natural-Resources-Canada-The-Government-Canada-Invests-Clean-Energy-Atlantic-Canada-1294775.htm

Calls grow for arm’s-length Statscan

Agency’s credibility at risk over perception of political interference
Jul 22, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/calls-grow-for-arms-length-statscan/article1649084/

Long or short, Tories must retreat on the census

Resignation of Statscan’s chief is in itself exceptional
Jul 22, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/long-or-short-tories-must-retreat-on-the-census/article1648011/

Census changes unfair to First Nations

Already-marginalized communities won't get data they urgently need
Jul 22, 2010
Wayne Morris
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Census+changes+unfair+First+Nations/3308539/story.html

On the census, Canada should accept no substitute

The census of Canada is an actual counting procedure, and underpins all the surveys, studies and polls that claim to be representative. That is why a voluntary survey cannot be a substitute for a mandatory census.
Jul 22, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/on-the-census-canada-should-accept-no-substitute/article1648942/

StatsCan chief quits over census furor

Jul 22, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith & and Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/838401--statscan-chief-quits-over-census-furor

The XVIII International AIDS Society meeting: Waltzing with death

AIDS still kills 2m people a year. But the rate of new infections is falling and it is possible to imagine bringing the disease under control
Jul 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16635916

Democrats drop CO2-capping energy bill

Senators blame 'terribly disappointing' lack of Republican support
Jul 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/us-energy-bill.html

BBC asbestos report slams Canada

Major investigation questions Canada's commitment to chrysotile production
Jul 22, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/bbc-investigates-asbestos.html

Ice-free Arctic unlikely to sink much CO2

Jul 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/arctic-ocean-ice-free-carbon-sink.html

Mouse pain study met ethics rules

Jul 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/mouse-pain-ethics.html

Invasive green crab numbers growing on P.E.I.

Jul 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/pei-green-crab-invasive-584.html

Provinces rally against Ottawa as anger over census mounts

Making survey voluntary will have 'negative, long-term consequences,' Ontario warns; only Alberta reserves judgment
Jul 21, 2010
Steven Chase, Karen Howlett and Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/provinces-rally-against-ottawa-as-anger-over-census-mounts/article1646827/

Statistics Canada chief falls on sword over census

In a public rebuke of Ottawa, head of respected agency rejects assertion that voluntary survey can replace mandatory one: ‘It can not’
Jul 21, 2010
Steven Chase and Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/statistics-canada-chief-falls-on-sword-over-census/article1647348/

Federal statistical folly in full view

The resignation of Munir Sheikh, Canada's chief statistician, represents the loss of a respected public servant, and a further blow to the credibility of a venerable agency
Jul 21, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/federal-statistical-folly-in-full-view/article1647903/

Canadians split on row over census, poll shows

Jul 21, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot and Amy Minsky
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-paper/Canadians+split+over+census+poll+shows/3302427/story.html

Nunavut bioprospecting deal could set precedent

Jul 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/21/north-bioprospecting-nunavut-tunngavik-profit-sharing.html

Anoxic rivers a growing problem for P.E.I.

Jul 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/21/pei-anoxic-rivers-584.html

Abandoning moralistic war on drugs becomes centrepiece of AIDS meeting

Scientific statement argues the criminalization of drug use is fuelling HIV/AIDS epidemic
Jul 21, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/abandoning-moralistic-war-on-drugs-becomes-centrepiece-of-aids-meeting/article1646891/

Lobbyists push use of deadly asbestos in developing nations

Jul 21, 2010
Jim Morris
MCT
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Lobbyists+push+deadly+asbestos+developing+nations/3306405/story.html

Bombardier and the National Research Council Canada Strengthen Collaboration on Technology Development

Jul 21, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Bombardier-National-Research-Council-Canada-Strengthen-Collaboration-on-Technology-Development-TSX-BBD.A-1293639.htm

Clement accused of misrepresenting census impact

Statscan insiders say Industry Minister’s comments playing down effects of voluntary survey enraged staff
Jul 20, 2010
John Ibbitson, Tavia Grant and John Lorinc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/clement-accused-of-misrepresenting-census-impact/article1645585/

The great census crisis of 2010

Jul 20, 2010
Tasha Kheiriddin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/great+census+crisis+2010/3297850/story.html

The geography of geoengineering

If people start tampering with the climate, they will find new causes for disagreement
Jul 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21008696

Alaska asks fishermen to reduce catch

Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/north-alaska-yukon-chinook-salmon.html

Carbon capture project funding boosted

Energy officials meet in Washington
Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/sask-carbon-sequestration-weyburn.html

Needle-free flu vaccine pondered by P.E.I.

Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/20/pei-flumist-sweet-584.html

Dead penguins wash up on Brazil beaches

Jul 20, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/penguins-starving-brazil.html

Ontario eco fees officially scrapped

Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/ontario-eco-fees691.html

Canada and U.S. Invest in Leading Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Jul 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-and-US-Invest-in-Leading-Carbon-Capture-and-Storage-Project-1292773.htm

Natural Resources Canada: Government of Canada Continues Global Leadership on Energy Efficiency Improvement

Jul 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Natural-Resources-Canada-Government-Canada-Continues-Global-Leadership-on-Energy-Efficiency-1292793.htm

U.S. tested then scrapped voluntary census

Response rates dropped by a third and Congress was told it would have been too costly to send out survey to more households
Jul 19, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/us-tested-then-scrapped-voluntary-census/article1645137/

'War on drugs' fuels HIV epidemic as governments ignore science, experts say

Harper government accused of taking wrong approach to curbing the spread of HIV by neglecting harm-reduction programs in favor of punishment
Jul 19, 2010
James Keller
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-on-drugs-fuels-hiv-epidemic-as-governments-ignore-science-experts-say/article1644869/

Keep First Nation pandemic plans current: feds

Jul 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/19/first-nation-pandemic-plan.html

H1N1 shot averted 1M Ontario cases: study

50 lives estimated to have been saved
Jul 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/19/ont-flu-h1n1-study.html

Minister Clement Highlights Canada's Role Within Global Aerospace Value Chains at Farnborough 2010

Jul 19, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Highlights-Canadas-Role-Within-Global-Aerospace-Value-Chains-Farnborough-1292014.htm

HIV drug cocktail cuts new cases in B.C.

Jul 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/16/hiv-antiretroviral-study.html

Flawed arguments for census changes

The elimination of the long-form questionnaire will result in losses across many areas of Canada's public life. Yet the federal government has yet to offer any reasons for getting rid of it that can stand up to scrutiny.
Jul 18, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/flawed-arguments-for-census-changes/article1643217/

National forum on science policy back for another year

Jul 12, 2010
The Biotechnology Initiative
http://www.ontbi.org/Nationalforumonsciencepolicybackforanotheryear

2010-2013 Québec Research and Innovation Strategy announced by the Government of Québec

The FRSQ hails tangible support for health research
Jun 29, 2010
Government of Québec
http://www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/en/publications/autres_publications/communiques/2010.06_29.html

Genome Canada Appoints New Chair of its Science and Industry Advisory Committee

Jul 9, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Genome-Canada-Appoints-New-Chair-of-its-Science-and-Industry-Advisory-Committee-1288123.htm

Northern science camps get funding boost

Jul 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/15/north-science-camps-cannor.html

Government of Canada Partners to Provide Northern Youth Science, Engineering and Technology Skills

Jul 14, 2010
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Partners-Provide-Northern-Youth-Science-Engineering-Technology-Skills-1289976.htm

Quebec Merck closure could mean ‘brain drain’

Pharmaceutical giant shuts 16 facilities, including Montreal-area research facility
Jul 8, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/08/merck-closures.html

Loss of Merck centre 'a hit to us'

Hurts whole biotech industry: Clement
Jul 16, 2010
JASON MAGDER
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Loss+Merck+centre/3285523/story.html

Robots enlisted to boost comp-sci enrolment

Jul 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/13/computer-science-robots.html

Quebec rescues climate-research group

UQAM centre $1.5 million replaces lost federal funding
Jul 13, 2010
MONIQUE BEA UDIN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Quebec+rescues+climate+research+group/3269900/story.html

Canada’s lack of innovation results in poor productivity

As our markets become more global, Canadian businesses must become strong innovators
Jul 14, 2010
John Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/Productivity/canadas-lack-of-innovation-results-in-poor-productivity/article1640371/

Canada must improve its competitive edge to prosper

Jul 15, 2010
Jay Bryan
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+must+improve+competitive+edge+prosper/3282105/story.html

Universities key to economic progress

Jul 16, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1137732

Toward a Transformative Agenda for FedDev Ontario

Jun 29, 2010
Neil Bradford & David A. Wolfe
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/16.pdf

From Entanglement to Alignment: A Review of International Practice in Regional Economic Development

Jun 29, 2010
David A. Wolfe
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/14.pdf

Regional Economic Development Agencies in Canada: Lessons for Southern Ontario

Jun 29, 2010
Neil Bradford
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/15.pdf

So, you want to be a Science Writer when you grow up...

Jul 15, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/07/15/so-you-want-to-be-a-science-writer-when-you-grow-up%e2%80%a6/

University enrolment: up, sideways or down?

Jul 14, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-enrolment-up-sideways-or-down/

Taxes and the grad student

The smartest thing I did was delay grad studies until I had built up a nest egg.
Jul 12, 2010
Jane Sorensen
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/taxes-and-grad-students.aspx

Census controversy: Garbage in, garbage out

Jul 16, 2010
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1192218.html

If the census ain't broke...

Jul 16, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/census+broke/3284269/story.html

Statisticians go wild

When the number-crunchers get angry, government should know it made a mistake
Jul 16, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Statisticians+wild/3284799/story.html

The politics of census forms

Jul 16, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/836488--the-politics-of-census-forms

Tony Clement’s rash decision

Jul 16, 2010
Keith Beardsley
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/16/keith-beardsley-tony-clements-rash-decision/

Opposition growing to Tories’ census changes

Top Jewish, Evangelical groups want long form maintained
Jul 16, 2010
JENNIFER DITCHBURN
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1192184.html

We all share Canada's toxic asbestos legacy

PM continues to boost the market for a deadly product overseas
Jul 16, 2010
Kathleen Ruff and Colin Soskolne
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/share+Canada+toxic+asbestos+legacy/3285804/story.html

If climate change didn’t exist, Obama would've had to invent it

For the President, clean energy is the means to an end: jobs
Jul 16, 2010
Clifford Orwin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/if-climate-change-didnt-exist-obama-wouldve-had-to-invent-it/article1641575/

Food manufacturers question Health Canada's gluten-free labelling review

Jul 16, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Food+manufacturers+question+Health+Canada+gluten+free+labelling+review/3283035/story.html

Toronto marijuana expo to tout health benefits

Over 30,000 expected to attend
Jul 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/07/16/toronto-marijuana-expo561.html

Raw sewage may have poured into ocean for more than an hour, say Environment Canada investigators

Jul 16, 2010
Dan Maclennan
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/sewage+have+poured+into+ocean+more+than+hour+Environment+Canada+investigators/3284697/story.html

Bad science: Global-warming deniers are a liability to the conservative cause

Jul 15, 2010
Jonathan Kay
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/15/bad-science-global-warming-deniers-are-a-liability-to-the-conservative-cause/

Acid rain’s lessons for carbon emissions

If Canada ever adopts a cap-and-trade system to restrain greenhouse-gas emissions, it should learn from emerging problems in the U.S. anti-acid-rain system: the stricter the cap is, the less trade there will be
Jul 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/acid-rains-lessons-for-carbon-emissions/article1641652/

Quebec’s foresight on in-vitro fertilization

The decision to pay for up to three cycles of in-vitro fertilization is a welcome move, justified by the savings in costs to the health-care system, and one that other provinces should consider
Jul 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/quebecs-foresight-on-in-vitro-fertilization/article1640342/

Let them eat carrots!

The assumption among food reformers is that ‘healthy food’ is only available to those who can afford it
Jul 15, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/let-them-eat-carrots/article1640351/

N.W.T. board seeks own lake mercury tests

Jul 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/15/nwt-mercury-lake-lab.html

Shorter census harms health care, journal says

Jul 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/15/census-short-healthcare.html

Ideology trumps evidence with new voluntary survey

Jul 15, 2010
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.100976v1?ijkey=ac5f531d988a3b43ff81c6d36b428e95a132887e&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha

Tories refuse to reverse census decision

‘It’s all about the nanny state,’ senior party strategist says
Jul 15, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-refuse-to-reverse-census-decision/article1641394/

PM facing revolt over census change

Jul 15, 2010
Haroon Siddiqui
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/835993--siddiqui-pm-facing-revolt-over-census-change

Axing census questions adds up to trouble for Tories

"Truly a stupid decision," Liberal critic says
Jul 15, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/835932--axing-census-questions-adds-up-to-trouble-for-tories?bn=1

Air-conditioning: Keeping cool and green

Innovations in air-conditioning systems mean cooling down buildings is going to require less energy
Jul 15, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16588677

A census designed by 'drunken monkeys'

Jul 14, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/census+designed+drunken+monkeys/3275397/story.html

Will we come to our census?

Jul 14, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1134377

Coalition urges Tories to reverse census stand

Long form provides vital information to society: groups
Jul 14, 2010
SHANNON PROUDFOOT
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Coalition+urges+Tories+reverse+census+stand/3274395/story.html

Liberals demand meeting on long-form census

'We want to speak to Tony Clement,' Garneau says of industry minister
Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/14/liberals-census.html

Privacy commissioner sees few complaints about census form

Jul 14, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/Privacy+commissioner+sees+complaints+about+census+form/3277449/story.html

Privacy commissioner not consulted on plan to scrap compulsory census

Only three complaints filed in the last decade, Jennifer Stoddart's office says
Jul 14, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/privacy-commissioner-not-consulted-on-plan-to-scrap-compulsory-census/article1640288/

Privacy commissioner not consulted on decision to scrap 'intrusive' census

Jul 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/privacy-commissioner-not-consulted-on-decision-to-scrap-intrusive-census-98437914.html

If there’s an oil spill, who’s at risk? Canadian taxpayers

With the National Energy Board about to begin a review, it’s time to re-examine liability regimes Jul 14, 2010
Will Amos
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/if-theres-an-oil-spill-whos-at-risk-canadian-taxpayers/article1638799/

Nasal vaccine against flu gets green light in Canada

Now it’s up to provinces to decide whether they want to purchase the new seasonal flu vaccine for use in the coming season
Jul 14, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/nasal-vaccine-against-flu-gets-green-light-in-canada/article1640399/

Keep Avandia on market: FDA panel

Diabetes drug increases heart attack risk but evidence not strong enough to pull
Jul 14, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/14/avandia-heart-fda.html

Nestle slapped over probiotic health claims

Claimed a children's probiotic product would reduce school absences
Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/14/con-nestle-ruling.html

BP explores B.C. coal methane reserves

Demonstration planned for Fernie to protest tests
Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/14/cp-coal-bed-methane-bc.html

The green suits

The economics of biodiversity and business
Jul 14, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16587949

Far north plan still incomplete

Jul 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/835374--far-north-plan-still-incomplete

Oil sands ads urge tourists to avoid Alberta

U.S. environmental group calls province ‘arrogant’ in attempt to portray industry as green
Jul 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/oil-sands-ads-urge-tourists-to-avoid-alberta/article1639617/

Tornado warning system 'horrible', expert says

Jul 14, 2010
BARB PACHOLIK
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Tornado+warning+system+horrible+expert/3274378/story.html

Don't just fall back on fogging

Jul 14, 2010
Josh Brandon and Anne Lindsey
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/dont-just-fall-back-on-fogging-98396059.html

Funding in peril for eco-training project

Aimed at immigrants, program needs stable funding to continue
Jul 14, 2010
Ian Shelton
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Funding+peril+training+project/3275369/story.html

Fish kill investigated in P.E.I.

Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/14/pei-fish-kill-west-prince-584.html

Census changes 'indefensible,' retired top statistician says

Decision to axe long questionnaire likely to bias data, Fellegi says
Jul 13, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Census+changes+indefensible+retired+statistician+says/3270177/story.html

Good information comes at a price

Yes, the census long form is intrusive, but statistics empower Canadians
Jul 13, 2010
William Robson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/good-information-comes-at-a-price/article1637565/

Federal budget bill damages the environment, critic says

Jul 13, 2010
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/article/835436--federal-budget-bill-damages-the-environment-critic-says

Coalition urges Conservatives to reverse census stand

Jul 13, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Coalition+urges+Conservatives+reverse+census+stand/3273475/story.html

HIV/AIDS strategy unveiled in U.S.

'We can't afford complacency'
Jul 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/13/us-hiv-aids-strategy.html

A human right Canada rejects: Access to clean water

Contary to what Ottawa says, UN convention would not compel exports to U.S.
Jul 13, 2010
Maude Barlow and Anil Naidoo
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/835040--a-human-right-canada-rejects-access-to-clean-water

We’re missing the boat on regulating death on the water

Let’s focus on two policies already on the books – life jackets and drinking
Jul 13, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/were-missing-the-boat-on-regulating-death-on-the-water/article1637432/

Electric car agenda pushed by Obama

Dispatches White House officials to explore advancing clean energy
Jul 13, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/13/con-obama-electric.html

Renewable energy expands in Europe

Jul 13, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/13/con-eu-renewable.html

Statement on 2011 Census

Jul 13, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-on-2011-Census-1289664.htm

65-thousand academics can’t be wrong

Professors and researchers unite in defence of long-form census
Jul 12, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/07/12/65-thousand-academics-cant-be-wrong/

The census coalition

Jul 12, 2010
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/12/the-census-coalition/

Canada's environment threatened by regressive changes in omnibus budget bill, say critics

Environmentalists say the government's move to 'gut' the Canadian Environment Assessment Act will weaken environmental protection assessments for development projects like the tar sands, mine, oil and gas pipelines and nuclear power plants
Jul 12, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/environment-07-12-2010

Grit Senators question offshore oil and gas exploration in Arctic

As Gulf of Mexico oil spills, federal legislators wonder if it's wise for the Canadian government to keep reviewing bids for offshore oil exploration licences in parts of frozen Arctic.
Jul 12, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/oil-07-12-2010

New system urged to treat rare-disease patients: analysis

Canada is one of the few developed countries that doesn't have a formal policy allowing access to ‘orphan drugs'
Jul 12, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-system-urged-to-treat-rare-disease-patients-analysis/article1637599/

Salmon struggle in warmer Miramichi River

Miramichi Salmon Association has reports of fish dying
Jul 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/nb-salmon-miramichi-warm-waters-1100.html

Oil spill result of technological 'hubris': expert

Jul 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/bp-spill-gulf-technology.html

Bruce Power plans to ship waste on Great Lakes

Jul 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/win-radioactive-bruce-power.html

African mammal populations shrinking: study

Jul 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/african-mammal-declines.html

Census changes will handcuff researchers

Jul 11, 2010
Lynn Bestari
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/834646--census-changes-will-handcuff-researchers

The federal government is senseless on the census

There's no evidence of a broad public backlash against the long-form census, and the imposition on Canadians is not unreasonable
Jul 11, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-federal-government-is-senseless-on-the-census/article1635140/

Why the census matters

Jul 11, 2010
Elsbeth Mehrer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/census+matters/3262689/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Why aren’t more women breastfeeding?

Health experts are increasingly concerned about the lack of increase in breastfeeding rates in Canada, which they say is tied to a lack of support for mothers across the country
Jul 11, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/why-arent-more-women-breastfeeding/article1636178/

Species at risk need big, linked parks: report

Jul 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/09/parks-cpaws-animals-endangered-species-threatened-at-risk.html

Numbers behind electric vehicles don't add up

Jul 9, 2010
David Booth
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/Numbers+behind+electric+vehicles/3253545/story.html

The sneaky ‘eco fee’

Jul 9, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/833901--the-sneaky-eco-fee

Don’t mess with census, statisticians tell Tories

Industry Minister’s decision to scrap mandatory long form should be ‘revisited, reinformed and reversed,’ Statistical Society of Canada says
Jul 9, 2010
Stephen Thorne
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/dont-mess-with-census-statisticians-tell-tories/article1635031/

Momentum builds to reinstate the census long form

Jul 9, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/momentum-builds-to-reinstate-the-census-long-form/

Scrapping long census could prove costly: expert

Jul 9, 2010
Sherri Gallant
Lethbridge Herald
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/208646/109/

Census change latest move in PM’s dumbing down of Canada

Jul 8, 2010
James Travers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/833169--travers-census-change-latest-move-in-pm-s-dumbing-down-of-canada

Census change leaves Harper’s constituency ‘crippled’

Killing mandatory long form hurts Calgary’s ability to deliver services properly, city planner says
Jul 8, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-change-leaves-harpers-constituency-crippled/article1633298/

Clement stands by census changes

Jul 8, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Clement+stands+census+changes/3248390/story.html

Climate controversies: Flawed scientists

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs reform. The case for climate action does not
Jul 8, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16539392

The controversies in climate science: Science behind closed doors

Two new reports say the science of climate change is fine, but that some scientists and the institutions they work in need to change their attitudes
Jul 8, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16537628

Heat waves and blackouts: Here’s the fix

What we’re missing is a disciplined approach to planned investments to modernize Ontario’s power delivery system
Jul 8, 2010
Jatin Nathwani
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heat-waves-and-blackouts-heres-the-fix/article1633491/

Manufacturing electric cars: The lighter drive

Electric cars made from carbon fibre will be safer and go farther
Jul 8, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16537608

'Climategate' inquiry mostly vindicates scientists

But panel of inquiry chides some researchers for failing to share data with critics
Jul 7, 2010
Raphael G. Satter
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/climategate-inquiry-mostly-vindicates-scientists/article1631614/

Wrong move on census

Jul 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/831021--wrong-move-on-census

Census shortcut bad for Canada

Jul 3, 2010
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Census+shortcut+Canada/3232379/story.html

Ridiculous to scrap key census data

Jul 3, 2010
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Ridiculous+scrap+census+data/3231957/story.html

We need Canadians to stand up and be counted

Jul 2, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/need+Canadians+stand+counted/3226213/story.html

Government of Canada Invests in Community Environmental Projects in New Brunswick

Jul 16, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-New-Brunswick-1291439.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Community Environmental Projects in Southern Alberta

Jul 15, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-Southern-Alberta-1290885.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Community Environmental Projects in Jonquiere-Alma

Jul 13, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-Jonquiere-Alma-1289295.htm

Government of Canada Announces Funding for Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Projects

Jul 13, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Announces-Funding-for-Lake-Simcoe-Clean-Up-Projects-1289334.htm

Government of Canada and Nature Conservancy of Canada Conserve Valuable Habitat in Pugwash, Nova Scotia

Jul 14, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Nature-Conservancy-Canada-Conserve-Valuable-Habitat-Pugwash-Nova-Scotia-1289877.htm

BioKits: Nature and Biodiversity Observation Guides for Everyone

Jul 14, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/BioKits-Nature-and-Biodiversity-Observation-Guides-for-Everyone-1290070.htm

Brain food I: the post-doctoral trap

Post-docs stand to take a substantial tax hit
Jul 6, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/07/06/brain-food-i-the-post-doctoral-trap/

Brain food II: Smart aid for Africa

If you unleash some of those hundreds of millions of minds you help Africa and you help the world
Jul 6, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/07/06/brain-food-ii-smart-aid-for-africa/

PM announces creation of 70 new fellowships to attract scientists to Canada

July 7, 2010
Brent Davis
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/741203

PM announces funds for science education — here and in Africa

Jul 6, 2010
Adrian Humphreys
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Young+Einsteins+Canada+gives+African+education+project/3242978/story.html

Ottawa pledges $20-million for science education in Africa

Announcement made as PM meets with Stephen Hawking in Waterloo
Jul 6, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-pledges-20-million-for-science-education-in-africa/article1630506/

PM announces Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, support for Next Einstein Initiative

Fellowships will establish Canada as a global leader in research; Next Einstein Initiative to help best young minds in Africa
Jul 6, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&pageId=26&id=3529

Merck shutting Montreal R&D plant

Closure will affect 180 researchers; part of company's continuing consolidation following acquisition of Schering-Plough last November
Jul 8, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/merck-shutting-montreal-rd-plant/article1632778/

Merck & Co. to shut Montreal research lab

Jul 8, 2010
Nicolas Van Praet
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news/Merck+shut+Montrael+research/3250774/story.html

Federal Government Scrapping The Census Long-Form: What Will It Mean for Evidence-Based Policy?

July 8, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainnes
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/07/08/census/

Climategate shows the need to raise the bar on transparency

Those dealing with issues of great public interest and consequence, even if they are not public officials, have a duty to be transparent and accountable in their work
Jul 8, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climategate-shows-the-need-to-raise-the-bar-on-transparency/article1632137/

Deepwater oil exploration too risky: NDP

Gulf of Mexico disaster brings new scrutiny to N.L. industry
Jul 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/08/deepwater-exploration-cnlopb-flemish-708.html

Plug-in hybrid battery gets federal boost

18 companies get total of $40M in clean-tech funds
Jul 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/08/electrovaya-chrysler-sdtc.html

Areva, N.B. reveal nuclear plans

French company considers second N.B. reactor
Jul 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/08/nb-nuclear-letter.html

Ottawa should come to its census: Stop dogging Statscan

The federal government is undermining Statistics Canada’s ability to collect data and undertake analyses that are the bedrock of sound public policies
Jul 7, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-should-come-to-its-census-stop-dogging-statscan/article1632193/

Census revamp prompts debate over the right to reliable data

Business community attacks change that makes long-form survey voluntary
Jul 7, 2010
Tim Kiladze and Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-revamp-prompts-debate-over-the-right-to-reliable-data/article1632390/

Don't cut long census form: Liberals

Jul 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/07/liberals-census.html

'Climategate' scientists honest: report

But climate researchers at University of East Anglia weren't open enough, inquiry finds
Jul 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/07/climategate-report-east-anglia.html

UK climate data was not tampered with

Science sound despite researchers' lack of openness, inquiry finds
Jul 7, 2010
Zeeya Merali
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100707/full/news.2010.335.html

The heat is on: ClimateGate's harsh lesson for science

An investigation into hacked e-mails clears scientists of wrongdoing, but doesn't let them off the hook
Jul 7, 2010
Andrew Leonard
Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/news/global_warming/?story=/tech/htww/2010/07/07/climategate_investigation

'Climategate' review: verdict

Our panel of commentators give their verdict on the Muir Russell review into the hacked 'climategate' emails
Jul 7, 2010
Raymond Bradley, Michael E Mann, Gavin Schmidt, Mike Hulme, Myles Allen, Ross McKitrick
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/jul/07/climategate-review-expert-verdict

Energy panels a world apart

Obama’s offshore drilling review group includes environmental activists, while Harper’s National Energy Board has ties to oil industry
Jul 7, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/energy-panels-a-world-apart/article1632251/

Chalk River safe to reopen, nuclear watchdog declares

AECL expects medical-isotope production to resume by end of July
Jul 7, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chalk-river-safe-to-reopen-nuclear-watchdog-declares/article1632060/

Conservationists warn of pipeline dangers

Jul 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/07/edmonton-keystone-alberta-texas-conservation.html

Minister defends lumping AECL sale into ‘Christmas tree’ budget bill

Jul 7, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/minister-defends-lumping-aecl-sale-into-christmas-tree-budget-bill/article1631795/

Former federal fisheries scientist resigns from Cohen commission of inquiry into Fraser salmon

Jul 7, 2010
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/Former+federal+fisheries+scientist+resigns+from+Cohen+commission+inquiry+into+Fraser+salmon/3246811/story.html

N.S. national park named night sky preserve

Kejimkujik National Park to be free of light pollution
Jul 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/07/ns-dark-sky-preserve-kejimkujik.html

EU wants ban on cloned animal meat

Canada allows production but not consumption
Jul 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/07/con-cloned-food.html

Melamine limits set by world food group

Jul 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/07/who-melamine-limits.html

Lyme disease on the rise

Victims struggle with debilitating complications because doctors can’t agree on symptoms, tests or even treatment
Jul 7, 2010
Paul McLaughlin
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/833115--lyme-disease-on-the-rise

Port Colborne residents win $36 million for nickel contamination

Property values hurt, judge rules in Ontario’s first environmental class action trial
Jul 7, 2010
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/833472--port-colborne-residents-win-36-million-for-nickel-contamination

New TB cases in N.W.T. community

Jul 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/07/deline-tb-infections.html

Green blackout

Toronto desperately needs a new transmission line to ­prevent power failures, but environmentalists have blocked it
Jul 7, 2010
Tom Adams
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/07/07/green-blackout/

Dutch take blame for UN climate report error

Despite errors in report, fundamental message sound
Jul 6, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/06/dutch-climate-report-error.html

Alberta's boreal forest protected: minister

Jul 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/06/edmonton-alberta-knight-boreal-forest-reaction.html

Alberta's grizzly bears at risk: U.S. group

Jul 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/06/edmonton-alberta-grizzly-bear-warning-conservation-group.html

Ontario’s aging grid puts province at risk of more blackouts

Hydro One's tired system is just another factor that can lead to more outages, just as the temperature rises and demand skyrockets
Jul 6, 2010
Karen Howlett and Ann Hui
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontarios-aging-grid-puts-province-at-risk-of-more-blackouts/article1631045/

Quebec cancer walk nixed over asbestos spat

Jul 6, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/06/montreal-cp-asbestos-cancels-cancer-walk.html

Sunscreen concerns raised by medical journal

Jul 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/06/con-cmaj-sunscreen.html

AC reliance leads to eco-guilt during Central Canada heat wave

In times of extreme heat, even the greenest can’t resist turning to their energy-guzzling air conditioners for comfort
Jul 6, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ac-reliance-leads-to-eco-guilt-during-central-canada-heat-wave/article1630994/

Drowned crops top agenda as agriculture ministers meet

With millions of hectares unseeded after downpours, farmers are seeking financial aid
Jul 6, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/drowned-crops-top-agenda-as-agriculture-ministers-meet/article1630259/

Hurricanes forecast to be bigger, more frequent

La Nina creating conditions for powerful storms
Jul 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/06/ns-hurricane-forecast.html

Health Canada besieged on the frontline defending against toxic jewelry

Jul 6, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Health+Canada+frontline+against+toxic+jewelry/3240885/story.html

Barriers may not cut suicides: study

Jul 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/07/06/suicide-barriers.html

Free-roaming herds best way to save Canada's wild bison: scientist

Jul 6, 2010
Hanneke Brooymans
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Free+roaming+herds+best+save+Canada+wild+bison+scientist/3242645/story.html

Why you should care about the sudden demise of the mandatory long census form

Industry Minister Tony Clement’s decision weakens democracy, hobbles the economy and dumbs down government
Jul 6, 2010
David Eaves
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/why-you-should-care-about-the-long-census-forms-demise/article1630413/

Save the census (II)

Jul 6, 2010
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/06/stephen-gordon-save-the-census-ii/

Save the census

Jul 6, 2010
Dan Arnold
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/06/dan-arnold-save-the-census/

Relief well rules under review at NEB

While regulators for the Gulf and Atlantic Canada aren’t likely to adopt such a costly approach, in the Arctic it’s a different story
Jul 4, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/relief-well-rules-under-review-at-neb/article1628064/

Alarm on cuts to detailed census questionnaire spreads to business groups

Jul 2, 2010
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=n3835988

Former StatsCan head slams census decision by Tories

Jul 1, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/municipal-social-planners-caught-off-guard-by-census-slash-97514599.html

Tories scrap mandatory long-form census

StatsCan says quality of data will suffer
Jun 29, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-scrap-mandatory-long-form-census/article1623458/

Government of Canada Leading Forest Sector Renewal by Investing in Environmental Improvements at DMI's Peace River Pulp Division

Jul 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1287531.htm

Natural Resources Canada: Government of Canada Invests in New Clean Energy Project in Alberta

Jul 7, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Natural-Resources-Canada-Government-Canada-Invests-New-Clean-Energy-Project-Alberta-1286947.htm

Government of Canada Leading Forest Sector Renewal: New Investment Announced for Environmental Improvements at Canfor Pulp

Jul 7, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-New-Investment-Announced-Environmental-1286842.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Community Environmental Projects in the Bow Valley Corridor

Jul 7, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Invests-Community-Environmental-Projects-Bow-Valley-Corridor-1286779.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Community Environmental Projects in Metro Vancouver

Jul 7, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-Metro-Vancouver-1286791.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Clean Energy Technology in British Columbia

Jul 6, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Clean-Energy-Technology-in-British-Columbia-1286146.htm

A New Way to Change the World

Grand Challenges Canada will bring scientific innovation to the developing world to solve urgent health problems
Jun 30, 2010
Peter Singer
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1772-a-new-way-to-change-the-world

Doctors of Philosophy? I fear not...

June 30, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/30/doctors-of-philosophy-i-fear-not/

Minister of State Goodyear to Meet with Provincial and Territorial Ministers to Discuss Innovation

Jun 28, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Goodyear-Meet-with-Provincial-Territorial-Ministers-Discuss-Innovation-1282769.htm

Quebec's master plan answers call to improve province's productivity

Jun 30, 2010
PETER HADEKEL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Quebec+master+plan+answers+call+improve+province+productivity/3218662/story.html

Plight of MS patients exposes flaws in Canada’s approach to medical research

Medical journal calls for system to initiate clinical studies in response to promising therapeutic discoveries
Jun 28, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/plight-of-ms-patients-exposes-flaws-in-canadas-approach-to-medical-research/article1621494/

Public has a right to influence research policy

June 29, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/public-has-a-right-to-influence-research-policy/

Dalhousie, Alberta crack international list

Jun 30, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Dalhousie+Alberta+crack+international+list/3219963/story.html

Transforming Africa, one student at a time

Institute recruits top graduates in math, science and engineering to be the leaders of the future
Jun 30, 2010
Neil Turok
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/transforming-africa-one-student-at-a-time/article1624575/

Canadian universities see India as land of opportunity

Interest in expansion abroad driven by scarce resources at home and huge untapped market
Jul 2, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-universities-see-india-as-land-of-opportunity/article1627322/

Staff declines hurt education: universities

Jul 2, 2010
Nick Martin
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/staff-declines-hurt-education-universities-97650904.html

It’s time to talk carbon taxes

Jul 5, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/830737--hamilton-it-s-time-to-talk-carbon-taxes

Canada's regulatory system 'one of the best in the world,' says Energy Minister Paradis

The Senate Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment Committee is studying whether a sub-ocean blowout like BP's in the Gulf of Mexico could happen in Canada. Oil companies say no, but some Senators aren't convinced.
Jul 5, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/drilling-07-05-2010

The quest for truth in the oil sands

Are they an economic bonanza? Or an environmental apocalypse?
Jul 5, 2010
Todd Hirsch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-quest-for-truth-in-the-oil-sands/article1626967/

Canada and asbestos: Exporting death

Jul 5, 2010
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorials/1190519.html

Conservatives' irrational crime laws make no sense, cost billions of dollars

Jul 5, 2010
Neil Boyd
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Conservatives+irrational+crime+laws+make+sense+cost+billions+dollars/3236458/story.html

Fish science program in N.L. earns applause

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/fisheries-science-newfoundland-705.html

Expiry of antiviral stockpile won't leave Canada without pandemic defence: Health officials

Jul 5, 2010
Philip Ling
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Expiry+antiviral+stockpile+leave+Canada+without+pandemic+defence+Health+officials/3236821/story.html

Protecting our oceans, protecting our economy

Liberal government would formalize moratorium on crude-oil tanker traffic to prevent spill from occurring off B.C.'s north coast
Jul 5, 2010
Michael Ignatieff
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Protecting+oceans+protecting+economy/3236454/story.html

Canada lacks info about biodiversity: Mt. A prof

Research finds there aren't enough experts gathering knowledge about plants and animals in the field
Jul 5, 2010
cynthia vukets
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1122152

Government of Canada announces Funding for Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Projects

Jul 5, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-announces-Funding-for-Lake-Simcoe-Clean-Up-Projects-1285531.htm

Government of Canada Ban on Flavoured Tobacco Products Now in Full Force

Jul 5, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Ban-on-Flavoured-Tobacco-Products-Now-in-Full-Force-1285621.htm

Many moons to go: the promise of lunar mining

Saturn’s Titan is a vast reservoir of hydrocarbons
Jul 5, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/many-moons-to-go-the-promise-of-lunar-mining/article1626913/

Inuit health a challenge worldwide: summit

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/05/inuit-health-icc-nuuk.html

Tape measure helps gauge heart risk

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/05/obesity-waist-circumference-bmi.html

Tim Hortons cups turned into biofuel

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/tim-hortons-waste-cups-fuel.html

BP cleanup costs pass $3B US

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/bp-gulf-costs-oil-spill.html

Quiet hybrids a safety issue for lawmakers

Jul 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/con-hybid-safety.html

Threat of West Nile has fallen steadily

Jul 4, 2010
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Threat+West+Nile+fallen+steadily/3234488/story.html

Canada praised for boreal forest conservation efforts

Jul 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20100703/boreal-conservation-100703/

Cost may delay widely-available HPV vaccines for boys

Jul 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20100703/male-hpv-100703/

Federal government must reconsider decision to scrap the mandatory long form Census: CAUT

Jul 2, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/02/c9863.html

Harper to decide fate of B.C. mine

Federal review panel, which warned of ‘significant adverse environment effects,’ didn’t have mandate to weigh economic benefits
Jul 2, 2010
David Ebner and Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/harper-to-decide-fate-of-controversial-mine/article1627110/

Province blocks solar generation loophole

Jul 2, 2010
John Spears
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/831294--province-blocks-solar-generation-loophole

U.S. home birth risk review 'political': MD

U.S. journal editor defends finding of higher mortality for home births
Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/02/home-births-safety.html

Don’t tread on Ed; Premier Stelmach defends Alberta oilsands in Washington Post

Jul 2, 2010
Dean Bennett
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/831381--don-t-tread-on-ed-premier-stelmach-defends-alberta-oilsands-in-washington-post

Stelmach’s timely reminder of American self-interest

The Alberta government’s ad in The Washington Post, making the case for the oil sands in the United States, is both necessary and appropriate
Jul 2, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/stelmachs-timely-reminder-of-american-self-interest/article1627132/

Oil spills increase arsenic in oceans: study

'A potential new environmental danger'
Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/02/oil-spill-arsenic.html

Nature reserve grows for Canada Day

Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/calgary-alberta-land-nature-conservancy-red-deer-plover.html

Bald eaglets returned to wild in P.E.I.

Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/02/pei-eagles-returned-584.html

Don’t base MS cure on hope: Paper

Jul 1, 2010
Kathryn Blaze Carlson
National Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/base+cure+hope+Paper/3223856/story.html

Ban asbestos worldwide: doctors

Jul 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/07/01/mtl-asbestos-global-ban.html

Researchers ask Canada to ban asbestos

Group is calling for global ban on the mining and use of the mineral
Jul 1, 2010
Julie Steenhuysen
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/researchers-ask-canada-to-ban-asbestos/article1625512/

MDs warn of online stem cell therapies

Jul 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/01/stem-cell-online-warning.html

The genetics of ageing: Methuselah decoded

A new test can forecast extreme longevity
Jul 1, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16479276

Ocean acidification: The other carbon-dioxide problem

Acidification threatens the world’s oceans, but quantifying the risks is hard
Jul 1, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16479264

Chalk River reactor to restart in July: AECL

Jul 1, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/01/aecl-chalk-river-isotopes-july.html

Health organisations call on government to halt chrysotile asbestos exports to developing nations

Jun 30, 2010
Robert Gibbens
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Health+organisations+call+govt+halt+asbestos+exports/3220879/story.html

What the beluga can teach us about ourselves

Jun 30, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-what-the-beluga-can-teach-us-about-ourselves-97472704.html

Government of Canada Collaborating With U.S. on Materials Research for Clean Energy

Jun 30, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Collaborating-With-US-on-Materials-Research-for-Clean-Energy-1284441.htm

Canadian scientists confirm new solar system

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/new-planet-discovery.html

Arctic at risk from global warming: study

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/study-ozone-arctic-ice-levels.html

Areva, N.B. discuss 2nd nuclear reactor

French nuclear giant looking to build clean energy parks
Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/nb-areva-nuclear-reactor-532.html

Cloned tree could prevent Dutch elm disease

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/nb-dutch-elm-disease-fredericton-635.html

Oil-tainted seafood worries U.S. agencies

Agreement aims to keep contaminated seafood out of circulation
Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/con-gulf-fishing.html

Tanning bed law essential: cancer society

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/pei-tanning-bed-laws-584.html

Teen exercise could lower dementia risk at 65

Jun 30, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/exercise-dementia.html

Windmills kill more birds

A double standard applies to the ‘Cuisinarts of the Air’
Jun 30, 2010
Diane Katz
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/30/windmills-kill-more-birds/

Don't revive asbestos mine: cancer society

Quebec government considering investment in dying Jeffrey mine
Jun 29, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/mtl-cancer-society-asbestos-industry.html

'We need a carbon tax'

Harvard professor urges Canadians not to follow the U.S. path
Jun 29, 2010
Lynn Moore
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/need+carbon/3214419/story.html

Many popular baby foods high in sugar: Study

Jun 29, 2010
Tamara Gignac
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Many+popular+baby+foods+high+sugar+Study/3215410/story.html

The Canadian Space Agency Invests in Concept Studies

Potential Future Mission to Venus, an Asteroid or the Moon
Jun 29, 2010
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Canadian-Space-Agency-Invests-in-Concept-Studies-1283018.htm

Enbridge to expand pipeline, join carbon-capture project

Jun 29, 2010
Reuters
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Enbridge+expand+pipeline+join+carbon+capture+project/3214261/story.html

Food safety to go: Guelph researchers are a crucial link in food-safety information chain

June 29, 2010
Joey Sabljic
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/654271

The connected Arctic

A long way from anywhere, researchers are plugged into everywhere
Jun 29, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16472913

Aerospace Innovation Taking Off In Toronto

McGuinty Government Supports Local Manufacturing And Job Creation
Jun 29, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2010/06/aerospace-innovation-taking-off-in-toronto.html

Mosquito fight may need new approach

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/mosquitoes-study.html

Quebec riles drug makers with price cut

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/mtl-reaction-quebec-cuts-generic-drugs.html

Stricter drug safety needed: Ont. coroner's jury

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/carlin-inquest-drug-safety.html

UN designation urged for N.S. lakes area

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/ns-bras-dor-biosphere.html

Greenland defends offshore drilling

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/inuit-greenland-drilling.html

War on drugs a costly failure

Jun 29, 2010
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/drugs+costly+failure/3214796/story.html

Portugal's experience points to drug solution

Political will needed but Tories going other way
Jun 29, 2010
Ethan Baron
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Portugal+experience+points+drug+solution/3214518/story.html

Decriminalize drugs, urge B.C. groups ahead of AIDS conference

Jun 28, 2010
Todd Coyne
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Decriminalize+drugs+urge+groups+ahead+AIDS+conference/3210808/story.html

Carbon capture concerns raised

Jun 28, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/28/carbon-capture-storage.html

Maine firm eyes N.B. tidal power options

Irving Oil decision to kill its tidal power plans sparks interest in Maine
Jun 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/28/nb-tidal-power-maine-610.html

Weed Control Part 1: MS sufferer finds relief with medical marijuana

Jun 28, 2010
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Weed+Control+Part+sufferer+finds+relief+with+medical+marijuana/3198412/story.html

Weed Control Part 2: 'Still treated as criminals'

Medical marijuana growers face obstacles, while police still see issues
Jun 27, 2010
David Hutton
The StarPhoenix
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Weed+Control+Part+Still+treated+criminals/3204415/story.html

Beef up rules on prescription drugs, inquest urges

Coroner’s inquest into suicide of Ontario teen recommends sweeping changes to drug safety regulations
Jun 28, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/beef-up-rules-on-prescription-drugs-inquest-urges/article1622095/

The task of saving mothers and children starts today

Jun 28, 2010
Peter Singer
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/28/peter-singer-the-task-of-saving-mothers-and-children-starts-today/

Counting wild Atlantic salmon not equal to counting money in Ottawa

June 28, 2010
BILL TAYLOR
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1112736

New Avandia study raises more questions about diabetes

The diabetes drug is under fire again as the U.S FDA gets ready to examine its risks and benefits Jun 28, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-avandia-study-raises-more-questions-about-diabetes/article1622006/

Medical journal urges caution over new MS treatment

Canada's top medical journal urges caution over new MS treatment
Jun 28, 2010
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/829834--medical-journal-urges-caution-over-new-ms-treatment

MS patients going in droves for unproven therapy

June 28, 2010
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/829735--ms-patients-going-in-droves-for-unproven-therapy

Magnitude of global warming uncertain: Survey

Jun 28, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Magnitude+global+warming+uncertain+survey+finds/3212837/story.html

R&D, plus vision equals success

Instrument Concepts enjoys strong rep
Jun 28, 2010
MARTHA WILSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1189449.html

Canary in a coal mine

Jun 28, 2010
Larry Sampson
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1112823

Rx&D and the 2010-2013 Québec Research and Innovation Strategy: A Shared Vision, A Common Direction

Jun 28, 2010
CANADA'S RESEARCH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES (RX&D)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/28/c8903.html

New agency needed to handle outbreak

Jun 28, 2010
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/agency+needed+handle+outbreak/3210677/story.html

Tenth person with C. difficile dies at Nanaimo hospital since March

Jun 27, 2010
David Karp
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Tenth+person+with+difficile+dies+Nanaimo+hospital+since+March/3208467/story.html

Good bugs, bad bugs and bugbears of farming

Federal government scientists seek out beneficial insects in effort to control crop pests
Jun 27, 2010
Brian Lewis
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/life/Good+bugs+bugs+bugbears+farming/3207713/story.html

PM should end fossil fuel subsidy at summit: poll

Jun 26, 2010
Mike Desouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/should+fossil+fuel+subsidy+summit+poll/3204612/story.html

Oil spill cleanup technology underfunded

Jun 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/26/oil-cleanup-technology.html

Commissioner of Patents proposes to advance the examination of patent applications related to green technology

May 19, 2010
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02462.html