Feds top up research funds

U of A to get portion of investment in scientific innovation
Aug 27, 2010
Julianna Cummins
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Feds+research+funds/3446599/story.html

Funds brighten future of Canadian innovation

Aug 16, 2010
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/848627--funds-brighten-future-of-canadian-innovation

Harper Government Strengthens Canada's Long-Term Economic Competitiveness

Canada's Economic Action Plan Invests in World-Leading Research
Aug 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Strengthens-Canadas-Long-Term-Economic-Competitiveness-1310204.htm

Supporting Scientific Discoveries And Creating Jobs In Toronto

McGuinty Government Investing In Researchers And Equipment
Aug 19, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ERAORF081910.asp

Funding for Edmonton’s U of A research labs

$200M up for grabs for post-secondary research
Aug 26, 2010
Julianna Cummins
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Funding+Edmonton+research+labs/3446599/story.html

U of A reaps research windfall, despite austerity across campus

Latest investment helps put Edmonton school in second among Canadian universities in research funding
Aug 26, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/u-of-a-reaps-research-windfall-despite-austerity-across-campus/article1686942/

Network will help connect university researchers, bureaucrats

Aug 25, 2010
BRETT BUNDALE
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1189670

U.S. to appeal stem cell ruling

Aug 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/24/stem-cell-appeal-ruling.html

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program Now Accepting Applications

Aug 19, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Banting-Postdoctoral-Fellowships-Program-Now-Accepting-Applications-1307216.htm

Atlantic R&D loans remain largely unpaid

Eight years after launching program to boost innovation in the region, just 10 per cent of the $33-million has been recovered
Aug 22, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/atlantic-rd-loans-remain-largely-unpaid/article1681728/

Delay takes shine off Tories’ plans for Arctic research

Big projects take time, Harper says after long-awaited announcement about facility planned for Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Aug 24, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/delay-takes-shine-off-tories-plans-for-arctic-research/article1684097/

Harper touts climate change research hub from afar as climate rages

Aug 24, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/851931--harper-touts-climate-change-research-hub-from-afar-as-climate-rages

Two U of S researchers earn prestigious honour

Aug 27, 2010
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/researchers+earn+prestigious+honour/3448754/story.html

Huawei joins Canadian tech incubator

Aug 26, 2010
Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/Huawei+joins+Canadian+tech+incubator/3445704/story.html

A tax credit that's often overlooked

Aug 24, 2010
Bob Waterworth
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/credit+that+often+overlooked/3435083/story.html

Deploying Clean Technologies: Canada-United States Private Sector and Government Investment in Cleantech

Aug 20, 2010
Frank Richter
Public Policy Forum
http://www.ppforum.ca/sites/default/files/REPORT%20Cleantech%20PPF%20layout.pdf

The skeptic’s view of alternative medicine

Aug 21, 2010
Claire Trottier and Behzad Elahi
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/21/the-skeptics-view-of-alternative-medicine/

On the bright side, the PM did say ‘climate change’

During Stephen Harper’s visit to the Arctic, a huge chunk of ice fell off the country’s largest remaining ice sheet, on Ellesmere Island
Aug 27, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/on-the-bright-side-the-pm-did-say-climate-change/article1686685/

Developer of genetically engineered salmon eyes Canadian regulators

Aug 27, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Developer+genetically+engineered+salmon+eyes+Canadian+regulators/3446972/story.html

We are improving climate-monitoring system

Re: Canada's weather service on fritz, Aug. 23
Aug 27, 2010
David Grimes
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/improving+climate+monitoring+system/3447970/story.html

BPA study underlines need to be vigilant about additives

Aug 27, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/study+underlines+need+vigilant+about+additives/3448672/story.html

Doctors critical of MMA should cite medical reasons

Re: Doctors vote for ban on professional MMA, online edition, Aug. 25
Aug 27, 2010
E. David Klonsky
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Doctors+critical+should+cite+medical+reasons/3448959/story.html

Ontario to track prescription drug abuse

Aug 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/27/ontario-prescription-drugs987.html

Wheat genetic code sequenced

Massive genome to be posted online
Aug 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/27/wheat-genetic-code.html

Environment Canada predicts 2010 may end as warmest year on record

May actually be colder than average in the West, as La Nina cools the waters of the central Pacific Ocean
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/environment-canada-predicts-2010-may-end-as-warmest-year-on-record/article1686134/

Why data matter

Aug 26, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/data+matter/3443446/story.html

Canada faces Third World status unless education fixed: report

Country falling behind in key areas, experts say
Aug 26, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+faces+Third+World+status+unless+education+fixed+report/3445007/story.html

Canada not building a "Knowledge Advantage:" new report from Canadian Council on Learning

Aug 25, 2010
Canadian Council on Learning
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2010/25/c4708.html

Harper announces protected area to conserve Belugas

Aug 26, 2010
Mark Kennedy
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Harper+announces+protected+area+conserve+Belugas/3445668/story.html

New protected Arctic marine area: PM

Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/harper-tuktoyaktuk.html

BP won't drill off Greenland coast

Aug 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/bp-greenland-offshore.html

Herring to be counted near N.S.

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/ns-herring-study-research.html

Liberals plan to take census issue to Commons

Aug 26, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Liberals+plan+take+census+issue+Commons/3446702/story.html

Liberals to table census bill

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/08/26/census-changes-liberals-bill.html

Census changes 'mindless': experts

Decision assailed. 'Will lower the quality and raise the cost of information'
Aug 26, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Census+changes+mindless+experts/3444329/story.html

B.C. salmon bonanza provokes management debate

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-fraser-sockeye-salmon-numbers.html

Fraser sockeye: Too much bounty?

After three years of inactivity, B.C.'s fishery industry is already struggling to handle the biggest run since 1913
Aug 26, 2010
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Fraser+sockeye+much+bounty/3445029/story.html

Scientific misconduct: Monkey business?

Allegations of scientific misconduct at Harvard have academics up in arms
Aug 26, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16886218

Drug-impaired driving common, study finds

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/drug-impaired-driving.html

Radical change for Ont. mental health urged

Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/ontario-mental-health-report981.html

Use of opiate doda spreading in B.C.: experts

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/bc-doda-cheema-opium.html

Digital devices may lead to brain fatigue: study

Can't keep off your iPhone? You may be forfeiting the downtime your brain needs to learn, remember and imagine
Aug 26, 2010
Matt Richtel
The New York Times News Service
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/digital-devices-may-lead-to-brain-fatigue-study/article1685928/

Canada and the Pacific: We dither while the world moves on

The price of admission to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks is to put agriculture on the table – and that’s a card we don’t want to play
Aug 26, 2010
Lawrence Herman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-the-pacific-we-dither-while-the-world-moves-on/article1685361/

Centre expands air testing lab

City facility can test samples for mould, asbestos and radon
Aug 26, 2010
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/1191377

Large Hadron Collider's early data shared in Toronto

Physicists probe previously uncharted energies, but find no new particles yet
Aug 26, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/large-hadron-collider-toronto-savard.html

Science journal slams Tories over census changes

Aug 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20100825/nature-journal-census-100825/

Canada goes off the statistical standard

The leading science journal Nature is right to criticize Canada’s abandonment of the mandatory long-form census
Aug 25, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-goes-off-the-statistical-standard/article1685245/

Science journal attacks Harper’s ban on long census

Provides essential information for planning the future, professors say in Nature
Aug 25, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/science-journal-laments-census-assault/article1684833/

Long-gun registry efficient: RCMP report

Aug 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/25/long-gun-registry-report-rcmp.html

In historic move, Canada to list BPA as ‘toxic’

Aug 25, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/852096--in-historic-move-canada-to-list-bpa-as-toxic

Bermuda-sized chunk breaks off Arctic ice shelf

Aug 25, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Bermuda+sized+chunk+breaks+Arctic+shelf/3442855/story.html

Going the wrong way on isotopes, reactors

Aug 25, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Going+wrong+isotopes+reactors/3439455/story.html

Weapons expert warns Wi-Fi in schools could cause birth defects

Aug 25, 2010
Glenn Johnson
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Weapons+expert+warns+schools+could+cause+birth+defects/3441143/story.html

Hey, kids: Learn about your brain

Students can improve brain function without a moment of additional study. They need to make three simple lifestyle changes
Aug 25, 2010
Wilkie Wilson and Cynthia Kuhn
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/hey-kids-learn-about-your-brain/article1683962/

Environment ministry failing to preserve B.C. parks, auditor-general finds

Rapidly expanding system is underfunded: auditor-general
Aug 24, 2010
LARRY PYNN
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Environment+ministry+failing+preserve+parks+auditor+general+finds/3433336/story.html

Fish farming projects in B.C. get funding boost

Vaccine against sea lice blamed for wild salmon decline 1 of 6 to get grant
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/24/sea-lice-salmong-farming-closed-pen.html

Fraser sockeye run hits 100-year high

Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/24/bc-sockeye-high-return.html

Previously unknown microbe thriving by eating spilled Gulf oil

Bacteria may have adapted over time due to natural seeps of oil in Gulf
Aug 24, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/previously-unknown-microbe-thriving-by-eating-spilled-gulf-oil/article1683505/

Ban tanning bed use by minors: CMA

Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/24/tanning-bed-ban-minors-cma.html

Budget cuts compromise weather data, report warns

Loss affects monitoring of global warming
Aug 23, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Budget+cuts+compromise+weather+data+report+warns/3430600/story.html

Nova Scotia joins Canada’s green energy club

Aug 23, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/849939--hamilton-nova-scotia-joins-canada-s-green-energy-club

U of S MS trial in works

University situated to lead in liberation treatment study
Aug 23, 2010
Hannah Scissons
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/trial+works/3430438/story.html

Ocean pollution: Good news for turtles?

The amount of plastic floating in the Atlantic does not seem to be increasing
Aug 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16877258

New Ebola treatment successful in monkeys

Scientists see step as ‘a major advancement’ against nightmare virus
Aug 22, 2010
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/new-ebola-treatment-successful-in-monkeys/article1681676/

Harper pledges $12M to P.E.I. wind farm

Aug 21, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Harper+pledges+wind+farm/3426104/story.html

Food fight

While the Ontario government opts for healthier nutritional options in schools, will kids and school boards actually listen?
Aug 21, 2010
Araina Bond
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Food+fight/3425695/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Parental disconnect

Aug 21, 2010
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Parental+disconnect/3425539/story.html

The next global crisis: Hungry millions, on the move

Scarcities of water, land, oil and fish could lead to mass starvation in 50 years – or sooner. Why is the West refusing to swallow the facts?
Aug 20, 2010
Siri Agrell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-next-global-crisis-hungry-millions-on-the-move/article1680485/

Suzuki gets the last word

Aug 20, 2010
Richard Helm
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Suzuki+gets+last+word/3423712/story.html

Walk, cycle to fight obesity: study

Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/20/walk-cycle-obesity.html

EU seal ban suspended

Inuit leaders question legality of ban on Canadian seal products
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/08/19/nl-seal-ban-819.html

Toronto board of health supports sodium reduction strategy

Average Canadian consumes 3,400 mg of salt daily
Aug 20, 2010
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/850687--toronto-board-of-health-supports-sodium-reduction-strategy

Beaufort Sea drilling studies get $22M

Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/beaufort-sea-protection.html

Arctic ice thinning measured by researchers

Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/arctic-ice-thinning.html

Good riddance to BPA

Aug 20, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Good+riddance/3421437/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Chlorophyll in ancient bacteria: biofuel source?

Aug 20, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/chlorophyll-bacteria-biofuel-study.html

The Difference Engine: Flat battery

Why are hybrid cars running out of juice so quickly?
Aug 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/08/hybrid_cars

Constant Denial': Liberal Report on Tar Sands Is Scathing

Grits' dissenting report on two-year parliamentary study calls for sweeping reforms
Aug 19, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/19/LiberalTarSandsReport/

There’s a new world order in food

More than a billion people will join the middle class by 2030. This will put a serious strain on grain supplies
Aug 19, 2010
Sylvain Charlebois
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/theres-a-new-world-order-in-food/article1677722/

Time-of-use rates for industry the right move

Aug 19, 2010
Adam White and Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/849551--time-of-use-rates-for-industry-the-right-move

BP oil plume a long-lasting threat: study

Aug 19, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/19/bp-study019.html

Oil remains deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico, study shows

Findings from unmanned submersible suggest effects of BP spill will linger for months or more
Aug 19, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-remains-deep-beneath-the-gulf-of-mexico-study-shows/article1678830/

Baffin Island wasps may connect to climate change

Aug 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/19/pei-wasps-baffin-island-climate-change-584.html

Energy conservation: Watts up?

People habitually underestimate their energy consumption
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843797

Fisheries biology: War dividend

The second world war led to a boom in North Sea fish numbers
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843807

The problem of space pollution: Junk science

Scientists are increasingly worried about the amount of debris orbiting the Earth
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843825

Researchers wonder where extra plastic trash is

Amount of plastic waste in ocean hasn’t changed over 22 years: environmentalists perplexed
Aug 19, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/researchers-wonder-where-extra-plastic-trash-is/article1678751/

Don’t ban offshore drilling, senate report says

Aug 18, 2010
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/offshore+drilling+Senate+report+says/3413661/story.html

Chalk River makes 1st isotopes in 15 months

Reactor in 'steady operation,' says AECL
Aug 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/18/isotopes-medical-chalk-river-aecl.html

Genetically modified corn planted in protest

Aug 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/18/con-gm-food.html

Does Wi-Fi make you sick?

Jury still out on health impact of wireless routers
Aug 17, 2010
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/848739--does-wi-fi-make-you-sick

New biomass technology to heat B.C. campus

Aug 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/17/ubc-nexterra-biomass.html

Canadians have same BPA levels as other people! Scared yet?

Aug 17, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/17/scott-stinson-canadians-have-same-bpa-levels-as-other-people-scared-yet/

Teens carry 30 per cent more BPA than rest of population

Discovery of chemical in nearly all Canadians raises alarm
Aug 16, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-survey-finds-bpa-present-in-91-per-cent-of-canadians/article1674153/

Technology needed to feed world in 2050: scientists

Aug 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/technology-food-security-artificial-meat.html

U.S. halts deepwater environmental exemptions

Ban would have prevented BP from drilling Gulf well that blew up
Aug 16, 2010
Erica Werner
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-halts-deepwater-environmental-exemptions/article1674632/

BPA contaminants found in most Canadians

Aug 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/bpa-bisphenol-levels-urine-contamination.html

NCC wants Canada Day to go green

Aug 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/ncc-carbon-nutral.html

A living laboratory for the American elm

Professors and students at Université Laval work to prevent the city’s prized shade trees from disappearing.
Aug 16, 2010
Mark Cardwell
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/living-laboratory-for-the-american-elm.aspx

Census debate is nothing new

Discussion about the intrusiveness of the survey, as well as its cost and utility, has been around for decades, records reveal
Aug 16, 2010
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-debate-is-nothing-new/article1675022/

NDP seeks emergency debate on ‘integrity of the census'

Jack Layton wants to make issue first item on agenda when House resumes sitting next month
Aug 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-seeks-emergency-debate-on-integrity-of-the-census/article1674900/

The dog’s breakfast census

Aug 13, 2010
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/13/stephen-gordon-the-dogs-breakfast-census/

Canadian Coast Guard Completes Environmental Emergency Response Training Exercise in Resolute, Nunavut

Aug 26, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadian-Coast-Guard-Completes-Environmental-Emergency-Response-Training-Exercise-Resolute-1310405.htm

Creating More Clean Energy In The North

McGuinty Government Hydroelectric Project To Create Up To 800 Jobs
Aug 26, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/08/creating-more-clean-energy-in-the-north.html

Government of Canada Supports Development of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines

Aug 25, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Development-of-Seasonal-Influenza-Vaccines-1309471.htm

Fraser River Sockeye Fisheries

Aug 24, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fraser-River-Sockeye-Fisheries-1309184.htm

Canada's Economic Action Plan Supports Research in Saguenay

Aug 23, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Research-in-Saguenay-1308425.htm

Government of Canada Supports Six Innovative B.C. Aquaculture Projects

Aug 23, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Six-Innovative-BC-Aquaculture-Projects-1308344.htm

New Member Appointed to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Aug 20, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Member-Appointed-to-the-National-Round-Table-on-the-Environment-and-the-Economy-1307657.htm

Government of Canada Working to Improve Mining Sector's Environmental Performance

Projects to gather knowledge on minimizing impact, improving competitiveness
Aug 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Working-to-Improve-Mining-Sectors-Environmental-Performance-1307692.htm

Statement on the Senate Committee Report on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

Aug 19, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-Honourable-Christian-Paradis-PC-MP-Minister-Natural-Resources-On-Senate-Committee-1307434.htm

Government of Canada Supports Agricultural Research

Aug 18, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Agricultural-Research-1306748.htm

Government of Canada Supports Nanotechnology Firms' Growth in Edmonton

Aug 17, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Nanotechnology-Firms-Growth-in-Edmonton-1306020.htm

Government of Canada Releases Biomonitoring Data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Aug 16, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Releases-Biomonitoring-Data-from-Canadian-Health-Measures-Survey-1305030.htm

Canada’s innovation malaise: The cure’s in our culture

Ideally, we’d combine our traditional sense of caution with a stronger dash of entrepreneurialism
Aug 10, 2010
Anne Golden
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadas-innovation-malaise-the-cures-in-our-culture/article1667165/

Academic snobbery rears its head

Aug 9, 2010
Carson Jerema
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/academic-snobbery-rears-its-head-100245719.html

HIV is a 20th-century disease that needs 21st-century research

We need smarter approaches to clinical trials that test more concepts in less time, for less money, while preserving safety, community engagement and ethical guidelines
Aug 10, 2010
Alan Bernstein and Peter Piot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/hiv-is-a-20th-century-disease-that-needs-21st-century-research/article1667175/

Ottawa PhDs receive special funding

New program keeps graduates in Ontario
Aug 11, 2010
Sneh Duggal
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Ottawa+PhDs+receive+special+funding/3387639/story.html

Researcher-luring fund gets $182M

Aug 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/06/cfi-fund-research-infrastructure.html

Harper government invests in science

Aug 6, 2010
Jamie McCallum
Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Harper+government+invests+science/3368155/story.html

Ottawa earmarks $182M to help reverse brain drain

Aug 6, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/article/844796--ottawa-earmarks-182m-to-help-reverse-brain-drain

Government of Canada Bolsters Canada's Knowledge Economy

Aug 6, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Bolsters-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1301317.htm

Don't waste medical research money chasing unicorns

A controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis provides hope, but to fund it at the expense of legitimate research is irresponsible
Aug 13, 2010
Paula Simons
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/waste+medical+research+money+chasing+unicorns/3393716/story.html

Superbug prompts Alberta Health travel warning

Aug 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/edm-superbug-doctors-warn-travel.html

How the Tar Sands Threaten Canada's Economic Fate

A short course in Dutch Disease, deindustrialization and the Bitumen Curse
Aug 13, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/08/13/TarSandsEconomicFate/

The real lessons of H1N1

There was little or no flexibility to scale the pandemic plan down in case of a mild outbreak
Aug 13, 2010
Richard Schabas and and Neil V. Rau
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/847366--the-real-lessons-of-h1n1

For organ transplants, consider a stay-cation

Canada's medical profession is the first in the world to develop stringent new guidelines on organ trafficking, aimed at deterring prospective transplant tourists
Aug 13, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/for-organ-transplants-consider-a-stay-cation/article1671337/

DFO needs to make wild salmon priority

Aug 12, 2010
D.C. Reid
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/needs+make+wild+salmon+priority/3389394/story.html

Just say no to 'certified organic' farmed salmon

Aug 12, 2010
Chris Genovali
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Just+certified+organic+farmed+salmon/3388776/story.html

Feds slow to cough up new rules for cigarette warnings

Aug 12, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Feds+slow+cough+rules+cigarette+warnings/3391684/story.html

UN economists propose fast-track green taxes for $100 billion climate fund

Aug 12, 2010
Peter C. Glover
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=13234

New Brunswick's nuclear nightmare

Aug 12, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1172935

Health Canada studies home air quality

Research includes Edmonton, Halifax, Quebec City, Regina, Windsor, Ont.
Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/ed-health-canada-air-quality-study.html

TB outbreak persists in N.W.T. community

Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/nwt-deline-tb.html

Doctors urge better H1N1 strategies

Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/h1n1-lessons-cma.html

Health networks need more direction, McGuinty says

Stung by accusations of secret meetings, agencies must get better at consulting communities, Premier says
Aug 12, 2010
Keith Leslie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/health-networks-need-more-direction-mcguinty-says/article1671412/

Health-care crisis a political hot potato

Aug 12, 2010
Adam Radwanski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/health-care-crisis-a-political-hot-potato/article1670032/

Advisory body says Clement wasting millions on census changes

Aug 12, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/847213--advisory-body-says-clement-wasting-millions-on-census-changes

Chalk River reactor to resume isotope production

Aug 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/12/health-chalk-river-reactor.html

Health Canada survey suggests nutrition labels confuse consumers

Aug 12, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+Canada+survey+suggests+nutrition+labels+confuse+consumers/3389809/story.html

Why green business is crucial

Aug 12, 2010
Postmedia News
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/green+business+crucial/3391705/story.html

Mental illness rises on campus: studies

Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/mental-illness-college.html

Home PCs help find fast-rotating star

Aug 12, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/12/pulsar-einstein-at-home-distributed-computing.html

New superbugs emerge in U.K., Asia

NDM-1 enzyme makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Aug 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/11/uk-lancet-new-superbug.html

Superbug from India found in Canada

Researchers warn no new antibiotics on horizon to tackle latest threat
Aug 11, 2010
Jill Mahoney, Kate Kelland and Ben Hirschler
Globe and Mail and Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/superbug-from-india-found-in-canada/article1669006/

Doctors brace for more cases as Indian superbug hits Canada

‘It’s just the nature of the beast’: Medical tourism, international travel fuel spread of drug-resistant enzyme
Aug 11, 2010
Jill Mahoney
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/doctors-brace-for-more-cases-as-indian-superbug-hits-canada/article1669006/

Information must be Canada’s bedrock

The census is an indispensable tool for knowing ourselves
Aug 11, 2010
Roy Romanow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/information-must-be-canadas-bedrock/article1668377/

Ontario Attracts Clean Energy Manufacturing Plants

Aug 11, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca//mei/en/2010/08/ontario-attracts-landmark-clean-energy-plant.html

Health and the sex ratio: A healthy relationship

The mere presence of women seems to bring health benefits to men
Aug 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16789152

Health Canada eyes tighter rules for alcoholic energy drinks

Aug 11, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+eyes+tighter+rules+alcoholic+energy+drinks/3385515/story.html

Arctic fuel spill fears raised in Pangnirtung

Not prepared to handle large spill, hamlet official warns
Aug 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/11/pangnirtung-fuel-spill-concerns.html

DFO sockeye count hindered by building occupation

Aug 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/11/bc-dfo-sockeye-count-occupation.html

Stand up for good government, MPs

It’s up to Canada’s opposition leaders to defend the long form’s integrity
Aug 11, 2010
Mel Cappe, Pierre Fortin, Michael Mendelson and John Richards
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/stand-up-for-good-government-mps/article1668496/

Sense still incomplete on the census

Clement is giving bad information to support his plan for bad-quality data. And on language, he admitted he was wrong
Aug 11, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/sense-still-incomplete-on-the-census/article1669846/

DND considers axing military research

Debate still rages over whether DND grants to universities is valid research or propaganda—but the point may be moot if the budget is pulled.
Aug 11, 2010
Carl Meyer
Embassy
http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/dnd-08-11-2010

University to bypass expensive database

Will replace Web of Science with own database
Aug 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/08/10/peiscience-web-subscription-584.html

WHO declares H1N1 pandemic over

Global health body says it has assessed what’s happening around the world and is moving to post-pandemic phase
Aug 10, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/who-declares-h1n1-pandemic-over/article1667873/

More prisons isn’t the answer

Aug 10, 2010
Barbara Kay
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/10/barbara-kay-more-prisons-isnt-the-answer/

Secretive nature of fledgling bureaucrats raises questions

Ontario Ombudsman ‘floored’ with ‘defensive and recalcitrant’ response of health network during recent probe
Aug 10, 2010
Christie Blatchford
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/christie-blatchford/secretive-nature-of-fledgling-bureaucrats-raises-questions/article1668629/

Ontario health agency blasted over private meetings

Ontario Ombudsman André Marin says Niagara-area agency held closed meetings that were ‘plainly illegal’ to talk about shutting emergency rooms
Aug 10, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-health-agency-blasted-over-private-meetings/article1668099/

Former Statscan chief makes last-ditch plea to save census

Harper’s remarks, however, virtually slam the door on an 11th-hour reversal on long-form survey
Aug 10, 2010
John Ibbitson and Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/former-statscan-chief-makes-last-ditch-plea-to-save-census/article1667393/

Ottawa was told of flaws in census plan, documents show

Statscan warned Tony Clement’s office that voluntary survey would yield low response rate
Aug 10, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-was-told-of-flaws-in-census-plan-documents-show/article1668439/

Tories twisted census findings: memos

Aug 10, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/846141--tories-twisted-census-findings-memos?bn=1

We still have time to reverse the census decision

Aug 10, 2010
Munir Sheikh
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/we-still-have-time-to-reverse-the-census-decision/article1667194/

Senseless census argument number four

Aug 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/senseless-census-argument-number-four/article1665067/

Why libertarians can’t possibly support the census decision

Aug 9, 2010
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/09/stephen-gordon-why-real-libertarians-cant-possibly-support-the-census-decision/

Oil sands toxins growing rapidly

Volume of arsenic, lead increased 26 per cent in last four years, Environment Canada says
Aug 9, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-toxins-growing-rapidly/article1667306/

CAPP sees benefits in reporting oilsands tailings

Aug 9, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/CAPP+sees+benefits+reporting+oilsands+tailings/3378646/story.html

Girls developing breasts as early as 7: U.S. study

Early signs of puberty showing up at younger age than in past
Aug 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/09/puberty-girls-early-breasts.html

Scientists foresee custom cancer treatment

Aug 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/09/bc-cancer-genome-sequencing.html

H1N1 is over, but the next pandemic awaits

Canadians cannot afford to be complacent about the proven value of flu vaccines – or about the probability of the next pandemic.
Aug 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/h1n1-is-over-but-the-next-pandemic-awaits/article1667310/

Welland Canal safe from ‘Frankenfish’

Aug 9, 2010
Fabiola Carletti and Wendy Gillis
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/845494--welland-canal-safe-from-frankenfish

Harper defends Arctic seismic tests

Aug 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/09/arctic-seismic-injunction-reax.html

Nunavut judge grants temporary injunction against seismic testing

Aug 8, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Nunavut+judge+grants+temporary+injunction+against+seismic+testing/3375321/story.html

Lauded economist slams census decision

Accepting award for public policy leadership, Sylvia Ostry says long-form census change is ‘shocking’ and ‘ridiculous’
Aug 7, 2010
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lauded-economist-slams-census-decision/article1665623/

Alberta Health Services warns against MS treatment

The procedure could cause severe medical problems, says statement
Aug 7, 2010
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Alberta+Health+warns+against+treatment/3369897/story.html

Chasing MS 'liberation' dream irresponsible use of Alberta funds

Our limited research money mustn't go to risky, unverified procedures
Aug 7, 2010
Paula Simons
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Paula+Simons+Chasing+liberation+dream+irresponsible+Alberta+funds/3372182/story.html

Massive Arctic ice island drifting toward shipping lanes

Aug 7, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Massive+Arctic+island+drifting+toward+shipping+lanes/3372703/story.html

Tough on crime, weak on logic

Aug 6, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Tough+crime+weak+logic/3365315/story.html

Separating fact from myth in the census saga

Aug 6, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/844537--goar-separating-fact-from-myth-in-the-census-saga

IVF treatment: regulate, then fertilize

Quebec should be applauded for its decision to fund fertility treatments for women. But a strict regulatory regime is needed to ensure the province can manage the inundation of new patients.
Aug 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ivf-treatment-regulate-then-fertilize/article1662072/

Water as a human right

Aug 6, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/844522--water-as-a-human-right

Where facts are the weapon of choice

Aug 6, 2010
Elizabeth Payne
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Where+facts+weapon+choice/3360612/story.html

Justifying more jails

Aug 6, 2010
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/06/full-comment-forum-justifying-more-jails/

Science expedition in the Arctic caught in ‘government quarrel’, say researchers

A German institute planning to conduct seismic tests on the Arctic sea floor say they do not intend to look for oil and gas
Aug 5, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/science-expedition-in-the-arctic-caught-in-government-quarrel-say-researchers/article1663623/

MS elixir tempts, but still untested

Aug 5, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/elixir+tempts+still+untested/3360820/story.html

Census critics just want easy ride, Clement says

Opponents of voluntary survey ‘got good, quality data and the government of Canada was the heavy’
Aug 5, 2010
Steven Chase and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-critics-just-want-easy-ride-clement-says/article1663469/

The Census: A Compromise and the Seeds of Long-Term Change

Aug 5, 2010
Arthur Sweetman & Herb Emery
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/opinions.php?opinionID=41

Ideology, Autonomy and the Census

Aug 5, 2010
Debra Thompson
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/opinions.php?opinionID=42

Health and gut bacteria: Hard to stomach

A Western diet promotes unhealthy gut bacteria in children
Aug 5, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16740669

City of Moose Jaw Fined $55,000 for Violation of Fisheries Act

Aug 5, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/City-of-Moose-Jaw-Fined-55000-for-Violation-of-Fisheries-Act-1300985.htm

Point: Water is a fundamental right

Last week’s UN resolution serves as the template for a more binding resolution
Aug 4, 2010
Maude Barlow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/point-water-is-a-fundamental-right/article1661763/

Counterpoint: Water is the wrong right

The UN resolution devalues true human rights without helping those who need it most
Aug 4, 2010
Jacob Mchangama
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/counterpoint-water-is-the-wrong-right/article1661785/

Scientist sees hope for rare right whales

Aug 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/article/843896--scientist-sees-hope-for-rare-right-whales

Why you can trust the census, but not polls

Aug 1, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/trust+census+polls/3330368/story.html

Let's Teach Innovation

Canada can help close the productivity gap with the U.S. by breaking down the distinction between research and education.
Jul 21, 2010
Rob Thacker
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1901-let-s-teach-innovation

Canada's Economic Action Plan Attracts Top Research Talent to Southern Ontario

Minister Goodyear launches initiative to connect Canadian businesses with the next generation of skilled workers
Jul 28, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Attracts-Top-Research-Talent-to-Southern-Ontario-1296782.htm

Canada's Economic Action Plan Supports Business Innovators

Minister Goodyear highlights investment in innovation and job creation in Southern Ontario
Jul 29, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Business-Innovators-1297490.htm

Research grads given chance to apply skills here

Jul 29, 2010
Sarah Anderson
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/752573

Tuition creeping beyond government funding

Student group concerned at loss of ‘public university model’
Jul 29, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tuition-creeping-beyond-government-funding/article1656628/

Having more BAs is a good thing

Aug 4, 2010
Allan Rock
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Having+more+good+thing/3356398/story.html

Campus crowding

Jul 27, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Campus+crowding/3325851/story.html

Internationalizing Canada’s student experience

Let’s attract the brightest minds to our country’s universities and colleges, while, at the same time, send more of our own into the world
Aug 2, 2010
Amit Chakma
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/internationalizing-canadas-student-experience/article1657674/

Funding aimed at driving economic growth

LearnSphere to help companies get ideas to the marketplace
Jul 28, 2010
SHAWN BERRY
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1152651

Three steps to a strong Canada

Jul 27, 2010
Kevin G. Lynch
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news/Three+steps+strong+Canada/3326085/story.html

Canadian trade missions ineffective: study

Report contradicts other countries’ analyses of impact on trade
Jul 28, 2010
Tim Kiladze
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-trade-missions-ineffective-ubc-study-says/article1655426/

Radiation treatment calibration nets Ottawa researcher top award

David Rogers is honoured by his peers for work that has helped improve the accuracy of dosages that cancer patients receive
Jul 28, 2010
Jennifer Pagliaro
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Radiation+treatment+calibration+nets+Ottawa+researcher+award/3330404/story.html

Short census question: will the government listen?

The chorus is coming from groups of every kind, yet the federal government continues to adhere to its wrong-headed policy. It still has time, but only a little, to listen, and reverse its census decision.
Aug 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/short-census-question-will-the-government-listen/article1660871/

Mandatory long form represents proper methodology for census

Aug 4, 2010
GUY VEZINA
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1162052

When oil policy springs a leak

How do we resolve the conflict between energy needs and environmental hazards?
Aug 4, 2010
Gary Hufbauer and Meera Fickling
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/when-oil-policy-springs-a-leak/article1660822/

Biofuels’ impact hard to gauge, report warns

Aug 4, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/843894--biofuels-impact-hard-to-gauge-report-warns

Sask. MS trials to go ahead despite new research

Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/sask-ms-libertation-treatment-funding-research.html

Premiers jump the gun on MS treatment

Aug 4, 2010
Rob Breakenridge
The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Premiers+jump+treatment/3356742/story.html

Stockwell Day questions lower crime rates

Aug 4, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/843306--stockwell-day-questions-lower-crime-rates

Stockwell Day confounds critics, says new prisons needed for unreported crimes

Aug 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/crime-rated-down-but-day-says-unreported-crimes-up-99848269.html

Day mocked online over crime comments

Minister says a rise in unreported victims means Canada needs more prisons
Aug 4, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/mocked+online+over+crime+comments/3357152/story.html

'Bedbug pandemic' possible, group warns

Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/pei-bed-bug-pandemic-584.html

Fitness credit benefits affluent kids: study

Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/fitness-credit-study.html

Ontario pathology overhaul ordered

Recommendations flow from report into surgical errors in Windsor
Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/wdr-mistaken-mastectomy-report-released-100804.html

Only 74% of Canadians would get HIV vaccine: study

Aug 4, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/04/14923921.html

10 hurricanes forecast for Atlantic

Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/04/hurricane-forecast-atlantic.html

Annual premiers’ meeting to plot census strategy

Census not on the agenda – but it will likely be on the table
Aug 3, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/annual-premiers-meeting-to-plot-census-strategy/article1661111/

Stockwell Day cites 'alarming’ rise in unreported crime to justify new prisons

Ottawa uses 2004 Statscan data to defend costs after dismissing reliability of census
Aug 3, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stockwell-day-cites-alarming-rise-in-unreported-crime-to-justify-new-prisons/article1661054/

Wind’s PR problem

Aug 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/842902--wind-s-pr-problem

Threatened Gulf among most biodiverse regions

Aug 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/03/census-of-marine-life-biodiversity.html

Quebec fertility clinics brace for surge

Aug 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/03/fertility-quebec-ivf-funding.html

Arctic seismic tests face legal challenge

Aug 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/03/lancaster-seismic-injunction-qia.html

Marine Census attempts to catalogue ocean creatures

Aug 3, 2010
John Lewandowski
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/science/article/843168--marine-census-attempts-to-catalogue-ocean-creatures

Plastic bags killing turtles, Quebec aquarium warns

Aug 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/03/qc-magdalen-islands-turtles-plastic-danger.html

Canada’s stat crunchers join census fight

‘The world, in fact, has spoken on this issue,’ says Statistical Society of Canada
Aug 2, 2010
Brenda Bouw and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-stat-crunchers-join-census-fight/article1659883/

Feds to spend $25-million to protect integrity of short census, to clear confusion

Some $25-million of $30-million on advertising to be spent on short census follow-up
Aug 2, 2010
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/integrity-08-02-2010

Census controversy affecting StatsCan morale in 'major way'

Ivan Fellegi says the federal agency is in crisis.
Aug 2, 2010
HARRIS MACLEOD
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/census-08-02-2010

Can the provinces fix the census fiasco?

Once again, Stephen Harper has charted a course for the nation that drops the ball in the provinces' and territories' lap.
Aug 2, 2010
ARMINE YALNIZYAN
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/yalnizyan-08-02-2010

Feds' leasing process biased toward offshore oil and gas industry, says NDP

But claim rejected by Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
Aug 2, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/offshore-08-02-2010

Poverty plays role in cancer death rates: study

Aug 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/02/income-cancer-study.html

The last resort on climate change

Aug 2, 2010
Gwynne Dyer
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/842625--the-last-resort-on-climate-change

Banned chemical coats 40% of store receipts

Hormone-disrupting chemical is already banned in baby bottles
Aug 2, 2010
Nancy J. White
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/843074--bisphenol-a-coats-40-of-store-receipts

Experts worried about Ontario birds migrating to Gulf oil spill

Aug 2, 2010
Maria Babbage
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/843007--experts-worried-about-ontario-birds-migrating-to-gulf-oil-spill

Soot is No. 2 cause of climate change: study

Albedo effect Warming link underestimated
Aug 2, 2010
RANDY BOSWELL
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Soot+cause+climate+change+study/3350147/story.html

Conventional farming protects atmosphere: study

Critic says researchers trying to justify industrial agriculture
Aug 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/farming-conventional-greenhouse-gases.html

Dead zone in Gulf one of largest ever

Aug 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/dead-zone-gulf.html

Peregrine falcons make comeback in Ont.

Aug 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/ont-peregrine-falcon-rebound-100802.html

Reverse bad policy, or jeopardize integrity of our reputation

Aug 1, 2010
P.W. Stevenson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Reverse+policy+jeopardize+integrity+reputation/3348175/story.html

Pest attacks cornfields in Ont., Quebec

Aug 2, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/cutworm-cornfield-pest.html

The provinces step in to fight climate change

A North America-wide system would be preferable, but in the absence of federal leadership, some provinces and states are right to start their own cap-and-trade scheme to cut carbon
Aug 1, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-provinces-step-in-to-fight-climate-change/article1656706/

Canadian’s spin on windmill design touted as green-energy breakthrough

Aug 1, 2010
David Hutton
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+spin+windmill+design+touted+green+energy+breakthrough/3346937/story.html

Cures that could kill

Banned health products full of heavy metals and bacteria are still for sale in ethnic stores across Vancouver
Aug 1, 2010
Tamara Baluja
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/life/Cures+that+could+kill/3348487/story.html

Group wants Hillary Clinton to keep Asian carp from lakes

Aug 1, 2010
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/842938--group-wants-hillary-clinton-to-keep-asian-carp-from-lakes

Prospect of pumping oil from Beaufort back in deep freeze

Jul 31, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Prospect+pumping+from+Beaufort+back+deep+freeze/3346975/story.html

Two countries, one carbon tax

Jul 31, 2010
David Frum
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/31/david-frum-two-countries-one-carbon-tax/

Researchers see far-reaching impact of changes to national census

Jul 30, 2010
Sarah McGinnis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Changes+census+harm+records/3340713/story.html

Asteroid could hit Earth in 172 years

Jul 30, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/30/asteroid-earth-trajectory.html

Health Canada sidesteps commitment to new salt reduction strategy

Health Canada's Sodium Working Group is calling on Canadians and industry to slash the levels of salt they use in preparing foods
Jul 30, 2010
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/30july10_saltE.dtl

The BP spill’s costly lessons

Jul 30, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/842171--the-bp-spill-s-costly-lessons

Chemicals in Red Deer, Oldman rivers warp fish gender: U of C study

U of C scientists find more females downstream
Jul 30, 2010
Gwendolyn Richards
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/todays-paper/River+chemicals+affecting+fish+gender/3340703/story.html

A roadmap to less salt

Jul 30, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/842097--a-roadmap-to-less-salt

Save the census

The Canadian government should rethink its decision to change the way census data are collected
Jul 29, 2010
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7306/full/466532a.html

Stubborn stance on census foolish

Jul 29, 2010
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/Stubborn+stance+census+foolish/3335466/story.html

Economists decry census move

More than 75 per cent of group surveyed do not believe it’s good policy to replace mandatory long-form census with a voluntary household survey
Jul 29, 2010
Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economists-decry-census-move/article1656565/

Fish feminizing in Alberta rivers

Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/calgary-fish-rivers-sex-hormones-research.html

Gender-bending fish raise red flags

Alberta researchers say gender-bending fish are swimming in the province’s southern rivers
Jul 29, 2010
Shannon Montgomery
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/gender-bending-fish-raise-red-flags/article1656646/

The explosive politics of MS

Medical funding is too important to be driven by popular demand instead of facts
Jul 29, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-explosive-politics-of-ms/article1655171/

The Earth is hotter than ever, global warming is real, researchers warn

Scientists hope findings will debunk some growing skepticism about climate change
Jul 29, 2010
Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-earth-is-hotter-than-ever-global-warming-is-real-researchers-warn/article1655436/

A graphic look at the world's changing climate

Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/f-climate-state-noaa-graphics.html

Global warming ‘undeniable,’ world report says

Jul 29, 2010
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Evidence+global+warming+undeniable+world+report+says/3338073/story.html

Global warming signs unmistakable: report

Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/climate-change-study-noaa.html

We’re in a pinch over salt

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq sent a wrong message on an important prevention issue by being absent when Canada's long-overdue salt-reduction strategy was introduced
Jul 29, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/were-in-a-pinch-over-salt/article1656623/

Salt-reduction targets shaken off by industry, health minister

Jul 29, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Salt+reduction+targets+shaken+industry+health+minister/3334445/story.html

Alberta pipeline spills unlikely: regulator

Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/calgary-enbridge-spill-pipeline-ercb-alberta-safe.html

Stem cells grow replacement joints in rabbits

Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/joint-replacement-rabbits.html

The Munir Sheikh matter was no technicality

When his census position was misrepresented, his resignation transcended policy
Jul 29, 2010
C.E.S. Franks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-munir-sheikh-matter-was-no-technicality/article1655113/

Census call is part of data-collection trend

We should think seriously before making changes that will affect governments’ capacity to deliver good public policy
Jul 28, 2010
Stuart Soroka
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/census-call-is-part-of-data-collection-trend/article1653638/

Bias triumphs in census row

Jul 28, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/840882--bias-triumphs-in-census-row

Data are secure, retired political scientist says

Jul 28, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/data-are-secure-retired-political-scientist-says-99447499.html

Police caseloads rise, but crime rates waning in Canada: StatsCan

Jul 28, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+caseloads+rise+crime+rates+waning+Canada+StatsCan/3333897/story.html

Ottawa praises three provinces set to introduce cap-and-trade system

Critics say move by Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia reduces pressure for federal action
Jul 28, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-praises-three-provinces-set-to-introduce-cap-and-trade-system/article1655271/

Plants at base of ocean food chain in decline, study finds

Dalhousie research on phytoplanktons another indication of seas under stress
Jul 28, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/plants-at-base-of-ocean-food-chain-in-decline-study-finds/article1654702/

Crucial marine algae declining globally: study

Jul 28, 2010
Carmen Chai
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Crucial+marine+algae+declining+globally+study/3333694/story.html

Phytoplankton vanishing from warming oceans

Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/phytoplankton-vanishing.html

Scientists discover new deepwater species

Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/ns-deep-sea-discoveries.html

Marine 'hot spots' surprise researchers

Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/marine-biodiversity-study.html

Enbridge steps up Michigan oil cleanup

Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/michigan-enbridge-oil-spill-100728.html

Canadian researchers hope to green the web, make Canada the world's web server

Interconnected data centers powered by wind, sun, could drastically reduce IT carbon footprints Jul 28, 2010
Michael Oliveira
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/canadian-researchers-hope-to-green-the-web-and-make-canada-the-worlds-web-server/article1654917/

Clean energy: getting a pulse on Vancouver

Pulse Energy is based on a simple idea: Using less energy makes bottom-line sense. But implementing simple ideas requires minds schooled in complexity
Jul 28, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/clean-energy-getting-a-pulse-on-vancouver/article1653632/

Climate change and water are inextricably linked

Jul 28, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/science-matters-climate-change-and-water-are-inextricably-linked--99480509.html

Beyond eco-fees

Jul 28, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/840877--beyond-eco-fees

Ontario waits to make decision on new MS treatment

Saskatchewan agrees to fund clinical trials of experimental procedures
Jul 28, 2010
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/841494--ontario-waits-to-make-decision-on-new-ms-treatment

Sask. plan to fund MS treatment trials raises debate across Canada

Jul 28, 2010
David Hutton
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Sask+plan+fund+treatment+trials+raises+national+debate/3334159/story.html

Survey says: Government still not listening on census

Clement obdurate in testimony before Commons committee
Jul 27, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/survey-says-government-still-not-listening-on-census/article1653939/

Long-form testimonials shine light on bad census policy

Current census is reliable, used by policy-makers and forms basis for other Canadian statistical analysis. By comparison, prospective voluntary survey is unsupported by professionals and unusable
Jul 27, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/long-form-testimonials-shine-light-on-bad-census-policy/article1653802/

Sheikh shares his disdain at census changes with Commons

Committee votes in favour of nonbinding motion to reinstate long-form census
Jul 27, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sheikh-shares-his-disdain-at-census-changes-with-commons/article1653937/

Business concerned over census changes

Entrepreneurs, economists rely heavily on data from the long-form census, and most can’t afford the alternatives
Jul 27, 2010
Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/expanding-the-business/business-concerned-over-census-changes/article1653800/

Ex-StatsCan chief says he quit to protect agency’s credibility

Jul 27, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/840595--ex-statscan-chief-says-he-quit-to-protect-agency-s-credibility

HIV only winner in useless drug war

Jul 27, 2010
MINDY JACOBS
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2010/07/26/14835731.html

Medical journal urges strict regulations for high-caffeine energy drinks

Jul 27, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Medical+journal+urges+strict+regulations+high+caffeine+energy+drinks/3327540/story.html

Plastiki a message in 12,500 bottles

Vessel made of recycled plastic bottles completes journey across the Pacific to highlight threat of pollution to the world's oceans
Jul 27, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/plastiki-a-message-in-12500-bottles/article1652748/

Biggest provinces push plan to cap emissions

B.C., Ontario, Quebec embrace cap-and-trade system to fight global warming that is based on plan dropped by U.S. Senate
Jul 27, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/biggest-provinces-push-plan-to-cap-emissions/article1653672/

Saskatchewan’s Wall vows to fund contentious MS treatment

Premier puts province at forefront of Canadian efforts to introduce a treatment that has experts – and those with MS – divided
Jul 27, 2010
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/saskatchewans-wall-vows-to-fund-contentious-ms-treatment/article1653519/

Government of Canada Launches Investments in Forest Industry Transformation Program

Aug 2, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Launches-Investments-in-Forest-Industry-Transformation-Program-1298721.htm

Government of Canada Celebrates 800th Donation Through Ecological Gifts Program

Jul 30, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Celebrates-800th-Donation-Through-Ecological-Gifts-Program-1298220.htm

Minister Goodyear Outlines Plan for Jobs and Growth in Southern Ontario

FedDev Ontario invests in people, communities and businesses
Jul 29, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Outlines-Plan-for-Jobs-and-Growth-in-Southern-Ontario-1297629.htm

Government of Canada Welcomes Sodium Reduction Report

Jul 29, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Welcomes-Sodium-Reduction-Report-1297556.htm

NRC and uOttawa Scientists Conduct Groundbreaking Scientific Experiment

Jul 28, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/NRC-and-uOttawa-Scientists-Conduct-Groundbreaking-Scientific-Experiment-1296918.htm

Government of Canada Announces Continued Support of National Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative

Jul 28, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Announces-Continued-Support-National-Aboriginal-Diabetes-Initiative-1296903.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Wind Energy in New Brunswick

Jul 28, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Wind-Energy-in-New-Brunswick-1296619.htm

Government of Canada Investing in Clean Energy Production Improvement at AV Nackawic Pulp Mill

Jul 28, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Investing-Clean-Energy-Production-Improvement-AV-Nackawic-Pulp-Mill-1296695.htm

Government of Canada Supports Research to Reduce Childhood Injuries

Jul 27, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/canadian-institutes-of-health-research-cihr/government-of-canada-supports-research-to-reduce-childhood

Government of Canada invests in research on physical activity and health

Jul 26, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/26/c6522.html