Canada gets 'D' in innovation

Feb 2, 2010
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canada-gets-d-in-innovation/article1452800/

NSERC sees researchers as out-source labour

Feb 1, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/nserc-sees-researchers-as-out-source-labour/

What's cooking in Canadian innovation?

We should think beyond narrowly defined science and technology
Feb 2, 2010
Daniel Schwanen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/whats-cooking-in-canadian-innovation/article1453827/

Can Canada Keep Up?

Jan 27, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/can-canada-keep-up/

Canada continues to trail other countries in innovation performance

Feb 2, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/02/c5904.html

Canada gets a D in innovation

Feb 2, 2010
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2513193

Government Boosts Atlantic Canada’s R&D Growth With $62.4M Investment

Research and development across Atlantic Canada is benefiting from an important federal investment of $62.4 million under Round VII of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF).
Feb 3, 2010
Gov Monitor
http://thegovmonitor.com/canada_features/canada_features_4/government-boosts-atlantic-canadas-rd-growth-with-62-4m-investment-23053.html

SSHRC: Government of Canada Supports New Research for People Living With Dementia

Funds 20 research partnerships on important issues affecting Canadians
Feb 4, 2010
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/SSHRC-Government-of-Canada-Supports-New-Research-for-People-Living-With-Dementia-1112542.htm

Tories to hire 'green' adviser

Private consultant will keep Ottawa in step with U.S. climate plans
Feb 7, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/761750--tories-to-hire-green-adviser

Hawking confirms summer visit to Perimeter

Physicist, who holds a research chair at the Waterloo institute, will conduct research, give lecture during his stay
Feb 6, 2010
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hawking-confirms-summer-visit-to-perimeter/article1458564/

Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than 'our most pessimistic models': researcher

Feb 6, 2010
Bruce Owen
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Arctic+vanishing+fast+researcher/2532081/story.html

Minister vows action on oilsands water

Province taking time to review results of study
Feb 6, 2010
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Minister+vows+action+oilsands+water/2530114/story.html

Canadian team grows human body parts in Quebec lab

'In 50 to 100 years ... it won't be science fiction. We'll be able to regrow a hand'
Feb 6, 2010
Marianne White
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canadian+team+grows+human+body+parts+Quebec/2530936/story.html

P.E.I. aquaculture gets cash infusion

Feb 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/02/06/pei-aquaculture-funding-584.html

IPCC: Beyond the Himalayas

Climategate is one of many known IPCC failings
Feb 6, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/06/lawrence-solomon-ipcc-beyond-the-himalayas.aspx

Arctic ice melting faster than feared: study

Feb 5, 2010
John Bowman
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/02/05/tech-climate-arctic-ice.html

Patent nonsense

An end to frivolous patents may finally be in sight
Feb 5, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15479680

Gene doping real threat to Olympians

WADA warns of grave health risk in attempt to boost performance
Feb 5, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest news service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/Gene+doping+real+threat+Olympians/2524538/story.html

Arctic warming will cost world billions: Pew study

Feb 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/05/pew-arctic-warming-cost.html

The great global warming collapse

As the science scandals keep coming, the air has gone out of the climate-change movement
Feb 5, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-great-global-warming-collapse/article1458206/

Dim outlook for nuke industry

Think-tank says worldwide demand for nuclear energy unlikely to grow much before 2030, if at all
Feb 5, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/760858--dim-outlook-for-nuke-industry

Ban export of Atlantic bluefin tuna: UN panel

Feb 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/05/un-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-ban.html

Canada has little choice but to follow where U.S. policy leads

The hard truth is that, for better or for worse, Canada is joined with America at a hip known as the 49th parallel
Feb 5, 2010
Barbara Yaffe
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+little+choice+follow+where+policy+leads/2524765/story.html

Disclose cleaners' contents: green groups

Feb 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/05/consumer-household-cleaners-chemicals.html

Labrador gets new national park

Feb 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/05/nl-mealey-mountains-205.html

After 'goofs,' India forms breakaway climate body

Snub To Lead Expert
Feb 5, 2010
Dean Nelson
The Daily Telegraph
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2523938

Tough times for the guru of climate change

Feb 5, 2010
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/05/kelly-mcparland-tough-times-for-the-guru-of-climate-change.aspx

Scientist struggles in ‘denier-central’

Feb 4, 2010
BILL KAUFMANN
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/columnists/bill_kaufmann/2010/02/04/12747891.html

Rajendra Pachauri and the IPCC: A time for introspection

Increasing scrutiny of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, in particular, its chairman, should lead to reforms
Feb 4, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15450615

Carbon markets after Copenhagen: Don't hold your breath

Why hasn’t the carbon price fallen further?
Feb 4, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15453006

Climate change likely to make it harder to feed 1 billion hungry: CIDA chief

Feb 4, 2010
Mike Blanchfield
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hz-3oLt-z5t_f0Cap3FaDE4iP6kQ

Quebec gets special treatment: green groups

Feb 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/02/04/pei-environment-group-funding-quebec-584.html

Canada should take page out of South Korea's green playbook

We're falling behind on building a national strategy that will set the table for a low-carbon economy
Feb 4, 2010
Keith Stuart
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/760216--canada-should-take-page-out-of-south-korea-s-green-playbook

It is deeply immoral for Quebec to sell asbestos

Feb 4, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/deeply+immoral+Quebec+sell+asbestos/2519887/story.html

Quebec physicians urge Charest to call for end to silence on asbestos

Doctors claim Indian scientists being threatened with legal action for disseminating information on the dangers of chrysotile asbestos
Feb 4, 2010
Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-physicians-urge-charest-to-call-for-end-to-silence-on-asbestos/article1456997/

Playing a dirty game: exporting asbestos

The reason Ottawa won't stop defending asbestos is politics – Quebec politics
Feb 4, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/playing-a-dirty-game-exporting-asbestos/article1456630/

Activists, salmon farmers work together

Groups co-operate on pilot project using closed-containment system
Feb 4, 2010
Clare Backman and Jennifer Lash
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/columnists/Activists+salmon+farmers+work+together/2520940/story.html

Alberta innovation gap merits budget priority

Feb 4, 2010
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+innovation+merits+budget+priority/2521155/story.html

Nunavut proposes Baffin Island caribou survey

Feb 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/baffin-caribou-survey.html

Whooping cough outbreak hits B.C.'s West Kootenay

Feb 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/04/bc-whooping-cough-west-kootenay.html

A blow to vaccine 'link'

Feb 4, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/760237--a-blow-to-vaccine-link

Autism, vaccines and fear

It's doubtful The Lancet's retraction of a flawed 1998 study will have much effect, because the damage has already been done
Feb 3, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/autism-vaccines-and-fear/article1455387/

Canada plans Arctic summit

March Gathering; Will discuss ways to get oil, protect environment
Feb 3, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2515744

Olympics get bronze for climate impact

Feb 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/bc-suzuki-olympic-climate-change.html

Some vegetative patients show awareness

Feb 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/awareness-vegetative-patients.html

Quebec's rift with Ottawa over climate change grows

In India on trade mission, Premier Charest bristles at criticism of Quebec's environmental efforts by Environment Minister Prentice
Feb 3, 2010
John Ibbitson and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebecs-rift-with-ottawa-over-climate-change-grows/article1455013/

Canada to match California, Quebec on tailpipe emissions

Feb 3, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/money/Canada+match+California+Quebec+tailpipe+emissions/2519053/story.html

Baird puts road ahead of rare turtles

Minister overrules staff, funds Terry Fox extension
Feb 3, 2010
Kate Jaimet
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Baird+puts+road+ahead+rare+turtles/2515368/story.html

Polar-bear summit accomplished little, scientist contends

Feb 3, 2010
Mary Agnes Welch
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Polar+bear+summit+accomplished+little+scientist+contends/2516853/story.html

Melting snowpack thins wolverine population: Study

Feb 3, 2010
David Wylie
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Melting+snowpack+thins+wolverine+population/2518338/story.html

A case not being made

Feb 3, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-case-not-being-made/article1454232/

Backward steps on climate change

Feb 3, 2010
The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/759563--backward-steps-on-climate-change

Traditional aboriginal knowledge is critical to conservation

Feb 3, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/83439087.html

Coalitions dish $15.5M for disease prevention

Feb 3, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/03/12725901.html

Indoor tanning campaign targets young women

Feb 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/02/indoor-tanning-young-women.html

Campus climate orthodoxy

Feb 3, 2010
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/03/fp-letters-campus-climate-orthodoxy.aspx

Prison report urges needle exchange programs

Feb 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/01/prison-needle-exchange.html

Canadian aerospace industry says Obama budget presents a great opportunity

Feb 2, 2010
Peter Rakobowchuk
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3BNqtMu9gJ3Qq95IYHsuxw0uGfw

NASA budget cancels moon shot

Feb 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/02/tech-space-nasa-budget.html

Autism-vaccine study retracted

Feb 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/02/autism-mmr-lancet-wakefield.html

So much for pure science

‘Climategate’ raised questions about global warming. The ongoing debate about its impact raises questions about the the vested interests of climate science
Feb 2, 2010
Kevin Libin
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/magazine/story.html?id=2513619

Our politicians need expert help in dealing with the costs of aging

The federal government should establish a blue-ribbon panel to investigate and report back to the country the various options
Feb 2, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/our-politicians-need-expert-help-in-dealing-with-the-costs-of-aging/article1453824/

Climate gambit

Feb 2, 2010
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=0e5bb2fc-978f-4f08-a7f1-c18e75c4e39c

Taking gentle aim at oil sands

Negative global image may force Ottawa's hand
Feb 2, 2010
Don Martin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2510677

The UN's enviro-activist in-chief

Feb 2, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2510714

Helmets save skiers, snowboarders: review

'We encourage the use of helmets,' researchers say
Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/01/ski-snowboard-helmets.html

Prentice attacks Quebec's climate strategy

Province's rules targeting vehicles ‘one of the most glaring examples of the folly of attempting to go it alone'
Feb 1, 2010
Dawn Walton and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prentice-attacks-quebecs-climate-strategy/article1452601/

Canada to lower greenhouse target

Feb 1, 2010
Sarah McGinnis
Canwest News Service
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Canada+lower+greenhouse+target/2507742/story.html

Prentice tells oil sands to clean up its act

Feb 1, 2010
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Prentice+tells+sands+clean/2509815/story.html

Keep it clean, Prentice tells oil sands

Environment Minister warns that expansion must remain in check as Canada seeks to reach Copenhagen targets
Feb 1, 2010
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/keep-it-clean-prentice-tells-oil-sands/article1452404/