Human Health Biotechnologies to 2015

Feb 16, 2010
Anthony Arundel, David Sawaya, and Ioana Valeanu
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/38/44534354.pdf

Biotechnologies in Agriculture and Related Natural Resources to 2015

Feb 16, 2010
Anthony Arundel and David Sawaya
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/37/44534329.pdf

Federal granting agencies get more appointees from outside academe

Outcry over a Pfizer executive appointed to CIHR’s governing body hasn’t echoed with the other granting councils
Feb 8, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/federal-granting-agencies.aspx

Astronaut Thirsk lauds space investment

Feb 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/08/calgary-thirsk-astronaut-degree-benefits.html

Advocating for PhD career support on campus

Feb 12, 2010
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/advocating-for-phd-career-support-on-campus/

NRC to lay off 86 workers in April

Information specialists, administrators most affected by cost cutting ordered by Treasury Board
Feb 16, 2010
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/workers+April/2568010/story.html

McGill reconsiders restrictions on research tied to military

Feb 8, 2010
Peggy Curran
Montreal Gazette
http://www.vancouversun.com/McGill+reconsiders+restrictions+research+tied+military/2538451/story.html

R&D employment rose in 2007, most work in Ontario, Quebec: StatsCan

Feb 11, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jufcHPFoOKNJyjhUiZ3yi5ywDhBw

Manning Award laureates on the cutting edge

Awards celebrate the technological and entrepreneurial achievements of Canadian innovators
Feb 8, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/manning-award-laureates-on-the-cutting-edge/article1459675/

Students are skipping environmental programs

Feb 12, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/students-are-skipping-environmental-programs/

CIHR grants $5 million to MUHC/McGill research

Funding to analyze the impact of widely used environmental contaminants on reproductive health
Feb 15, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/15/c9837.html

Albert Friesen Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canada Foundation for Innovation

Feb 15, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Dr-Albert-Friesen-Appointed-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1116946.htm

Minister Goodyear Announces Support for Research Projects That Will Benefit our Economy, Society and Environment

Feb 8, 2010
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Announces-Support-Research-Projects-That-Will-Benefit-our-Economy-1113936.htm

Minister Jim Prentice Highlights Government Investment and New Research Partnership for Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Feb 10, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Jim-Prentice-Highlights-Government-Investment-New-Research-Partnership-Southern-1115439.htm

Climate change: Copenhagen accounting

What countries are currently offering on climate
Feb 16, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15539489

Probe launched after pesticide found in bay

Feb 16, 2010
Derwin Gowan
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/955689

McGuinty defends appeal of raw milk verdict, as farmer calls it a persecution

Feb 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jkQaAQmXKsGISrXi6e443WzeXQ1g

Warning: ‘May be extremely calming’

The opposite of Red Bull, these ‘anti-energy’ drinks claim to provide instant relaxation
Feb 16, 2010
Kate Lunau
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/16/warning-%E2%80%98may-be-extremely-calming%E2%80%99/

Keep pets out of airline cabins, journal says

Canadian Medical Association Journal editorial argues against letting cats and dogs to share cabin space with passengers
Feb 16, 2010
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/keep-pets-out-of-airline-cabins-journal-says/article1469897/

Spin is in, but climate change still there

Feb 15, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/765519--hamilton-spin-is-in-but-climate-change-still-there

UN climate panel's errors no excuse to put work on ice

World can't afford further delay in facing up to the challenges of climate change
Feb 15, 2010
Achim Steiner
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/764810--un-climate-panel-s-errors-no-excuse-to-put-work-on-ice

The science isn't settled. Now what?

The climate debate is usually portrayed as a fight between people who think global warming is a hoax and people who think catastrophe is imminent. But there's a third position
Feb 15, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-science-isnt-settled-now-what/article1469050/

Don't wait for trouble

Feb 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dont-wait-for-trouble/article1468520/

Greenpeace picks Canadian to head international climate change campaign

Feb 15, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/greenpeace-picks-canadian-to-head-international-climate-change-campaign/article1468526/

Rocket science

Feb 15, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Rocket+science/2565837/story.html

1 in 3 chance of developing asthma: study

Feb 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/15/asthma-ontario-health.html

Infertility should be treated like a medical condition, say patients

Feb 15, 2010
Raveena Aulakh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/765870--infertility-should-be-treated-like-a-medical-condition-say-patients

Canada closes ports to Faroe Islands, Greenland for refusing NAFO shrimp quotas

Feb 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqdr5ER2KRMjiQ1TmCa7hwjv0k3Q

The search for isotope answers

Feb 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/764761--the-search-for-isotope-answers

Couples rally to get OHIP coverage of in vitro fertilization treatments

Feb 14, 2010
Keith Leslie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gTSTsTsk-8_s6tDryVa96GKxA_yA

Ottawa must help fund new sewage treatment rules: HRM mayor

Feb 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/14/ns-halifax-sewage.html

Climate change skeptics can’t change reality

Feb 14, 2010
SILVER DONALD CAMERON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotian/1167503.html

The West Wants Out of the Western Climate Initiative

Feb 14, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/14/lawrence-solomon-the-west-wants-out-of-the-western-climate-initiative.aspx

Price swings, not boycotts, real risk to oil sands

Feb 13, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/764873--walkom-price-swings-not-boycotts-real-risk-to-oil-sands

Ont. appealing raw milk producer's acquittal

Feb 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/13/ont-raw-milk-schmidt.html

Risky products may be escaping controls: Health Canada audit

Bureau charged with determining safety and handling of chemicals and organisms struggles to meet deadlines
Feb 12, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/risky-products-may-be-escaping-controls-health-canada-audit/article1467232/

Controversy brews over asbestos deaths in Mexico

Canada exports majority of dangerous mineral to developing countries
Feb 12, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/controversy-brews-over-asbestos-deaths-in-mexico/article1467211/

Historic trauma in aboriginals boosts hepatitis C risk

Feb 12, 2010
Amina Zafar
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/hepatitis-c-aboriginal.html

Tar sands snubbed by 'green' retailers

Eco-campaign against Alberta's oil heats up with companies' boycott
Feb 11, 2010
Mitch Potter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/763791--tar-sands-snubbed-by-green-retailers

Wind Energy and Its Merits

Feb 11, 2010
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Wind+Energy+Merits/2550033/story.html

Credible solution on isotopes greeted with silence in Ottawa

Expert panel's report cuts through the fog and makes a strong case for a new research reactor
Feb 11, 2010
Jatin Nathwani & Donald Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/763644--credible-solution-on-isotopes-greeted-with-silence-in-ottawa

WHO to consider if H1N1 has peaked

Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/h1n1-who.html

Poverty, housing factors in N.W.T. MRSA cases

Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/nwt-mrsa-campaign.html

Sask. university listeria experiments probed

Hazard said 'negligible'
Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/sk-listeria-experiments-1002.html

Caribou hunting ban raises Dene health concerns

Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/nwt-caribou-dene-health.html

Developing minds

Feb 11, 2010
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Developing+minds/2549272/story.html

H1N1 patients were younger and needed more care, study says

Canadians who died of swine flu were 30 years younger that those who typically die of seasonal influenza, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information
Feb 11, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-patients-were-younger-and-needed-more-care-study-says/article1465088/

H1N1 continues to confuse Canadians: Poll

Feb 11, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/11/12843976-qmi.html

Logging makes forests more flammable: study

Feb 11, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/11/tech-logging-forest-fire.html

U.S. forgoes surest way to stop Asian carp

Feb 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/11/tech-asian-carp-plan.html

Inequality: In sickness and in health

Despite efforts to improve the health of the poor, the richer you are, the better
Feb 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15501633

India and GM food: Without modification

A setback for GM in India
Feb 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15498385

Prepare for rising sea levels, Halifax told

Feb 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/10/ns-halifax-harbour-levels.html

Questions for climate change skeptics

Feb 10, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/762954--questions-for-climate-change-skeptics

Scientists seek better way to do climate report

Feb 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/10/tech-climate-report-reform.html

Vaccinations may have spared Ont. new round of H1N1

Feb 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/10/ontario-h1n1.html

Water crackdown needs cash flow, Prentice told

Feb 10, 2010
Mike de Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Water+crackdown+needs+cash+flow+Prentice+told/2543654/story.html

Relaxation drinks take on the energy market

Drinks like Slow Cow promise calm in a can – but some health experts are skeptical about their effectiveness and safety
Feb 10, 2010
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/relaxation-drinks-take-on-the-energy-market/article1463630/

Ill-funded public good

Canada risks losing its status as an important centre for clinical trials, and patients could end up receiving well intentioned, but lesser care
Feb 10, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ill-funded-public-good/article1463852/

Fertility and false economies

Feb 10, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/762953--fertility-and-false-economies

Your square-jawed hero is, in fact, the scientist

If climate-change researchers sound alarmist, it's only because they're alarmed
Feb 9, 2010
Gerald Butts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/your-square-jawed-hero-is-in-fact-the-scientist/article1461995/

Ottawa goes to court to kill B.C.'s safe-injection site

Feb 9, 2010
Alyssa Dalton and Neal Hall
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ottawa+goes+court+kill+safe+injection+site/2541644/story.html

Mackenzie River's fish contaminated with dangerous toxins: scientists

Warming of Arctic triggers burst of biological activity, leading to unexpected consequence
Feb 9, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mackenzie-rivers-fish-contaminated-with-dangerous-toxins-scientists/article1462248/

Cap-and-dividend: the jolt Harper needs?

The potential political allure of the U.S. Senate bill: Families would get a cheque in the mail every year
Feb 9, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/cap-and-dividend-the-jolt-harper-needs/article1461994/

Minister must protect Alberta caribou in face of industry pressure, groups say

Feb 9, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jmd6F-E7ilw-g2wDxG1XMHSt-LnA

Marijuana does nothing to help memory in Alzheimer's: study

Synthetic form of the drug shows a negative effect in high doses
Feb 9, 2010
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Marijuana+does+nothing+help+memory+Alzheimer+study/2539934/story.html

CT scan rules developed to cut kids’ exposure to unnecessary radiation

One CT scan delivers 300 to 600 times the radiation of a single chest x-ray, and their use after minor head injuries has surged, researchers say
Feb 9, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ct-scan-rules-developed-to-cut-kids-exposure-to-unnecessary-radiation/article1461217/

Health Canada approves a second vaccine against HPV

Canadian women will now have choice between newly approved Cervarix and Gardasil
Feb 9, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health-canada-approves-a-second-vaccine-against-hpv/article1462104/

First Lady vs. obesity

Feb 9, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/762404--first-lady-vs-obesity

Inuit adapt to climate change: new documentary

Researchers record the tales and observations of people from the North for a feature-length film on climate change, arctic survival and adaptation
Feb 8, 2010
Heather Sutherland
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/inuit-adapt-to-climate-change-new-documentary.aspx

Hamilton researchers to test Italian scientist's MS theory

Idea that MS is a treatable vascular disease has been controversial
Feb 8, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hamilton-researchers-to-test-italian-scientists-ms-theory/article1460740/

Prostate cancer dilemma

How would you feel about prostate surgery if you knew the odds were roughly 98 per cent that you didn't need it?
Feb 8, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/prostate-cancer-dilemma/article1460634/

Natural Remedy Makers In 'Crisis'

Pharmacists told not to sell unlicensed items
Feb 8, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2535804

Isotope shortage set to worsen

Feb 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/02/08/medical-isotopes-dutch-canada.html

Western Canada to suffer from isotope shortage

With Ontario facility still off-line, shutdown at Netherlands reactor will squeeze world supply even further
Feb 8, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/western-canada-to-suffer-from-isotope-shortage/article1460756/

Report: Achieving heart health targets would lead to big savings for Canada

Feb 8, 2010
CONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7617.html

Experts back automakers' concerns

Tailpipe rules; Quebec emission targets described as too tough
Feb 8, 2010
Mike Desouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politics/story.html?id=2536389

The science of alien invasions

Why Bjorn Lomborg chooses to stay with the climate fiasco is a mystery
Feb 8, 2010
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/08/peter-foster-the-science-of-alien-invasions.aspx

A modest nuclear revival is just as well

Canada is well placed to help ensure safety, security and non-proliferation
Feb 5, 2010
Louise Fréchette
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-modest-nuclear-revival-is-just-as-well/article1457915/

Climate strategy on a road to nowhere

After a string of empty promises agreed to in Rio, then Kyoto, then Copenhagen, Canada needs a new approach in making meaningful change to emissions policy
Feb 5, 2010
Bjorn Lomborg
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-strategy-on-a-road-to-nowhere/article1458191/