Friday, March 19, 2010

Venture capital finally gets a break

Mar 16, 2010
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/16/venture-capital-finally-gets-a-break.aspx
Ottawa's wrong to cut back on research spending
Mar 19, 2010
JANET BAGNALL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+risks+missing+green+economy/2699692/story.html
Re: Climate-change scientists feel 'muzzled': documents, March 15
Mar 19, 2010
D. W. Schindler
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+must+free+speak/2699836/story.html
Environment: No new money in federal budget for Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
Mar 15, 2010
Andy Blatchford
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/actualites/article/984331

Naming and shaming

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

Privacy has its limits

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

Message managers

Mar 16, 2010
The Telegram
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=332641&sc=80
Lack of an integrated post-secondary system leaves province ill-equipped to attract foreign students
Mar 16, 2010
John G. Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/780296--ontario-needs-to-raise-its-marks-to-compete-in-education-market

Creating a Venture Culture

Canadian entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for their industry, not blame others for its failures
Mar 16, 2010
David Crow
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1139-creating-a-venture-culture
'Research Days' to run until mid-April
Mar 18, 2010
Matthew Pearson
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Making+research+relevant+goal+Carleton+events/2695526/story.html
Mar 17, 2010
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/03/scienceNorth-170310.aspx
Most analysts still rate Canada's technology star a buy, but some say it's too reliant on past technical successes
Mar 17, 2010
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/is-rim-losing-its-competitive-edge/article1502824/

No lifeline for species on brink

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

Playing politics with motherhood

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

Family planning saves lives

Mar 19, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Family+planning+saves+lives/2699839/story.html
Mar 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/19/bc-pine-beetle-forestry-report.html
Action on climate is justified, not because the science is certain, but precisely because it is not
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15720419
There are lots of uncertainties in climate science. But that does not mean it is fundamentally wrong
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15719298
The decline of a once wildly popular idea
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15721597
Mar 18, 2010
Stephen Leahy
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/18/climate-change-canada
PM's promise contradicts earlier statements by government ministers, while funding for abortion remains off the table
Mar 18, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/contraception-a-part-of-maternal-health-plan-harper-says/article1505160/
Mar 18, 2010
Susan Delacourt and Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/781743--conservatives-put-birth-control-back-on-the-table
Mar 18, 2010
Tasha Kheiriddin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/18/tasha-kheiriddin-no-condoms-for-africa-a-half-cocked-solution.aspx
Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Feds+should+asbestos+funding/2698741/story.html
Mar 18, 2010
BRYN WEESE
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/18/13281796-qmi.html
Response to the climate crisis undercut, nuclear energy boosted
Mar 18, 2010
Elizabeth May
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Tory+budget+environmental+disaster/2696499/story.html
Gap in African data precludes link on drug-resistant TB, HIV
Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/tuberculosis-resistant-who.html
Ban the trade in bluefin tuna—but set a clear path to sustainable exploitation
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15720346

Bluefin tuna: Eaten away

A ban on the trade in bluefin tuna is rejected
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15745509
Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-bluefin-tuna-ban.html
Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-cites-polar-bear-ban.html

U.K. climate change ads pulled

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/17/uk-climate-change-ads.html
Mar 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/isotopes-shortage018.html
Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-arctic-animal-survey.html
Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Flaws+cited+report+used+shelve+vaccine+facility/2698581/story.html
Mar 18, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/dietfitness/diet/article/781519--pasteurization-makes-meat-safer-scientist-says

A formula for confusion

Mar 18, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/781378--a-formula-for-confusion
Mar 18, 2010
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/781654--earths-are-common-nasa-scientist-says
Mar 18, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2695102
Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/defibrillators-aed-cardiac-arrest-public.html
Harper government bending to religious right by not funding pregnancy prevention abroad, opposition charges
Mar 17, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tory-anti-contraception-policy-sparks-uproar-from-opposition/article1504020/
Mar 17, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/conservatives-accused-of-willfully-ignoring-contraception-research/article1503743/

Contraception and mothers' lives

Ignoring the fundamental problem of unplanned pregnancies leaves a curious and gaping hole in a worthy new program, even before Canada officially launches it at the G8
Mar 17, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/contraception-and-mothers-lives/article1504038/
'Signature' initiative meant to save lives, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says, ruling out contraception
Mar 17, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/birth-control-wont-be-in-g8-plan-to-protect-mothers-tories-say/article1502796/
Mar 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/breast-cancer-biomarker-study.html
Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/infertility-egg-raffle-britain.html
Mar 17, 2010
RICHARD LIEBRECHT
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/17/13270936.html
She owns the environment issue, but that suits her poorly
Mar 17, 2010
Lawrence Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-a-tough-climate-for-elizabeth-may-and-the-greens/article1503778/
Scientists in Texas say they have found a way to convert coal into gasoline at a cost of less than $30 (U.S.) a barrel - with zero release of pollutants
Mar 17, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/texas-university-has-eureka-moment-for-coal-to-gas/article1502823/
Mar 17, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadians+slow+approved+medications/2692708/story.html
Slow government approval policies and provincial drug-plan delays limit Canadians’ access to new medicines
Mar 17, 2010
Brett J. Skinner & Mark Rovere
Fraser Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/accessdelayedaccessdenied2010_CDN.pdf
Mar 17, 2010
Natalie Alcoba
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2691234

Canada's health gap

Mar 17, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Canada+health/2691446/story.html
Mar 17, 2010
Jack Gibbons
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/780865--greening-ontario-can-afford-to-switch-off-coal-power-now

Tainted meat and red tape

Mar 17, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/780863--walkom-tainted-meat-and-red-tape
Up 57% since 1999; Diabetes cited as primary cause of end-stage renal disease
Mar 17, 2010
TOBI COHEN
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Kidney+failure+rising+Canada+study/2691116/story.html

Changing needs of education

Mar 17, 2010
Geoff Johnson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Changing+needs+education/2692230/story.html
Why was HIV facility scrapped? MP demands
Mar 17, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/health-boss-grilled-on-city-vaccine-plan-88079682.html

Pepsi out of schools by 2012

Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/pepsi-school-pullout.html
Mar 17, 2010
Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Environmental+dilemma+Protect+killer+whales+salmon+they/2694050/story.html

Where are the bodies?

Models that predict thousands of smog-related hospitalizations in Toronto don’t hold up
Mar 17, 2010
Ross McKitrick
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/17/where-are-the-bodies.aspx
Mar 16, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Binding+climate+treaty+take+years+Prentice/2690270/story.html

Pandemic flu vaccine talks start

Mar 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/flu-vaccine-pandemic-contract.html
Mar 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/tech-un-species-shark-fin.html
Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/agriculture-flax-bill.html
Mar 16, 2010
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Family+planning+absent+from+Canada+focus+women+child+health/2690306/story.html
Mar 16, 2010
Joan Bryden
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/pm-snuffs-plea-to-legalize-pot-in-youtube-interview-87961632.html
'No one is hiding anything,' Aglukkaq tells House committee
Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/03/16/hiv-vaccine-isotopes-aglukkaq-butler-jones.html
Mar 16, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/16/c2214.html
With U.S. students falling behind their peers in other countries, the President sends Congress his plans for reform
Mar 15, 2010
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-offers-his-vision-for-improving-education/article1501547/
Mar 15, 2010
ALTHIA RAJ
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/15/13240681-qmi.html
Inspectors union says new U.S. rules require more staff here
Mar 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/15/food-inspection-memo.html

Closing the phosphorus loop

Why scientists’ scramble to recapture phosphorus has turned into a race against time
Mar 15, 2010
SHARON OOSTHOEK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/closing-the-phosphorus-loop/article1501119/
Mar 12, 2010
Martha Worboy
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/healthy-living/Canadians+turning+vitamin+cocktails+boost+energy+health/2676311/story.html
Mar 11, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+station+could+operate+until+2028+says+consortium/2671851/story.html
Mar 10, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+shuttle+beyond+2010+money+there+NASA/2666549/story.html