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

Canada risks missing out on the new green economy

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

Scientists must be free to speak out

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

Demise of Canadian climate research would have global impact: scientists

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

Ontario needs to raise its marks to compete in education market

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

Making research relevant goal of Carleton events

'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

Science North receives $7.3 M from federal, provincial governments

Mar 17, 2010
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/03/scienceNorth-170310.aspx

Is RIM losing its competitive edge?

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

Pine beetle won't kill forestry, B.C. says

Mar 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/19/bc-pine-beetle-forestry-report.html

Climate science: Spin, science and climate change

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

The science of climate change: The clouds of unknowing

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

Climate-change politics: Cap-and-trade's last hurrah

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

Canadian government 'hiding truth about climate change', report claims

Mar 18, 2010
Stephen Leahy
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/18/climate-change-canada

Contraception a part of maternal-health plan, Harper says

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/

Conservatives put birth control back on the table

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

No-condoms-for-Africa is no solution

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

Feds should cut asbestos advocacy funding: NDP MP

Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Feds+should+asbestos+funding/2698741/story.html

Paradis, NDPer duke it out over asbestos

Mar 18, 2010
BRYN WEESE
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/18/13281796-qmi.html

Tory budget an environmental disaster

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

WHO says rise in drug-resistant TB unclear

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

Trade and conservation: Fin times

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

UN rejects Atlantic bluefin tuna ban

Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-bluefin-tuna-ban.html

Global polar bear trade ban defeated

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

Isotope shortage puts patients at risk

Mar 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/isotopes-shortage018.html

Number of High Arctic animals declining

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-arctic-animal-survey.html

Flaws cited in report used to shelve HIV-vaccine facility

Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Flaws+cited+report+used+shelve+vaccine+facility/2698581/story.html

Pasteurization makes meat safer, scientist says

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

‘Earths are common,’ NASA scientist says

Mar 18, 2010
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/781654--earths-are-common-nasa-scientist-says

Smog danger inflated: climate change critic

Mar 18, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2695102

Public defibrillators improve survival

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/defibrillators-aed-cardiac-arrest-public.html

Tory anti-contraception policy sparks uproar from opposition

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/

Conservatives accused of ‘willfully ignoring’ contraception research

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/

Birth control won't be in G8 plan to protect mothers, Tories say

'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/

Breast cancer drugs get faster screening

Mar 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/breast-cancer-biomarker-study.html

Free human egg prize sparks ethics debate

Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/infertility-egg-raffle-britain.html

Oilsands an eco-timebomb: think-tank

Mar 17, 2010
RICHARD LIEBRECHT
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/17/13270936.html

It's a tough climate for Elizabeth May and the Greens

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/

Texas university has eureka moment for coal-to-gas

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/

Canadians slow to get approved medications

Mar 17, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadians+slow+approved+medications/2692708/story.html

Access Delayed, Access Denied: Waiting for New Medicines in Canada 2010

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

Study finds mothers stop nursing too soon, missing health benefits

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

Greening Ontario can afford to switch off coal power now

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

Kidney failure rising in Canada: study

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

Health boss grilled on city vaccine plan

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

Environmental dilemma: Protect killer whales or salmon they eat?

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

Binding climate treaty may take years: Prentice

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

Sharks threatened by Asian consumers: group

Mar 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/tech-un-species-shark-fin.html

Genetically modified flax target of bill

Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/agriculture-flax-bill.html

Family planning absent from Canada's G8 focus on women, child health

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

PM snuffs plea to legalize pot in YouTube interview

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

Finances sank HIV vaccine facility bid

'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

North America-wide solution needed to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions from freight trucks

Mar 16, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/16/c2214.html

Obama offers his vision for improving education

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/

Feds want to study travel to help against pandemics

Mar 15, 2010
ALTHIA RAJ
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/15/13240681-qmi.html

Canada's food inspection ramping up

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/

Canadians turning to “vitamin cocktails” to boost energy, health

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

Space station could operate until 2028, says consortium

Mar 11, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+station+could+operate+until+2028+says+consortium/2671851/story.html

Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA

Mar 10, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+shuttle+beyond+2010+money+there+NASA/2666549/story.html