Women scientists paid less than male counterparts, survey finds

Jun 24, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Women+scientists+paid+less+than+male+counterparts+survey+finds/3195331/story.html

Research policy odds and sods

Jun 22, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/research-policy-odds-and-sods/

What Does A Graduate Degree Mean?

Jun 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/22/what-does-a-graduate-degree-mean/

The man behind the MaRS mission

Rafi Hofstein has a vision to monetize the brainpower in the city’s Discovery District
Jun 25, 2010
Joanna Pachner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-man-behind-the-mars-mission/article1618520/

A hole in the thesis of Junk Science

Jun 22, 2010
John Varty
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/22/john-varty-a-hole-in-the-thesis-of-junk-science/

Science centre a rare gem

New facility's opening planned for fall 2011
Jun 26, 2010
Lea Storry
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Science+centre+rare/3205196/story.html

Glass ceiling persists among scientists

Females with science PhDs earn up to 40% less than their male counterparts
Jun 24, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/06/24/glass-ceiling-persists-among-scientists/

Gender gap in salaries leads many female scientists to exit ivory tower

Jun 23, 2010
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/home_family/gender-gap-in-salaries-leads-many-female-scientists-toexit-ivory-tower-97013414.html

Minister Goodyear Announces Investment in Research and Innovation in Communities Across Canada

Jun 24, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Announces-Investment-Research-Innovation-Communities-Across-Canada-1281290.htm

Minister of State Goodyear Tours New Brunswick Community College

Canada's Economic Action Plan investment will renew laboratories for future generations
Jun 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-of-State-Goodyear-Tours-New-Brunswick-Community-College-1279959.htm

Museum hits the road

Cars have given Canada jobs, transport, earworms and, now, a new exhibit at the Museum of Science and Technology
Jun 23, 2010
Robert Bostelaar
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Museum+hits+road/3189079/story.html

Stephen Hawking gets rock-star welcome at Canadian think-tank

World-renowned physicist’s gala presentation gives boost to Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ont.
Jun 20, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/stephen-hawking-gets-rock-star-welcome-at-canadian-think-tank/article1611058/

Hawking trumpets Waterloo's physics cred

Jun 21, 2010
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Hawking+trumpets+Waterloo+physics+cred/3179828/story.html

Minister of Industry and Minister of State for Science and Technology Welcome Stephen Hawking to Canada

Jun 20, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Industry-Minister-State-Science-Technology-Welcome-Stephen-Hawking-Canada-1278644.htm

Dr. Tom Brzustowski named Chair of the Council of Canadian Academies’ Scientific Advisory Committee

Jun 24, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/assessments%20and%20publications%20and%20news%20releases/2010-06-24_news_release_sac_chair.pdf

Nora English Appointed Member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Jun 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Nora-English-Appointed-Member-Social-Sciences-Humanities-Research-Council-Canada-1280117.htm

Kevin P.D. Smith Apppointed Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canada Foundation for Innovation

Jun 21, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Kevin-PD-Smith-Apppointed-Chair-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1279252.htm

Michel Kelly-Gagnon Appointed to Board of Directors of the Canada Foundation for Innovation

Jun 21, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Michel-Kelly-Gagnon-Appointed-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1279261.htm

Brand-name pharmaceuticals not spending enough on R&D, say generics

Jun 25, 2010
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Brand+name+pharmaceuticals+spending+enough+generics/3202840/story.html

Ottawa opens oilpatch to China

Sale of stake in Syncrude approved
Jun 26, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Ottawa+opens+oilpatch+China/3205225/story.html

Syncrude guilty in death of 1,600 ducks in toxic tailings pond

Jun 25, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/828890--syncrude-guilty-in-death-of-1-600-ducks-in-toxic-tailings-pond

Gale force winds could leave Gulf oil gushing for 2 weeks

Jun 25, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/828592--gale-force-winds-could-leave-gulf-oil-gushing-for-2-weeks

McDougall to stay at development agency

Jun 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/mcdougall-tobacco-idrc.html

Harper pledges $1.1B at G8 for maternal health

Canada can afford greater contribution than others to flagship initiative: PM
Jun 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/g8-g20-huntsville-leaders.html

When health and moral values collide

Misoprostol is a medication with magical properties, some of which are undeniably good and others that not everyone can endorse. The problem: How to allow some without the others.
Jun 25, 2010
Carolyn Abraham
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/maternal/when-health-and-moral-values-collide/article1618325/

G8 health pledges fall short of what's needed

Muskoka Initiative looks 'like a small down payment,' charity head says
Jun 25, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/news/g8-health-pledges-fall-short-of-whats-needed/article1618007/

Maternal health plan is something of a start

The G8 announcement is not all that women and children in developing countries need. It will, however, make a real impact, and gets the issue on the international political agenda.
Jun 25, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/maternal-health-plan-is-something-of-a-start/article1619014/

ASF must begin putting a value on wild salmon

Jun 25, 2010
Bill Taylor
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1109755

Saskatoon research centre mulls medical isotope production

Jun 25, 2010
Jeremy Warren
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/health/Saskatoon+research+centre+mulls+medical+isotope+production/3203438/story.html

Anti-asbestos demos staged around globe

Protests coincide with Fete nationale
Jun 25, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Anti+asbestos+demos+staged+around+globe/3198578/story.html

What do climate scientists think - and why does it matter?

Attempts to portray the scientific community as fractured and in disagreement have prompted efforts to quantify the credibility of climate scientists
Jun 25, 2010
Gavin Schmidt and Eric Steig
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/25/what-climate-scientists-think

Perils and profit of offshore oil

In the wake of the ongoing Gulf spill disaster, Newfoundland wrestles with finding a safe way to go deep
Jun 25, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/perils-and-profit-of-offshore-oil/article1618734/

East Coast offshore oil regulation fraught with federal-provincial bickering

Jun 25, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/east-coast-offshore-oil-regulation-fraught-with-federal-provincial-bickering/article1618757/

Does oily horror await birds flying south?

From a wildlife perspective, Canada and the Gulf are linked, which makes the spill of vital concern to conservationists and scientists
Jun 25, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/does-oily-horror-await-birds-flying-south/article1619047/

French connection in AECL sale sparks conflict concerns

Jun 25, 2010
Joan Bryden
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/828753--french-connection-in-aecl-sale-sparks-conflict-concerns

Quebec cuts generic drug costs

Jun 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/mtl-quebec-cuts-cost-generic-medication.html

California's drought: Water, water everywhere

Jun 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21007864

Group frowns on Happy Meals

Wants McDonald’s to stop using toys to entice kids to eat salty, fatty foods
Jun 25, 2010
BILL POWER
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1188897.html

Red tape slowing flow of oil, gas in N.S.

Jun 25, 2010
ROGER TAYLOR
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1189021.html

City to get real-time air quality information

Jun 25, 2010
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1109596

Government of Canada Invests in Wind Energy in Ontario

Jun 25, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Wind-Energy-in-Ontario-1281805.htm

Rules Proposed For Off-shore Wind Turbines

McGuinty Government Helping Protect The Environment And Develop Clean Energy
Jun 25, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/06/rules-proposed-for-off-shore-wind-turbines.html

The oil sands: redeemed by fire?

As the oil sands are castigated for high costs and a dirty footprint, an upstart extraction technology—combustion—promises a fix on both fronts. The potential is explosive in more ways than one
Jun 24, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/top-1000/the-oil-sands-redeemed-by-fire/article1603665/

Supreme Court to decide B.C. injection clinic’s future

Jun 24, 2010
Kirk Makin and Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/supreme-court-to-decide-future-of-bc-injection-site/article1616194/

Whales filled with toxins, study finds

Jun 24, 2010
Arthur Max
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/828093--whales-filled-with-toxins-study-finds

B.C. First Nations claim right to hunt bald eagles

Jun 24, 2010
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100624/bc_eagle_parts_100624/20100624?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Type 2 diabetes a public health disgrace: Lancet

Prevention overlooked, medical journal says
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/24/diabetes-type-2-prevention.html

CT scan radiation questions raised

Jun 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/24/ct-scan-radiation.html

Illegal Alteration of Fish Habitat Results in Heavy Fines for B.C. Development Corporation

Jun 24, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Illegal-Alteration-Fish-Habitat-Results-Heavy-Fines-BC-Development-Corporation-1281486.htm

Climate change poses economic threat

Jun 24, 2010
Wangari Maathai
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/827726--climate-change-poses-economic-threat

B.C. shale gas gets jump-start with $404-million land auction

Sale was among largest of exploration land in Canadian history and signals energy companies back in investment mode
Jun 24, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bc-shale-gas-gets-jump-start-with-404-million-land-auction/article1616371/

Deepwater oil drilling ruling stands: judge

Jun 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap.html

Tiny sunscreen particles may pose risk

Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/sunscreen-nanoparticles-study.html

Buildings in Canada earthquake-ready: experts

Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/earthquake-building-code.html

Irving cancels N.B. tidal research project

Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/nb-irving-cancels-tidal-project.html

Cap and no trade

Jun 24, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/trade/3193860/story.html

Development agency defends chair despite controversy

Jun 24, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Development+agency+defends+chair+despite+controversy/3197476/story.html

Canada commits $400M to climate change fund

Jun 23, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/827419--canada-commits-400m-to-climate-change-fund

U.S. Congress subverts Prentice’s energy message

Fifty members of U.S. Congress oppose imports from oil sands as Environment Minister hails Canada’s climate-change action
Jun 23, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-congress-subverts-prentices-energy-message/article1614569/

Stem cells for pets promised for fall

Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/23/pei-stem-cell-pets.html

CMAJ cautions against complacency over polio

Outbreak in Tajikistan underlines need to eradicate crippling disease once and for all
Jun 23, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cmaj-cautions-against-complacency-over-polio/article1615473/

Networking for green entrepreneurs

Toronto Greenhouse brings together eco-friendly entrepreneurs and professionals – and the people who want to work with them
Jun 23, 2010
Naomi Carniol
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/sustainability/networking-for-green-entrepreneurs/article1613274/

Will the world forfeit victory in the battle with AIDS?

Universal access targets require continued funding from the G8/G20 leaders
Jun 23, 2010
James Orbinski and James Fraser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/will-the-world-forfeit-victory-in-the-battle-with-aids/article1615233/

All talk, no summit action on the end to fossil-fuel subsidies

Once again – how many times has it been? – Canada’s position on climate change has proved to be an international embarrassment
Jun 23, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/all-talk-no-summit-action-on-the-end-to-fossil-fuel-subsidies/article1613875/

Winnipeg to review mosquito control

Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/06/23/mb-mosquito-control-review-buffer-winnipeg.html

Knowledge will empower Africa

Building continent’s university capacity should be on agenda
Jun 23, 2010
David Strangway
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/827111--knowledge-will-empower-africa

Cellphone radiation posting law passed in U.S.

Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/san-francisco-cell-phone-law.html

Ottawa planning stricter coal emission standards

Jun 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/827313--ottawa-planning-stricter-coal-emission-standards

Government of Canada to Regulate Emissions From Electricity Sector

Jun 23, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-to-Regulate-Emissions-From-Electricity-Sector-1280547.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Promising Cancer Treatment

Minister Goodyear announces investment in Sackville business conducting cancer research
Jun 23, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Promising-Cancer-Treatment-1280616.htm

Arctic seismic tests scaled back

Federal research project 'ill thought out,' Inuit group says
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/lancaster-sound-seismic-changes.html

WHO's H1N1 review panel sees 2 resign

Jun 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/h1n1-who-review-panel.html

TRIUMF to get new $63-million accelerator for isotopes, research

Jun 23, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/TRIUMF+million+accelerator+isotopes+research/3189338/story.html

New technology could provide alternative source for isotopes

Jun 22, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/technology+could+provide+alternative+source+isotopes/3183436/story.html

Minister Day Announces Investment for World-Leading Physics Laboratory

Supporting the development and operation of TRIUMF's Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory
Jun 22, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Day-Announces-Investment-for-World-Leading-Physics-Laboratory-1280081.htm

Canada can help to intensify war against killer diseases

Rolling back AIDS, TB and malaria saves lives and strengthens damaged societies
Jun 22, 2010
Dr. Michel Kazatchkine
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/826693--opinion-canada-can-help-to-intensify-war-against-killer-diseases

Organic pesticides can be worse than synthetic: study

University of Guelph researchers say organic requires larger doses
Jun 22, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/organic-pesticides-can-be-worse-than-synthetic-study/article1613773/

Alberta gov't scientist apologizes for saying researchers 'lied'

Study examined mercury levels in fish near oilsands
Jun 22, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+researchers+defamation+suit+against+Alberta+scientist/3182210/story.html

Alberta researchers receive apology for attack on oil sands study

Provincial government scientist retracts critical statements made at University of Alberta forum
Jun 21, 2010
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/alberta-researchers-receive-apology-for-attack-on-oil-sands-study/article1612632/

Scientist apologizes to oilsands researchers

Jun 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/06/21/edmonton-mceachern-defamatory-apology.html

Taking tailings ponds seriously

Industry, government now see urgency to improve performance
Jun 21, 2010
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Taking+tailings+ponds+seriously/3179955/story.html

Inuit TB strategy needed: report

Jun 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/06/21/inuit-tuberculosis-report.html

The Atlantic Bluefin tuna debate: True-bluefin

Farming one of the ocean’s greatest fish
Jun 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16417965

Canada is falling behind on true green innovation

A new portrait of Canada’s green entrepreneurs is both encouraging – and worrying
Jun 21, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/824436--hamilton-canada-is-falling-behind-on-true-green-innovation

'Animal health situation' closes Alberta meat plant

Jun 22, 2010
Philip Ling
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Animal+health+situation+closes+Alberta+meat+plant/3187227/story.html

No child cancer, cell tower link: study

Jun 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/22/cellphone-tower-cancer-children-pregnancy.html

Ban trans fats, cut salt, U.K. health group urges

Jun 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/22/trans-fat-salt-uk.html

U.S. deepwater drilling ban overturned

White House vows immediate appeal
Jun 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/22/bp-deepwater-horizon-oil.html

Canadians Benefit from over $1 Billion annual investment in R&D by Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies

Rx&D President calls for coordinated efforts to seize opportunities to attract more clinical trials research to Canada
Jun 21, 2010
Rx&D
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/21/c6918.html

Government of Canada and Prince Edward Island Support Innovation in Charlottetown

Ceapro Inc. expands to Atlantic Canada thanks to federal and provincial investment
Jun 21, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-and-Prince-Edward-Island-Support-Innovation-in-Charlottetown-1279090.htm

One step closer to eliminating lice

Scientists sequence the genome of the human body louse which could lead to new types of repellant against the disease-carrying parasite
Jun 21, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/one-step-closer-to-eliminating-lice/article1612188/

More MDs want IDRC chair to resign over tobacco ties

Canadian Medical Association Journal is the latest to criticize Barbara McDougall’s links to the industry
Jun 21, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/more-mds-want-idrc-chair-to-resign-over-tobacco-ties/article1612131/

Don’t blow smoke over Barbara McDougall

The whiff of a “tobacco link” for International Development Research Centre chair Barbara McDougall (and former Imperial Tobacco director) persists, but Ms. McDougall should not step aside
Jun 18, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dont-blow-smoke-over-barbara-mcdougall/article1611768/

Curbing the big killers

Jun 21, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/825850--curbing-the-big-killers

G8 'wrong forum' for health progress: editorial

Jun 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/21/g20-g8-health-cmaj.html

Confirmed: Big cats prowl in Ontario

Tracks, scat and DNA lay to rest any doubt that cougars exist here
Jun 21, 2010
Raveena Aulakh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/826635

Roundup-resistant weeds pose threat

Jun 21, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/21/roundup-weeds-resistant.html

Minister Paradis Announces Appointment of Members to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board

Jun 21, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Announces-Appointment-Members-Canada-Newfoundland-Labrador-Offshore-1279159.htm

Minister Paradis Positions Canada as a Key Player for Future Energy Security of APEC Economies

Jun 21, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Positions-Canada-as-Key-Player-Future-Energy-Security-APEC-Economies-1279378.htm

Environment Canada's Minister and the Nature Conservancy of Canada launch Gifts to Canadians Week in Calgary

Jun 21, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Environment-Canadas-Minister-Nature-Conservancy-Canada-launch-Gifts-Canadians-Week-Calgary-1279098.htm

Few firms disclose environmental practices

BP’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico highlights why large institutional investors want more disclosure on how businesses deal with the environment. Which Canadian companies give it? Find out in our rankings on corporate social responsibility, conducted with Corporate Knights
Jun 20, 2010
Janet McFarland
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/report-on-corporate-responsibil/few-companies-disclose-environmental-practices/article1605335/

Science suffers when it's put in the 'spin' cycle

Jun 20, 2010
JOE SCHWARCZ
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Science+suffers+when+spin+cycle/3177811/story.html

Military drills spur worry for Fundy whales

Jun 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/19/nb-whales-military-exercise.html

Europe’s Little Ice Age may be on its way back

A series of harsh winters would severely test belief in global warming
Jun 18, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/europes-little-ice-age-may-be-on-its-way-back/article1609874/