Weakness in Canada's venture-capital system at 'crisis levels'

Oct 8, 2010
Bert Hill
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Weakness+Canada+venture+capital+system+crisis+levels/3645376/story.html

Science policy forum being hosted by McGill

Oct 5, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Science+policy+forum+being+hosted+McGill/3623798/story.html

Chinese ethics: Scientists behaving badly

Recent events show China needs to clean up its scientific act
Oct 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17199386

Colleges will make use of gov't funding

Oct 7, 2010
SYLVIA BARNARD
Subdury Star
http://www.sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2792273

Canada must spend on technology: executive

ICT: Putting cash behind new technologies will improve productivity in the workplace
Oct 6, 2010
REBECCA PENTY
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/1250356

Executives see innovation as key

Oct 4, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1741004.html

Switzerland blazes trail on innovation

Oct 8, 2010
TAVIA GRANT
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1750626.html

The 2010 Nobel prizes: Making new things

This year’s prizes are awarded for two types of carbon chemistry, and IVF
Oct 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17199366

Physics Nobel goes to graphene researchers

Oct 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/nobel-prize-physica.html

Trio win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 6, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/nobel-prize-chemistry.html

'Fundraising agendas' won't shape oilsands plan: PM

Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/08/harper-oilsands.html

When do we stop looking for life on Mars?

Oct 8, 2010
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/f-vp-strauss-.html

Bonar's green plan focuses on energy efficiency

Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/08/edmonton-bonar-mayor-candidate-green-plan.html

East Coast organism offers wealth of climate data, researchers say

Oct 8, 2010
Richard Foot
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/East+Coast+organism+offers+wealth+climate+data/3644814/story.html

Red tide toxin hits B.C. shellfish

Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/08/con-shellfish-warning.html

Giant hogweed hits B.C. Interior

Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/08/bc-interior-giant-hogweed-hills.html

Government of Canada Leading Forest Sector Renewal by Investing in Environmental Improvements at Tolko Industries Limited

Oct 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1332183.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Clean Energy in Manitoba

Oct 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Clean-Energy-in-Manitoba-1332244.htm

Yukon Wildlife Enforcement Blitz Yields More than 50 Violations

Oct 8, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Yukon-Wildlife-Enforcement-Blitz-Yields-More-than-50-Violations-1332294.htm

Millennium Development Goals: Broken promises, needless deaths

Oct 7, 2010
PETER SINGER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/millennium-development-goals-broken-promises-needless-deaths/article1746815/

The case for legalizing marijuana

Oct 7, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/the-case-for-legalizing-marijuana/article1746813/

More reasons to legalize the sale of marijuana

Oct 7, 2010
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Editorial+More+reasons+legalize+sale+marijuana/3636070/story.html

The Census: Policy by complaint

Oct 7, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-census-policy-by-complaint/article1746227/

P.E.I. Green leader spreads illegal pesticide

Sharon Labchuk wants to prove point about corn gluten use
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/pei-labchuk-lawn-pesticide-584.html

Honeybees killed by virus, fungus combo: study

Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/honeybees-virus-study.html

Red mud: Toxic waste of aluminum refining

Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/f-red-mud-bauxite-aluminum.html

Tropics more affected by global warming: study

Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/tropics-animals-global-warming.html

Green building: the next generation

Oct 7, 2010
FRANCES BULA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/green-building-the-next-generation/article1747015/

Alberta oilsands water panel named

Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/07/edmonton-alberta-oilsands-water-panel.html

Canada’s life expectancy gains less than others: study

Oct 7, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/07/canadas-life-expectancy-gains-less-than-others-study/

The Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science Bestows Honorary Memberships to The Big Bang Theory Creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady

Oct 7, 2010
Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-royal-canadian-institute-for-the-advancement-of-science-bestows-honorary-memberships-to-the-big-bang-theory-creators-chuck-lorre-and-bill-prady-104488129.html

Worried Liberals pull plug on Oakville gas plant

Oct 7, 2010
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/872042--worried-liberals-pull-plug-on-oakville-gas-plant

Oakville Power Plant Not Moving Forward

McGuinty Government to Invest in Transmission to Meet Local Power Demands
Oct 7, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/oakville-power-plant-not-moving-forward.html

Harper Government Supports Research and Development for Innovative Signal and Sensor Processing

Oct 7, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Research-Development-Innovative-Signal-Sensor-Processing-1331652.htm

Feds studying economic benefit of polar bears

Oct 6, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/feds-studying-economic-benefit-of-polar-bears/article1744680/

Sun's role in global warming questioned

Oct 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/tech-sun-cycle-climate.html

Climate change: Is this what the future will look like?

Oct 6, 2010
Adam McDowell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/06/climate-change-is-this-what-the-future-will-look-like/

Shady practices are good when it comes to coffee

Oct 6, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-shady-practices-are-good-when-it-comes-to-coffee--104426499.html

Oilsands expansion 'fool's gold,' scientist warns

Disastrous cleanup costs of global warming await future generations, hearing told
Oct 6, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+expansion+fool+gold+scientist+warns/3628734/story.html

Climate change: don’t accentuate the positive

Oct 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-change-dont-accentuate-the-positive/article1744167/

Screening young athletes: What’s one life worth?

Oct 6, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/screening-young-athletes-whats-one-life-worth/article1745801/

Canada Announces a New Federal Sustainable Development Strategy

Oct 6, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Announces-a-New-Federal-Sustainable-Development-Strategy-1331007.htm

How a 2-degree climate change would hit Canada

Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/science-round-table-canadian-geographic-climate-change.html

Study seeks silver lining in climate change’s clouds

Oct 5, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/study-seeks-silver-lining-in-climate-changes-clouds/article1744369/

Coast guard trip across North Pacific dashes hopeful scientific theory

Oct 5, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/coast-guard-trip-across-north-pacific-dashes-hopeful-scientific-theory/article1744583/

Scientists to figure out how to thwart Asian carp from invading Great Lakes

Oct 5, 2010
Ciara Byrne
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/scientists-to-figure-out-how-to-thwart-asian-carp-from-invading-great-lakes/article1744032/

Asian carp threat to Great Lakes to be assessed

Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/10/05/science-asian-carp-fisheries.html

Environmental problems that matter

Oct 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Environmental+problems+that+matter/3623981/story.html

Electricity rates: Ontario ill-served by shrill debate

Oct 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/870601--electricity-rates-ontario-ill-served-by-shrill-debate

Child hospitalizations fall after smoking ban: study

Action in Scotland has an impact on childhood asthma
Oct 5, 2010
EVRA TAYLOR LEVY and EDDY LANG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Child+hospitalizations+fall+after+smoking+study/3623916/story.html

Alberta at odds with Ottawa over oilsands

Shrill debate over environmental review exposes tensions
Oct 5, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Alberta+odds+with+Ottawa+over+oilsands/3624691/story.html

White House to go solar

Oct 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/white-house-solar-energy.html

Oil exploration threatens wildlife: Green Party

Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/nl-airgun-survey-105.html

Tuna not endangered: fishermen

Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/pei-tuna-fishermen-endangered-584.html

Canada calculating polar bear's value

Oct 5, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/cda-cp-polar-bears-appraisal.html

Canada's largest firms show leadership in climate change management, but widespread corporate action lags

Oct 5, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/05/c8151.html

Information Update: Ongoing Review of Calcium Supplements

Oct 5, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Information-Update-Ongoing-Review-of-Calcium-Supplements-1329948.htm

Minister of State Moore Highlights Government Support for Small Businesses at the New Brunswick Innovation Forum

Oct 5, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Moore-Highlights-Government-Support-Small-Businesses-New-Brunswick-Innovation-1330036.htm

Is an oilsands truce possible?

Canada's forest giants and green activists have reached a ceasefire, but a similar pact in the oilsands conflict remains a sticky proposition, observers say, unless government steps up
Oct 4, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/oilsands+truce+possible/3616360/story.html

Peace of mind through science

From offices and labs in universities across Canada, Science for Peace hopes to change the world – or at least change the Canadian government’s tune on climate change action
Oct 4, 2010
Sean MacKay
The Varsity
http://thevarsity.ca/articles/34447

Climate change talks open in China

Oct 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/china-climate-conference.html

Tuna reviewed for endangered status

Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/pei-tuna-endangered-review-584.html

Livestock superbugs threaten humans: doctor

Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/bc-livestock-superbugs-antibiotic-resistants.html

Enbridge completes Sarnia solar farm

Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/sarnia-enbridge-solar-farm.html

Chinese tests sketchy: Health Canada

Oct 4, 2010
SARAH SCHMIDT
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Chinese+tests+sketchy+Health+Canada/3619048/story.html

About those tailings...

Oct 4, 2010
Linda Diebel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/869640--sarah-palin-s-defence-of-alaskan-mine-threatens-canadian-fish

Oilsands project battle heats up again

Oct 4, 2010
FRANK LANDRY
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/10/04/15577311.html

Avoiding urban sprawl could reduce pollution, boost economy: report

Oct 4, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Avoiding+urban+sprawl+could+reduce+pollution+boost+economy+report/3623127/story.html

Medical journal raises concerns about codeine use

Oct 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Medical+journal+raises+concerns+about+codeine/3622862/story.html

Canada Signs Ocean Science Cooperation Agreement With China

Oct 4, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Signs-Ocean-Science-Cooperation-Agreement-With-China-1329367.htm

Harper Government's Economic Policy Attracts New Jobs and Investment to Canada

New flight test facility in Quebec will drive innovation and long-term growth
Oct 4, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Governments-Economic-Policy-Attracts-New-Jobs-and-Investment-to-Canada-1329046.htm

Ontario Welcomes the World's Largest Solar PV Farm

McGuinty Government's Clean Economy Creates 1400 Construction Jobs
Oct 4, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/ontario-welcomes-the-worlds-largest-solar-pv-farm.html

If universities were in business, they’d be out of business

Oct 3, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/if-universities-were-in-business-theyd-be-out-of-business/article1740246/

North Pacific ‘overcrowded’ with salmon as population soars

Oct 3, 2010
Robert Matas
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/north-pacific-overcrowded-with-salmon-as-population-soars/article1740524/

James Cameron Glides into the Tar Sands

Hollywood's biggest director visits Extremistan
Sep 30, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/09/30/JamesCameronTarSands/