Science Canada: 12/03/10

Friday, December 3, 2010

Canada boosts university research funding

Nov 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/24/tech-chair-funding.html

Today’s innovation, tomorrow’s prosperity

November 2010
Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress - Ninth annual report
http://www.competeprosper.ca/index.php/work/annual_reports/annual_report_todays_innovation_tomorrows_prosperity/

Biotech sector seeking to go with the flow

Asking for same opportunities as energy companies
Dec 3, 2010
Barry Critchley
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Biotech+sector+seeking+with+flow/3921479/story.html

Quebec struggles to keep pharma R&D jobs

Province supports industry despite shrinking R&D investments
Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/12/01/que-government-increase-pharma-subsidies.html

Media Advisory: INNOVATION 2010-Canada's R&D Partnership Conference

December 5-7, 2010 at the Westin Hotel, Ottawa, ON
Dec 3, 2010
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Media-Advisory-INNOVATION-2010-Canadas-R-D-Partnership-Conference-1363551.htm

New Initiative Encourages Young People to Discover Careers in Science and Tech

FedDev Ontario Invests in Southern Ontario's Future Leaders
Nov 29, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Initiative-Encourages-Young-People-to-Discover-Careers-in-Science-and-Tech-1360325.htm

New International Competition Focuses on Early Career Scientists

Dec 1, 2010
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
http://www.hhmi.org/news/intlearlycareer20101201.html

Well, there’s your problem...

Nov 30, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/well-theres-your-problem/

Ottawa and innovation just don’t mix

It takes two years to win approval for a new technology
Nov 29, 2010
Tony Busseri
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/11/29/ottawa-and-innovation-just-don%E2%80%99t-mix/

Is a university education a right?

Dec 1, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/is-a-university-education-a-right/

UN forges world partnership with universities

Nov 21, 2010
Yojana Sharma
University World News
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20101120090132925

UN seeks university partners to create Academic Impact

Nov 23, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/un-seeks-university-partners-to-create-academic-impact/

Science-based jobs a fast-growing field

Salaries pay almost $400 more per week than the average, statistics show
Nov 27, 2010
SCOTT SIMPSON
POSTMEDIA NEWS
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1324815

BMO gives Perimeter Institute $4M

Nov 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/29/tech-perimeter-institute-theoretical-physics-bmo.html

Trent prof receiving environmental science medal

Nov 26, 2010
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2863758

2010 Polanyi Prize Awarded To Top Researchers

McGuinty Government Celebrates Research Excellence In Ontario
Nov 26, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2010/11/2010-polanyi-prize-awarded-to-top-researchers.html

Atlantic universities well placed to help create prosperity

Nov 30, 2010
PETER HALPIN
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1330224

Ontario's productivity, innovation lag, report says

Nov 23, 2010
Jennifer Kwan
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE6AM59S20101123

Ontario needs to pull up its socks: task force

Nov 23, 2010
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/ontario-needs-to-pull-up-its-socks-task-force/article1809358/

Ontario lags behind U.S. prosperity

Nov 23, 2010
Emily Mathieu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/895139--ontario-lags-behind-u-s-prosperity

Queen's University papers at centre of growing 'self-plagiarism' debate

Publications retract articles after author repeatedly copied own work
Nov 28, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Queen+University+papers+centre+growing+self+plagiarism+debate/3896018/story.html

AUCC welcomes extension of Knowledge Infrastructure Program

Dec 2, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2010/02/c2068.html

Federal money helps U of G researchers lead the pack

Nov 25, 2010
Michael DeRuyter
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/726373

Feds grant McMaster University $12 million for five new and six existing research posts

Nov 24, 2010
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/278870--feds-grant-mcmaster-university-12-million-for-five-new-and-six-existing-research-posts

Canadian and Israeli researchers team up to find new cures for spinal injuries

Dec 1, 2010
Rebecca Lindell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canadian+Israeli+researchers+team+find+cures+spinal+injuries/3910766/story.html

Government of Canada Celebrates the Canada Research Chairs Program

Chairs Program brings best and brightest researchers to Canada's universities
Nov 24, 2010
Canada Research Chairs & Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Celebrates-the-Canada-Research-Chairs-Program-1359146.htm

Dr. Suzanne Fortier Reappointed as President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Nov 30, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Dr-Suzanne-Fortier-Reappointed-as-President-Natural-Sciences-Engineering-Research-Council-1361402.htm

New funding for research to examine population interventions and their health impacts

Nov 30, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/30/c8998.html

Bonnie Schmidt takes science beyond the classroom

Dec 1, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/25/bonnie-schmidt-takes-science-beyond-the-classroom/article1819387/

Brenda Milner unlocks the mysteries of memory

Nov 30, 2010
Nick Rockel
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/25/brenda-milner-unlocks-the-mysteries-of-memory/article1817681/

Rise in flood claims tied to climate change

Dec 3, 2010
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/climate-change-flooding.html

Universities launch military-health network

Dec 3, 2010
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Universities+launch+military+health+network/3921714/story.html

Government of Canada Supports R&D to Improve Manufacturing Technologies for Aerospace and Defence

Dec 3, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-R-D-Improve-Manufacturing-Technologies-Aerospace-Defence-1363745.htm

Discovery changes scientific definition of life

Dec 3, 2010
Kerry Sheridan
Agence France-Presse
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/technology/Discovery+changes+scientific+definition+life/3921878/story.html

Microbe shows arsenic-based life possible

Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/bacteria-arsenic-dna-phosphorus-wolfe-simon.html

2010 set to be Canada's warmest year

Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/climate-change-cancun-wmo.html

Feds open to footing bill for isotope shortage

Willing to compensate provinces for costs of Chalk River reactor shutdown
Dec 2, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/12/02/isotopes-medical-cost.html

Gulf oil spill panel calls for new safety agencies

Dec 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/gulf-oil-spill-panel-agency.html

Clean tech success means picking right battles

Dec 2, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/900603--hamilton-clean-tech-success-means-picking-right-battles

Clayoquot Sound's temperate forests among highest carbon storage areas in North America

Local activist group worries logging Flores Island will push climate change further while another study suggests that using wood products would tackle it as well
Dec 2, 2010
Stefania Seccia
Westerly News
http://www.canada.com/Clayoquot+Sound+temperate+forests+among+highest+carbon+storage+areas+North+America/3917870/story.html

Track Wi-Fi reaction reports: MPs

Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/12/02/wifi-cellphone-radiation-health.html

When will we follow U.S. on climate change?

Dec 2, 2010
Tyson Dyck
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/900102--when-will-we-follow-u-s-on-climate-change

Cancun and the future of climate science

Dec 2, 2010
Gordon McBean
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Cancun+future+climate+science/3915532/story.html

Genetically modified fish review flawed: economist

Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/pei-gm-salmon-review-duke-584.html

Qamanirjuaq caribou herd still strong: biologists

Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/north-qamanirjuaq-caribou-count.html

GM Volt to launch in 7 Canadian cities in 2011

B.C., Quebec and Ontario will be first to see GM electric car
Dec 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/02/con-volt-canada.html

Gamers tapped to crack DNA patterns

Dec 2, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/01/video-game-genetics-phylo.html

Cosmology: Going round in circles

In contradiction to most cosmologists’ opinions, two scientists have found evidence that the universe may have existed for ever
Dec 2, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17626874

New Wind Blade Plant Creates 900 Jobs In Tillsonburg Area

McGuinty Government Helping Build Ontario's Clean Energy Economy
Dec 2, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/12/new-wind-blade-plant-creates-900-jobs-in-tillsonburg-area.html

Launch of Multi-Lingual Tools to Explore and Measure Science

Dec 1, 2010
Science-Metrix
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2010/01/c9156.html

Climate change takes wind out of wind energy's sails

SFU researchers find wind speeds have slowed three to five per cent per decade since the 1950s
Dec 1, 2010
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Climate+change+takes+wind+wind+energy+sails/3909629/story.html

Species loss spreads infectious disease

Dec 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/01/biodiversity-infectious-disease.html

Venus clouds yield climate warning

Haze over Earth's planetary neighbour sheds light on geo-engineering theory
Dec 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/01/venus-clouds-sulphur-dioxide.html

Wild birds serve as 'canary in the coal mine'

Dec 1, 2010
BILL HENRY
OWEN SOUND SUN TIMES
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2870026

World AIDS Day: No time for complacency

Dec 1, 2010
Dr. Julio Montaner
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/899394--world-aids-day-no-time-for-complacency

New Wind Tower Plant Creates 700 Jobs in Windsor

McGuinty Government Helping Build Ontario's Clean Energy Economy
Dec 1, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/12/new-wind-tower-plant-creates-700-jobs-in-windsor.html

What happened to the plan for an HIV-AIDS vaccine?

Nov 30, 2010
Louise Elliott
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/26/vaccine-canada-aids-hiv.html

Harvesting wealth from oilsands waste

Canadian technology aims to extract $500 million a year from oilsands effluent
Nov 30, 2010
Dave Simms
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/f-oilsands-tailings-recovery.html

Resetting the climate change button

Nov 30, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcipt
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1330237

Arguing over bluefin tuna: Singing the blues

How much bluefin tuna should be caught in the Atlantic?
Nov 30, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/11/arguing_over_bluefin_tuna

Arctic offshore drilling review underway

Nov 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/north-offshore-drilling-review.html

Oil tanker traffic ban sought by B.C. groups

Nov 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/bc-groups-want-ban-on-oil-tanker-traffic.html

Sierra Club, CAPP both claim victory in ad ruling

Oil firms will change ad saying oilsands ponds 'like yogurt'
Nov 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/con-oilsand-ad-ruling.html

Canada on doorstep of global water boom

Innovation, know-how puts country ahead
Nov 30, 2010
Jameson Berkow
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canada+doorstep+global+water+boom/3905667/story.html

Extreme heat will soon be norm: UN agency

Nov 30, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/tech-cancun-un-climate.html

Extinctions feared as ocean dead zones grow

Nov 30, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/mass-extinction-dead-zone.html

A convenient excuse for climate inaction

It’s not true that Alberta and Saskatchewan will bear the brunt of any attempt to price emissions
Nov 30, 2010
MARK JACCARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-convenient-excuse-for-climate-inaction/article1818177/

Climate guilt-tripping doesn't work on China and India

Nov 30, 2010
Paul Stanway
Calgary Herald
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Climate+guilt+tripping+doesn+work+China+India/3905583/story.html

Tuna quota down in western Atlantic

Nov 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/pei-tuna-quota-iccat-584.html

Bill C-36 would ratchet up consumer protection

Nov 30, 2010
JEFF GRAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/bill-c-36-would-ratchet-up-consumer-protection/article1819610/

Panel raises recommended level of sunshine vitamin

Nov 30, 2010
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/898832--panel-raises-recommended-level-of-sunshine-vitamin

Google to translate European patents

Nov 30, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/tech-google-patents-translation.html

Radon gas tests urged by Health Canada

Nov 30, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/30/mb-radon-levels-health-canada.html

What's your gaming DNA? Is McGill's Phylo Farmville for the PhD set?

Nov 30, 2010
Peggy Curran
The Gazette
http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/universitycity/archive/2010/11/30/what-s-your-gaming-dna-mcgill-s-phylo-is-farmville-for-the-phd-set.aspx

Improving Ontario's Response To Public Health Emergencies

McGuinty Government Proposes Expanding Chief Medical Officer Of Health's Powers
Nov 30, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2010/11/improving-ontarios-response-to-public-health-emergencies.html

Towers of Ontario Steel Arrive At Essex Wind Farm

McGuinty Government's Energy Plan Creating 126 Jobs and Cleaner Air
Nov 30, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/11/towers-of-ontario-steel-arrive-at-essex-wind-farm.html

Harper Government Encourages Canadians to Test Their Homes for Radon

Nov 30, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Encourages-Canadians-to-Test-Their-Homes-for-Radon-1361273.htm

Minister Aglukkaq Announces Appointment to Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission

Nov 30, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Aglukkaq-Announces-Appointment-Hazardous-Materials-Information-Review-Commission-1361463.htm

B.C.'s restructured natural resources ministry causing shock waves

Nov 29, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/bcs-restructured-natural-resources-ministry-causing-shock-waves/article1816798/

Anger, conflict helped shape salmon policy, inquiry told

Nov 29, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/anger-conflict-helped-shape-salmon-policy-inquiry-told/article1818306/

Grit Senators made procedural error on climate-change bill, but slam feds on lack of climate plan

The Conservative defeat of the bill in the Senate comes after Republicans, who are not interested in cap-in-trade, take over U.S. Congress.
Nov 29, 2010
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/legislation-11-29-2010

Species-at-risk report card shows little progress

Nov 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/29/tech-cosewic-wildlife-assessment.html

B.C. biotech firm develops non-browning apple

Asks for U.S. approval of genetically modified fruit
Nov 29, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/29/con-gmo-apple.html

2010 National Model Construction Codes Now Available

Nearly 800 technical changes made to address technological advances, health and safety concerns
Nov 29, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/2010-National-Model-Construction-Codes-Now-Available-1360563.htm

Harper Government Takes Action to Protect Children from Lead Exposure

Nov 29, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Takes-Action-to-Protect-Children-from-Lead-Exposure-1360330.htm

Senate’s ‘kill bill’ move a blow to Canadians and democracy

Nov 28, 2010
David Suzuki
Western Star
http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2010-11-26/article-1997823/Senates-kill-bill-move-a-blow-to-Canadians-and-democracy/1

Mathematicians protest degree granted by University of Manitoba

Nov 28, 2010
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Mathematicians+protest+degree+granted+University+Manitoba/3897066/story.html

Government of Canada Comments on Results of Latest Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Nov 28, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Comments-on-Results-Latest-Meeting-International-Commission-Conservation-1359970.htm

Cooling climate change: Environmental inaction seems to be taking hold

Nov 27, 2010
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/Cooling+climate+change+Environmental+inaction+seems+taking+hold/3892945/story.html

Cancun conference: Climate change back-burnered

Nov 27, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/897693--cancun-conference-climate-change-back-burnered

A green light for nuclear power

Nov 27, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/green+light+nuclear+power/3892995/story.html

Can environmentalism be saved from itself?

Nov 27, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/can-environmentalism-be-saved-from-itself/article1815408/

Climate deal not expected at Cancun

Nov 26, 2010
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/25/climate-negotiator.html

In Australian politics, climate change equals grief

Nov 26, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/in-australian-politics-climate-change-equals-grief/article1813974/

The hunger for more ambition in Canadian agriculture

Nov 26, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/global-food/the-hunger-for-more-ambition-in-canadian-agriculture/article1814497/

Healthy wind blows away toxic coal

There’s no comparison between the health impacts of the two sources of generation
Nov 26, 2010
Gideon Forman
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/897100--healthy-wind-blows-away-toxic-coal

Hadron Collider detects 'Big Bang' matter

Nov 26, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/26/lhc-big-bang-quark-gluon-plasma.html

Climate talks seek to bridge rich-poor divisions

Nov 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/29/tech-cancun-climate-change.html

B.C. scientists make colour-changing glass

Nov 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/26/tech-glass-film-colour-energy.html

Saturn's moon has atmosphere with oxygen

But levels just 0.00000001% that found on Earth
Nov 26, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/26/saturn-moon-atmosphere-oxygen-co2.html

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In Waterloo Region

McGuinty Government Supporting Entrepreneurs, Bringing Local Ideas To Life
Nov 26, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE112610.asp

New Initiative to Support Economic Growth in Southern Ontario

FedDev Ontario invests in southern Ontario's future
Nov 26, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Initiative-to-Support-Economic-Growth-in-Southern-Ontario-1359780.htm

Adapting to climate change: Facing the consequences

Global action is not going to stop climate change. The world needs to look harder at how to live with it
Nov 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17572735

More Clean Energy Jobs at Cambridge Solar Manufacturer

McGuinty Government's Clean Energy Economy Helps Create 150 Jobs
Nov 25, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/11/more-clean-energy-jobs-at-cambridge-solar-manufacturer.html

U.S. invests in Que. firm for faster flu shots

Medicago building vaccine factory in North Carolina
Nov 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/24/flu-vaccine-tobacco-plants-medicago.html

Nuclear reactors: We can’t live without them

Nov 24, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/895732--nuclear-reactors-we-can-t-live-without-them

The myth of bluefin abundance

Canada, the good global citizen, mustn’t sabotage the short-term recovery of Atlantic tuna
Nov 24, 2010
PAUL GREENBERG
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-myth-of-bluefin-abundance/article1810781/

U.S. creates 'critical habitat' for polar bear

Nov 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/24/us-polar-bear-ap-habitat.html

The deceptive allure of ‘Ontario First’

Province would be wiser to promote innovation to build a stronger Canada
Nov 24, 2010
David Crane
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/895762--the-deceptive-allure-of-ontario-first

Que. environmental group urges progress in Cancun

Nov 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/24/cancun-climate-meeting.html

Strengthening Ontario's Leadership In Protecting Water

McGuinty Government Tapping into Ontario's Water Expertise, Creating Jobs
Nov 24, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/11/strengthening-ontarios-leadership-in-protecting-water.html

China admits it is world’s biggest polluter

Nov 23, 2010
Chris Buckley
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/china-admits-it-is-worlds-biggest-polluter/article1810043/

The growing problem: Canada slips from agricultural superpower status

Nov 23, 2010
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/global-food/the-growing-problem-canada-slips-from-agricultural-superpower-status/article1809672/

Green energy costs lowballed, task force says

Nov 23, 2010
Lee Greenberg
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Green+energy+costs+lowballed+task+force+says/3869668/story.html

Clean Energy Revolution Leading to Jobs, Cleaner Air

McGuinty Government's Long-Term Energy Plan Turns On Clean Power, Turns Off Dirty Coal
Nov 23, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/11/energy-news-release-november-23-2010.html

Thunder Bay Coal Plant To Convert To Cleaner Power

McGuinty Government Plan Will Ensure Reliable Supply, Improve Air, Create Jobs
Nov 23, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/11/thunder-bay-coal-plant-to-convert-to-cleaner-power.html