Expert Panel Launches Consultation on Business R&D

Federal review of R&D spending seeks views from Canadians on maximizing impact
Dec 21, 2010
Review of Federal Support to Research and Development
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Expert-Panel-Launches-Consultation-on-Business-R-D-1372298.htm

New CFI President seeks $750 million in funding

Gilles Patry talks of challenges, priorities and new programs
Dec 16, 2010
Laura Eggertson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-cfi--president-seeks-750-in-funding.aspx

Message to the Health Research Community from the Scientific Council of CIHR Regarding the OOG Competitions

Dec 16, 2010
CIHR Scientific Council
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/42857.html

The productivity gap

Dec 21, 2010
Sean Fine
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/trade/the-productivity-gap/article1845764/

Canadian education faces technology tipping point

Dec 19, 2010
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/908924--geist-canadian-education-faces-technology-tipping-point

Canadian businesses gain access to ultra high speed network

Optical makes Internet connections 100,000 times faster
Dec 14, 2010
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.vancouversun.com/Canadian+businesses+gain+access+ultra+high+speed+network/3975512/story.html

Feds help fund Bombardier R&D partnership

Dec 20, 2010
GHISLAIN ALLARD
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/money/2010/12/20/16623016.html

U of M has high hopes for new, energy-efficient supercomputer

Dec 22, 2010
Alex Paterson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-has-high-hopes-for-new-energy-efficient-supercomputer-112301679.html

Fertility ruling: Supreme Court muddies issue

Dec 23, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/911292--fertility-ruling-supreme-court-muddies-issue

Alberta fertility industry to remain unregulated

Provinces responsible, says top court
Dec 23, 2010
Matt McClure
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Alberta+fertility+industry+remain+unregulated/4017903/story.html

Canada beckons

Polar bears may yet survive global warming
Dec 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/12/meeting_american_geophysical_union_0

OK, OK: I'll shut up about the oilsands

Crisis after crisis made for political dynamite in 2010
Dec 23, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/shut+about+oilsands/4018125/story.html

Great white shark proposed for protection

Dec 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/12/23/ns-great-white-protection.html

Fertility ruling spawns new round of confusion

Dec 22, 2010
CAROLYN ABRAHAM
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fertility-ruling-spawns-new-round-of-confusion/article1847011/

Prentice was ready to curb oilsands: WikiLeaks

Dec 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/22/prentice-oil-sands-wikileaks.html

Former environment minister threatened to impose new rules on oil sands

Dec 22, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/former-environment-minister-was-ready-to-impose-new-rules-on-oil-sands/article1847647/

Suncor fined for dumping oilsands effluent

Dec 22, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/12/22/alberta-suncor-oilsands-dumping-fine.html

Canada's cancer survival rate speaks well of our health care system

Dec 22, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canadas-cancer-survival-rate-speaks-well-of-our-health-care-system/article1847723/

Cannibal cod could get protection

Dec 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/22/north-arctic-cannibal-cod-species-at-risk.html

Kids' bee study published in science journal

Dec 22, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/22/bee-blackawton-science-journal.html

Elementary-school children’s report on bees published in prestigious journal

Dec 22, 2010
SYLVIA HUI
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/elementary-school-childrens-report-on-bees-published-in-prestigious-journal/article1847786/

Record on education is Ontario premier’s best case for re-election

Dec 22, 2010
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/record-on-education-is-ontario-premiers-best-case-for-re-election/article1847848/

Brazil to boost crackdown on biopiracy

Dec 22, 2010
Brian Ellsworth
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/brazil-to-boost-crackdown-on-biopiracy/article1847199/

New Measures Protect Canada's Aquatic Industry

Dec 22, 2010
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Measures-Protect-Canadas-Aquatic-Industry-1372983.htm

Q&A: Can Canada cope with climate change?

Dec 21, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/qa-can-canada-cope-with-climate-change/article1846426/

Oilsands panel recommends critical fixes

Dec 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/21/oilsands-pollution-report.html

Alberta to beef up oilsands monitoring

Dec 21, 2010
Sean Myers
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+beef+oilsands+monitoring/4007124/story.html

Oilsands monitoring woefully inadequate, report finds

Dec 21, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/910233--oilsands-monitoring-woefully-inadequate-report-finds?bn=1

Governments vow to overhaul environmental monitoring of oil sands development

Dec 21, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/governments-vow-to-overhaul-environmental-monitoring-of-oil-sands-development/article1846498/

Ottawa, Alberta blamed for lax oil-sands oversight

Dec 21, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-alberta-blamed-for-lax-oil-sands-oversight/article1845680/

B.C. a relatively minor offender for smokestack emissions: Environment Canada

New greenhouse gases discharge rules to take in 50 operations in province
Dec 21, 2010
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/relatively+minor+offender+smokestack+emissions+Environment+Canada/4007426/story.html

Climate change blamed for warm Nunavut weather

Temperatures 10 to 12 degrees higher than normal
Dec 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/21/north-warm-nunavut-climate-change.html

Cancer survival study 'good news' for Canada

Near top of 6-country study
Dec 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/21/cancer-survival.html

Survival rates up for major cancers

Dec 21, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/survival-rates-up-for-major-cancers/article1846902/

Premier Wall vindicated on MS trials?

Dec 21, 2010
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/910042--steward-premier-wall-vindicated-on-ms-trials

Saskatoon’s recycling debate goes around and around

Dec 21, 2010
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/saskatoons-recycling-debate-goes-around-and-around/article1846640/

Fighting a cold? Skip the echinacea

Dec 21, 2010
LESLIE BECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/leslie-beck/fighting-a-cold-skip-the-echinacea/article1846064/

The poor still pay more: Challenges low income families face in consuming a nutritious diet

The Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, in collaboration with Open Policy Ontario’s John Stapleton and research consultant from Toronto Public Health, Brian Cook, releases its report recommending initiatives to help low income families overcome challenges in consuming a nutritious diet
Dec 21, 2010
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity
http://www.competeprosper.ca/index.php/media/press_releases/the_poor_still_pay_more/

Government of Canada Investment in Oat Research to Benefit Prairie Growers

Dec 21, 2010
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Investment-in-Oat-Research-to-Benefit-Prairie-Growers-1372504.htm

Visions of emissions trading fading in puff of smoke

Dec 20, 2010
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/visions-of-emissions-trading-fading-in-puff-of-smoke/article1845336/

Oilsands water monitoring to change

Dec 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/20/edmonton-water-monitoring-alberta-system.html

Alberta steps up oil-sands oversight

Dec 20, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY and JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-steps-up-oil-sands-oversight/article1845347/

Genetically modified fish lawsuit threatened

Dec 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/20/pei-trout-unlimited-aquabounty-584.html

Natural disasters took a toll in 2010

Dec 20, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/20/tech-disasters-earthquakes-heat-waves.html

Polar bear surveys planned for North

Dec 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/20/north-polar-bear-count.html

Chronic fatigue virus study tainted: scientist

Dec 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/20/chronic-fatigue-xmrv-contamination.html

Government of Canada Invests in Alberta's Forest Industry

Dec 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Albertas-Forest-Industry-1371875.htm

Maternal health: Harper’s helping hand

Dec 19, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/909078--maternal-health-harper-s-helping-hand

Minister Clement Announces Investment to Strengthen the Economy and Create Jobs in the Nipissing-Timiskaming Region

Dec 19, 2010
Industry Canada and FedNor
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Announces-Investment-Strengthen-Economy-Create-Jobs-Nipissing-Timiskaming-1371294.htm

Ottawa kept in dark on abnormal fish found in oil-sands rivers

Dec 17, 2010
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-kept-in-dark-on-abnormal-fish-found-in-oil-sands-rivers/article1841714/

Suncor, Total team up on oil sands

Dec 17, 2010
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/suncor-total-team-up-on-oil-sands/article1841763/

On the move in a warming world: The rise of climate refugees

Dec 17, 2010
Geoffrey York
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/on-the-move-in-a-warming-world-the-rise-of-climate-refugees/article1843024/

Climate-change migration around the world

Dec 17, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change-migration-around-the-world/article1843086/

Culturomics: Reading by numbers

Science invades the humanities
Dec 16, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17730198

California approves incentives to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Dec 16, 2010
Jason Dearen
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/california-approves-incentives-to-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions/article1841661/

U.S. fuel economy proposal would hit auto industry hard: study

Dec 15, 2010
GREG KEENAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-fuel-economy-proposal-would-hit-auto-industry-hard-study/article1839640/

Cancun summit no solution to global warming

Dec 15, 2010
Jeff Rubin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/jeff-rubins-smaller-world/cancun-summit-no-solution-to-global-warming/article1837443/

Oil-sands report criticizes all stakeholders

Dec 15, 2010
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/oil-sands-report-criticizes-all-stakeholders/article1838315/