Science Canada: February 2011

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity: Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development

Feb 18, 2011
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity
http://www.competeprosper.ca/images/uploads/RD_Panel_submission_18_Feb_2011.pdf

Re-Thinking Canada’s BERD Gap

Jan 2011
Ron Freedman
The Impact Group
http://www.impactg.com/pdf/rethinkingcanadasberdperformance.pdf

Canada’s Universities: Partners in the business of innovation

Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development
Feb 18, 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/reports/2011/aucc-r-d-review-02-18-e.pdf

Toronto Region Research Alliance: Review of Federal Support to Research and Development Expert Panel Consultation

Feb 18, 2011
Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA)
http://www.trra.ca/en/reports/resources/TRRAsubmissionroFederalRDExpertPanel.Feb2011.pdf

News is good on innovation front

Feb 24, 2011
JAY BRYAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/News+good+innovation+front/4337668/story.html

Canadian entrepreneur aims to commercialize university research

Feb 25, 2011
Paul Delean
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+entrepreneur+aims+commercialize+university+research/4347916/story.html

Former university president calls for a new type of professor

Axel Meisen proposes the creation of "industrial practice professors" to boost innovaton
Feb 16, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/former-university-president-calls-for-a-new-type-of-professor/

Governor General of Canada Becomes Patron of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation

Feb 17, 2011
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/17/c3739.html

A lesson for Canada from Swiss R&D

Feb 23, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/neil-reynolds/a-lesson-for-canada-from-swiss-rd/article1908636/

Government of Canada and MaRS Discovery District Finding Solutions to Foster Global Business Innovation

250 small- and- medium-sized enterprises gather for Innovation Across Borders conference
Feb 24, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-MaRS-Discovery-District-Finding-Solutions-Foster-Global-Business-Innovation-1401153.htm

Government of Canada Supports New Research Opportunities for Canadian Businesses

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-New-Research-Opportunities-for-Canadian-Businesses-1401155.htm

Government of Canada Supports Scientific Research at University of Toronto Mississauga

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Scientific-Research-University-Toronto-Mississauga-1401479.htm

Harper Government Invests in Arctic Research

Investment will strengthen economy and improve quality of life of Northerners
Feb 25, 2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Arctic-Research-1402023.htm

Fair and Effective Carbon Pricing: Lessons from BC

Feb 23, 2011
Marc Lee
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/BC%20Office/2011/02/CCPA-BC_Fair_Effective_Carbon_FULL_0.pdf

POSTnote: Future Electricity Networks

Feb 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_372-future-electricity-networks.pdf

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The Thunder Bay Region

The Thunder Bay region's Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre is now part of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE).
Feb 25, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE022511.asp

N.L. fishery report recommends massive cuts

Minister says he won't endorse independent report
Feb 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/25/nl-report-cuts-.html

Harm-reduction groups enter legal fray over safe-injection site

Feb 25, 2011
Jennifer Saltman
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Harm+reduction+groups+enter+legal+fray+over+safe+injection+site/4343228/story.html

Economic Action Plan Supports Innovative Research and Development in Cambridge

Rutherford Controls International Corporation is upgrading electromagnetic lock products to 'green' building standards
Feb 25, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Innovative-Research-and-Development-in-Cambridge-1401897.htm

Inuit leaders develop guidelines for future development in the Arctic

World’s Inuit say they’re tired of being left on the sidelines as petroleum and mining companies extract resources from arctic lands
Feb 25, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/inuit-leaders-develop-guidelines-for-future-development-in-the-arctic/article1919983/

History of science: Alchemists, ancient and modern

This year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science looked at, among other things, the history of alchemy, deep carbon, the health of lonely people, tracking individuals in swarms and stuttering
Feb 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18226821

U.S. scientists cleared in 'climategate'

Feb 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/science-climategate-noaa.html

DFO scientists not muzzled: DFO

Feb 24, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/politics/archive/2011/02/24/dfo-scientists-not-muzzled-dfo.aspx

The science of truth

Feb 24, 2011
Kathy English
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/publiceditor/article/944523--english-the-science-of-truth

Green aviation network takes flight

Push is on for non-fossil fuels; Aim is to make biofuels in aircraft a reality within 2 years, leader says
Feb 24, 2011
FRANÇOIS SHALOM
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Green+aviation+network+takes+flight/4337678/story.html

Starving B.C. eagles swarm to dumps

Feb 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/bc-starving-eagles-dump.html

Canadian allergy season getting longer

Feb 24, 2011
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/paul-taylor/canadian-allergy-season-getting-longer/article1919908/

Chronic fatigue, chronic Lyme clues found

Promising start to distinguish the two illnesses
Feb 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/chronic-fatigue-lyme-proteins-clues.html

Innovation Across Borders Conference: Speaking Points for the Minister of State (Science and Technology)

Feb 24, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06327.html

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Produces Educational Case Studies

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02182.html

Release of revised Chapter 9 of the Manual of Patent Office Practice

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02184.html

Collaboration is King

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02183.html

Mining industry to drive growth in Canada's territories

Feb 24, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/24/c5726.html

Forty New Clean Energy Projects To Create 7,000 Jobs

Even more homes and businesses will soon be powered by clean energy as Ontario takes another step forward in building its clean energy economy.
Feb 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/forty-new-clean-energy-projects-to-create-7000-jobs.html

Governments of Canada and B.C. Invest in Renewable Energy Project

Feb 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Governments-of-Canada-and-BC-Invest-in-Renewable-Energy-Project-1401520.htm

Final Flight for Space Shuttle Discovery-Mission STS-133

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Final-Flight-for-Space-Shuttle-Discovery-Mission-STS-133-1401753.htm

Government of Canada Improves Access to Allergen Information

Feb 24, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Improves-Access-to-Allergen-Information-1401389.htm

Canadians more likely than Americans to believe in global warming: survey

Feb 23, 2011
Keith Bonnell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Canadians+more+likely+than+Americans+believe+global+warming+survey/4333662/story.html

Climate change: Would you be willing to pay a carbon tax to help fight climate change?

Feb 23, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/02/climate-change-would-you-be-willing-to-pay-a-carbon-tax-to-help-fight-climate-change.html

Greenland’s Inuit Premier defends oil and gas drilling

Feb 23, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/greenlands-inuit-premier-defends-oil-and-gas-drilling/article1918276/

Ottawa to study building Canada-made moon rovers

Feb 23, 2011
PETER RAKOBOWCHUK
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/ottawa-to-study-building-canada-made-moon-rovers/article1918421/

Cannabis whets appetite for cancer patients

Feb 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/23/cannabis-appetite.html

Drug R&D costs are less than estimated – so why the high prices?

Feb 23, 2011
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/drug-rd-costs-are-less-than-estimated-so-why-the-high-prices/article1917822/

Canada lacks oversight on online medical information, study finds

Feb 23, 2011
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/canada-lacks-oversight-on-online-medical-information-study-finds/article1918325/

Calgary’s council votes against teeth

Ending fluoridation of the city’s water defies the scientific evidence. There is a risk that this trend may spread elsewhere in Alberta
Feb 23, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/calgarys-council-votes-against-teeth/article1918138/

Canadian scientist's work front and centre in GE fish debate

Feb 23, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/GENETICALLY+ENGINEERED+FISH+DEBATE/4334542/story.html

Starving eagles ‘falling out of the sky’

Feb 23, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/starving-eagles-falling-out-of-the-sky/article1918336/

Volcanoes drop hint before deadly eruptions: study

Feb 23, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/23/science-volcano-tremors-jellinek.html

Energy in FITs and starts

Ontario’s clean power program is in place, but recent changes are making investors skittish
Feb 23, 2011
DAVID OXTOBY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/energy-in-fits-and-starts/article1916579/

Online drug searches vastly differ in U.S. and Canada

Google returns different results
Feb 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/23/drug-online-searches-ubc-study.html

Modernizing Ontario's Forestry Sector

Ontario intends to re-energize the forest sector to create new jobs and attract investment while ensuring forests continue to be managed sustainably.
Feb 23, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
http://news.ontario.ca/mndmf/en/2011/02/modernizing-ontarios-forestry-sector-1.html

Comparative Canada / US Poll Confirms Consensus on Climate Change but Major Differences on Attitudes Toward Action

Feb 23, 2011
Public Policy Forum
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/23/c5134.html

Government of Canada Unveils Research Lab in Hamilton

Feb 23, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Unveils-Research-Lab-in-Hamilton-1400736.htm

Minister Clement Talks Digital Economy With University of Alberta Students

Feb 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Talks-Digital-Economy-With-University-of-Alberta-Students-1400759.htm

Statement by Gail Shea Minister of Fisheries and Oceans: Canadian Seal Harvest

Feb 23, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-by-Gail-Shea-Minister-of-Fisheries-and-Oceans-Canadian-Seal-Harvest-1400721.htm

Harper Government Supports Alberta Aerospace Growth

Investment will create jobs and keep Canada cutting-edge
Feb 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Alberta-Aerospace-Growth-1400645.htm

A Positive Step Toward Removing Trade Barriers to Canadian Crops Entering the European Union

Feb 23, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Positive-Step-Toward-Removing-Trade-Barriers-Canadian-Crops-Entering-European-Union-1400910.htm

Year-Round Production at Lower Costs Coming Soon: Harper Government Invests in Led Technology to Support Greenhouse Production

Feb 23, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Year-Round-Production-Lower-Costs-Coming-Soon-Harper-Government-Invests-Led-Technology-1400580.htm

Harper Government Announces Funding to Support New Family Medicine Positions and Training Opportunities Across Canada

Feb 23, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Announces-Funding-Support-New-Family-Medicine-Positions-Training-Opportunities-1400581.htm

Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project - Joint Review Panel Announces Public Hearing Schedule

Feb 23, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/23/c5340.html

Saving Canada’s Arctic atmospheric lab

The Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory could lose a main source of funding, and a piece of Canada’s scientific heritage and future is at stake.
Feb 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/saving-canadas-arctic-atmospheric-lab/article1913875/

Climate change an issue in Canada: Poll

Feb 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/22/pol-lunn-climate-survey.html

Genetically engineered fish could pose threat to wild stocks: DFO scientists

Feb 22, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/Genetically+engineered+fish+could+pose+threat+wild+stocks+scientists/4328108/story.html

Canada partners with four nations to improve world's water supply

Partnership aimed at harnessing nanotechnology
Feb 22, 2011
DAVE COOPER
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+partners+with+four+nations+improve+world+water+supply/4329007/story.html

Science is the best measure of safe food

Feb 22, 2011
Owen Roberts
Guelph Mercury
http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/columns/article/489463--science-is-the-best-measure-of-safe-food

Salmon-catch system ‘broken,’ commercial fisherman say

Feb 22, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/salmon-catch-system-broken-commercial-fisherman-say/article1916659/

Is Ontario’s green-energy plan worth it?

Feb 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/is-ontarios-green-energy-plan-worth-it/article1916462/

Crunch the numbers: Crime rates are going down

The fact of the matter is that the data tables have nothing to do with tougher laws or harsher sentencing
Feb 22, 2011
EDWARD GREENSPAN and ANTHONY DOOB
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/crunch-the-numbers-crime-rates-are-going-down/article1913808/

Universities’ corporate temptation

Feb 22, 2011
Linda McQuaig
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/941738--mcquaig-universities-corporate-temptation

Funding Announcement for the Collaborative Advancing Technology Innovation Through Discovery Program

Feb 22, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06322.html

Government of Canada Boosts Efforts to Find Treatments for Pediatric Cancers and Rare Genetic Diseases

Feb 22, 2011
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Boosts-Efforts-Find-Treatments-Pediatric-Cancers-Rare-Genetic-Diseases-1399602.htm

Home genetic testing

Feb 21, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/21/quirks-genetic-test-kits.html

Turning on the light of Muslim science

Feb 21, 2011
NASER FARUQUI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/turning-on-the-light-of-muslim-science/article1913767/

Great Lakes are no place for radioactive cargo

Plan to ship old generators from the Bruce nuclear plant poses an unreasonable risk to the world’s largest body of fresh water.
Feb 21, 2011
Stephen Bede Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/941746--great-lakes-are-no-place-for-radioactive-cargo

Minister of Health Announces Funding for Nutrition Education Programs in Support of Nutrition North Canada

Feb 21, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Health-Announces-Funding-Nutrition-Education-Programs-Support-Nutrition-North-1399083.htm

Ontario seeks appeal of private-label drug ruling

Feb 18, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/18/ontario-drug-ruling-appeal.html

Canadian Cancer Society applauds Health Canada's release of new cigarette package warnings

Feb 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/18/c4340.html

Government of Canada Acts to Strengthen and Enlarge Health Warnings on Cigarette and Little Cigar Packages

Feb 18, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Acts-Strengthen-Enlarge-Health-Warnings-on-Cigarette-Little-Cigar-1398738.htm
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/consult/_2011/label-etiquet/messages-eng.pdf

New Poll Results Released: Canadian Cancer Society calls for leadership candidates to support cosmetic pesticides ban in BC

Feb 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/18/c3951.html

Government of Canada Supports Promising Medical Research at the University of Manitoba

Feb 18, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Promising-Medical-Research-University-Manitoba-1398468.htm

Pollution and global warming: Climate change in black and white

When air pollution hurts people’s health and heats up the climate it makes sense to do something about it. But what about pollution that cools the planet?
Feb 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18175423

What’s Calgary drinking?

Welcome to the new Dark Ages, an alarming and increasing rejection of modern medicine
Feb 17, 2011
TOM FLANAGAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/whats-calgary-drinking/article1910542/

Ontarians pay price for Liberals’ backfiring green energy plans

Feb 17, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/ontarians-pay-price-for-liberals-backfiring-green-energy-plans/article1912364/

Officials worry over Sask. TB rate

Feb 17, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/17/sk-tuberculosis-north.html

Do Something on Family Day that Will Make a Difference for Future Generations

Dedicate 20 minutes on February 21 to the Ontario Health Study
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Health Study
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/17/c4016.html

Singapore PUB and Ontario sign Memorandum of Understanding

Alliance Will Allow Both Jurisdictions To Conduct Research In Clean Water Technologies
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/WATER021711.asp

Promoting Ontario's Clean Water Expertise To The World

McGuinty Government Signs Clean Water Technology Agreement With Singapore
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/02/promoting-ontarios-clean-water-expertise-to-the-world.html

Long-Term Energy Plan Takes Another Step Forward

McGuinty Government Issues Directives On Energy Supply And Transmission
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/long-term-energy-plan-takes-another-step-forward.html

Government of Canada Awards Manufacturers of the Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

Feb 17, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Awards-Manufacturers-of-the-Most-Fuel-Efficient-Vehicles-1397586.htm

Red flags on green energy

Ontario’s wind-farm moratorium is the first sign of a more sophisticated understanding of the ramifications of renewable energy
Feb 16, 2011
JATIN NATHWANI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/red-flags-on-green-energy/article1908668/

Ban caramel colouring in pop for cancer risk: consumer group

Feb 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/16/caramel-colour-pop-cancer.html

TB deaths in homeless not improving: study

Feb 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/16/tuberculosis-homeless-toronto.html

Ontario’s wind power ‘flip-flop’ draws ire

Feb 16, 2011
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/ontarios-wind-power-flip-flop-draws-ire/article1910439/

Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health: Deadline Approaching

Feb 16, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/8b4af82255/1315023871/917bbe102d/

Ontario Innovation Delivers Jobs

McGuinty Government Supports Wireless Integrated-Circuit Company
Feb 16, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/02/ontario-innovation-delivers-jobs.html

Canada Signs Declaration on Promoting Healthy Lifestyles and Health Care Delivery in the Arctic

Feb 16, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Signs-Declaration-on-Promoting-Healthy-Lifestyles-Health-Care-Delivery-Arctic-1397282.htm

Natural resources make Canada's Northwest very wealthy, but Northerners still falling behind compared to South

Feb 16, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/16/c3209.html

Science sides with genetically modified crops

Feb 15, 2011
Robert Wager
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Wager+Science+sides+with+genetically+modified+crops/4289604/story.html

Some help in kicking the habit

There are plenty of good reasons for Queen’s Park to add smoking cessation drugs to the list of medications it covers
Feb 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/939408--some-help-in-kicking-the-habit

Intravenous drug use and conservative values

Feb 15, 2011
Sandra Cortina
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/939450--intravenous-drug-use-and-conservative-values

Northern New Brunswick wind turbines frozen solid

Feb 15, 2011
Greg Weston
Telegraph-Journal
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Northern+Brunswick+wind+turbines+frozen+solid/4287063/story.html

Colleges of Ontario Information Symposium: Speaking Points for the Minister of State (Science and Technology)

Feb 15, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06298.html

Tapped out?

TO FLUORIDATE OR NOT TO FLUORIDATE: The fluoride debate arrives in London March 2 when an anti-fluoride group holds a public meeting calling for its ban.
Feb 10, 2011
PATRICK MALONEY
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/02/09/17210556.html

Patent Branch to begin consultation on Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP) Chapter 14: Unity of Invention

Feb 7, 2011
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02957.html

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Universities say ‘thank you’ for innovation support

Feb 10, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/universities-say-thank-you-for-innovation-support/

Minister Clement Announces the Appointment of Six New Members to Science, Technology and Innovation Council

Feb 1, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Announces-Appointment-Six-New-Members-Science-Technology-Innovation-1388701.htm

New guidelines released on ethics for research involving humans

Revised document reflects challenges faced by social science and humanities researchers.
Feb 7, 2011
Laura Eggertson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/guideslines-ethics-research-humans.aspx

Science and Technology Committee report: "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy"

Feb 8, 2010
Science and Technology Committee, U.K. House of Commons
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/45/45.pdf

Government Response to the Science and Technology Committee report "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy"

July 2010
U.K. Secretary of State for Health
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm79/7914/7914.pdf

An Action Plan For Prosperity

Oct 2010
Coalition for Action on Innovation in Canada
http://www.actiononinnovation.ca/en/media/ENG_Plan.pdf

Parallel Paths: Canada-U.S. Climate Policy Choices

Jan 25, 2011
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
http://www.climateprosperity.ca/eng/studies/canada-us/report/canada-us-report-eng.pdf

Policy Briefing: Energy

Dec 6, 2010
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/section/pb/download/1291611600

Inflection point: Canadian Life Sciences Industry Forecast 2011

Feb 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers & BIOTECanada
http://www.pwc.com/en_CA/ca/pharma-life-sciences/publications/canadian-life-sciences-industry-forecast-2011-01-21-en.pdf

Ontario Bioscience Industry Generated Recommendations for Sustainability and Growth in 2011 and beyond

Jan 21, 2011
Ontario Bioscience Industry Organization (OBIO)
http://obio.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2010-OBIO-Consultation-Final.pdf

Dubious claims diminish R&D tax credit

Feb 7, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/dubious-claims-diminish-rd-tax-credit/article1896434/

Canada needs more bang from university research

Feb 10, 2011
BARRIE MCKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/canada-needs-more-bang-from-university-research/article1902267/

Differing research views are both right

Feb 12, 2011
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Differing+research+views+both+right/4270984/story.html

Strategic Network Grants Program Funding Announcement

Feb 11, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06287.html

Artificial intelligence scientist gets $1M prize

Science prizes also claimed by McGill, UBC researchers
Feb 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/14/science-herzberg-hinton-artificial-intelligence.html

Trailblazing gene researcher returns to Canada

Feb 14, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/trailblazing-gene-researcher-returns-to-canada/article1905697/

Ontario invests $2.25-million to nurture new bright ideas

Feb 10, 2011
IAN MERRINGER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/ontario-invests-225-million-in-new-innovation-centres/article1901563/

One + one = success

Take a Canadian company with a problem, add the expertise of a graduate student, and the result is a solved business problem and a grad with shop-floor experience. That is the simple math behind the fabulously successful MITACS.
Feb 7, 2011
Michael Smith
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/one-plus-one-success.aspx

The underused academic

Feb 1, 2011
Paul Krzyzanowski
Stem Cell Network blog
http://scnblog.typepad.com/scnblog/2011/02/the-underused-academic-research-funding-canada.html

Canada’s Innovation Gap: At a Positive Tipping Point?

Jan 24, 2011
Glen Hodgson
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/insideedge/2011/january-2011/jan24-innovation-gap.aspx

Gap between biotech research and commercialization explored

Feb 9, 2011
Rob O’Flanagan
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/760517

Innovate or perish

Feb 8, 2011
Dr. Kevin G. Lynch
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/executive/Innovate+perish/4240645/story.html

UBC, Chinese property developer join forces in strategic R&D deal

Modern Green Development contributes $3.5 million to project
Feb 5, 2011
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Chinese+property+developer+join+forces+strategic+deal/4229809/story.html

Policy Options February 2011: From climate change to clean energy

Institute for Research on Public Policy
Feb 2011

The oil sands: Sorting out fact from fiction
Todd Hirsch
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/hirsch.pdf

After Cancún: Time to shift strategy
Velma McColl
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/mccoll.pdf

Sustainable solutions in the oil sands
Bruce Carson
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/carson.pdf

US energy security: A Canadian perspective
Kevin Lynch
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/lynch.pdf

Why Canada needs an energy strategy
David Emerson
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/emerson.pdf

Portrait of an energy powerhouse: Canada
Linda Hasenfratz and Hal Kvisle
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/hasenfratz.pdf

Obama and climate policy reform: A continuing education in American politicking
Colin Robertson
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/robertson.pdf

How to meet the oil sands protest: challenge
Donald Barry
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb11/barry.pdf

New Metrics for Assessing Scientists: Let’s Accessorize

Feb 7, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/02/07/new-metrics-for-assessing-scientists-lets-accessorize/

Innovation vs. Invention

Feb 4, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/innovation-vs-invention/

What is global higher education – and why does it matter?

Feb 1, 2011
BEN WILDAVSKY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/leading-thinkers/brightest-minds/excerpt-what-is-global-higher-education-and-why-does-it-matter/article1883628/singlepage/#articlecontent

Academic conferences, hate ’em or love ’em

Yes, conference-going is one of the perks of the professoriate. But it is easy to be cynical about how much conferences accomplish.
Feb 7, 2011
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/academic-conferences-hate-em-love-em.aspx

New POSTnotes from the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Jan 2011
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)

Biodiversity Offsetting
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_369-biodiversity-offsetting.pdf

Living with Environmental Limits
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_370-environmental-limits.pdf

Housing and Health
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_371-housing_health_h.pdf

Political winds rock turbines

Feb 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/938863--political-winds-rock-turbines

Prostate cancer genome to be decoded

Feb 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2011/02/15/prostate-cancer-genome.html

Diabetes discovery brings out hospital's entrepreneurial side

Feb 15, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/diabetes-discovery-brings-out-hospitals-entrepreneurial-side/article1907436/

Sanofi-aventis and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Agree to Develop Treatment for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Feb 15, 2011
MaRS Innovation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/15/c2712.html

Windmill foes are full of hot air

Feb 14, 2011
Marcus Gee
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/windmill-foes-are-full-of-hot-air/article1907142/

International Arctic climate study to start

Feb 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/14/arctic-climate-study.html

Energy drinks should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol, report argues

Feb 14, 2011
Lindsey Tanner
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/energy-drinks-should-be-regulated-like-tobacco-and-alcohol-report-argues/article1905922/

NASA revisits Deep Impact comet

Feb 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/14/science-nasa-stardust-comet-tempel1.html

NRTEE provides advice, but feds don't listen, say MPs

The federal government is not interested in listening to its own environmental advisory board, the NRTEE, whose members it appointed, say opposition MPs.
Feb 14, 2011
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/nrtee-02-14-2011

Harper Government Strengthens Food Allergen Labelling Regulations

Feb 14, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Strengthens-Food-Allergen-Labelling-Regulations-1395386.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Cambridge Clean Energy Project

Feb 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Cambridge-Clean-Energy-Project-1395368.htm

Government of Canada Moving Forward on Road to Historic Waste Cleanup in Port Hope

Feb 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Moving-Forward-on-Road-to-Historic-Waste-Cleanup-in-Port-Hope-1395393.htm

Strengthening Canada's Herb and Spice Industry

Feb 14, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Strengthening-Canadas-Herb-and-Spice-Industry-1395640.htm

Implementation of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (2009) for Wood Packaging Material Moving Between Canada and the U.S

Feb 14, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Implementation-International-Standard-Phytosanitary-Measures-No-15-2009-Wood-Packaging-1395622.htm

Salt industry smells blood in transfer of sodium-reduction file

Feb 13, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/salt-industry-smells-blood-in-transfer-of-sodium-reduction-file/article1904574/

Surging corn set to fuel widespread price hikes

Feb 13, 2011
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/surging-corn-set-to-fuel-widespread-price-hikes/article1905386/

Local dry cleaners top target for Environment Canada inspections

Feb 13, 2011
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/938054--local-dry-cleaners-top-target-for-environment-canada-inspections?bn=1

Harper Tories split with friends abroad on crime policy

Feb 13, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/harper-tories-split-with-friends-abroad-on-crime-policy/article1904473/

Rethinking Canadian agriculture

New system could double value of food exports to $75 billion by 2025, think tank says
Feb 12, 2011
DAVE COOPER
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Rethinking+Canadian+agriculture/4270265/story.html

Ont. declares moratorium on off-shore wind farms

Feb 11, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/ont-wind-farms.html

Ontario halts offshore wind energy projects

Feb 11, 2011
Jonathan Sher, Kelly Pedro and Troy Patterson
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/02/11/17242051.html

Chief statistician asked to rethink census for 2016

Feb 11, 2011
STEVEN CHASE AND TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chief-statistician-asked-to-rethink-census-for-2016/article1904832/

Nuclear safety agency defends Great Lakes shipments

Officials dismiss concerns over nuclear steam boilers as 'fearmongering'
Feb 11, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/nuclear-briefing.html

CIDA casts off one of its successes

Feb 11, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/cida-casts-off-one-of-its-successes/article1904441/

Environment minister unfazed by anti-oilsands campaign in his riding

Feb 11, 2011
Linda Nguyen
Postmedia News
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Environment+Minister+unfazed+anti+oilsands+campaign+riding/4268530/story.html

Artificial photosynthesis: The sunbeam solution

How to turn sunlight and water into fuel for cars
Feb 11, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/02/artificial_photosynthesis

ROM tries to solve honeybee death mystery

Feb 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/rom-bees-mystery.html

Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation launches new blog

Inaugural post from Minister Glen Murray
Feb 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/blog/

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The Windsor Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE021111.asp

Ontario Rules Out Offshore Wind Projects

McGuinty Government Committed to Renewable Energy While Protecting the Environment
Feb 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/02/ontario-rules-out-offshore-wind-projects.html

Minister Clement Congratulates First Canadian Recipient of Prestigious NASA Award

Feb 11, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Congratulates-First-Canadian-Recipient-of-Prestigious-NASA-Award-1394608.htm

Are the oil sands ethical?

In the fifth of a five-part series, The Globe asks the five Charles Taylor Prize finalists to debate that question
Feb 10, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/charles-taylor-prize/

Sask. professor named to oilsands panel

Feb 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/10/alberta-oilsands-panel.html

Canada's Economic Action Plan Helps Pulse Industry Market Their Sustainable Practices

Feb 10, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Helps-Pulse-Industry-Market-Their-Sustainable-Practices-1393757.htm

Economic Action Plan Supports Software Development in Alberta

Feb 10, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Software-Development-in-Alberta-1393562.htm

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The Kingston Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE021011.asp

Canada requires agriculture policy to meet challenge

Feb 9, 2011
The StarPhoenix
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Another+voice+Canada+requires+agriculture+policy+meet+challenge/4254061/story.html

Ottawa rejects stronger export regulations for genetically modified crops

Feb 9, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-rejects-stronger-export-regulations-for-genetically-modified-crops/article1901494/

HIV denial is fatal

The most convincing argument that the virus causes AIDS is that anti-retroviral medications are prolonging the lives of millions
Feb 9, 2011
NORBERT GILMORE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/denial+fatal/4247661/story.html

Beer 1 - Health Care 0

Feb 9, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/935302--editorial-beer-1-health-care-0

Enbridge offer to native groups: $1-billion

Feb 9, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/enbridge-offers-bc-first-nations-additional-pipeline-benefits/article1900777/

Wild salmon sea lice linked to B.C. fish farms

Feb 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/09/science-sea-lice-sockeye-salmon.html

Towering beauty?

A new way of transmitting electricity may soon be coming to a field near you
Feb 9, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18107032

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The GTA

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020911.asp

Fort Erie Business Creating Clean Energy Jobs

McGuinty Government Helping Build Ontario's Clean Energy Economy
Feb 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/fort-erie-business-creating-clean-energy-jobs.html

Recycling Electronics Creates 200 Jobs

McGuinty Government Protecting Environment And Strengthening Clean Economy
Feb 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/02/recycling-electronics-creates-200-jobs.html

Bill would add more scrutiny to approval process of new genetically modified seeds

Feb 8, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bill-would-add-more-scrutiny-to-approval-process-of-new-genetically-modified-seeds/article1899895/

How Canadian researchers hope to delay onset of Alzheimer’s

Feb 8, 2011
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/dementia/how-canadian-researchers-hope-to-delay-onset-of-alzheimers/article1899875/

Hudson Bay polar bears threatened by early ice breakup, Alberta study says

Feb 8, 2011
TIM COOK
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hudson-bay-polar-bears-threatened-by-early-ice-breakup-alberta-study-says/article1899900/

Popeye was right: Spinach can make you stronger

Feb 8, 2011
LESLIE BECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/leslie-beck/popeye-was-right-spinach-can-make-you-stronger/article1899432/

Polar bear births fall in warming climate: study

Feb 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/08/science-polar-bear-births-climate.html

Minister Clement Celebrates Fusion of Music and Technology

Takes in jazz masterclass delivered via Government-supported broadband network
Feb 8, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Celebrates-Fusion-of-Music-and-Technology-1392439.htm

Saskatchewan faces the highest prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in the Prairies

Canadian Diabetes Association Releases Saskatchewan Diabetes Cost Model Report
Feb 8, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/08/c8624.html

Health researchers slam Tory mandatory-minimum-sentence proposal for drug crimes

Feb 7, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/health-researchers-slam-tory-mandatory-minimum-sentence-proposal/article1897910/

N.B.'s high-tech sector faces skills shortage

Feb 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/02/07/nb-information-technology-job-shortage-1052.html

Canada needs policy overhaul to keep up with global food markets

Feb 7, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-needs-policy-overhaul-to-keep-up-with-global-food-markets/article1898130/

The final gift

A few people, perhaps a thousand a year, leave their body to medical science at Canadian universities. This is their story.
Feb 7, 2011
Susan Peters
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/the-final-gift.aspx

Arctic not overfished: Nunavut fishing group

UBC scientist says accurate fishing numbers are important
Feb 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/07/baffin-fisheries-arctic.html

Great Lakes water shortages possible: U.S. report

Feb 7, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/07/wdr-great-lakes-water-shortages.html

Canada's Economic Action Plan Supports Research and Development in Ontario

Recognizing some of Cambridge's innovative metalworking expertise
Feb 7, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Research-and-Development-in-Ontario-1391453.htm

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In Sault Ste. Marie

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020711.asp

Environment Canada investigates many, but convicts few

Feb 6, 2011
Andy Blatchford
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/environment-canada-investigates-many-but-convicts-few/article1896450/

What Canada must do to help fight looming food crisis

Feb 5, 2011
John Kennelly and Douglas Hedley
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/What+Canada+must+help+fight+looming+food+crisis/4229790/story.html

Parks Canada brings GPS to great outdoors

Feb 5, 2011
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/05/parks-canada-gps-susan-lunn.html

It will take more than rebranding to make tar sands oil ethical

Feb 4, 2011
DAVID SUZUKI With Faisal Moola
Daily Gleaner
http://www.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1376994

Failure to report on fishery undermines Canada’s claim to Arctic

Feb 4, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/failure-to-report-on-fishery-undermines-canadas-claim-to-arctic/article1895724/

In the race for the bluefin in PEI, profits go over the side

Feb 4, 2011
OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/in-the-race-for-the-bluefin-in-pei-profits-go-over-the-side/article1895695/

Bruce Power gets approval to ship 16 radioactive generators through Great Lakes

Feb 4, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/bruce-power-gets-approval-to-ship-16-radioactive-generators-through-great-lakes/article1895721/

Great Lakes nuclear shipments OK'd

Bruce Power plan to ship nuclear steam boilers to Sweden raised concerns
Feb 4, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/04/great-lakes-nuke-boilers.html

Arctic fishing grossly underreported: report

Feb 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/04/arctic-fish-catches.html

Bug rule could cost Canadian exporters $300M

Feb 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/04/ns-wood-pest-worries.html

Researchers develop ‘camera’ that will show your mind

Feb 4, 2011
MICHAEL POSNER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/researchers-develop-camera-that-will-show-your-mind/article1895605/

Government of Canada Investing in Research and Development Infrastructure in Quebec

Feb 4, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Investing-in-Research-and-Development-Infrastructure-in-Quebec-1390926.htm

Government Partnership Launches Program to Bring Space Exploration Curriculum to Nova Scotia Schools

Feb 4, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Partnership-Launches-Program-Bring-Space-Exploration-Curriculum-Nova-Scotia-1390759.htm

Minister Clement Tours Centre for the Built Environment at Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth

Feb 4, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Tours-Centre-Built-Environment-Nova-Scotia-Community-College-Dartmouth-1390897.htm

Canada, U.S. to discuss restricting chinook harvest to help whales

Feb 3, 2011
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+discuss+restricting+chinook+harvest+help+whales/4215033/story.html

Waste disposal: Turning garbage into gas

Atomising trash eliminates the need to dump it, and generates useful power too
Feb 3, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18061104

Last call for entries for the 2011 Weston Youth Innovation Award

Feb 3, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/03/c7620.html

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In Peel Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020311a.asp

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In York Region

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Feb 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE020311b.asp

Study gives Harper new clout in push to sell oil to U.S.

Feb 2, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/study-gives-harper-new-clout-in-push-to-sell-oil-to-us/article1892235/

Professor quits oil-sands panel over strict confidentiality requirements

Feb 2, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/professor-quits-oil-sands-panel-over-lack-of-aboriginal-representation/article1891910/

Environmentalists skeptical of Loblaw’s boost for salmon farming

Feb 1, 2011
WENCY LEUNG
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/environmentalists-skeptical-of-loblaws-boost-for-salmon-farming/article1891039/

The American attempt to kill B.C.'s salmon farms

The province's industry is being demonized while Alaskan 'ranched' fish are marketed as 'wild caught'
Feb 1, 2011
Vivian Krause
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/American+attempt+kill+salmon+farms/4201024/story.html

National study finds most Canadians believe natural disasters becoming more frequent and severe

Ontario Science Centre study shows three quarters of Canadians feel that climate change will lead to more serious natural disasters
Feb 1, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/01/c7013.html

Beef up scope of water-monitoring program for Alberta's oilsands: Report

Jan 31, 2011
Hanneke Brooymans
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Beef+scope+water+monitoring+program+Alberta+oilsands+Report/4199171/story.html

Funding for test fisheries to expire

Jan 31, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/funding-for-test-fisheries-to-expire/article1889622/

Transit versus cars

Without compromise, everyone will lose Toronto’s transportation war
Jan 31, 2011
Michael Warren
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/930197--transit-versus-cars

Take time to get it right

Roofs featuring vegetation are a good idea, in general, but may not be the best way to cap Toronto’s industrial buildings
Jan 31, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/930514--take-time-to-get-it-right

More Clean Energy Jobs Coming To Toronto

McGuinty Government Welcomes New Investment, That Will Create Up To 300 New Jobs
Jan 31, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/01/more-clean-energy-jobs-coming-to-toronto.html

Government of Canada Strengthening Traceability in Sheep and Goat Industry

Jan 31, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Strengthening-Traceability-in-Sheep-and-Goat-Industry-1388059.htm

CFIA/North American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank Provides Vaccine to the Republic of Korea

Jan 31, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/CFIA-North-American-Foot-Mouth-Disease-Vaccine-Bank-Provides-Vaccine-Republic-Korea-1387913.htm

Africa’s Hope: Save AIDS drugs bill

Jan 30, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/930128--africa-s-hope-save-aids-drugs-bill

Time to pull plug on nuclear?

Re: Don’t abandon Canada’s stake, Editorial Jan. 25; and Used nuclear company is no bargain, Opinion Jan. 25
Jan 29, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/929417--time-to-pull-plug-on-nuclear

Patchwork regulations likely outcome of reproductive technologies ruling

A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutionality of federal reproductive technologies legislation was caught up in 20-year-old rhetoric and fears about "cloning in the garage," says Timothy Caufield, chair of health law and policy at the University of Alberta in Edmonton
Jan 28, 2011
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/28jan11_patchwork-regulations-likely-outcome-of-reproductive-technologies-ruling.dtl

Peter Kent sees no pressing need for new climate laws

Jan 28, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/peter-kent-sees-no-pressing-need-for-new-climate-laws/article1886462/

If only there were a shot against irrational fears

The vaccination panic is strongest among highly educated liberal elites
Jan 28, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/if-only-there-were-a-shot-against-irrational-fears/article1886974/

Light rail that works

Jan 28, 2011
MARCUS GEE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/light-rail-that-works/article1887237/

The dangers of treating food as a strategic asset

To make the world peaceful, we need to make bread more plentiful. It’s the stuff of life
Jan 28, 2011
DOUG SAUNDERS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-dangers-of-treating-food-as-a-strategic-asset/article1886971/

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In North Bay

McGuinty Government Helps Local Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas To Life
Jan 28, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE012811.asp

Harper Government takes action on Alzheimer's disease

Jan 28, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/28/c6077.html

Wheat and Pulse Farmers Win With Launch of Canada-Morocco Free Trade Negotiations

Jan 28, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Wheat-and-Pulse-Farmers-Win-With-Launch-of-Canada-Morocco-Free-Trade-Negotiations-1387130.htm

Multiple chronic conditions, not age, main driver of health system use by seniors

Study identifies gaps in primary health care for seniors with multiple chronic conditions
Jan 27, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/27/c5783.html

Government of Canada Invests in Forest Industry Transformation at Alberta Newsprint Mill

Jan 27, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Invests-Forest-Industry-Transformation-Alberta-Newsprint-Mill-1386674.htm

Faster Health Diagnoses For Ontarians

McGuinty Government Supports New Pathology Imaging Centre
Jan 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/01/faster-health-diagnoses-for-ontarians.html

Ontario Needs Comprehensive Public Health Strategy

Dr. Arlene King Says That Public Health Is Everyone's Business
Jan 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/01/ontario-needs-comprehensive-public-health-strategy.html

Innovate or be left behind, Obama warns

Jan 26, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/innovate-or-be-left-behind-obama-warns/article1883919/

Canada’s culture of excellence in education

Jan 26, 2011
Andy Hargreaves
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/928064--canada-s-culture-of-excellence-in-education

Arctic security means more than Arctic sovereignty

Northern culture and environment matter as much as our military role
Jan 26, 2011
TONY PENIKETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/arctic-security-means-more-than-arctic-sovereignty/article1882672/

World food prices aren’t too high – they’re too low

How cheap food is destabilizing the global economy
Jan 26, 2011
NICK CULLATHER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/world-food-prices-arent-too-high-theyre-too-low/article1882674/

Does Peter Kent even care about emissions?

The new Environment Minister should read more about climate change and the oil sands
Jan 26, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/does-peter-kent-even-care-about-emissions/article1882673/

Ontario Launches Environmental Assessment For Electrification of Air Rail Link

McGuinty Government Building Better Public Transit
Jan 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2011/01/ontario-launches-environmental-assessment-for-electrification-of-air-rail-link.html

Protecting Drinking Water Sources Across The Province

McGuinty Government Invests In Safeguarding Drinking Water
Jan 26, 2011 9:00 AM
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/01/protecting-drinking-water-sources-across-the-province.html

Markham First City to Join Ontario's Clean Energy Program

McGuinty Government Supporting Energy Efficiency And Solar Projects
Jan 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/01/markham-first-city-to-join-ontarios-clean-energy-program.html

Don’t wait for U.S., set emission rules on industry now, panel says

Jan 25, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/dont-wait-for-us-set-emission-rules-on-industry-now-panel-says/article1881980/

Rating the potential high cost of carbon to investors

Jan 25, 2011
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/rating-the-potential-high-cost-of-carbon-to-investors/article1882675/

Quebec hires Bouchard to head oil and gas lobby group

Jan 25, 2011
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-hires-bouchard-to-head-oil-and-gas-lobby-group/article1882789/

Jeffrey Simpson on emissions, politics

Jan 25, 2011
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/discussions/jeffrey-simpson-on-emissions-politics/article1882714/

Keep up the pressure on maternal health, Canada

Stephen Harper can lead an international effort to ensure girls and young women aren't left out
Jan 25, 2011
Jill Sheffield
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/keep-up-the-pressure-on-maternal-health-canada/article1881298/

Don’t abandon Canada’s stake

Jan 25, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/927397--don-t-abandon-canada-s-stake

NRTEE Recommends Phased-In Climate Harmonization Policy with U.S.

Jan 25, 2011
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/NRTEE-Recommends-Phased-In-Climate-Harmonization-Policy-with-US-1385026.htm

Taking Action to Protect Lake Simcoe And The Local Economy

McGuinty Government Releases First Annual Report on Lake Simcoe
Jan 25, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/01/taking-action-to-protect-lake-simcoe-and-the-local-economy.html

MaRS Innovation/VitalHub: How iPhones Are Helping Health Care

- MaRS Innovation Invests in Mobile Health Technologies Created at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital
- Initial $300,000 Investment to Give VitalHub Inc. Crucial Head Start in "White Hot" Mobile Health IT Sector
Jan 25, 2011
MaRS Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/MaRS-Innovation-VitalHub-How-iPhones-Are-Helping-Health-Care-1385257.htm

Harper Government Designates 2011 as Year of the Entrepreneur

Emphasizes importance of the role of small business in securing Canada's economic recovery
Jan 25, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Designates-2011-as-Year-of-the-Entrepreneur-1385172.htm

Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project Joint Review Panel Announces Public Hearing Details

Jan 25, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/25/c5132.html

The Choking of China - and the World

The world knows that the Chinese economic boom has led to a huge increase in carbon emissions. But the damage has to stop if global environmental catastrophe is to be averted
Jan 24, 2011
Johann Hari
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-choking-of-china--and-the-world-2192372.html

Freedom from pasteurization

Jan 24, 2011
Adrian MacNair
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/01/24/adrian-macnair-freedom-from-pasteurization/

$1M grant to McGill scientist for parasite fight

Jan 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/24/parasite-tropical-disease.html

McGill Awarded $1-Million Grant to Address Debilitating Parasitic Diseases in the Developing World

Grand Challenges Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to support innovative Canadian research into disfiguring and debilitating diseases in the developing world
Jan 24, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/24/c4678.html