Science Canada: 08/16/11

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Young Canadians Get Passionate About Science and Engineering Through Hands-On Learning

Aug 11, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02222.html

NSERC InPartnership Newsletter August 2011

Aug 2011
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.nsercpartnerships.ca/_docs/Media-Media/Bulletins-Bulletins/Vol2-Issue3-EN.pdf

Near-Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomass into the U.S. Electricity Supply: Technical Considerations

Aug 2011
David S. Ortiz, Aimee E. Curtright, Constantine Samaras, Aviva Litovitz, Nicholas Burger
RAND
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/RAND_TR984.pdf

Quebec grants funding extension to asbestos mine

Aug 16, 2011
Tom Sandborn
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Health/2011/08/16/Asbestos_mine/

Sockeye hearings shift focus to aquaculture

Aug 16, 2011
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Sockeye+hearings+shift+focus+aquaculture/5262072/story.html

Forestry sector lays the roots for a future in bioproducts

Aug 16, 2011
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forestry-sector-lays-the-roots-for-a-future-in-bioproducts/article2131795/

Don’t break the bank on textbooks

Aug 16, 2011
Dakshana Bascaramurty
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/dont-break-the-bank-on-textbooks/article2130905/

Kingston hospital fighting C. difficile outbreak

Aug 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/16/ottawa-kingston-cdifficile-outbreak.html

Just 15 minutes of exercise a day improves health

Aug 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/16/exercise-physical-activity-15-minutes.html

Man wants Alberta to fund U.S. brain surgery

Aug 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/08/16/edmonton-brain-surgery-alberta-payment.html

New State-Of-The-Art Health Centre Coming To Brampton

A major redevelopment project at the Peel Memorial site of the Williams Osler Health System will give people and families in Brampton better access to state-of-the-art health care services.
Aug 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/08/new-state-of-the-art-health-centre-coming-to-brampton.html

Canada Launches Canadian University Teams' Participation in EcoCAR 2

Aug 16, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-launches-canadian-university-teams-participation-in-ecocar-2-1550248.htm

A Summer School like no other at the Canada Science and Technology Museum

Aug 16, 2011
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/16/c4062.html

Don't rush the ethics of the oilsands

Aug 15, 2011
Elaine McCoy
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/rush+ethics+oilsands/5254902/story.html

Province spending $1.1M to help university students launch companies

Aug 15, 2011
Luisa D’Amato
Waterloo Record
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/578952--province-spending-1-1m-to-help-university-students-launch-companies

Researchers racing against erosion around historic island

Aug 15, 2011
Sabrina Doyle
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Researchers+racing+against+erosion+around+historic+island/5258490/story.html

Niagara hospital system faces government control

Aug 15, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/15/c-difficile-niagara-supervisor.html

Melting Arctic permafrost will boost carbon emissions

Aug 15, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/15/science-carbon-sink-source-arctic.html

Alberta team turning cow parts into plastic

Aug 15, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/15/cow-plastic.html

Higher autism risk in siblings called a surprise

Aug 15, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/15/autism-siblings.html

Obesity score helps predict death risk

Aug 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/15/obesity-scoring-system.html

Is obesity cause for state intervention?

Aug 15, 2011
STASIA HADJIYANNAKIS and ANNICK BUCHHOLZ
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/is-obesity-cause-for-state-intervention/article2128249/

A good start toward rational health-care billing

Aug 15, 2011
Will Falk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1039877--a-good-start-toward-rational-health-care-billing

Jumping the queue for health care

RCMP’s quickie investigation in Alberta has raised more questions than answers.
Aug 15, 2011
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1039878--steward-jumping-the-queue-for-health-care

Ontario mayor decries ‘shameful’ Tory tactics toward asbestos widow

Aug 15, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-mayor-decries-shameful-tory-tactics-toward-asbestos-widow/article2129917/

Better Health Care For Children

Ontario is helping to provide the best health care for our children by investing in a new research centre at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
Aug 15, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/08/better-health-care-for-children.html

Montreal company hopes to revive Asbestos mine

Industry struggles as anti-asbestos crusader takes on federal Conservatives
Aug 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/08/14/balcorp-asbestos.html

Rheumatoid arthritis genetic link explains severity

Aug 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/12/arthritis-rheumatoid-gene.html

Ottawa mulling course for all food workers

Aug 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/14/ottawa-food-course.html

Lawyers attack Harper’s tough-on-crime agenda

Aug 14, 2011
KIRK MAKIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lawyers-attack-harpers-tough-on-crime-agenda/article2129321/

A healthy choice: funding in-vitro fertilization

Ontario should follow Quebec and fund in-vitro fertilization.
Aug 14, 2011
Heather Mallick
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1039328--a-healthy-choice-funding-in-vitro-fertilization

Medicare shouldn’t mean monopoly

Publicly-funded medicare systems should invite more competition
Aug 14, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/medicare-shouldnt-mean-monopoly/article2128332/

Tories tussle with widow over use of party logo in asbestos ad campaign

Aug 14, 2011
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-tussle-with-widow-over-use-of-party-logo-in-asbestos-ad-campaign/article2128997/

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: New Markets Now Open for Canadian Producers

For the First Time Since 2003, An Asian Market Has Opened Its Doors to Canadian Live Breeding Cattle, Sheep and Goats
Aug 14, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/agriculture-and-agri-food-canada-new-markets-now-open-for-canadian-producers-1549292.htm

Statement from Ontario Minister of Energy Brad Duguid

Today marks the eighth anniversary of the power blackout that plunged Ontario families and businesses into darkness. The blackout came during a summer when the province's electricity supply suffered from brownouts and diesel generators could be found in parking lots because of the uncertainty.
Aug 14, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/08/statement-from-ontario-minister-of-energy-brad-duguid-1.html

Cuts to Environment Canada are a blow to science

Re: Ottawa turns its back on climate, critics say, Aug. 5
Aug 13, 2011
Jeannette Whitton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Cuts+Environment+Canada+blow+science/5251008/story.html

Ontario's green dreams

Aug 13, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Ontario+green+dreams/5249618/story.html

Effectively silencing Canada’s whistleblowers

Aug 13, 2011
David Hutton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1038934--effectively-silencing-canada-s-whistleblowers

MS meets reality

Aug 12, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/meets+reality/5244205/story.html

Donations reactivate search for other intelligent life in the universe

Budget cuts had threatened to shut off telescopes
Aug 12, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/donations-reactivate-search-for-other-intelligent-life-in-the-universe/article2127995/

Spray-on solar panels developed at U of A

Aug 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/12/edm-spray-on-solar-cells.html

Listeria fears prompt U.S. recall of Canadian bacon

No recall in Canada
Aug 12, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/12/canada-us-bacon-recall.html

Ottawa councillor wants to extend smoking ban

Aug 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/12/ottawa-smoking-ban-parks.html

Giant tent to cover Japan nuclear reactor

Aug 12, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/12/japan-tent-nuclear-reactor.html

Ontario Doctors Given the Green Light to Promote Quackery

August 12, 2011
Centre for Inquiry Canada
http://www.cficanada.ca/blogs/entry/media_advisory_ontario_doctors_given_the_green_light_to_promote_quackery/

Improving Publicly-Funded Health Care For Ontarians

Ontario patients will see further improvements to their health care and taxpayers will get even better value for the health care dollars they spend through new initiatives agreed to by the Ontario Medical Association and the government.
Aug 12, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/08/improving-publicly-funded-health-care-for-ontarians.html

Investment in Food Packaging Research Will go the Distance for Growers

Innovative Food Packaging to Open the Way for Safe, Long-Distance Shipping
Aug 12, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/investment-in-food-packaging-research-will-go-the-distance-for-growers-1549158.htm

Matoush Exploration Project - Public Comments Invited on the Comprehensive Study Report

Aug 12, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/12/c3438.html

Ontarians Reminded To Protect Themselves Against Mosquitoes and Ticks

Mosquito pools testing positive for the West Nile virus are on the rise across the province and Ontarians need to continue taking proper precautions to reduce their risk of contracting the virus.
Aug 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/08/ontarians-reminded-to-protect-themselves-against-mosquitoes-and-ticks.html

Environment Canada forecasts Prairie job cuts

Aug 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/08/10/mb-environment-job-cuts-flood-water.html

Governor General to lead AUCC international delegation

University presidents to visit Brazil next spring.
Aug 10, 2011
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/governor-general-to-lead-aucc-international-delegation.aspx

A coal-fired plant and the lie of the land

What do you do when your government knowingly permits investments in new coal plants that prevent it from meeting its emissions-reduction promises? Aug 10, 2011
Aug 10, 2011
MARK JACCARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-coal-fired-plant-and-the-lie-of-the-land/article2125530/

UBC joins throng of schools opting out of copyright contract

Aug 10, 2011
MATTHEW ROBINSON
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/joins+throng+schools+opting+copyright+contract/5237728/story.html

‘Fractured’ health-care system failing patients, doctors say

Aug 10, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/fractured-health-care-system-is-failing-canadians-report-finds/article2125077/

First nation blockade of B.C. mine stalls aboriginal exploration deal

Aug 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/first-nation-blockade-of-bc-mine-stalls-aboriginal-exploration-deal/article2125382/

Invasive species: Should we learn to love them?

Aug 10, 2011
Sharon Oosthoek
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/09/f-environment-invasive-species.html

Food inspection cuts put Canadians at risk, union warns Ottawa

Aug 10, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/food-inspection-cuts-put-canadians-at-risk-union-warns-ottawa/article2125430/

Massive study disputes Zamboni theory of multiple sclerosis

Aug 10, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/massive-study-disputes-zamboni-theory-of-multiple-sclerosis/article2125784/

Celebrated Montreal scientist's work suspended

Possible 'error' in heart studies
Aug 10, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Celebrated+Montreal+scientist+work+suspended/5231358/story.html

Government of Canada Supports Business in Kitchener

Aug 10, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-business-in-kitchener-1548149.htm

Harper Creek Mine Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

Aug 10, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/10/c2512.html

Hammond Reef Gold Mine Project - Public Comments Invited and Federal Funding Available

Aug 10, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/10/c2862.html

Health Canada ordered to reinstate whistleblower scientist

Aug 9, 2011
DON BUTLER
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Health+Canada+ordered+reinstate+whistleblower+scientist/5225329/story.html

Herbal consumer safety information questioned

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database contains information on natural health products
Aug 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/09/herbal-remedies-safey-messages.html

Newer Canadian immigrants have fewer heart health risks

Aug 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/09/immigrant-heart-health.html

Hepatitis A advisory issued in Vancouver

Aug 9, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/09/bc-hepatitis-warning-vancouver.html

No menopause fix from soy pills

Aug 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/08/soy-menopause-bone.html

Air Canada may be legally OK not to ship monkeys

Aug 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/09/monkeys-air-canada-research.html

Lax Kw’alaams first nation demands BC Hydro project stop until compensation deal is reached

Aug 9, 2011
JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/lax-kwalaams-first-nation-demands-bc-hydro-project-stop-until-compensation-deal-is-reached/article2124767/

Parks Canada protects endangered piping plovers

Aug 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/09/nb-piping-plover-conservation-1157.html

Math prof charts influence of social networks

Professor says research may explain social influence on Facebook, Twitter
Aug 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/09/nb-social-media-research-messinger-538.html

Ontario Leading The Way For Electric Cars

Ontario is going to kick-start the widespread availability of electric car charging stations to make it more convenient for families to choose electric cars.
Aug 9, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/08/ontario-leading-the-way-for-electric-cars.html

Government of Canada Supports Innovation in Southern Ontario

Aug 9, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-innovation-in-southern-ontario-1547730.htm

Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in United Counties of Prescott and Russell

Aug 9, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/emerald-ash-borer-confirmed-in-united-counties-of-prescott-and-russell-1547744.htm

Joint Review Panel Established for the Proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project in Ontario

Aug 9, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/09/c2581.html

Prescription drug shortage plagues Nova Scotia

Aug 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/08/ns-sydney-drug-shortage.html

Time of 1st cigarette points to cancer risk

Aug 8, 2011
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/08/smoking-morning-cancer-risk.html

Deer ban called for on P.E.I.

Aug 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/08/pei-deer-ban-craig-584.html

Bird conservation efforts hurt by development

Aug 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/08/nb-birds-ecosystem-536.html

1 of 3 Health Canada 'whistleblowers' reinstated

Aug 8, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/08/pol-whistleblowers.html

A Sad Day for Whistleblower Protection and Integrity in Canada Says PIPSC

Aug 8, 2011
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/08/pol-whistleblowers.html

More Jobs For Families In Clean Energy Economy

Premier Dalton McGuinty visited the workers who are developing Siemens Canada's new plant in Tillsonburg today, thanking them for their hard work in helping Ontario become a global leader in clean energy.
Aug 8, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/08/more-jobs-for-families-in-ontarios-clean-energy-economy-1.html

Statement by Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans: Gathering Strength

Aug 8, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-by-keith-ashfield-minister-of-fisheries-and-oceans-gathering-strength-1547251.htm

Oil sands expected to undo carbon cuts

Aug 7, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/oil-sands-expected-to-undo-carbon-cuts/article2122227/

G8 maternal health money needs strings

Aug 7, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/g8-maternal-health-money-needs-strings/article2121508/

Supermarket adopts animal welfare standards for meat in Canada

Aug 7, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supermarket-adopts-animal-welfare-standards-for-meat-in-canada/article2122278/

Health Canada warns MDs not to push drugs online

Aug 7, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/health-canada-warns-mds-not-to-push-drugs-online/article2123117/

Concordia changes science learning

It's 'Akin to a foreign culture' so traditional methods of teaching are not always the best ways to develop critical thinking
Aug 6, 2011
DONNA NEBENZAHL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Concordia+changes+science+learning/5215271/story.html

Mosquitoes defying regional trends this summer

Usually buggy Winnipeg gets a break while Edmonton feels the sting
Aug 5, 2011
Kazi Stastna
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/02/f-mosquitoes-summer-trends.html

Skin cancer rates rising in Quebec

Experts say people underestimate the dangers of sun exposure and tanning beds
Aug 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/05/quebec-skin-cancer.html

Diabetes drug Actos clouded in lawsuits

Aug 5, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/05/actos-bladder-cancer.html

HRT class action case on breast cancer OK'd

Aug 5, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/05/hormone-replacement-lawsuit.html

School phys-ed grants cut

Aug 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/05/ns-boards-equipment-cuts.html

No Asian carp found during 4-day hunt

Aug 5, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/05/science-asian-carp.html

What future for our national parks?

Parks Canada, now 100 years old, has a great history, and should get the political and public support to continue conserving Canada's lands and waters
Aug 5, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/what-future-for-our-national-parks/article2121478/

Solar-powered NASA spacecraft begins five-year trip to Jupiter

Aug 5, 2011
MARCIA DUNN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/solar-powered-nasa-spacecraft-begins-five-year-trip-to-jupiter/article2121689/

NASA launches probe to Jupiter

Aug 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/05/science-nasa-juno-jupiter.html

Cats wreak havoc on bird populations: scientists

Aug 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/05/nb-cats-eating-birds.html

Ontario Puts A Charge Into Electric Vehicle Production

Ontario took another step today toward the plan to become a world-leading clean energy and manufacturing economy.
Aug 5, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/08/ontario-puts-a-charge-into-electric-vehicle-production.html

Government of Canada Invests in Research by Top Canadian Scholars to Build Knowledge on Economic, Social and Cultural Issues

Aug 5, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-invests-research-top-canadian-scholars-build-knowledge-on-economic-1546644.htm

Government of Canada Supports World-Leading Health Research to Benefit Canadians

Aug, 5, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-world-leading-health-research-to-benefit-canadians-1546624.htm

McGill reprimands prof over ghostwriting scandal

Failed to acknowledge DesignWrite's work
Aug 5, 2011
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/McGill+reprimands+prof+over+ghostwriting+scandal/5209461/story.html

Brain-drain plugged, Stephen Harper says

Aug 4, 2011
Adrian Humphreys
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/08/04/brain-drain-plugged-stephen-harper-says/

PM brings scholarship cash to Mac

Aug 4, 2011
Emma Reilly
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/572723--pm-brings-scholarship-cash-to-mac

Harnessing the power of bacteria

There’s mounting scientific data to support the use of a high-dose probiotic formula to prevent infection by repopulating the intestine with ‘friendly’ bacteria
Aug 4, 2011
KHURSHEED JEEJEEBHOY and PIERRE-JEAN MAZIADE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/harnessing-the-power-of-bacteria/article2119960/

Putting green energy front and centre

Aug 4, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1034762--putting-green-energy-front-and-centre

Mars could have liquid water: NASA

Aug 4, 2011
Alex Dobuzinskis
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/mars-could-have-liquid-water-nasa/article2120238/

Environment Canada job cuts raise concerns

Aug 4, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/04/pol-environment-job-cuts.html

Hundreds of job cuts loom for Environment Canada workers

Aug 4, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hundreds-of-job-cuts-loom-for-environment-canada-workers/article2119833/

Reprieve for mental health guardian

Health minister unexpectedly suspends plan to cut loose Ontario’s watchdog for psychiatric patients.
Aug 4, 2011
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1034785--goar-reprieve-for-mental-health-guardian

Water flowing on Mars, NASA images suggest

Aug 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/04/water-mars-nasa.html

You’ll just feel a little pinch

Measles and mumps viruses are on the prowl. They can easily be deterred – but if only you make an effort and get a needle.
Aug 4, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1034763--you-ll-just-feel-a-little-pinch

Knowledge is power in the fight against cancer

Canadian Cancer Society's Cancer Information Service celebrates milestone: One million Canadians helped!
Aug 4, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/04/c9274.html

More Jobs For Families In Ontario's Clean Energy Economy

Premier Dalton McGuinty met with workers at Celestica in Toronto today, thanking them for their hard work in helping Ontario become a global leader in clean energy.
Aug 4, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/08/more-jobs-for-families-in-ontarios-clean-energy-economy.html

Finasteride (Propecia, Proscar): Potential Rare Risk of Breast Cancer in Men

Aug 4, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/finasteride-propecia-proscar-potential-rare-risk-of-breast-cancer-in-men-1546101.htm

Hybrid grizzly-polar bears a worrisome sign of the North’s changing climate

Aug 3, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hybrid-grizzly-polar-bears-a-worrisome-sign-of-the-norths-changing-climate/article2119020/

In praise of ghostly scribes for scientists

Ghostwriting is not immoral, and scientific researchers could well benefit if professional writers rendered their often impenetrable prose more readable, both to the public and to other researchers.
Aug 3, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/in-praise-of-ghostly-scribes-for-scientists/article2118829/

McGuinty energizes Ontario campaign with promise of green jobs

Aug 3, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT AND RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-liberals-strike-revised-green-energy-deal-with-samsung/article2118494/

Science fair gold medalist, 17, invents better way to search Internet

Aug 3, 2011
EMILY JACKSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science-fair-gold-medalist-17-invents-better-way-to-search-internet/article2118962/

U.S. scientists oppose pipeline

Aug 3, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/03/science-keystone-pipeline.html

Native ladybugs lose ground to foreign species

Aug 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/01/science-environment-ladybug.html

New HIV infections in U.S. hold steady

Aug 3, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/03/hiv-aids-infections.html

Haida Gwaii doctors sound alarm on psychedelic use

Aug 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/03/bc-haida-gwaii-drugs.html

Alternative medicine popular for arthritis

Aug 3, 2011
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/03/arthritis-alternative-medicine.html

Centenarians' lifestyles not especially healthy

Good genes trump healthy habits, study suggests
Aug 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/03/centenarians-longevity-genes-lifestyle.html

Prostate cancer urine test aims for better screen

Aug 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/08/03/prostate-cancer.html

U of Alberta distances self from U.S. researcher

Aug 3, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/03/science-polar-bear-alberta.html

Ontarians Reminded To Be Vaccinated Against Measles and Mumps

Ontario's' Chief Medical Officer of Health is advising Ontarians that mumps and measles are circulating in Ontario.
Aug 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/08/ontarians-reminded-to-be-vaccinated-against-measles-and-mumps.html

Statement from Ontario Minister of Energy Brad Duguid

In January, 2010 the McGuinty government and Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation announced an agreement to create 16,000 direct and indirect jobs in Ontario for Ontarians, bring four manufacturing plants to Ontario, inject $7 billion of investment into our economy and build 2,500 megawatts of clean wind and solar electricity.
Aug 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/08/statement-from-ontario-minister-of-energy-brad-duguid.html

Government of Canada Invests in Aquaculture Innovation Projects in B.C.

Aug 3, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-aquaculture-innovation-projects-in-bc-1545745.htm

Labrador caribou hunt indefinitely postponed

Aug 2, 2011
OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/labrador-caribou-hunt-indefinitely-postponed/article2117694/

Renewing renewable energy

Ontario needs to encourage wind power without alienating communities.
Aug 2, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1033766--renewing-renewable-energy

McGuinty Liberals make it harder to cancel green energy programs ahead of election

Aug 2, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT AND RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mcguinty-liberals-make-it-harder-to-cancel-green-energy-programs-ahead-of-election/article2117778/

Judge sets deadline for Ottawa to come up with caribou protection plan

Jul 29, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/judge-sets-deadline-for-ottawa-to-come-up-with-caribou-protection-plan/article2114468/

The greenest province?

Jul 20, 2011
ROBERT MATAS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/crosscheck-the-greenest-province/article2104435/

Ontario tax dollars supporting energy in the West, McGuinty says

Jul 19, 2011
IAN BAILEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-tax-dollars-supporting-energy-in-the-west-mcguinty-says/article2103037/