Science Canada: 2012

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Alberta immerses in innovation policy discussions at CSPC 2012

Oct 4, 2012
Mehrdad Hariri and Anton Neschadim
Biotechnology Focus
http://biotechnologyfocus.ca/?p=1736

Monday, July 9, 2012

New watchdog targets bad science in policy and regulation nationwide

July 9, 2012
Bad Science Watch
http://www.badsciencewatch.ca/new-watchdog-targets-bad-science-in-policy-and-regulation-nationwide/

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Call for Session Proposals: Canadian Science Policy Conference 2012

Apr 18, 2012
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/-1645776.htm

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Canadian businesses feel less pressure to innovate than global competitors

Conference Board of Canada launches new centre for business innovation to improve performance among firms
Jan 31, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/913361/canadian-businesses-feel-less-pressure-to-innovate-than-global-competitors

Can Ottawa spark innovation? It hasn’t yet

Feb 1, 2012
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/can-ottawa-spark-innovation-it-hasnt-yet/article2321249/

We need a new way to measure innovation

Feb 1, 2012
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/we-need-a-new-way-to-measure-innovation/

Canada's falling far behind in research

We need a facility to attract and train top talent, with the goal of both making discoveries and getting them to market
Feb 3, 2012
JOHN BERGERON
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+falling+behind+research/6095132/story.html

The worst of both worlds: high drug prices, low R&D

Canadians are among the biggest consumers of pharmaceuticals in the world
Feb 2, 2012
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/the-worst-of-both-worlds-high-drug-prices-low-rd/article2324591/

AstraZeneca cuts 132 jobs, shuts Montreal facility

Feb 2, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/02/astrazeneca-layoffs-montreal-cp.html

Canadian biotech firms ‘missing the boat’ in Asia

Jan 30, 2012
Andy hoffman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-biotech-firms-missing-the-boat-in-asia/article2320187/

Harper Government invests in personalized medicine

Improving the quality of life of Canadians by developing more effective treatments
Jan 31, 2012
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/913339/harper-government-invests-in-personalized-medicine

Genome Canada New Competition Announcement and Launch: Genomics and Personalized Health

Speaking Points of The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Jan 31, 2012
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/07049.html

Scientific publishing: The price of information

Academics are starting to boycott a big publisher of journals
Feb 4, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21545974

We’re ripe for a great disruption in higher education

The digital revolution will turn our current university model upside down – and it's for the best
Feb 4, 2012
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/were-ripe-for-a-great-disruption-in-higher-education/article2325979/

University leaders want more Canadians to study abroad

Feb 2, 2012
James Bradshaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-leaders-want-more-canadians-to-study-abroad/article2325034/

Innovation centre seen as spark for high-tech sector

'Incubator' would help out new businesses
Feb 1, 2012
Matthew Gauk
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Innovation+centre+seen+spark+high+tech+sector/6083054/story.html

After Kyoto and Durban: A question of balance

Feb 2012
Peter Kent
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/kent.pdf

Coming down the pipe(line) in 2012

Feb 2012
Todd Hirsch
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/hirsch.pdf

Harnessing energy for change

Feb 2012
Velma McColl
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/mccoll.pdf

The Equinox Summit: Imagining a lower-carbon, electrified future

Feb 2012
Wilson da Silva
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/dasilva.pdf

Beyond Kyoto and Keystone

Feb 2012
Robin V. Sears
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/sears.pdf

Why Keystone failed and how to fix it

Feb 2012
Donald Barry
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/barry.pdf

Becoming increasingly unconventional: Why energy is in need of a strategy

Feb 2012
Kevin G. Lynch and Kathy Sendall
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/lynch.pdf

Making Canadians energy wise

Feb 2012
John Manley
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/manley.pdf

Reversing the curse: Starting with energy

Feb 2012
David L. Emerson
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/emerson.pdf

Sustainable energy: A driver for economic, environmental and social well-being

Feb 2012
Daniel Gagnier
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/gagnier.pdf

Nuclear in the oil sands: Building on Canada’s strengths

Feb 2012
John Stewart
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/stewart.pdf

Energy for nation-building in the 21st Century

Feb 2012
Jim Prentice
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/prentice.pdf

Hydroelectricity: Green and renewable

Feb 2012
Thierry Vandal
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/vandal.pdf

Better Value for Money in Healthcare: European Lessons for Canada

Canada would benefit from a serious look at European countries’ efforts to align incentives within their health systems to encourage better performance.
Jan 2012
Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/Commentary_339.pdf

Russian Federation: Health System Review

Feb 2012
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/157092/HiT-Russia_EN_web-with-links.pdf

Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work

Feb 3, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/mental-health-and-work_9789264124523-en

Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies

Feb 4, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/mortality-risk-valuation-in-environment-health-and-transport-policies_9789264130807-en

Scientists studying bird flu must have biosecurity: Canada

Feb 4, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20120204/health-birdflu-study-research-20120204.html

'Yellow-cedar decline' mystery solved: study

Tree deaths attributed to lack of snow to protect shallow roots
Feb 4, 2012
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Yellow+cedar+decline+mystery+solved+study/6102272/story.html

Scientists censure McGill University over ties to asbestos industry

Feb 4, 2012
Michelle Lalonde
The Gazette
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/02/04/scientists-censure-mcgill-university-over-ties-to-asbestos-industry/

Federal food safety surveillance program stalled

Feb 4, 2012
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/pol-mckie-thehouse-disease-centres.html

Desk-bound lifestyles proving hazardous, researchers say

Feb 4, 2012
Shelley Page
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Desk+bound+lifestyles+proving+hazardous+researchers/6103581/story.html

Harper in China: Juggling oil sales and core principles

Feb 4, 2012
Charles Burton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1126179--harper-in-china-juggling-oil-sales-and-core-principles

Former NRC scientist abandons remaining lawsuit against employer

Ottawa physicist, 69, cites health, money concerns for ending human rights battle
Feb 4, 2012
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Former+scientist+abandons+remaining+lawsuit+against+employer/6103432/story.html

The nature of humanity: What’s a man?

Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human
Feb 4, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21545972

Minister Ashfield Announces a 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award Winner in Quebec

Feb 4, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-ashfield-announces-2011-national-recreational-fisheries-award-winner-quebec-1615130.htm

McGill responds to charges it's in bed with asbestos industry

Feb 3, 2012
Michelle Lalonde
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/business/McGill+responds+charges+with+asbestos+industry/6100016/story.html

Where Canada goes from Keystone

We shouldn’t have all our energy eggs in one basket, and we should be seeking a more strategic approach to our energy future
Feb 3, 2012
Kevin Lynch AND Kathy Sendall
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/where-canada-goes-from-keystone/article2324588/

Imperial Oil okays $2-billion Cold Lake expansion

Feb 3, 2012
Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/imperial-oil-okays-2-billion-cold-lake-expansion/article2325314/

Scientists win historic battle over oilsands monitoring

Feb 3, 2012
William Marsden
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+historic+battle+over+oilsands+monitoring/6100226/story.html

Alberta, Ottawa beef up oil sands monitoring

New system will increase number of testing stations, but will not be independently run
Feb 3, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-ottawa-beef-up-oil-sands-monitoring/article2325907/

Supreme Court opens trade secrets in Merck ruling

Feb 3, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/trade-secrets-pharmaceuticals-scoc.html

Merck Frosst loses information-protection appeal

Feb 3, 2012
Sheila Dabu Nonato and Brad Bouzane
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Merck+Frosst+loses+information+protection+appeal/6098105/story.html

Tanning bed ban urged for under-18s

Feb 3, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/tanning-bed-ban.html

Girl has 6 organs replaced at once

Feb 3, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/f-multiple-organ-transplants-esophagus.html

Clark stakes B.C.’s energy future on liquefied natural gas

Christy Clark faces one major hurdle – finding the energy to turn natural gas into LNG
Feb 3, 2012
Justine Hunter AND Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-premier-stakes-provinces-energy-future-on-liquefied-natural-gas/article2325632/

One breath away from diagnosing disease

Researchers are closing in on commercially-viable devices to detect cancers by analyzing human breath
Feb 3, 2012
Rick Pilger
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/one-breath-away-from-diagnosing-disease/article2326029/

The case for biofuels in our energy mix

Feb 3, 2012
Tim Haig
Financial Post
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/03/the-case-for-biofuels-in-our-energy-mix/

Fuel economy: Going along for the ride

People say they want more fuel-efficient cars, but few actually buy them
Feb 3, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/02/fuel-economy

Life on Mars unlikely on dry surface

Planet's relatively brief wet period occurred billions of years ago
Feb 3, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/03/sci-mars-dry-planet.html

Health Authorities Launch Blitz Against Toxic Lawn Products — pesticide ad campaign a first in BC history

Feb 3, 2012
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915667/health-authorities-launch-blitz-against-toxic-lawn-products-pesticide-ad-campaign-a-first-in-bc-history

Ontario Science Centre Hosts Unique Facebook Live Event Inside Da Vinci Exhibition

Panel of Experts Debate How to Inspire Young Minds
Feb 3, 2012
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915863/ontario-science-centre-hosts-unique-facebook-live-event-inside-da-vinci-exhibition

Report says science, not minister should rule Canada's fisheries

Feb 2, 2012
Wendy Cox
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/report-says-science-not-minister-should-rule-canadas-fisheries-138578889.html

Canada failing its oceans, biodiversity panel finds

Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/02/bc-canada-biodiversity-oceans.html

McGill asbestos study flawed, epidemiologist says

Government plans to approve asbestos sales to developing world
Feb 2, 2012
Gil Shochat and Joseph Loiero
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/01/asbestos-study-mcgill.html

Tracking Lyme disease

Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/02/lyme-disease-tick-map.html

Energy regulator approves export licence for BC LNG

Feb 2, 2012
Carrie Tait AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/energy-regulator-approves-export-licence-for-bc-lng/article2324866/

Ottawa must consider cost of prison expansion -- in addition to pension reform

If everything is on the table, why do the billions of dollars being added to the federal corrections budget feel untouchable?
Feb 2, 2012
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ottawa-must-consider-cost-of-prison-expansion----in-addition-to-pension-reform/article2324562/

Why not try after-hours care the Dutch way?

Feb 2, 2012
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/why-not-try-after-hours-care-the-dutch-way/article2322792/

2 new Kepler planets with double suns discovered

Now 3 such known systems in the galaxy
Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/02/sci-kepler-new-planets-nasa.html

New study building framework to bring personalized medicine to the clinic

Feb 2, 2012
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915093/new-study-building-framework-to-bring-personalized-medicine-to-the-clinic

Slowing economic growth and rising health care pressures squeeze Ontario's finances

Feb 2, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/914711/slowing-economic-growth-and-rising-health-care-pressures-squeeze-ontario-s-finances

Harper Government Investments to Help Dairy Farmers Boost Exports

Feb 2, 2012
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-investments-to-help-dairy-farmers-boost-exports-1614365.htm

Ontario's Clean Energy Workforce Continues to Grow

Ontario's sustainable energy technology programs are helping build a skilled workforce to meet the demand for clean energy jobs and strengthen the province's position as a clean energy leader in North America.
Feb 2, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2012/02/ontarios-clean-energy-workforce-continues-to-grow.html

Government of Canada Helping Young Girls Explore Careers in Science

Feb 2, 2012
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-helping-young-girls-explore-careers-in-science-1614563.htm

Strengthening Measures to Protect Canada From the Asian Long-Horned Beetle

Feb 2, 2012
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/strengthening-measures-to-protect-canada-from-the-asian-long-horned-beetle-1614661.htm

Tax 'toxic' sugar, doctors urge

Age restriction for sugary drinks proposed
Feb 1, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/01/sugar-toxic-regulate.html

Decision on proposed Glacier Discovery Walk in Jasper National Park delayed

Parks Canada has delayed a decision on a controversial multi-million dollar tourist attraction proposed for Jasper National Park in order to digest a flood of comments
Feb 1, 2012
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decision-on-proposed-glacier-discovery-walk-in-jasper-national-park-delayed/article2321135/

Ottawa heart researchers lauded

Their work shows the use of next-generation pacemakers helps patients with moderate heart failure
Feb 1, 2012
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+heart+researchers+lauded/6081980/story.html

Harper Government Secures Jobs Through Forest Sector Innovation and Renewal

Feb 1, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-secures-jobs-through-forest-sector-innovation-and-renewal-1613964.htm

Collaboration between food industry and government regulators would make a good system better

Feb 1, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/914113/collaboration-between-food-industry-and-government-regulators-would-make-a-good-system-better

Flu research and public safety: Too dangerous for words

The would-be censors of research into deadly flu strains publicly air their fears
Jan 31, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/flu-research-and-public-safety

Canadian researchers develop disease-outbreak surveillance systems

Jan 31, 2012
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+researchers+develop+disease+outbreak+surveillance+systems/6080541/story.html

Canada’s role in the global selective abortion debate

Routine ultrasound improves prenatal health, and restricting abortions could worsen maternal deaths from unsafe abortions.
Jan 31, 2012
Prabhat Jha
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1124468--canada-s-role-in-the-global-selective-abortion-debate

The downside to Ontario’s health-care reforms

Jan 31, 2012
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1124376--walkom-the-downside-to-ontario-s-health-care-reforms

Does Holland have the key to our health-care future?

Jan 31, 2012
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/31/blackwell-on-health-does-holland-have-the-key-to-our-health-care-future/

Stop navel-gazing, learn from healthcare abroad

Jan 31, 2011
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/stop-navel-gazing-learn-from-healthcare-abroad/16400

Court Imposes Significant Fine for Damage to Northern Pike Habitat

Jan 31, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/court-imposes-significant-fine-for-damage-to-northern-pike-habitat-1613322.htm

Statement by the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, on Enforcement of the Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed At Youth Act

Jan 31, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-honourable-leona-aglukkaq-minister-health-on-enforcement-cracking-down-on-1613469.htm

Minister Oliver Addresses Canada Mining Stakeholders About the Need for Regulatory Reform to Support Economic Growth

Jan 31, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-addresses-canada-mining-stakeholders-about-need-regulatory-reform-support-1613129.htm

Covering the oilsands

Journalists discuss tension between economic and environmental issues.
Jan 30, 2012
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1123870--covering-the-oilsands

Gingrich promises Canadians he will authorize Keystone if elected

Jan 30, 2012
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/gingrich-promises-canadians-he-will-authorize-keystone-if-elected/article2319740/

UN report calls for 'ever-green' energy revolution

Extols use of more wind, solar and other renewable sources of energy
Jan 30, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/30/sci-un-green-energy.html

B.C. not ready to tip its hand on Gateway project

Jan 30, 2012
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-not-ready-to-tip-its-hand-on-gateway-project/article2320435/

Alberta STD rates drop for 1st time since 2004

More work needs to be done, says chief medical officer
Jan 30, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/edmonton-sexually-transmitted-diseases-drop.html

Yukon youth want more support for drugs, alcohol addiction

Friends of teen who died a year ago say there is still not enough help from government
Jan 30, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/north-yukon-youth-addictions.html

Liberals outline Ontario health reforms

Jan 30, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/toronto-ontario-healthcare.html

Extreme tuberculosis raises alarms in Canada

Jan 30, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/tuberculosis-resistant-india.html

Killer whales finding prey further north as Arctic ice melts, Inuit tell scientists

Jan 30, 2012
Kenyon Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1123942--killer-whales-finding-prey-further-north-as-arctic-ice-melts-inuit-tell-scientists

Canada's most prominent health organizations launch campaign calling on the Ontario government to invest to prevent Ontario's looming health crisis

Jan 30, 2012
Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (OCDPA)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/912873/canada-s-most-prominent-health-organizations-launch-campaign-calling-on-the-ontario-government-to-invest-now-to-prevent-ontario-s-looming-health-crisi

Ontario's Action Plan To Transform Health Care

Ontario is launching an Action Plan to transform the health care system and deal with the demographic challenges as well as the province's deficit.
Jan 30, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/ontarios-action-plan-to-transform-health-care.html

Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine Projects Public Consultation on Revised Joint Review Panel Agreements

Jan 30, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/912961/jackpine-mine-expansion-and-pierre-river-mine-projects-public-consultation-on-revised-joint-review-panel-agreements

Scientists 'in shock' after Canada's premiere icebreaker docked for repairs

Jan 29, 2012
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Scientists+shock+after+Canada+premiere+icebreaker+docked+repairs/6069515/story.html

Oil sands companies brace for higher costs

Jan 29, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-companies-brace-for-higher-costs/article2318968/

Keep jobs in Canada: Build refineries for oilsands

Jan 29, 2012
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Keep+jobs+Canada+Build+refineries+oilsands/6070305/story.html

CIDA funds seen to be subsidizing mining firms

Jan 29, 2012
Daniel Leblanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cida-funds-seen-to-be-subsidizing-mining-firms/article2319033/

Alberta First Nation outraged at lack of caribou protection

Environment minister declined emergency order to protect animal last week
Jan 29, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/29/north-caribou-reaction.html

Government of Canada Takes Action to Improve Energy Efficiency

Jan 29, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-takes-action-to-improve-energy-efficiency-1612022.htm

Embryonic stem cells: Looking up

Stem-cell research is now bearing fruit
Jan 28, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543471

Colony collapse disorder: Bee off

A possible explanation of why beehives sometimes vanish
Jan 28, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543469

Canada’s resource project reviews risk lost investment opportunities: Oliver

Jan 27, 2012
Janet Mcfarland
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadas-resource-project-reviews-risk-lost-investment-opportunities-oliver/article2317718/

The Digital Rescue of health care

Innovation, not more money, is needed
Jan 27, 2012
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-digital-rescue-of-health-care/article2318065/

Gateway panel urged to affirm it’s impartial

Jan 27, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/gateway-panel-urged-to-affirm-its-impartial/article2317612/

Federal documents spark outcry by oil sands critics

Jan 26, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/federal-documents-spark-outcry-by-oil-sands-critics/article2316087/

Obama straddles middle in touting homegrown oil, gas

Jan 26, 2012
Shawn Mccarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-straddles-middle-in-touting-homegrown-oil-gas/article2316742/

Six Canadian firms among globe's most sustainable

Jan 25, 2012
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/six-canadian-firms-among-globes-most-sustainable/article2314683/

U.S. group wants trade ban on Canada for polar bear hunt

Centre for Biological Diversity says Arviat quota increase violates a 1973 convention
Jan 25, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/25/north-polar-bear-ban.html

Ottawa promises speedier review of oil sands projects

Jan 25, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ottawa-promises-speedier-review-of-oil-sands-projects/article2314829/

Innovation is key to improving health care

Jan 24, 2012
Colin Busby
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Busby+Innovation+improving+health+care/6045064/story.html

Northern Gateway panel hears from Albertans opposed to pipeline

Jan 24, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/northern-gateway-panel-hears-from-albertans-opposed-to-pipeline/article2313931/

Cherishing Canada’s beauty goes ‘beyond borders’

Jan 23, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cherishing-canadas-beauty-goes-beyond-borders/article2312435/

Air Oil Sands: a new flight path in Alberta

Jan 21, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/air-oil-sands-a-new-flight-path-in-alberta/article2310193/

With Keystone, it's Harvard vs. the heartland

Jan 21, 2012
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/with-keystone-its-harvard-vs-the-heartland/article2309950/

Sunday, January 29, 2012

A pivotal year for science and innovation policy

Jan 12, 2012
Mehrdad Hariri
IT in Canada
http://www.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=0&id=15768&np=1

Harper signals Canada's looming R&D revamp

Jan 27, 2012
Barrie Mckenna
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-signals-looming-rd-revamp/article2317539/

Research and development spending intentions

Jan 13, 2012
Statistics Canada - The Daily
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120113/dq120113d-eng.htm

Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD), and the Provinces

National estimates 2001 to 2011 / Provincial estimates 2005 to 2009
Jan 2012
Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/88-221-x/88-221-x2011001-eng.pdf

CFI awards $33.6 million

Leaders Opportunity Fund awards go to 38 universities
Jan 25, 2012
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/cfi-awards-33-million.aspx

Oil, gas studies get $800K boost

Ottawa, Sask. offer equal funds
Jan 28, 2012
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/business/studies+800K+boost/6065107/story.html

Canada backs off on research into icebound energy reserves

Jan 24, 2012
Tom Spears
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canada+backs+research+into+icebound+energy+reserves/6045106/story.html

Environment Canada to get rid of 60 scientists

Jan 12, 2012
Kathryn May
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Environment+Canada+scientists/5981982/story.html

Sneak peek at Canada's next innovation hub

Jan 25, 2012
Dianne Buckner
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/01/25/f-vp-buckner-startup.html

Canadian business want simpler, faster innovation plan, report says

Jan 19, 2012
Dana Flavelle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1117961--canadian-business-want-simpler-faster-innovation-plan-report-says

Ontario universities, hospitals ‘in shock’ after $66-million funding cut

Jan 9, 2012
Karen Howlett AND James Bradshaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-universities-hospitals-in-shock-after-66-million-funding-cut/article2296894/

McGuinty defends cuts to university research grants

Jan 9, 2012
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1112731--mcguinty-defends-cuts-to-university-research-grants

Ontario’s teaching hospitals fear loss of $100M in funding because of cuts

Jan 10, 2012
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1113643

Hospitals, universities slam research cuts

Ontario Liberals say $66M budget reduction just the start as they look to fulfil regional development pledges
Jan 11, 2012
Lee Greenberg And Matthew Pearson
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Hospitals+universities+slam+research+cuts/5977244/story.html

Hospital researchers upset over Ontario funding cuts

Jan 11, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/01/11/ottawa-research-health-funding-cut.html

University research grants scrapped by Liberals

Jan 6, 2011
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1111885--university-research-grants-scrapped-by-liberals

Starving arts education is a mistake

Corporatist strategy will produce a population unable to think critically
Jan 21, 2012
David Marples
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Starving+arts+education+mistake/6031467/story.html

How much is too much research on pedagogy?

And other problems with teaching-only universities
Jan 25, 2012
Alan Slavin
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/how-much-is-too-much-research-on-pedagogy.aspx

Can student cheating be weeded out?

New research on academic integrity at universities.
Jan 18, 2012
Cathy Bolton, Mebs Kanji and Soheyla Salari
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/can-student-cheating-be-weeded-out.aspx

A modest proposal to recognize undergraduate teaching

Recently there’s been a surge in criticism about the relative resources and time that universities put into undergraduate teaching.
Jan 9, 2012
Doug Owram
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/a-modest-proposal-to-recognize-undergraduate-teaching.aspx

Yes, Canadian universities do discriminate against their own graduates

The following is a response to the 2009 article, “PhD: To what end?,” which showed that Canadian philosophy grads are less likely than foreign-educated PhDs to be hired at Canadian institutions. The article has received more than 40 comments to date, including this insightful reply.
Jan 9, 2012
Douglas Mann
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/yes-canadian-universities-do-discriminate-against-their-own-graduates.aspx

Academic reform: tread carefully

Ontario’s system isn’t broken, just stressed. Before we try more radical fixes, why not encourage a robust college-university transfer system?
Jan 9, 2012
Peter Ricketts
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/academic-reform-tread-carefully.aspx

Mobilizing knowledge

Sharing our research more effectively
Jan 9, 2012
Ben Levin
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/mobilizing-knowledge.aspx

Does Ontario really need three new universities?

Too many current graduates enter the job market without the qualifications to find meaningful work
Jan 14, 2012
Rick Miner
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1115552--does-ontario-really-need-three-new-universities

Canadian schools falling behind in online learning, report says

Jan 24, 2012
Kate Hammer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-schools-falling-behind-in-online-learning-report-says/article2312713/

The decade to innovate in India

India is fast becoming the Promised Land for startups and dynamic entrepreneurs
Jan 26, 2012
Postmedia News
http://www.theprovince.com/business/decade+innovate+India/6054017/story.html

From solar energy to security, NRC spins out ideas

Jan 11, 2012
Bert Hill
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/From+solar+energy+security+spins+ideas/5977265/story.html

U of S nuclear centre readies for research

Jan 9, 2012
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/nuclear+centre+readies+research/5965175/story.html

U of O sees health sciences building as a priority, says president

Jan 5, 2012
Mark Brownlee
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/sees+health+sciences+building+priority+says+president/5947366/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Integrating Emerging Technologies into Chemical Safety Assessment

The Expert Panel on the Integrated Testing of Pesticides
Jan 17, 2012
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/assessments%20and%20publications%20and%20news%20releases/pesticides/pesticides_full_report_en.pdf

Intellectual Assets and Innovation: The SME Dimension

Jan 17, 2012
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/industry-and-services/intellectual-assets-and-innovation_9789264118263-en

Financing High-Growth Firms: The Role of Angel Investors

Jan 17, 2012
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/industry-and-services/financing-high-growth-firms_9789264118782-en

Inventory of Estimated Budgetary Support and Tax Expenditures for Fossil Fuels

Jan 2, 2012
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/inventory-of-estimated-budgetary-support-and-tax-expenditures-for-fossil-fuels_9789264128736-en

OECD Green Growth Studies: Food and Agriculture

Jan 12, 2012
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/agriculture-and-food/food-and-agriculture_9789264107250-en

POSTnote: Open Access to Scientific Information

Jan 25, 2012
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/POST-PN-397.pdf

POSTnote: Solar Photovoltaics

Jan 25, 2012
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/POST-PN-398.pdf

POSTnote: Measuring Energy Security

Jan 23, 2012
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/POST-PN-399.pdf

Beyond the Hospital Walls: Activity Based Funding Versus Integrated Health Care Reform

Jan 16, 2012
Marcy Cohen, Margaret McGregor, Iglika Ivanova, Chris Kinkaid
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/BC%20Office/2012/01/CCPA-BC_ABF_2012.pdf

Transformation Lessons from Disease-based Strategies: An Environmental Scan

Dec 2011
Anne Brasset-Latulippe, Jennifer Verma, Gillian Mulvale and Kevin Barclay
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
http://www.chsrf.ca/Libraries/Commissioned_Research_Reports/EScanTransformationLessons-EN.sflb.ashx

Provincial and Territorial Health System Priorities: An Environmental Scan

Value-Based Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in Canada: Opportunities to Expand the Role of Health Technology Asessment?

Dec 2011
Don Husereau, Chris G. Cameron
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
http://www.chsrf.ca/Libraries/Commissioned_Research_Reports/Husereau-Dec2011-EN.sflb.ashx

The Use of Health Technology Assessment to Inform the Value of Provider Fees: Current Challenges and Future Oportunities

Oct 2011
Don Husereau, Chris G. Cameron
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
http://www.chsrf.ca/Libraries/Commissioned_Research_Reports/Husereau-Fee-Schedule-E.sflb.ashx

Oil and gas industry the "gorilla in the room" for Canada's environmental policies: Environment Canada

Jan 28, 2012
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/industry+gorilla+room+Canada+environmental+policies+Environment+Canada/6067536/story.html

Tear down barriers to energy conservation

Recent regulatory rulings put short-term price control ahead of deeper cost savings
Jan 28, 2012
Jack Gibbons
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1122862--tear-down-barriers-to-energy-conservation

Attention to energy sector is overdue

Jan 28, 2012
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Attention+energy+sector+overdue/6066583/story.html

Canada behind in development of nuclear fusion, scientist says

Jan 28, 2012
Richard Watts
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Canada+behind+development+nuclear+fusion+scientist+says/6067025/story.html

Prescriptions of second-generation antipsychotics on the rise

Jan 28, 2012
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Prescriptions+second+generation+antipsychotics+rise/6067755/story.html

P.E.I. considers free HPV vaccine for boys

Jan 28, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/01/28/pei-hpv-vaccine-boys.html

Peter Kent announces plans for bison in Banff

Introducing bison back into the Yukon proves to be too successful
Jan 28, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/01/27/calgary-bison-banff-announcement.html

Flu research and public safety: Influenza and its complications

When, if ever, are scientific results too sensitive to make public?
Jan 28, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543472

Visible-light communication: Tripping the light fantastic

A fast and cheap optical version of Wi-Fi is coming
Jan 28, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543470

Federal push for oilsands lists allies, 'adversaries'

First nations, activists listed among foes
Jan 27, 2012
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Federal+push+oilsands+lists+allies+adversaries/6060312/story.html

Switch off the lights, here comes the sun

Transporting natural sunlight into the interior of buildings could one day make electric lighting a thing of the past
Jan 27, 2012
Rick Pilger
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/switch-off-the-lights-here-comes-the-sun/article2317875/

Research teams making progress collecting critical data on CCSVI: MS society

Jan 27, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/style/research-teams-making-progress-collecting-critical-data-on-ccsvi-ms-society-138229969.html

'Radical' federal remarks boost support for enviro groups

Jan 27, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120127/federal-remarks-boost-environmental-groups-120127/

Are we over-diagnosing autism? The psychiatric debate

Jan 27, 2012
Brent Bambury
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/27/f-vp-bambury-autism.html

Remote reserve declares emergency over prescription drug abuse

Jan 27, 2012
Sheila Dabu Nonato
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Remote+reserve+declares+emergency+over+prescription+drug+abuse/6058171/story.html

Swine flu cases rise in Mexico

No changes in virus, U.S. experts say
Jan 27, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/27/swine-flu-h1n1-mexico.html

Canadian-made orange juice seized by FDA

Canadian, Brazilian products affected, U.S. government says
Jan 27, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/27/orange-juice-fungicide.html

Forestry sector sees hope in new technology

Nanocrystalline cellulose plant opens in Quebec
Jan 27, 2012
LYNN MOORE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Forestry+sector+sees+hope+technology/6059135/story.html

NASA's Kepler mission finds 26 new planets

Sizes range from 1.5 times the radius of Earth to larger than Jupiter
Jan 27, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/26/sci-nasa-kepler-planets.html

Asteroid makes close approach to Earth

Jan 27, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/27/sci-asteroid-earth.html

Researchers make key finding in loss of tumour-fighting gene

Jan 27, 2011
Tori Stafford
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3450923

Canadian Health Policy Research - Many Voices, Much Complexity

Jan 27, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/911863/canadian-health-policy-research-many-voices-much-complexity

Drug Reform Providing Better Care For Families

Ontarians have saved an additional $100 million in new savings thanks to the province's drug system reforms.
Jan 27, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/drug-reform-providing-better-care-for-families.html

Minister Oliver Discusses Moving Forward with Canada's Natural Resources

Jan 27, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-discusses-moving-forward-with-canadas-natural-resources-1611905.htm

Government of Canada Grows New Opportunities for Sunflower Sector

Jan 27, 2012
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-grows-new-opportunities-for-sunflower-sector-1611847.htm

Minister of State Goodyear Celebrates Grand Opening of Conestoga College Cambridge Campus

Jan 27, 2012
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-state-goodyear-celebrates-grand-opening-conestoga-college-cambridge-campus-1611841.htm

Stephen Harper got it right in Davos: businesses aren't investing enough in innovation

At the Davos economic summit Stephen Harper praised Canada as a great place to invest. That’s good advice for our own businesses, too.
Jan 26, 2012
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1122076--stephen-harper-got-it-right-in-davos-canadian-businesses-aren-t-investing-nearly-enough-in-innovation-and-the-jobs-it-brings

Oilsands 'allies' and 'adversaries' named in federal documents

Jan 26, 2012
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/26/pol-oilsands-campaign.html

Minister’s Calgary visit highlights pipeline innovation

Jan 26, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/01/26/calgary-pipeline-technology-innovation.html

U.S. navy sued over possible sonar impact on whales

Environmental law firm files suit after increased training exercises off west coast
Jan 26, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/26/whales-conservation-groups-navy-sonar.html

New device will detect infections, cancer in minutes

Jan 26, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/26/toronto-health-detector.html

Heart patient's stem cells harnessed for healing

Jan 26, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/26/heart-stem-cells.html

RSC Expert Panel: Sustaining Canadian Marine Biodiversity

Jan 26, 2012
The Royal Society of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/911209/rsc-expert-panel-sustaining-canadian-marine-biodiversity

Six New Family Health Teams Open In Toronto

Torontonians in need of a family doctor now have more access to care as six more Family Health Teams (FHTs) have opened in the city.
Jan 26, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/six-new-family-health-teams-open-in-toronto.html

Minister Joe Oliver Helps Open World's First Commercial-scale Nanocrystalline Cellulose Plant

Jan 26, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-joe-oliver-helps-open-worlds-first-commercial-scale-nanocrystalline-cellulose-1611522.htm

Government of Canada Buzzing About Food Safety

Jan 26, 2012
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-buzzing-about-food-safety-1611484.htm

Government of Canada Sparks Innovation in 14 Southern Ontario Businesses

Jan 26, 2012
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-sparks-innovation-in-14-southern-ontario-businesses-1611347.htm

Canadians finally getting it: crime is on the decline

Jan 25, 2012
Kirk Makin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-finally-getting-it-crime-is-on-the-decline/article2315266/

Provincial ministers ask Ottawa to share costs of new crime bill

Jan 25, 2012
Kim Mackrael
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/provincial-ministers-ask-ottawa-to-share-costs-of-new-crime-bill/article2315347/

Innovation in health care starts in B.C

Jan 25, 2012
Nasir Jetha
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Innovation+health+care+starts/6047829/story.html

Gingrich promises U.S. moon base by 2020

Jan 25, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/25/gingrich-moon.html

Wild bison could once again roam in Banff

Jan 25, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/25/calgary-banff-bison-talks-return.html

Eider duck population declining in Arctic as polar bears devour eggs

Jan 25, 2012
Anita Li
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1121509--eider-duck-population-declining-in-arctic-as-polar-bears-devour-eggs

Mapping the Human Brain Sheds Light on Autism

Lecture series launches by delving into Canada's world-leading expertise in brain research
Jan 25, 2012
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/mapping-the-human-brain-sheds-light-on-autism-1610985.htm

Minister Oliver Discusses Canada's Energy Future in Calgary

Jan 25, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-discusses-canadas-energy-future-in-calgary-1611127.htm

Harper Government Continues to Focus on Jobs and Growth

Jan 25, 2012
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-continues-to-focus-on-jobs-and-growth-1611088.htm

Ministers Ashfield and Shea Present 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award to PEI Volunteer

Jan 25, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ministers-ashfield-shea-present-2011-national-recreational-fisheries-award-pei-volunteer-1611015.htm

Science museum pressured by corporate sponsor over oilsands exhibit

Jan 24, 2012
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Science+museum+pressured+corporate+sponsor+over+oilsands+exhibit/6044901/story.html

Massive solar storm bombards Earth tonight

Canada, northern U.S. may get 'amazing' aurora borealis
Jan 24, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/24/sci-solar-storm.html

Environmentalist’s departure sheds light on tension felt by green groups

Jan 24, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/environmentalists-departure-sheds-light-on-tension-felt-by-green-groups/article2313991/

Solar energy: Starting from scratch

A new business model may help people in poor countries light their homes with solar power
Jan 24, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/solar-energy

Government of Canada Announces Research Funding to Improve Quality of Life and Economic Prosperity

Jan 24, 2012
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-announces-research-funding-improve-quality-life-economic-prosperity-1610364.htm

Government of Canada Announces Research Funding to Drive Job Creation and Economic Growth

Jan 24, 2012
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-announces-research-funding-drive-job-creation-economic-growth-1610370.htm

Joint Review Panel established for the deep geologic repository for low and intermediate level radioactive waste project

Jan 24, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/910133/joint-review-panel-established-for-the-deep-geologic-repository-for-low-and-intermediate-level-radioactive-waste-project

Arnaud Mine Project - Public Comments Invited and Federal Funding Available

Jan 24, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/910269/arnaud-mine-project-public-comments-invited-and-federal-funding-available

Site C Clean Energy Project Funding Awarded for Participation in Environmental Assessment

Jan 24, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/910223/site-c-clean-energy-project-funding-awarded-for-participation-in-environmental-assessment

Conservative crime bill would cost Ontario more than $1-billion

Jan 23, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-crime-bill-would-cost-ontario-more-than-1-billion/article2311667/

Imperial Oil's role in museum's energy exhibit questioned

Foundation contributed $600,000 over 6 years to exhibit
Jan 23, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/01/23/ottawa-science-energy-exhibit-imperial-oil.html

Minister Oliver Discusses the Importance of Innovation, Diversification and Investment to the Canadian Economy

Jan 23, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-discusses-importance-innovation-diversification-investment-canadian-1609920.htm

Minister of State Goodyear Tours Upgraded University of Victoria Campus and Meets With Victoria Business and Technology Leaders

Jan 23, 2012
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-state-goodyear-tours-upgraded-university-victoria-campus-meets-with-victoria-1609947.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Skills Development to Help Canadian Manufacturers Compete Globally

Jan 23, 2012
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-invests-skills-development-help-canadian-manufacturers-compete-globally-1609732.htm

Hats off to Canadian researchers making a difference

2011 CIHR-CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research Awards
Jan 23, 201
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/909585/hats-off-to-canadian-researchers-making-a-difference

Government of Canada Supports the Development of a Home Care Planning and Evaluation Tool

Jan 23, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-supports-development-home-care-planning-evaluation-tool-1609795.htm

New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project Public Comment Period and Participant Funding

Jan 23, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/909667/new-prosperity-gold-copper-mine-project-public-comment-period-and-participant-funding

Writers want Ottawa to let scientists ‘speak for themselves’

Jan 22, 2012
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/writers-want-ottawa-to-let-scientists-speak-for-themselves/article2310975/

Climate skeptics gathering influence in Tory Senate seats

Jan 21, 2012
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Climate+skeptics+gathering+influence+Tory+Senate+seats/6032749/story.html

The day the oil-sands battle went global

Jan 21, 2012
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/the-day-the-oil-sands-battle-went-global/article2310137/

Eradicating polio: A Rotary engine

Can a businessmen’s club eradicate polio from the world?
Jan 21, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543126

How Harper seized control of pipeline and health-care debates

Jan 20, 2012
JENNIFER DITCHBURN
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-harper-seized-control-of-pipeline-and-health-care-debates/article2309141/

'Extinct' monkey still lives in Borneo

Canadian scientist led team that spotted langur at mineral lick where animals congregate
Jan 20, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/20/sci-grizzled-langur.html

Life-like robot being built in Ottawa lab

Scientist believes humans, robots can have symbiotic relationship
Jan 20, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/20/tech-robot-ottawa.html

Minister praises premiers but leaves no wiggle room on health funding

Jan 20, 2012
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/minister-praises-premiers-but-leaves-no-wiggle-room-on-health-funding/article2309109/

The politics of Harper’s medicare decision

Jan 20, 2012
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/the-politics-of-harpers-medicare-decision/article2308425/

Radioactive medicine without the nuclear headache

Jan 20, 2012
Hannah Hoag
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/radioactive-medicine-without-the-nuclear-headache/article2309830/

Environment Canada given $78.7 million boost to improve weather warning systems

Jan 20, 2012
Valerie Hauch
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1118901

Prevention gets left out of health-care debate

Obesity epidemic puts added pressure on budgets.
Jan 20, 2012
Chris Jones
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1118786--prevention-gets-left-out-of-health-care-debate

Water management: Waste not, want not

With demand outstripping supply, people will have to start drinking waste-water
Jan 20, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/recycling-water

Watchdogs Call on Shoppers Drug Mart to Remove Ineffective Homeopathic Treatments

Jan 20, 2012
Centre for Inquiry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/watchdogs-call-on-shoppers-drug-mart-to-remove-ineffective-homeopathic-treatments-1609218.htm

Government of Canada Welcomes Investment in Canada's Energy Future

Jan 20, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-welcomes-investment-in-canadas-energy-future-1609121.htm

The Harper Government is Taking Action to Improve Efficiency of Healthcare System

Jan 20, 2012
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/908867/the-harper-government-is-taking-action-to-improve-efficiency-of-healthcare-system

The Harper Government and Saskatchewan Partner to Bring More Doctors and Nurses to Province

Jan 20, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-saskatchewan-partner-bring-more-doctors-nurses-province-1609182.htm

Politics, not principle, doomed Keystone pipeline

Obama's decision had no redeeming virtues beyond the symbolism.
Jan 19, 2012
Robert J. Samuelson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1118535--politics-not-principle-doomed-keystone-pipeline

The provinces got what they asked for on health funding

Jan 19, 2012
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/the-provinces-got-what-they-asked-for-on-health-funding/article2306965/

Drug maker Roche should release all data on Tamiflu

Drug maker Roche should release the clinical trial data independent researchers say is needed to determine whether Tamiflu is as effective and safe as billed.
Jan 19, 2012
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1118482--drug-maker-roche-should-release-all-data-on-tamiflu

Health budget math doesn’t add up

Alarmist projections mislead Ontarians and stifle public debate on medicare.
Jan 19, 2012
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1118534--health-budget-math-doesn-t-add-up

Champix: Updated Safety Information for the Smoking-Cessation Drug

Jan 19, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/champix-updated-safety-information-for-the-smoking-cessation-drug-1608827.htm

Minister Shea Presents 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award to Kamloops Volunteer

Jan 19, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-shea-presents-2011-national-recreational-fisheries-award-kamloops-volunteer-1608914.htm

Ontario Supports Clean Tech Sector And Helps Create Jobs

Ontario is helping Pond Biofuels build cutting-edge technology that will help clean the air we breathe while creating 10 new full-time and part-time jobs.
Jan 19, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2012/01/ontario-supports-clean-tech-sector-and-helps-create-jobs.html

Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project - Environmental Assessment Referral to Review Panel and Availability of Funding

Jan 19, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/908359/frontier-oil-sands-mine-project-environmental-assessment-referral-to-review-panel-and-availability-of-funding

Ottawa has never been medicare’s best friend

A pan-Canadian health-care system has only ever existed in the minds of those who craft partisan rhetoric
Jan 18, 2012
Chantal Hébert
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1117799--hebert-ottawa-has-never-been-medicare-s-best-friend

Will any government stand up for medicare?

Who’ll speak up for medicare and for the vast Canadian public that cherishes it?
Jan 18, 2012
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1117822--walkom-will-any-government-stand-up-for-medicare

Alberta coy on how new health dollars to be spent

Jan 18, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/alberta-coy-on-how-new-health-dollars-to-be-spent/article2307414/

To Harper’s ‘profound disappointment,’ Obama rejects Keystone

Jan 18, 2012
Shawn McCarthy AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/to-harpers-profound-disappointment-obama-rejects-keystone/article2306625/

U.S. rejects Keystone XL but lets TransCanada reapply

Jan 18, 2012
Shawn McCarthy AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-rejects-keystone-xl-but-lets-transcanada-reapply/article2306625/

Enbridge undeterred by B.C. chiefs’ rebuke of Northern Gateway

Jan 18, 2012
Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/enbridge-undeterred-by-bc-chiefs-rebuke-of-northern-gateway/article2307070/

Iqaluit: Gateway to Greenland’s resource riches

Jan 18, 2012
Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/iqaluit-gateway-to-greenlands-resource-riches/article2307318/

Economics biggest threat to embattled oil sands

Jan 18, 2012
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/economics-biggest-threat-to-embattled-oil-sands/article2307229/

Native chiefs overturn deal with Enbridge on Gateway pipeline

Jan 18, 2012
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/native-chiefs-overturn-deal-with-enbridge-on-gateway-pipeline/article2307070/

How the oil sands stretch all the way to New Brunswick

Jan 18, 2012
David Campbell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/how-the-oil-sands-stretch-all-the-way-to-new-brunswick/article2306613/

In oil boom, petroleum engineers the hottest commodity

Jan 18, 2012
KRISTEN HAYS
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/in-oil-boom-petroleum-engineers-the-hottest-commodity/article2306840/

Arizona town bitterly split over copper mine

Jan 18, 2012
Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/arizona-town-bitterly-split-over-copper-mine/article2306991/

Medical technology: The kindness of strangers

A new, open-source robot should make surgery safer and more effective
Jan 18, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/surgical-robots

Helping More Ontarians Quit Smoking

To help more Ontarians quit smoking, people undergoing treatment for drug addictions will soon have access to free counselling supports, nicotine gum and patches.
Jan 18, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/helping-more-ontarians-quit-smoking.html

On Weedless Wednesday British Columbians and Yukoners are invited to "break up" with tobacco for National Non-Smoking Week

Jan 18, 2012
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/907261/on-weedless-wednesday-british-columbians-and-yukoners-are-invited-to-break-up-with-tobacco-for-national-non-smoking-week

Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Revises Some Dates and Locations for Community Hearings

Jan 18, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/907281/joint-review-panel-for-the-enbridge-northern-gateway-project-revises-some-dates-and-locations-for-community-hearings

Statement by the Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources, on the Keystone XL Pipeline

Jan 18, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-honourable-joe-oliver-pc-mp-minister-natural-resources-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-1608454.htm

Are the Conservatives making Northern Gateway pipeline hearings irrelevant?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has already shaped the Northern Gateway pipeline debate and he could change the rules to give his cabinet the final say
Jan 17, 2012
Tim Harper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1117139--tim-harper-are-the-conservatives-making-northern-gateway-pipeline-hearings-irrelevant

Confessions of a radical environmentalist

Former chair of Tides Canada comes clean after being called out by Ottawa
Jan 17, 2012
Alan Broadbent
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1117174--confessions-of-a-radical-environmentalist

Ottawa is right on health care, Mr. Romanow

Jan 17, 2012
LYSIANE GAGNON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lysiane-gagnon/ottawa-is-right-on-health-care-mr-romanow/article2304311/

Provinces eye Alberta's gains in bid to rebalance health funding

Jan 17, 2012
Justine Hunter AND Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/provinces-eye-albertas-gains-in-bid-to-rebalance-health-funding/article2305279/

Ottawa's per-capita health transfers a windfall for Alberta

Jan 17, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawas-per-capita-health-transfers-a-windfall-for-alberta/article2306159/

Premiers see health-care innovation as way to pressure Ottawa for more money

Jan 17, 2012
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1117270--premiers-see-health-care-innovation-as-way-to-pressure-ottawa-for-more-money

Tamiflu side-effects still unclear

Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/17/tamiflu.html

Iris implants threaten vision

Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/16/iris-implants.html

Virtual reality exercise boosts mental fitness

Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/17/exergaming-brain-virtual-reality.html

Biological clock's effects underappreciated

Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/17/childbirth-pregnancy-biological-clock.html

Ending Alzheimer's goal set in U.S.

Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/17/alzheimer-obama.html

Mandatory helmets urged for skiers, snowboarders

Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/17/helmets-ski-snowboard-injuries.html

Lost Darwin fossils found by U.K. scientists

314 slides of specimens collected by Darwin and his inner circle
Jan 17, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/17/darwin-fossils.html

Up to 6.7 million bats dead of fungus

White-nose syndrome found in four provinces and 16 U.S. states
Jan 17, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/17/bat-fungus.html

Horizon Health Network to Expand Smoking Cessation Model Throughout Atlantic Canada

Jan 17, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/horizon-health-network-to-expand-smoking-cessation-model-throughout-atlantic-canada-1607690.htm

The Council of Canadian Academies Releases an Expert Panel Report

Integrating Emerging Technologies into Chemical Safety Assessment
Jan 17, 2012
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/906411/the-council-of-canadian-academies-releases-an-expert-panel-report

More than 5,600 Canadians seriously injured every year from winter activities

Skiing and snowboarding lead to twice as many hospitalizations as hockey
Jan 17, 2012
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/906703/more-than-5-600-canadians-seriously-injured-every-year-from-winter-activities

Ontario should call Europe’s bluff on Green Energy Act

Advice from Alberta could prove useful
Jan 16, 2012
Stuart Trew
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1116574--ontario-should-call-europe-s-bluff-on-green-energy-act

Oilsands satire peers into the future

New novel goes behind the headlines
Jan 16, 2012
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1116564--oilsands-satire-peers-into-the-future

Premiers don’t need slush fund to innovate in health care

Financial necessity best motivation of all
Jan 16, 2012
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/premiers-dont-need-slush-fund-to-innovate-in-health-care/article2304393/

Premiers appeal to older voters in bid to pressure Harper on health

Jan 16, 2012
Justine Hunter AND Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/premiers-appeal-to-older-voters-in-bid-to-pressure-harper-on-health/article2304329/

Charest demands debate on ‘unacceptable’ federal health deal

Jan 16, 2012
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/charest-demands-debate-on-unacceptable-federal-health-deal/article2304097/

The haves and have-nots of medicare

Jan 16, 2012
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/the-haves-and-have-nots-of-medicare/article2304752/

Why medicare needs Ottawa

Jan 16, 2012
Roy Romanow, Linda Silas AND Steven Lewis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/why-medicare-needs-ottawa/article2302242/

Drug costs driving B.C. residents to skip medication, study finds

Jan 16, 2012
Rod Mickleburgh
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/drug-costs-driving-bc-residents-to-skip-medication-study-finds/article2304756/

Selective abortions prompt call for ultrasound rules

Canadian Medical Journal says new rules could curb female feticide in certain groups
Jan 16, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/13/female-feticide-editorial.html

Canadian Medical Association Journal goes too far in fighting selective abortion of female fetuses

Keeping the sex of an unborn child from all Canadian expectant mothers is the wrong way to block selective abortion of female fetuses.
Jan 16, 2012
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1116548--canadian-medical-association-journal-goes-too-far-in-fighting-selective-abortion-of-female-fetuses

Hospital's water wall source of Legionnaires' Disease

Eight people in U.S. exposed to water droplets while visiting hospital
Jan 16, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/11/legionnaires-disease-hospitals-water-features.html

Harper says pipeline debate should be left to Canadians

Canada not 'giant national park' for U.S., prime minister says
Jan 16, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/16/pol-harper-mansbridge-interview.html

La Nina linked to flu pandemics

Weather pattern alters bird migration, promotes development of new flu strains
Jan 16, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/16/sci-la-nina-flu-pandemic.html

Russia wonders if U.S. radar caused Mars probe failure

U.S. says Russia should look for causes of the failure at home
Jan 16, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/16/sci-russian-probe.html

Ontarians Breathing Easier During National Non-Smoking Week

During the 35th annual National Non-Smoking Week, Ontario is celebrating the progress made to create a healthier province and is reiterating its commitment to smoke-free communities.
Jan 16, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/ontarians-breathing-easier-during-national-non-smoking-week.html

Canadian Cancer Society announces new Health Canada-funded smoking cessation campaign aimed at young adults

Canadians invited to "break up" with tobacco for National Non-Smoking Week
Jan 16, 2012
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/905881/canadian-cancer-society-announces-new-health-canada-funded-smoking-cessation-campaign-aimed-at-young-adults

Hammond Reef Gold Mine Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

Jan 16, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/905913/hammond-reef-gold-mine-project-federal-funding-allocated-to-participate-in-the-environmental-assessment

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulatory Amendments for Wine Labelling

Jan 16, 2012
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canadian-food-inspection-agency-seeks-comments-on-proposed-regulatory-amendments-wine-1607110.htm

Minister Oliver Highlights Canada's Role as a Global Energy Superpower at the University of Toronto

Jan 16, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-highlights-canadas-role-as-global-energy-superpower-university-toronto-1607177.htm

Labour leaders call on premiers to unite and defend health care

An open letter to Canada’s premiers
Jan 15, 2012
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1115540--labour-leaders-call-on-premiers-to-unite-and-defend-health-care

Premiers divided over new federal health-care plan

Jan 15, 2012
Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/premiers-divided-over-new-federal-health-care-plan/article2303493/

Clark touts sinks and heath-care innovation as premiers meet

Jan 15, 2012
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/clark-touts-sinks-and-heath-care-innovation-as-premiers-meet/article2303542/

Lone B.C. chief backs Enbridge pipeline to bring in more jobs

Jan 15, 2012
Dirk Meissner
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lone-bc-chief-backs-enbridge-pipeline-to-bring-in-more-jobs/article2303294/

Dalton McGuinty can’t play Captain Canada to rescue medicare

There is a perfect storm brewing on Ontario’s shores, and the way out of the province’s own health care ills lies in its backyard, not on the national stage
Jan 14, 2012
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1115720--cohn-dalton-mcguinty-can-t-play-captain-canada-to-rescue-medicare