Study helps to end Walkerton ordeal

Seven-year report shows those very ill at the time face a 30 per cent higher risk of kidney damage
Oct 17, 2008
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/519043

Life sciences firms struggle to get liftoff

Oct 17, 2008
PETER HADEKEL
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=4509ce26-0cbb-4166-8c18-0ec26bb6b35d

Health Canada makes it official: BPA is health hazard

Oct 16, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=e81a7270-aec9-48cb-aad3-b74df38feec0

EU Kyoto signatories on way to goals: environment agency

Oct 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081016/health/environment_climate_warming_eu_kyoto_1

EPA tightens health standard for airborne lead

Oct 16, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081016/lead_standards_081016/20081016?hub=Health&s_name=

EU climate pact under veto threat as financial crisis bites

Oct 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081016/world/eu_summit_climate_warming_environment_2

U.S. and Canada win EU beef hormone appeal at WTO

Oct 16, 2008
Jonathan Lynn
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081016/canada/canada_us_trade_wto_hormones_1

Flu shots a tough sell to health care workers; campaign promotes shots

Oct 16, 2008
Melanie S. Welte
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081016/health/health_flu_health_care_1

Not quite a green machine

Having set a new record for futility, it's time for the Green Party - and the green movement - to abandon some myths
Oct 15, 2008
ANDREW STEELE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081015.WSteele15/BNStory/politics

Atlantic provinces embracing climate change agenda; APEC report

Oct 16, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081016/national/apec_going_green_1

Suzuki: failed Green Shift may dissuade plans

Oct 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081015/delection/fedelxn_environment_2

Voter response to Green Shift a warning to Graham, analyst says

Oct 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/10/15/nb-graham-carbon-tax.html?ref=rss

Conservation group calls for deeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions

Oct 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/15/iucn-biodiversity.html

RCMP launch internal review of supervised injection site studies

Oct 15, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/449715

Sask. babies contract C. difficile

Oct 15, 2008
Jennifer Graham
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/10/14/7085506-cp.html

Premier calls for 'harmonized' plan for climate change

Oct 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/10/15/stelmach-reaction.html?ref=rss

Calls for Harper to explain bitumen export changes

Oct 15, 2008
Chris Purdy
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081015/delection/fedelxn_bitumen_1

UN: financial crisis must not stop climate change action

Oct 14, 2008
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081014.wunclimatechange14/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081014.wunclimatechange14

Denying the data

Oct 15, 2008
editorial
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=06cf6cf8-c2dd-47c8-8458-cc67ddb2636e

Sun rises on new energy deal

Toronto becomes first North American city to buy solar power, and at no higher cost
Oct 15, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/517415

The environment was not a winning issue on this campaign trail

Oct 15, 2008
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081015.wElectionmason15/BNStory/politics/home

HPV vaccines well underway

Oct 15, 2008
Laura MacLean
Huntsville Forester
http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/article/119027

Will global money meltdown tip the scales on clean energy development?

Small projects may be hit particularly hard as discriminating lenders put cash in bigger ventures considered less risky
Oct 14, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/516694

Methane hydrates: Energy's most dangerous game

Oct 14, 2008
William Pentland
Forbes
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/07/f-forbes-naturalgas.html

Health Canada approves use of preservative that could stem growth of Listeria

Oct 13, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFCFRqwyoinvqVWPxoxEJ-WhX79Q

Cast a ballot for green-energy economy

Oct 13, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/516431

Biofuel boom threatens food security, UN agency warns

Oct 7, 2008
Gina Doggett
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=db3f16ba-6c77-4ebd-9739-3577f4d8248d

Transfer of Federal Labs: A Blueprint for Dismantling Public Science

Communications Magazine > Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2008
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/safety/2008/Sep-1.html

AIDS groups push for stable federal funding

Over the last two years, Conservatives took away or redirected $21 million from HIV/AIDS response
Oct 10, 2008
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/515203

Sea levels could rise one metre by 2100: scientists

Oct 9, 2008
Agence France-Presse
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=55f77282-3748-44b8-ae54-584163ae0f54

Fossil hunters run amok and the B.C. government sits idle

Oct 10, 2008
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=63c28ddf-3f8a-4cfa-85b2-08ba943fe8d4&k=38192

Liberals will go ahead with Green Shift

Oct 9, 2008
JANE TABER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081009.welxndion1009/BNStory/politics/home

RCMP tried to discredit injection site, renowned AIDS researcher says

Oct 9, 2008
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081009.wb-insite10/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081009.wb-insite10

New strep strain moving east across Canada

Oct 9, 2008
CBC News
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081009/canada/science_strepa_tbay_7

Maple Leaf CEO downplays new listeria findings

Listeria is in all ready-to-eat foods, he says
Oct 9, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.thespec.com/News/article/448077

U.S. focus on climate could ease financial crisis

Oct 9, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081009/us/politics_us_summit_usa_1

Canadian researchers call for end to 'politicization' of science

Oct 9, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/09/scientists-letter.html

Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science

Oct 9, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/09/leakey-science.html

Listeria contamination far worse than believed

Two-thirds of Toronto hospitals and nursing homes were affected
Oct 9, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/447611

4 more products test positive for listeria at Maple Leaf's Toronto plant

Oct 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/10/09/listeriosis-tests.html?ref=rss

CFIA told to warn public about tainted meat days before advisory

Toronto public health officials pressed food inspection agency to alert public
Oct 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/10/08/mapleleaf-warning.html?ref=rss

MP candidates back stem-cell research

Oct 9, 2008
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/442157

B.C. environmentalists launch killer whale lawsuit

Oct 9, 2008
Darcy Wintonyk
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081008/BC_whale_lawsuit_081008/20081009?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Canadians' Health and Safety Undermined by Government Interference in Science and Due Processes

Prominent Canadian scientists call for end to politicization of science and research
Oct 9, 2008
MarketWatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/canadians-health-safety-undermined-government/story.aspx?guid=%7BE3CF392A-B726-4865-8806-976FD61AA20B%7D&dist=hppr

Secret RCMP studies of Insite ideologically biased, say advocates

Oct 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-rcmp-insite-studies-pivot.html?ref=rss

More proof public inquiry is needed into listeria outbreak: Easter

Oct 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/10/07/easter-reaction.html?ref=rss

B.C. New Democrats want probe of minister's actions

Oct 8, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081008/bc_democrats_081008/20081008?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Anniversary prompts scientific exchange

Oct 8, 2008
Jennifer Campbell
Ottawa Citizen Special
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=1bc4db62-a0d8-4b56-91bd-868328919958&p=1

Tory platform boosts innovation funds

Party releases platform less than a week before Election Day
Oct 7, 2008
Tonda MacCharles
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/513183

Cancer inquiry will help improve lab work far beyond St. John's: expert

Oct 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/07/cancer-brufsky.html?ref=rss

Read election letter from top scientists

Oct 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/418/1/

Scientists urge Canadians to vote for the environment

Oct 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/mini/CTVNews/20081006/election2008_environment_081007/20081007?s_name=election2008&no_ads=

Antibiotics get bad rap, C. difficile study finds

Other factors may raise infection risk, non-hospital cases in Quebec suggest
Oct 7, 2008
Sheryl Ubelacker
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/512935

Study links smog, appendicitis

Researchers in Calgary examined 5,000 patients
Oct 7, 2008
Bill Graveland
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/512759

Dion, local Liberal MP play down differences on issue of Victoria sewage

Oct 6, 2008
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081006.wbcelectiondion1007/BNStory/politics/home

Pro-environment voting site gets almost 1.5 million views in 13 days

Oct 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/10/06/vote-environment.html

Where They Stand: Climate change

Oct 6, 2008
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081006.welectioncarbon0610/BNStory/politics/?pageRequested=all

Putting humans in their place

Oct 6, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=11128

Listeria reporting rule dropped before crisis

Meat plants not required to tell food inspectors when bacteria found
Oct 6, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/512306

Policy change delayed alarm signal over listeria, inspectors say

Oct 6, 2008
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/10/05/listeria-inspections.html?ref=rss

Poverty fight a key to better national health

Canada needs to reverse growing gap between rich and poor, advocates urge
Oct 6, 2008
David Hogben
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=6d524558-f748-4194-8b01-7b2c9aec499c&k=61857

Wind turbines cause health problems, residents say

Oct 5, 2008
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080928/windmill_safety_080928/20081005?hub=Canada&s_name=

Pandering to populism: farewell to reason in public discourse

A recent trend gives 'ordinary people' the same credibility as those 'snobby, elitist' scientists
Oct 4, 2008
Peter McKnight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=18c170c6-ce94-4369-b43a-e062ae73b453

Bisphenol A issue is a complicated one

Oct 4, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1233383

Experts think flu vaccine is a good match this year

Oct 4, 2008
Andrea Janus
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081002/flu_season_081004/20081004?hub=TopStories&s_name=

East Coast 'critical' refuge for bluefin tuna: Scientists

Oct 2, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=5369d10c-e760-4f53-a9b4-672ce1a0214b

Medical professionals should get say in public health policy: Ottawa committee

Oct 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/10/02/ot-health-board-081002.html?ref=rss

Canada's PM on hotseat in debate over climate change

Oct 2, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081002/canada/canada_vote_debate_environment_2

Protection of electronic health records urged

Oct 2, 2008
Canadaeast News Service
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/434437

Palin: cause of global warming 'doesn't matter'

Oct 1, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081001/usa/us_vote_republicans_palin_climate_1

Ont. court rejects breast-implant suit against Health Canada

Sep 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/09/30/implants-suit.html?ref=rss

Science And Technology: Central To Canada's Success

The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Oct 2008 issue
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=October&artYear=2008&EntryNo=8877

Chief medical officer gets more power, responsibility

Sep 30, 2008
Jodie Sinnema
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=f2506048-04ab-483b-812d-18514ee1e436&k=45046

Canada quietly opposes calls to drill in Alaska wildlife refuge

Sep 30, 2008
Mike Blanchfield
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/decisioncanada/story.html?id=7795b7b3-fcae-4d67-a3df-9df372113b17

Genstar plan will destroy ecosystem, former government scientist warns

Sep 30, 2008
CBC News
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080930/canada/vancouver_bc_scientist_1

News articles often fail to report sources of bias: study

Sep 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/09/30/drug-studies-news.html?ref=rss

Anti-syphilis campaign blamed for departure of public health doctors

Sep 30, 2008
Jim Macdonald
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=26506&rss=67&rid=999999&news_channel_id=145&channel_id=145&rot=3

Food industry not trusted to police itself, poll suggests

Sep 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/29/food-survey.html?ref=rss

Tories opt out of Quebec environment survey

Sep 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/09/29/mtl-greensurvey0916.html?ref=rss

B.C.'s fish-farm authority petitioned in court

Fish control should return to federal hands, group says
Sep 29, 2008
FIONA MORROW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080929.wbcfish28/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080929.wbcfish28

Public health agency investigating possible salmonella outbreak

Sep 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/09/29/salmonella-investigation.html?ref=rss

Greenpeace, Sierra Club enter election fray

Sep 30, 2008
Richard Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/508791

Building a stronger science culture is a critical challenge for us all

Sep 30, 2008
TOM TRAVES
The Chronicle Herld
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1082000.html

Green Shift shuffle

Sep 28, 2008
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/507365

Real alternatives on climate issue

Sep 27, 2008
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/507335

Researchers wonder: What's the plan for R&D?

Last Updated: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:02 AM ET

Paul Jay CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/09/29/f-science-policy.html

How to fix the Green Shift

Citizens want action on climate change. Experts say the Liberal plan isn't bad. It needs the right pitch
Sep 28, 2008
Sarah Barmak
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/507687

No easy fix for global warming

Sep 27, 2008
Terry Miller
Walkerton Herald-Times
http://www.walkerton.com/editorial/article/54559

Vancouver poised to allow electric cars on city streets

Sep 27, 2008
Lena Sin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2c47f4d8-ba32-4e99-8b06-e081785f33c3

Plan would put private citizens on public health board

Sep 26, 2008
Jake Rupert
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=b4d1676a-a858-44b0-9f24-5a7ed2c53a0a

The low-carbon diet

How Sweden and Denmark kicked a nasty fossil fuel habit (using taxes) and got rich in the process. Warning, Canada: Diet may not be effective for all political body types
Sep 27, 2008
Mitch Potter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/507303

The green shift: Buyer beware

Sep 27, 2008
Mitch Potter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/507317

The issue: Climate change

Sep 27, 2008
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/507433

Agency waited 5 days to issue meat recall

Officials slam CFIA for alleged conflict of interest in handling crisis
Sep 27, 2008
KAREN HOWLETT AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080927.MEAT27/TPStory/National

A dose of green for health care

Habitual polluters, hospitals starting to see benefits of embracing environment programs
Sep 27, 2008
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/507460

Study says methane from ocean floor is 'time bomb'

Sep 27, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080927/Methane_Climate_20080926/20080927?hub=Canada

Duceppe touts Bloc's environmental credentials

Sep 27, 2008
Kevin Dougherty
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/decisioncanada/story.html?id=cee6c504-121d-4d5c-98e6-27e1ecd20d87

Running out of time on carbon emissions

Sep 26, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080926.weCarbon27/BNStory/politics/home

Harper pledge on bitumen catches Alta. officials off guard

Sep 26, 2008
Dave Cooper
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/decisioncanada/story.html?id=1dc68f86-91cf-4b93-91c9-dae7fc09d780

Scarborough General among highest for C. diff

First of the mandated hospital-generated reports showed levels lower than Quebec, U.K.
Sep 26, 2008
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/506971