Emission-free power plant opens in Toronto

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/tech-fuelcells.html

Greening government

Oct 22, 2008
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/521535

Dion takes environmental movement down with the shift

Oct 23, 2008
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/23/kelly-mcparland-hopes-of-greenies-may-go-down-with-the-shift.aspx

IT Innovation: On the Skids

Technologists look to a new White House to reverse decade-long slide in R&D
Oct 22, 2008
Gary Anthes
Computerworld
http://pcworld.about.com/od/softwareservices/IT-Innovation-On-the-Skids.htm

Universities carry a big R&D load, says AUCC report

Research share significantly higher than the average for other OECD countries
Oct 24, 2008
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/010/24/universities-carry-a-big-rd-load-says-aucc-report.aspx

Universities call for commitment to research funding

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/research-spending.html

Spain's ex-prime minister blasts 'new religion' of climate change

Oct 23, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=cd4a632b-a376-4d8e-8a86-7b3b217ff5c8

Food allergies on the rise among kids, US study says

Oct 23, 2008
Mike Stobbe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/523231

Boys need HPV vaccine, too

Nobel winner says males carry cancer-linked virus
Oct 23, 2008
Trish Crawford
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/522361

Alberta gives $20 million research award to neuroscientist

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/polaris-health.html

Renew cancer fight, panel tells White House

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/cancer-funding.html

Hatred for safe-injection sites is irrational

The facilities will not cure drug abuse but they're integral to strategies for prevention and rehabilitation
Oct 23, 2008
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081023.wlpicard23/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

New health board to be stacked with politicos

Oct 22, 2008
Patrick Dare
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=9dbd37a4-c98d-4851-9035-339e325a9ca5

Creationists declare war over the brain

Oct 22, 2008
Amanda Gefter
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/brain/mg20026793.000-creationists-declare-war-over-the-brain.html

Six Canadians gain Gates research funding

Oct 22, 2008
Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081022.wgategrant1022/BNStory/Science/home

Influential U.S. lobby group leads charge for better nutrition in Canada

The Center for Science in the Public interest pushes for healthier foods, but some object to its tactics
Oct 22, 2008
Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=c1b3802d-d72a-42b5-ab34-0cc930b5040b

The new asbestos science scare

Oct 22, 2008
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=099f2d62-3f7e-4d58-a38c-9e9b85bb4834

The case for selling asbestos

Oct 22, 2008
National Post Editorial Board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/22/national-post-editorial-board-the-case-for-selling-asbestos.aspx

Cases of E. coli jump in northern Ont. outbreak

Oct 22, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/22/e-coli-north-bay.html

Dow Chemical subsidiary challenges Quebec ban on 2,4-D pesticide

Oct 22, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhtiUMKbrcnwELppaU5_9LNdfMew

Britain widens scope for stem cell research

Oct 22, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/22/britain-stem-cells.html

Clearing the air for the space shuttle

Oct 21, 2008
ELIZABETH HOWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081021.wnasa22/BNStory/Science/home

Province wants to charge manufacturers for recycling costs

Oct 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/10/21/blue-box.html?ref=rss

Lawsuit against Canada over Kyoto accord dismissed

Oct 21, 2008
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081021/canada/canada_us_climate_canada_lawsuit_1

Ontario city dwellers not getting true story on air quality: report

Oct 21, 2008
Maria Babbage
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081021/national/ont_environment_report_2

Nobel laureate dismayed by opposition to HPV vaccine

Oct 21, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081021/laureate_hpv_081021/20081021?hub=World&s_name=

Genome fanatics to post own DNA sequences on Web

Oct 21, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081021/genome_fanatics_081021/20081021?hub=World&s_name=

Ont. bottled-water industry has free rein: Watchdog

Oct 21, 2008
Lee Greenberg
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=27ce9d34-d4e0-490f-ae88-743fa79fa059

Environment group questions uranium panel objectivity

Oct 21, 2008
Cassandra Kyle
The StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=2b558ab4-e9c3-46f9-9fcf-14fcd42173bf&k=82919

Global warming doubters targeted

Oct 21, 2008
BILL KAUFMANN
SUN MEDIA
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/10/21/7151921-sun.html

Province failing to track species' decline: Report

Environment watchdog says non-profit groups documenting crisis of 'huge loss of species'
Oct 21, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/520933

Western diet to blame for 35% of heart attacks, global study suggests

Oct 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/20/diet-heart-attack.html

Safety problems found in nearly 1 in 4 biotech drugs: study

Oct 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/21/biologicals-warnings.html

Maple Leaf meat given the OK

Oct 21, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/521081

Feds scrap tonnes of toxic tech junk yearly: report

Oct 21, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/21/toxicjunk.html

Former premiers push for BC offshore oil development, Campbell pushes back

Oct 21, 2008
The Canadian Press http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQrzTt8WthRAZap7ztBE7zdiCkhQ

Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof

Oct 20, 2008
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/20/lorne-gunter-thirty-years-of-warmer-temperatures-go-poof.aspx

Start compost collection now, environment groups say

Polls show Montrealers want curbside pickup
Oct 20, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3395c24b-3bde-4f64-b7b2-30dd272baad2

EU climate plans threatened as nations look to help industry

Oct 20, 2008
Christian Spillmann
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=7bc33c3b-fc08-429d-a9ce-b1c97b5f3379

Selective listening

Oct 17, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081017.weinsite17/BNStory/specialComment/home

Medical journal blasts Ottawa for promoting asbestos abroad

Oct 20, 2008
Tiffany Crawford
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=6e41ed6a-1ef2-4bde-8299-23a039ce3806

PM unveils $100M for climate

Offers few details about fund to help developing countries deal with global warming issues
Oct 20, 2008
Andrew Chung
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/520292

Is Carbon Tax Political Poison?

Dion and Campbell might have just sold it badly: pollster
Oct 20, 2008
Tom Barrett
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/10/20/CarbonTax/

Nuclear costs pressure industry

Oct 20, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/520190

Ontario farmer found guilty of contempt in raw milk trial

Oct 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/20/schmidt-milk.html

Francophonie to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050

Oct 19, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081019/canada/francophonie_summit_warming_environment_1

More people sick in Ontario E. coli outbreak

Cases linked to fast-food restaurant in North Bay
Oct 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/19/ecoli.html

Far from settled

No scientific consensus on 'safe-injection' issue
Oct 19, 2008
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2008/10/19/7133531-sun.html

Heroin-assisted treatment safe and effective: study

Oct 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/18/bc-naomi-trial-results.html

New pollution laws get tough on lead

Ontario to meet stricter U.S. standard by 2010
Oct 19, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/520028

$1.7M goes to bisphenol A research

Oct 19, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d9696fa0-f69c-428e-be0f-17e227dc789c&k=50746

Switch hitters push energy conservation

Oct 19, 2008
Ottawa Sun
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/19102008/54/switch-hitters-push-energy-conservation.html

P.E.I. outlines $1-billion wind energy plan

Oct 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/452444

Suzuki urges youth to push for action on climate change

Oct 18, 2008
Laura Stone
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=aa7b5b57-91a4-4da7-a78c-c96a182e8879

No Charter right to safe injection site, Ottawa says in court documents

Oct 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/17/bc-insite-federal-lawyers.html

R.I.P. Green Shift, a noble idea, badly sold

Oct 18, 2008
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/18/scott-stinson-r-i-p-green-shift-a-noble-idea-badly-sold.aspx

Campaign misinformation has set back climate change debate

Oct 17, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=711cd873-686e-417d-95b7-c2a8c7f57fc7

Italian scientists assail pope's dig on 'easy money' research

Oct 17, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ff502dd3-adb4-45f3-ad59-99d3341c91a6

FDA to open inspection office in China

Outposts also expected in India, Latin America, Middle East
Oct 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/17/fda-china.html

Canadians urged to get flu shots despite problems

Oct 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/16/flu-shot.html

Dion ignored Green Shift warnings

Oct 17, 2008
Linda Diebel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/519051

Arctic's warming hits chilling record highs

Impact felt as weather in fall 5C above normal
Oct 17, 2008
Randolph E. Schmid
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/519023

Red tape halts $300M wind farm

Long wait for provincial approvals on project near Goderich proves too costly for Alberta firm
Oct 17, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/519024

93 E. coli cases in North Bay

Oct 17, 2008
Colin Perkel
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/519039

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