'Dirt-cheap' drug could prevent thousands of deaths: Researchers

Oct 30, 2008
Jen Skerritt
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=d6f6fdd7-2156-4b7a-a40b-eb386dc7047c

Canada 13th of 17 countries in turning ideas into commercial products

Oct 30, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgLy4d_vzOFwsZkc7OcPDzVYHXKA

Canada barely bitten by West Nile in 2008

Oct 30, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/30/west-nile.html

Gaps remain in monitoring hospital hygiene in Ont.: report

Oct 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/30/hospital-hygiene.html

Saskatchewan hospital also reused syringes: health officials

Oct 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/30/syringes-lloydminster.html

Canada keeps asbestos off trade blacklist: MP

Oct 30, 2008
Robin Pomeroy
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081030/canada/canada_us_trade_asbestos_1

Ottawa to revive supplement safety bill

Oct 30, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081030.wlvitamins30/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

New industry minister faces tech and science challenges

Oct 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/30/tech-clement.html

Scientist wants 5-year ban on tuna fishery

Oct 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/30/pe-tuna-report.html

Wind farm opponents turn up heat

Province wary of small but effective groups as it aims to beef up renewable energy plan
Oct 30, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/527170

Canada's Chronic Failure to Innovate Undermines National Prosperity

Oct 30, 2008
The Conference Board of Canada
MARKET WIRE
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Canadas-Chronic-Failure-Innovate-Undermines/story.aspx?guid=%7B78613274-A0E5-4BEF-B701-22B4D888BFCA%7D

'We're Being Muzzled' Say Top Farmland Scientists

Nine senior agrologists protest way ALR decisions are made
Oct 30, 2008
Andrew MacLeod
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/10/30/Agrology/

U.S. questions home drug stockpiles for flu pandemic

Oct 30, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081030/flu_drug_081030/20081030?hub=Health&s_name=

Companies likely to chop R&D spending in '08: industry group

Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/10/29/corporate-research.html?ref=rss

Tax exemption rules assailed

Oct 29, 2008
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/292972116399688.php

Stop exporting asbestos

Oct 29, 2008
Aleck Ostry, Tom Kosatsky, Bruce W. Case
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/29/203785.aspx

FDA's finding that chemical in food containers is safe is flawed: panel

Oct 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/bpa-fda.html

U. S. challenge won't stop Ontario from banning weed killer

Oct 29, 2008
MARIA BABBAGE
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1270606

Privacy curtains in hospitals could aid spread of germs: study

Oct 29, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/hospital-infections.html

World headed for ecological 'credit crunch,' report warns

Equivalent of 2 planets may be needed by mid-2030s to maintain lifestyles, WWF director says
Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/29/livingplanet.html

Methane in atmosphere shot up last year, study says

Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/29/methane-growth.html

Is BPA safe or no? Gov't leaves consumers confused

Oct 29, 2008
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4G6Sbw5pf1zYvg5Yh5pTIuNXqpAD944BAF00

Take HPV vaccines global to fight cervical cancer

Oct 29, 2008
DOROTHY SHAW AND JANE SCHALLER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081028.wcohpv29/BNStory/specialComment/home

Hospital official questions food-safety database

Oct 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/hospitals-food-violations.html

Health-care spending 'unsustainable': Report

Canadians must consider alternatives to status quo, think-tank says
Oct 29, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=91aaed79-6ad5-438d-b409-8c4e6b3be2e4

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to North America: Report

Oct 29, 2008
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=d354e0af-efc2-40d6-ada1-1a5ab4818232

Greying nation: Getting older doesn't necessarily mean burdening the health-care system

Oct 29, 2008
Lorne Swetlikoff, N.D.
Special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/29/f-weekly-swetlikoff.html

Canadian health gets a 'B'

Oct 29, 2008
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=f954cf48-5627-4e57-834a-8b67d94c1ca5

Australian government defends carbon plan

Oct 29, 2008
ROB TAYLOR Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081029.waustclimate1029/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081029.waustclimate1029

China says richer states should take the lead on climate change

Oct 29, 2008
Tini Tran
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081029/world/china_climate_change_1

Science doesn't need government help

Oct 28, 2008
Karen Selick
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=914091

Prince Charles says climate the real crisis

Oct 28, 2008
Patrice Novotny
AFP
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=9141eddd-eb59-475e-94ee-f62c36c54dcc

FDA warns Bayer over aspirins containing supplements

Oct 28, 2008
Susan Heavey
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081028/us/usreport_us_bayer_aspirin_1

E. coli outbreaks grow in North Bay, Niagara

Oct 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/e-coli-ont.html

Octogenarians lead healthy, active lives after open-heart surgery: study

Oct 28, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/heart-surgery-elderly.html

Women underrepresented in heart, stroke trials, review finds

Oct 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/women-heart-trials.html

E. coli vaccine approved for cattle, but food safety risk remains

Oct 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/28/e-coli-vaccine.html

Lack of testing clouds listeria's toll

Death tally could exceed 20 but in many cases investigations to spot bacteria weren't done
Oct 28, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/525647

Free flu shots linked to fewer deaths, demands on health care system

Oct 27, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/flu-shot-deaths.html

Thousands face infection risk after syringes reused at Alberta hospital

'Very low' risk of transmission, medical officer says
Oct 27, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/high-prairie.html

Heart, infectious diseases, cancer top killers: WHO

Oct 27, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/killers-who.html

Higher wages luring Canadian grads to U.S., UofG study finds

Oct 27, 2008
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/BreakingNews/article/396640

Safe water depends on science, not politics, conference told

Oct 27, 2008
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/story/4242552p-4885464c.html

Experts set to revisit global cloning ban

http://www.thestar.com/article/525494
Toronto Star
Oct 28, 2008 04:32 AM

Biotech cash crunch threatens new medicines: UK expert

Oct 27, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=c6462c95-4722-452a-8bf8-b05f870223f5

From geeky scientist to business innovator

After his Thatcher-era funding ran out, Phil Blake faced economic reality and switched to the private side of the health-care industry
Oct 27, 2008
GORDON PITTS
Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081027.RATTHETOP27/TPStory/Business

Health worsens after immigration, study shows

Oct 27, 2008
Shabnam Janet Janani
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/525011

Women not receiving equal care as men for heart disease: MD

Oct 27, 2008
Tiffany Crawford
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=44db7821-bc4a-4996-b052-1f3b22ac8c68

Study suggests drinking water may be source of winter norovirus outbreaks

Oct 27, 2008
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081027/health/health_norovirus_drinking_water_1

No harm from easing ER crowding with hallway beds: study

Oct 27, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/27/emerg-hall.html

Ottawa refuses to reveal its position on chrysotile

Oct 26, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081026.wasbestos1027/BNStory/Front/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081026.wasbestos1027

Typhoid fever on the rise in B.C.

Oct 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/26/bc-thyphoid-fever-warning.html

Burning issue: N.L. struggles to close ancient garbage incinerators

Oct 26, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/26/nfld-incinerators.html

Protect pesticide bans — May

Oct 26, 2008
JOHN GILLIS
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1086897.html

Manitoba spending up to $5 million to look for asbestos, PCBs in public housing

Oct 26, 2008
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081026/national/hazardous_public_housing_1

New, promising antibiotics in fight against MRSA superbug

Oct 26, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081027/health/us_health_infection_mrsa_1

2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists

Oct 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081025/greenhouse_gases_081025/20081025

Vaccine cuts hospital admissions for kids with diarrhea

Oct 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/25/diarrhea-rotavirus.html

In Obama or McCain, US scientists see new hope

Oct 24, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081024/usa/us_vote_science_1

Underground carbon capture will not avert global disaster: IEA

Oct 24, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=91fa1298-3bec-49f0-a04a-645210a8060f

Cancer and cellphones: The jury's still out

Oct 24, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081024.wlcellphone24/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

EU's pesticides may damage brain

Oct 24, 2008
ALISTER DOYLE
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081024.weupestic1024/BNStory/Science/home

Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study

Oct 23, 2008
James Cowan
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=8f0f1d67-2007-45d0-bdf3-64d1399fbd50

Former MP to head UNB research body

Oct 23, 2008
Rob Linke
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/457198

Canadian R&D spending drops in 2007: survey

Oct 23, 2008
Investment Executive
http://www.investmentexecutive.com/client/en/News/DetailNews.asp?id=46584&IdSection=148&cat=148&BImageCI=1

Half of U.S. doctors surveyed use placebo treatments

Oct 23, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/23/placebo-study.html

Saskatchewan Party government may miss climate target

NDP Leader Calvert suggests the introduction of a levy is akin to a carbon tax
Oct 23, 2008
James Wood
TheStarPhoenix.com
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=8ce12a5c-b958-4797-9d02-e2477941fab0

Cities pledge action on climate change

Oct 23, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081023/canada/japan_climate_warming_2

Carbon offset program a sham, says B.C. MLA

Oct 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/23/bc-carbon-tax-credit.html

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