Science Canada

A new solar-cell system could one day make power from the sun as cheap as electricity from fossil fuels
Nov 10, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/533797

Top schools still tops in Maclean's rankings

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:22 PM

Nov 10, 2008
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=49099367-b30c-4b29-8829-5acf8a03c2ad

Ontario agency backs inventors with $100,000

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:21 PM

Supports lab-extraction system, noise reduction for choppers, windmills
Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/10/extraction-helicopters.html

Shifting ground on climate change

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:21 PM

Nov 10, 2008
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/533209

Clean coal is no quick fix

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:21 PM

Nov 10, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/533799

Fast food industry relies heavily on corn, researchers say

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:20 PM

Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/10/corn-food.html

Aging medical equipment puts Canadian patients at risk: report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:20 PM

Nov 10, 2008
Becky Rynor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=947352

Divide deepens on Nunavut polar bear management: minister

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:19 PM

Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/10/akesuk-pbear.html?ref=rss

Value of Canada's oilsands pegged at $1.5 trillion

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:19 PM

Think-tank's estimate is four times higher than StatsCan's figure
Nov 10, 2008
Eric Beauchesne
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=7b9bbeb5-d58a-45ef-a0f3-19482d83a935&k=29101

Inuit activist pushes Harper for action on environment

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:18 PM

Nov 10, 2008
Watt-Cloutier skeptical PM will act
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=aaf6a2ea-b9f3-4653-a8e5-a1b694e1fac8

No tuna ban needed: delegates

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:18 PM

Nov 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/10/pe-iccat-delegates.html?ref=rss

Studies find vitamin pills and ASA didn't block heart disease

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:18 PM

Nov 9, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/09/us-study.html

Flu shots may lower blood clot risk, study says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:17 PM

Nov 9, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081109/blood_clots_081109/20081109?hub=Health

Breakthrough study finds simple blood test may detect heart disease

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:16 PM

Nov 9, 2008
KATE HAMMER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081109.wheart1110/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Cholesterol drugs may save more lives: study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:16 PM

Nov 9, 2008
CTV.ca News http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081109/heart_study_081109/20081109?hub=Health

Harper ready to harmonize with U.S. on climate change

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:16 PM

Canada would provide a secure oil supply in exchange for common standards on emissions
Nov 9, 2008
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/533175

City closer to tougher toxin bylaws

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:15 PM

Nov 8, 2008
Vanessa Lu
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/533205

Call for ban on chemicals in cosmetics, cleaners

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:15 PM

Children exposed to nail polish, perfumes or household cleaners are at risk, say health groups
Nov 8, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/533204

Obama will let us off the Kyoto hook

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 12:14 PM

Nov 8, 2008
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/532241

Friday, November 7, 2008

CFIA to launch new listeria testing protocols

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:29 PM

Special investigation by CBC News/Toronto Star learns of changes in draft stage
Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/listeria-regulations.html

N.W.T. sounds alarm about syphilis comeback

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:29 PM

Outbreak spread from neighbouring Alberta, health officials say
Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/07/nwt-syphilis.html

Despite post-SARS focus, study says hospital infection rates rose

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:28 PM

Nov 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/07/hospital-infections.html

Parks help narrow health gap between rich, poor: study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:28 PM

Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/07/parks-mortality.html

Shell Canada president wants better co-ordination on climate change

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:27 PM

Nov 7, 2008
John Weidlich
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/11/07/shell-climate-change.html

Society spells out environmental links to cancer in online handbook

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:27 PM

Nov 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-SFCosc3i6UZZUhJrjMZBJ0DBtQ

Pet food sickened dozens of people in U.S.

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:27 PM

Handling of dry food source of salmonella infection
Nov 7, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/pet-food-salmonella.html

Tiny solar cells show promise

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:26 PM

Nov 7, 2008
JULIE STEENHUYSEN
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081107.wsolarcells1107/BNStory/Science/home

Rock found that acts as carbon sink

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:26 PM

Nov 7, 2008
TIMOTHY GARDNER
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081107.wrocks1107/BNStory/Science/home

Traditional medicine passes WHO health checks

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:25 PM

Nov 7, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=f77ab56d-861c-4df5-b50b-1a07b61b9c98

E. coli outbreak hits Waterloo

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:25 PM

Nov 7, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f456d034-e4e5-4a24-a30f-d361f3dfaf2a

Two more intervenors join injection site appeal

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:25 PM

Nov 7, 2008
Neal Hall
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=2502dc3e-f9d0-4426-b5ef-5f2f4cd28dbb&k=21

The answer is blowing in the wind

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:24 PM

Nov 7, 2008
David Suzuki
Victoria News
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/opinion/34095114.html

Obama and U.S. need tarsands oil: Alberta premier

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:24 PM

Nov 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081107/Obama_Stelmach_081107/20081107?hub=Canada&s_name=

Rich nations should ditch 'unsustainable' lifestyles: China's Wen

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:23 PM

Nov 6, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081107/world/china_un_warming_1

Harper foresees common climate change plan with U.S

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:23 PM

Nov 6, 2008
Mike BlanchfieldCanwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=ea438b52-8af0-4b52-acc5-bec55642034e

Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power grid

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:22 PM

Nov 6, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081106/us/usreport_us_usa_election_gore_1

Fraudulent science used to hide hydro project's damage to B.C. creek: scientist

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:22 PM

Nov 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/11/06/bc-miller-creek.html?ref=rss

Generic drug maker loses case in Canada's top court

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:21 PM

Nov 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/plavix-scoc.html

Alberta wants in on climate negotiations with U.S.

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:21 PM

Nov 6, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081106.walbertaclimate1106/BNStory/National/home

Mad cow case in B.C. likely result of bad feed, says CFIA

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:21 PM

Nov 6, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/06/bc-mad-cow-bc.html

Obama's win a victory for science: stem-cell researchers

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:20 PM

Seeing the results like watching Berlin Wall fall, one hematologist says
Nov 6, 2008
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=42011a51-c947-4fd6-b281-7161506460a5

Scientific tests skewed by leaching plastics

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:20 PM

Nov 6, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=be27d48b-ef01-4e78-b2bf-c108801884c2

WWF warns of global boycotts over Baffin Bay polar bear hunt quota

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:19 PM

Nov 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/06/wwf-pbear.html

Unleash good germs on bad: researchers

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:19 PM

Nov 6, 2008
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081106.whospgerms1106/BNStory/Science/home

Climate change climbing corporate priority list

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:18 PM

Nov 5, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081105/Climate_change_081105/20081105?hub=Canada&s_name=

Research takes a hit from stock market meltdown

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:18 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Joanne Laucius
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=94399db4-cee8-455e-92de-d4d51b0b3d32

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The world's poor deserve better US leadership

Posted by Mehrdad Hariri at 4:22 PM

David Dickson from ScieDev
31 October 2008
http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/the-world-s-poor-deserve-better-us-leadership.html

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Report Says Canadian Academia Falling Behind in Research Commercialization

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:40 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Biotech Transfer Week
http://www.biotechtransferweek.com/issues/2_43/btw_qa/150529-1.html

Feds confirm plan to seek climate deal with Obama

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:39 PM

Nov 5, 2008
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20081105/USelection_CDA_reaction_081105/20081105/?hub=TopStories&s_name=election2008&subhub=PrintStory

Climate talks: Obama victory offers hope, but Congress is key

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:39 PM

Nov 5, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081105/usa/us_vote_climate_un_1

Superbug MRSA cases hit record level in Ontario

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:38 PM

Nov 5, 2008
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081105.wmrsa05/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Agency killed food-label program without review: Documents

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:38 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f2582203-6521-4f60-b55a-c6824cf324fb

Panel urges Canada to pump up Arctic research

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:38 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=99d75fa2-5440-4aed-9d4f-2eb478bbf13f

Newly appointed food safety chief an industry first: Maple Leaf CEO

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:37 PM

Nov 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/05/mapleleafsafety.html

Alberta moves to cap water sales

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:37 PM

Nov 5, 2008
JOHN COTTER
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/11/05/7309716-sun.html

NASA says ozone layer hole 5th biggest on record

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:36 PM

Nov 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/05/ozone-hole.html

Gates urges rich countries not to cut health aid

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:36 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/05/gates-health.html

N.B. issues first-ever biomass policy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:36 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Daniel McHardie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/04/nb-biomass-policy.html

Report calls for more energy 'champions'

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:35 PM

Conservation experts urged for businesses, hospitals and schools
Nov 5, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/530730

12 new E. coli cases suspected in southern Ont.

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:35 PM

Nov 5, 2008
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=de60a581-ff1d-42f4-89ba-ca03faf5016f

Asian demand behind falling shark populations: report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:34 PM

Nov 5, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=09c020e1-8e41-4715-8a93-2e8791f9fce1

Beekeepers buzz parliament for research money

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:34 PM

Nov 5, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081105/world/britain_animals_politics_demo_1

Assessing Bush Science Advisor’s defense of science funding

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:33 PM

Nov 4, 2008
John Timmer
ars technica
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081104-assessing-bush-science-advisors-defense-of-science-funding.html

Ontario delays deadline for final bids on two new nuclear reactors

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:33 PM

Nov 4, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/04/ont-nuclear.html

Industry calls on city to scrap new waste plan

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:32 PM

Nov 4, 2008
JENNIFER LEWINGTON AND JEFF GRAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081104.wtrash1105/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081104.wtrash1105

Third Saskatchewan health region says syringes were reused in operating room

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:32 PM

Nov 4, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081104/health/health_dirty_syringes_5

Climate change creates opportunities, Canada's corporations say

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:31 PM

Nov 4, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f4074200-d368-4337-97ce-b89d2b0f4c05

Ontario urged to force companies to pay for cleanup of mines

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:31 PM

Nov 4, 2008
MARIA BABBAGE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081104.wmining1104/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081104.wmining1104

Alberta's syphilis outbreak partly due to economic boom: health minister

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:31 PM

Nov 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/04/syphilis-alberta.html?ref=rss

From pond scum to desirable?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:30 PM

Nov 3, 2008
PHUONG LE
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081103.walgenergy1103/BNStory/Science/home

What Obama's win means for science

Posted by Mehrdad Hariri at 6:20 PM

http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081105/full/news.2008.1209.html

Big Night for Obama Also Brings Changes for Science

Posted by Mehrdad Hariri at 6:14 PM

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1105/1

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Canada an environmental slouch, study says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:04 AM

Nov 4, 2008
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081104/canada/canada_us_environment_study_1

Universities facing school of hard knocks

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:04 AM

Stock market declines thump pension plans, endowments; may hurt enrolment numbers
Nov 4, 2008
Ann Perry
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/529851