Rae, Ignatieff, LeBlanc ditch Green Shift

Nov 19, 2008
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ad7d56c4-8eae-42ec-b374-7259afd86312

Melting ice now main driver of rising sea levels: study

Nov 19, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=976858

Environmentalists promote 'green stimulus'

Governments can save the economy and the planet, they say, by spending on mass transit, renewable energy and fuel-efficient cars
Nov 19, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wgreen19/BNStory/National/home

Doctors allege intimidation in raising drug warnings, investigation shows

Nov 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/avandia.html

Lead contamination levels drop in Canadians : StatsCan

Nov 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/lead-blood.html

Canada wants North America cap-and-trade system

Nov 19, 2008
David Ljunggren
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081119/canada/canada_us_politics_environment_2

Telus to invest $100 million over three years in new health technology unit

Nov 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/health/health_telus_health_1

Dangerous bacteria on rise, expert warns

Nov 18, 2008
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wsuperbug1118/BNStory/Science/home

Lawmakers pass landmark climate change bill

Nov 18, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081118/world/britain_politics_climate_environment_1

Canadian emissions increase by 22 per cent

Nov 17, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=ee1bba83-f3c4-4c37-94fb-89eb781b3e08

Young Europeans are enthusiastic about science – but still reluctant to pursue scientific careers

Nov 14, 2008
Europa
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1711&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest

Nov 19, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI5IZ20081119

Text of the speech from the throne

Nov 19, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/539933

Meeting climate commitments to open new avenues of litigation

Eco Justice
Nov 19, 2008
Helen Burnett-Nichols
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/reports/legal/story.html?id=970810

Shots All Around!

The case for immunizing everyone against the flu
Nov 19, 2008
Sydney Spiesel
Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2204818/

As in town, so in country

Nov 17, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081117.wePesticide17/BNStory/specialComment/home

Algae possibly holds the secret to resolving some major problems

Nov 16, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1299167

Liberals, NDP name science and technology critics

Nov 18, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/17/tech-politicians.html

Raw-milk activist calls Ontario milk board an 'albatross,' wants it scrapped

Nov 18, 2008
Colin Perkel
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/health/health_raw_milk_2

Developing new technologies key to economic growth

Nov 18, 2008
DAVID CRANE
Herald Chronicle
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1091011.html

Safe injection may save system $14-million

Nov 18, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wldrugs18/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Green-style New Deal faces major cash crunch

Nov 18, 2008
Paul Taylor
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/538583

Obama promises to take a leading role in environmental issues

Nov 18, 2008
Liz Sidoti
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/world/obama_climate_change_1

Obama vows to engage world on climate change

Nov 18, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081118/world/us_politics_obama_climate_1

B.C. adds voice to debate over climate change at California conference

Nov 18, 2008
Jonathan Fowlie
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=8d388139-a378-488c-9afa-40704cc60386&k=96213

Schwarzenegger convenes global climate change summit

Obama: U.S. will be major player in UN treaty negotiations
Nov 18, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.thespec.com/News/article/468576

Action urged to prevent 'infectious' tooth decay in children

Nov 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/18/dental-children.html

B.C. doctor urged to retire because of zealous approach to Lyme disease

Licensing body's criticism of MD will make others fearful to treat disease, he says
Nov 18, 2008
Kathy Tomlinson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/bc-doctorretired.html

End water fluoridation, professor says

People get enough from toothpaste, he argues
Nov 18, 2008
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/538700

Canadian university heads visit India to increase student exchanges and research partnerships

Nov 18, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/india_11_18_e.html

AUCC celebrates International Education Week 2008

Nov 17, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/iew_11_17_e.html

Quebec faculty satisfied with jobs, but not entirely

New study finds them less happy with level of institutional support for family life
Nov 17, 2008
Bronwyn Chester
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/11/17/quebec-faculty-satisfied-with-jobs-but-not-entirely.aspx

The “baby gap” in academia

Nov 17, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?blogid=86

Alberta contacts 954 people about dirty syringes

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/alberta_syringes_081117/20081117?hub=Health

UN climate panel says greenhouse gas emissions rose during 2000-06

Nov 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081117/world/germany_climate_change_1

Injection site opponents emotional, not scientific: study

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/insite_costs_081117/20081117?hub=Health

Oil, gas industry spent $2.8B on environment: study

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/statscan_industry_081117/20081117?hub=SciTech

Continents of garbage adrift in oceans

As much as 10 per cent of plastics produced end up inside giant marine vortexes
Nov 17, 2008
Alex Roslin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=30fae34a-c866-4f54-aed5-a0bf85810e26

Innovative start-ups catching the wind

Nov 17, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/538018

'These are strongly linked cases,' Yukon doctor says of TB's spread

Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/yk-tb.html

FDA to open China offices after product recalls

Nov 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/fda-china.html

Brampton councillor wants ban on addictive poppy derivative

Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/doda-opium.html

Surgeons aren't following all guidelines to lower infection risks: survey

Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/surgery-infection.html

Liver, thyroid cancer rates increasing in Canada: report

Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/cancer-rates.html

Canada and Brazil Sign Agreement on Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation

Nov 17, 2008
Canada News Centre
http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=424099&categoryid=16

An innovation nation?

Editorial
November 24, 2008 issue of Canadian Business magazine
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/opinions/article.jsp?content=20081124_10022_10022

Policy Briefing: Innovation

Nov 17, 2008
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/policy_briefings/111708_pb.pdf

PM's climate offer could make North America clean energy powerhouse, if he's serious

If not, Canada will be on the outs with Obama
Nov 17, 2008
Aaron Freeman
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2008/november/17/pm_climate/&c=1

The high cost of carbon capture

Everybody wants to curb emissions, but are consumers willing to pay the price?
Nov 17, 2008
Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=175d7399-957a-4282-8571-b8be43bc5c17

Asthma misdiagnosed in at least a third of Canadian patients: study

Tests took place in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax
Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/asthma-misdiagnose.html

British Columbia has an identity crisis

Nov 16, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=11678

Vitamins C, E fail to prevent cancer: study

Nov 16, 2008
WILL DUNHAM
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081116.wcancervitamins1116/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Obama seen likely to renew funds for birth control clinics

Nov 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081116/usa/us_politics_obama_abortion_health_1

Canada awaits Obama's word on oilsands

ENERGY POLICY: Canadian policy may be forced by the new president's choices
Nov 16, 2008
GREG WESTON
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Columnists/Weston_Greg/2008/11/16/7426751-sun.html

$6-million agreement to boost canola research

Nov 15, 2008
Herald Leader
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1297851

Largest plant DNA project may lead to new medicines

Nov 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081115/plant_dna_081115/20081115?hub=SciTech

Got a spare Earth anywhere?

We're using the planet's resources way faster than nature can possibly replace them
Nov 15, 2008
VIVIAN SONG
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/life/greenplanet/2008/11/15/7421526-sun.html

Canadian wind industry faces delay, rising debt costs: industry financiers

Nov 15, 2008
Michael Tutton
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081115/business/wind_challenged_1

Rescue services applaud funding for defibrillators

Nov 15, 2008
Craig Pearson
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=7051df15-ca80-42c1-b0e5-e1d2d3a86372&k=71291

It has become another meaningless promise

Nov 14, 2008
Lorrie Goldstein
The Recorder & Times
http://beta.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1297688

California ordered to prepare for sea-level rise

Nov 14, 2008
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081115/us/usreport_us_california_sealevel_1

SFU biologist's theory called one of greatest since Freud's

Study could change the way science thinks about mental illness
Nov 14, 2008
Amy O'Brian
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=21cf5e5b-2a83-4d1f-892d-dc35b12cc5c8&k=95319

Norovirus outbreak hits Edmonton

Nov 14, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/14/edm-norovirus.html

UN water-monitoring program priority for Canada: Prentice

Nov 14, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/14/water-prentice.html

Joint study needed on Baffin Bay polar bear numbers: expert

Nov 14, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/14/pbear-survey.html?ref=rss

Panel picks clean energy as innovation opportunity

Nov 14, 2008
Business Edge
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/18990.cfm

Raising a glass to stem cell research

Fundraiser for new Cellular Therapy Centre
Nov 14, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=4ac710a1-864c-4a46-bfb4-e7e0cca37b4d

Tar sands turning Canada into ‘U. S. energy satellite’

‘Structural distortion’ kills jobs by linking loonie to oil: author
Nov 14, 2008
Richard Leitner
Mountain News
http://www.hamiltonmountainnews.com/news/article/151579

Students protest debt load

Nov 14, 2008
QUENTIN CASEY
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/481068

Canada leads world in astronomical discoveries

If world astronomy was a Star Trek movie, Canada would be co-pilot of the Enterprise
Nov 14, 2008
Don Martin
CanWest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/travel/story.html?id=21b0bdd8-030f-4f65-bbe9-b78fc8899463

Stewards of the Arctic?

Nov 14, 2008
GERALD BUTTS
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081113.wcopolar14/BNStory/specialComment/home

Environmentalists seek boreal forest protection

Group says oilsands production is leaving a trail of destruction
Nov 14, 2008
Saul Chernos
Business Edge
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/18956.cfm

Modern cancer drugs more likely to get to market

Nov 14, 2008
Ben Hirschler
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=7d1683fb-40d4-4586-aa16-ff29d66a5ab6

Halton moves to ban fluoride from water

Nov 14, 2008
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/536763

Tories to pull out of Canada-led water-monitoring program

Nov 13, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/harper-water.html

Brown clouds over Asia pose new threat to planet: UN

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/brown-clouds.html

Nuclear curbing alternatives?

Environmental groups say Ontario's atomic focus detracts from efforts to develop greener electricity
Nov 13, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/535898

Traffic pollution makes asthma symptoms worse in children: study

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/traffic-pollution.html

Separate Great Lakes, Mississippi basins to bar invasive species: study

Nov 13, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/great-lakes.html

Health care spending to reach record $171B: report

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/health-spending.html

Newborns test positive for MRSA

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/pe-mrsa-newborns.html

Reduce overcrowded housing to slash TB rates, native leaders urge

Officials from around the world to discuss how to cut rates in half by 2015
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/tuberculosis-meeting.html#Scene_1

HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in men: study

About 40 countries have approved vaccination for males
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/hpv-vaccine-men.html

A new age of statins?

Nov 13, 2008
Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth
Forbes.com
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/f-forbes-statins.html

FDA slaps sweeping hold on foods from China

Nov 13, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081113/melamine_hold_081113/20081113?hub=Health

Victoria leads Canada in green transport

Nov 13, 2008
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=e80f40d1-9bd2-4396-ae39-e833c6c82328

Evidence linking pesticides to cancer not strong enough: expert

But link can't be ruled out without further testing
Nov 12, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/pesticides-cancer.html

GeneNews cuts two-fifths of Canadian workforce, moves R&D to Asia

Nov 12, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081112/business/genenews_1

Urgent regulation needed for nanomaterials: experts

Nov 12, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/nanomaterials.html

Southern Ocean close to acid tipping point, researchers say

Nov 12, 2008
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/ocean-acid.html

Green use for white snow: Ottawa probes cool potential to save energy

Nov 12, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/ot-snow-081112.html

Fewer Canadian tech companies growing quickly: Deloitte

Nov 12, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/tech-companies.html

Earth would be heading to a freeze without CO2 emissions

Nov 12, 2008
AFP
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyGeD4x6xxyooCI8A_gn-LLBF_3g

Cancer society turns sights to farm pesticides

Agency holding conference with leading scientists on hotly contested issue of restricting agricultural bug and weed killers
Nov 12, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081112.wpesticides12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081112.wpesticides12

Top court rules for Navy in whales-sonar case

Nov 12, 2008
James Vicini
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1a5f0912-c56c-449a-9405-eff71a38fdb7

More growers turn to coal

Greenhouse operators battered by fuel costs forced to pick cheapest and dirtiest alternative
Nov 11, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/534346

Misunderstood oil sands

Nov 11, 2008
editoria
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081111.webranding12/BNStory/specialComment/home

Atlantic sharks at risk due to over-fishing: study

Nov 11, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ee8e376b-ea55-4c15-a94d-4c1b68c7e4e8

Tories warned of biofuel risks

Internal documents show downsides of ethanol boost
Nov 11, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=c4e2bb6b-4aac-415b-bf93-4ad380ff7e60

Vatican cautions Obama against changing Bush's policy on stem cells

Nov 11, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081111/world/vatican_stem_cells_1