GlaxoSmithKline bans corporate political donations

Dec 22, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081222/GlaxoSmithKline_081222/20081222?hub=Health

Obama team primed to push climate change agenda

Dec 22, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=1105525

EU launches fresh WTO challenge to US, Canadian beef sanctions

Dec 22, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081222/usa/eu_us_canada_wto_trade_dispute_1

Environmental groups sue to stop EPA from changing rule allowing surface mining near streams

Dec 22, 2008
Jesse J. Holland
Canadian Business
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=D957U87O0&utm_source=markets&utm_medium=rss

Fewer Americans Worried About Climate Change

Dec 22, 2008
Angus Reid Global Monitor
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/fewer_americans_worried_about_climate_change/

Canada deserves 'Colossal Fossil' award

Dec 20, 2008
Dave Martin
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/556665

With failing hands, we drop the climate-change torch

Dec 20, 2008
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/556069

Obama names 4 top members of science team

Dec 20, 2008
HOPE YEN
Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-20-08-02-16

Idaho energy czar aims to harness cow pie power

Dec 20, 2008
John Miller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/20/7815111-ap.html

Canada earns the 'colossal fossil' label

Dec 19, 2008
Alison Ménard
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/516980

New ban imposed on regulating global warming gases

Dec 19, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081219/gas_ban_081219/20081219?hub=SciTech

Trade deals must protect environment: Obama

Dec 19, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BI5WG20081219

Study Shows Canada Can Tackle Climate Change & Prosper

Canada can be a leader in tackling climate change and still experience strong economic and employment growth according to a groundbreaking study
Dec 19, 2008
Bob Ewing
DigitalJournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263713

System in search of better icebreaker

Field trials continue for a less corrosive product to replace 2,000 tonnes of rock salt used yearly
Dec 19, 2008
Tess Kalinowski
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/556247

Develop sound, scientific criteria on pesticide use

Dec 19, 2008
Lorne Hepworth
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/417864

Cold meds not suitable for kids under 6: Health Canada

Dec 19, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081219.wlcold19/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

How safe is our food? Don't ask

Feds withhold records on management of crisis
Dec 19, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/556249

Listeria files withheld under deluge of access-to-information requests

Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/19/listeria-cfia.html

Children's kidneys not harmed by low doses of melamine: study

Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/19/melamine-hong-kong.html

Health Canada wants stricter heart failure warning on diabetes drug Actos

Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/19/actos.html

Island institute receives $8M for bioscience research

Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/19/pe-bioscience-funding.html

Health experts face drug-resistant flu strain challenges

Dec 19, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081219/flu_drugs_081219/20081219?hub=Health

Darwinism: Why we are, as we are

As the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On The Origin of Species” approaches, the moment has come to ask how Darwin’s insights can be used profitably by policymakers
Dec 18, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12795581

Coal should be warming concern: scientists

Dec 18, 2008
Clare Baldwin
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BH0GO20081218?sp=true

Eyes west

Could the United States topple Europe as the driver of international climate-change regulations?
Dec 18, 2008
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7224/

FDA raises the bar for heart risks of new diabetes drugs

Dec 18, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/18/diabetes-drugs.html

MRSA outbreak delays surgeries at Charlottetown hospital

Dec 18, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/18/pe-mrsa-surgery.html

EU finalizes deal to fight climate change

Dec 17, 2008
Pete Harrison and Huw Jones
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BG2SH20081217

Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment

Dec 17, 2008
Deborah Charles
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG43N20081217

U.S. will fail to meet 2022 biofuels mandate: EIA

Dec 17, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG4EQ20081217

Corn pests to thrive as global climate warms: study

Dec 17, 2008
Karl Plume
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG45X20081217

Rising sea levels, earthquakes to hit B.C., says study

Dec 17, 2008
Richard Watts
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1083823

Suicide warning added to epilepsy drugs in U.S.

Dec 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/17/epilepsy-warning.html

Canada falls short

Dec 16, 2008
editorial
The Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1347464

Adapting to a changing climate

Documents sent to Transport and Infrastructure Canada by federal experts warn that water resources are particularly vulnerable to changes in the climate and urge Ottawa to offer more support, guidance and leadership
Dec 16, 2008
MIKE DE SOUZA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story.html?id=1079893

It's almost too late to stop warming

Dec 16, 2008
Gwynne Dyer
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/482719

Alberta mulls new wind power lines

Dec 16, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BF58H20081216

Generic drug makers seek changes to patent law

Consumers would benefit from lower costs, says industry
Dec 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/16/generic-court.html

Protect kids with stricter regulation of chemicals, group urges

Dec 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/16/children-chemicals.html

Groups urge BPA ban in all food packaging

Dec 16, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081216.BISPHENOL16/TPStory/National

The big melt

Two trillion tons of ice have melted since 2003
Dec 16, 2008
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wbigmelt1216/BNStory/Science/home

Arctic ice volume lowest ever as globe warms - U.N.

Dec 16, 2008
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1082827

"Safer" cigarette smoke just as harmful to embryos

Dec 16, 2008
Anne Harding
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=f93ad7b5-4b41-46b6-9152-89ac63d49bee

Electronics firms slow on climate change: Greenpeace

Dec 16, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1082010

The million-dollar degree

Dec 16, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4834&blogid=86

Canadian research misconduct to be studied by Health Canada-led committee

New study for Canadian Research Integrity Committee compares policies and incidence at home with eight other countries
Dec 15, 2008
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-research-misconduct-to-be-studied-by-health-canada-led-committee.aspx

FAO says Africa needs massive water investment

Dec 15, 2008
Imed Lamloum
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1078429

Canada labelled a ‘Colossal Fossil’

Climate change top Ottawa priority despite environmentalist criticism: Prentice
Dec 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/Live/article/154237

Obama left with little time to curb global warming

Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081215/obama_globalwarming_081215/20081215?hub=SciTech

In the shadow of Canada's oil boom

Dec 15, 2008
Sarah Shenker
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7776775.stm

Biotech Essential to Economic Recovery

Dec 15, 2008
BIOTECanada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Biotech-Essential-Economic-Recovery/story.aspx?guid=%7B51957138-8FEA-4931-9E0A-A566BDAC8011%7D

CLIMATE CHANGE: Chasm Widens Between Science and Policy

Dec 15, 2008
Stephen Leahy
Inter Press Service
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45121

Air forced underground could provide energy

Storing compressed air below ground could provide the grid with wind power when it's needed, not just when it blows
Dec 15, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/553702

Colonoscopies miss more cancers on right side than left, study suggests

Dec 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/15/colonoscopy.html

U.S. government plans more research on bisphenol A

Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/15/bisphenol-fda.html

Mystery source of hospital's superbug outbreak found

Dec 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/15/sinks-hospital.html

Recall of toys sparks study on lead risks

Health Canada; Special X-rays will scan people's bones
Dec 15, 2008
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1076803

Going digital to save health care millions of dollars

Converting X-rays and other images to electronic format will reduce costs, aid patients, report says
Dec 15, 2008
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081215.DIGITAL15/TPStory/National

Scientists urge caution in ocean-CO2 capture schemes

Dec 15, 2008
David Fogarty
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BE0K520081215?sp=true

Australia to cut pollution 5 to 15 per cent by 2020

Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/15/australia-climate.html

Nuclear-medicine crisis averted as reactor restarts

Dec 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/15/isotopes-medical.html

Chalk River reactor steps up isotope production

Dec 14, 2008
Adrian Morrow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/553656

Cellphone health study on hold

Other nations have released their data on wireless health effects, so why hasn't Canada?
Dec 14, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/553500

New study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer

Dec 14, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081214/breastcancer_hormones_081214/20081214?hub=Health

We must watch over Ontario's Far North

Dec 13, 2008
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/552438

The glaciologist's worst nightmare

Forget melting. The possibility of ice break-up could lead to an irreversible catastrophe
Dec 13, 2008
Daniel Tanuro
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/552439

Scientist dropped from climate delegation to save money: Prentice

Dec 13, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/12/prentice-maciver.html

Prentice says climate a priority for Tories

Environment minister offers reassurance despite economic crisis
Dec 13, 2008
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/553266

Gifts that nurture an interest in science

Dec 13, 2008
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1345546

Tories ‘embarrassing’ Canada: Government scientist

Dec 12, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1069327

Canada mocked for its green policies

Dec 12, 2008
VIVIAN SONG
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2008/12/12/7720391-sun.html

Canada to work with U.S. on climate

North America-wide approach needed, Prentice tells summit
Dec 12, 2008
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/552592

EU breakthrough strengthens UN climate talks

Dec 12, 2008
Simon Sturdee
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1067749

EU leaders agree on climate-change deal

Dec 12, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/12/eu-climate.html

Vatican condemns embryo stem cell research, cloning

Dec 12, 2008
Philip Pullella
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1067731

Vatican hardens opposition to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning

Dec 12, 2008
Nicole Winfield
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/12/7725696-ap.html

Vatican issues major new bioethics document

Dec 12, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081212/bioethics_vatican_081212/20081212?hub=SciTech

Canada Foundation for Innovation: $45 Million Investment in Research Infrastructure Attracts World-Class Researchers

Dec 12, 2008
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Canada-Foundation-Innovation-45-Million/story.aspx?guid=%7BF16BFD5B-073F-4E62-970B-0F63E3C46708%7D

Experts back brain boosters for all

Dec 12, 2008
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.wldrugs12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Hospital mortality rate dips slightly

Dec 12, 2008
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.whospital12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Cambodian man gets bird flu, first case since 2007

Dec 12, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=e4897cd8-16fd-4939-9d01-57d0c7987491

Fears of human bird flu cases rise in India's Assam

Dec 12, 2008
Biswajyoti Das
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=5b5340ec-abb3-4cb1-a4ee-53fdaed36bfd

Toronto stood up to bottled water industry

Dec 11, 2008
Tony Clarke
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/551909

Nations collect funds for bogus immunizations, report says

Dec 11, 2008
DIANA MEHTA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081211.wImmunize12/BNStory/International/home

Tech industry asks Ottawa for $60B stimulus package

Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/11/cata-stimulus.html

Canada a 'constructive force' at climate talks: Prentice

Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/11/prentice-poland.html

Canada urges climate-change battle

Dec 11, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1062783

Canada criticized for lax approach to environment

Dec 11, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081211.CLIMATE11/TPStory/Environment

Climate change is a challenge for us all

Dec 11, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=0fa8f8c6-7e28-45d0-b5ff-773d01dc13fb

Safe toys

Falling behind the U.S.
Dec 11, 2008
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=c79199db-671a-488e-a604-a3edda3e5634

Sniffle season

Dec 11, 2008
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=88cd6880-c96d-4cab-a242-6522c1b60d61

Tuberculosis is closer to home than you think

Dec 11, 2008
Gail Johnson
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-175333/tuberculosis-closer-home-you-think

Greenhouse gas targets on track, official says

Dec 11, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/552008

Drinks cheap but social costs high: doctors

Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/cheap-drinks-doctors.html

Risks of some asthma drugs greater than benefits, FDA told

Foradil, Serevent singled out
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/asthma-drugs.html

P.E.I. orders more flu vaccine to meet demand

Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/pe-flu-vaccine.html

Toward a Next Generation Canada?

Dec 10, 2008
ANDREA WOOD
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.lawwebcommentary1209/BNStory/robLawPage/home

Canada adopts melamine standards set by WHO

Decrease in levels allowed in infant formula
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/10/melamine-canada.html

B.C. health critic calls on government to regulate sale of candy-flavoured cigars

Dec 10, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jmu9Wp_ezzfOYU-n6tCD28OM1oaA

Scientists hope Poland treaty can mitigate climate change effects

Dec 10, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/10/poznan-climate.html