Jet powered in part by vegetable oil takes test flight

Dec 30, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/30/jetfuel.html

N.B.'s endangered bald eagle population taking flight

Dec 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/nb-bald-eagles.html

Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens, U.S. study suggests

Dec 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/29/diabetes.html

Common food additive linked to lung cancer in mice

Dec 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/cancer.html

U.S. navy wins fight over sonar use

Ruling requires research, but no actions to protect marine animals
Dec 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/sonar-whales.html

Nunavut led nation in polar year research

Dec 29, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/29/ipy-research.html

Canadian moon rover floated in plans for national space agency

Dec 27, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/27/canada-space.html

Hard times for higher learning

Experts predict 'lots of pain and grief' will hit campuses across the country soon
Dec 27, 2008
Joanne Laucius
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Hard+times+higher+learning/1118698/story.html

It's 'attack of the slime' as jellyfish jeopardize the Earth's oceans

Dec 27, 2008
ZOE CORMIER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081227.ZOE27/TPStory/Environment

Emerging body of research on cellphones

Dec 27, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1364841

Probe into waterfowl deaths taking too long, group says

'It's a complex issue,' spokeswoman for Environment Canada declares
Dec 26, 2008
NORVAL SCOTT AND DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081226.DUCKS26/TPStory/Environment

Campbell's doomed policies on fish farming will be a tough sell to voters

Dec 26, 2008
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081226.BCHUME26/TPStory//?page=rss&id=GAM.20081226.BCHUME26

Asia at risk of era of mega-disasters: report

Dec 26, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1116307

Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home

Dec 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081225/genetic_engineer_081225/20081225?hub=Health

Arctic ice melting faster than predicted: expert

Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/24/climate-passage.html

NASA awards space cargo contracts to private companies

Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/24/nasa-spacex.html

Seven toys in Canada recalled in 2008 due to barium

Dec 24, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081224/toxictoys_barium_081224/20081224?hub=Health

Smoking rate for pregnant women in Alberta exceeds national average

Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/24/smoking-pregnancy.html

U.S. seniors at risk for dangerous drug combo reactions: study

Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/24/seniors-drugs.html

All I want for Christmas ....

Dec 23, 2008
DAVID SUZUKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcogreen24/BNStory/specialComment/home

It's time to get off our laurels – and innovate, innovate, innovate

Dec 23, 2008
ROBERT PALTER AND SACHA GHAI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcoecon24/BNStory/specialComment/home

Listeria outbreak rocketed Canada's food safety system to top of mind in 2008

Dec 23, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jXkRCnSTsYh1tjYMQHN05u0c1x0Q

More than 100 million Americans breathe sooty air

Dec 23, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081223/sooty_air_081223/20081223?hub=Health

Alberta remains No. 1 greenhouse gas emitter

Dec 23, 2008
Dina O'Meara and Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a9f85166-c697-4492-9179-931a335b37d1

Prepare for longer emergencies due to climate change: EMO

Dec 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/23/nb-emo-prepared.html

Ont. shop owner charged with selling addictive poppy derivative

Dec 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/23/doda-charge.html

'Global land grab' causing alarm among NGOs

Dec 23, 2008
Fabien Zamora
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1108602

White Christmases falling to climate change

Dec 23, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story.html?id=1106582

Repeal laws banning cousins from marrying: geneticists

Dec 22, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/22/cousins-marry.html

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