The nuclear option

Mar 5, 2009
Armand Laferrère
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/03/05/the-nuclear-option.aspx

Health Canada further restricting access to information

Documents must be OK'd by minister's office
Mar 5, 2009
Glen McGregor
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/News/Health+Canada+further+restricting+access+information/1357988/story.html

New federal act would boost fines for corporate polluters

Mar 5, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090305.wenvirobill0305/BNStory/politics/home

Ontario to sue big tobacco for health costs

Proposed law would let province seek billions to recoup money spent on smoking-related illness
Mar 5, 2009
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/596884

Flushing away valuable energy

Mar 5, 2009
CAROL MAAS AND NANCY GOUCHER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/2009/03/05/8634521-sun.html

Government of Canada announces new centre for surgical innovation in Hamilton

New Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research will create jobs, improve the quality of life for Canadians and strengthen the economy
Mar 5, 2009
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/05/c6278.html

Alberta government adds cancer drug Avastin to its coverage list

Mar 5, 2009
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Alberta+government+adds+cancer+drug+Avastin+coverage+list/1357904/story.html

Bisphenol A found in canned soft drinks

Mar 4, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090304/bpa_090304/20090304?hub=Health

Maple Leaf CEO denies talking Listeria with Feds

Mar 4, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090304/maple_leaf_090304/20090304/?hub=TorontoNewHome

The budget's message to medical science: Quick! Get a shovel!

Mar 3, 2009
editorial
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/5/485

Clinical trial participation poses ethical, practical issues

Mar 3, 2009
Ann Silversides
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/5/500

Effect of oilsands on water supply to be studied

Mar 3, 2009
JIM MACDONALD
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1109275.html

Government of Canada Invests Over $35 Million for Science and Technology Projects to Enhance Canada's Safety and Security

Mar 3, 2009
Defence Research and Development Canada
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29491224/

Obama revamp of U.S. requires Canada to react

Feb 28, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/fp/Obama+revamp+requires+Canada+react/1339023/story.html

U.S. academics staying in Canada

Some who moved north in Bush presidency have no plans to return
Feb 23, 2009
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/us-academics-staying-in-canada.aspx

Obama puts science in rightful place

Jan 30, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Citizen
http://www.canada.com/news/world/Obama+puts+science+rightful+place/1233235/story.html

HPV vaccine a tough sell in parts of Canada

Mar 3, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090303/HPV_vaccine_090303/20090303?hub=Health

Why fewer women succeed in math

Innate career leanings, not inferior ability, prompt calculating females to shun calculus, study finds
Mar 3, 2009
Nancy J. White
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/595540

Feds feeling heat from insulation lawsuit

Mar 3, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Calgary Sun
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2009/03/03/8599276-sun.html

It's time for Canada's digital revolution

Mar 2, 2009
TOM JENKINS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090226.wagenda_jenkins02/BNStory/robAgenda/home

Oilsands not focus in U.S.-Canada talks: Environmentalists

Mar 2, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+focus+Canada+talks+Environmentalists/1345718/story.html

Researchers fear 'stagnation' under Tories

Mar 2, 2009
CAROLYN ABRAHAM
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090302.wresearch02/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Climate change double-think

Mar 2, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/02/lorne-gunter-climate-change-double-think.aspx

Prentice heads to Washington for crucial talks on clean-energy technology

Mar 1, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i8kpequf3yb9-MhTXZNpyrrcgN-g

NRC cuts could affect 300 positions

Feb 23, 2009
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/cuts+could+affect+positions/1312274/story.html

Change at the realm of Génome Québec

Feb 26, 2009
Génome Québec
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/26/c4048.html

Ottawa wades into oilsands debate

Mar 1, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+wades+into+oilsands+debate/1342099/story.html

Canadians won't quit on the environment

Government must have 'green' focus while stimulating economy, pollster says
Feb 28, 2009
JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090228.CLIMATE28/TPStory/National

Carbon capture no silver bullet for tar sands

Only a small portion of greenhouse gases could be sequestered
Feb 27, 2009
Gerald Butts
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/593781

Canada is wasting this economic crisis

Feb 27, 2009
David Anderson
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/Business/Canada+wasting+this+economic+crisis/1334811/story.html

Government of Canada announces new green chemistry commercialization centre in Kingston

Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research solve problems, advance innovation and create jobs
Feb 27, 2009
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/27/c4408.html

Tories in sprint to match Obama on climate change

Fuel standards and emissions targets on harmonization agenda
Feb 26, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/593246

Universities need higher fees to get through recession: report

Feb 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/26/fee-hikes.html

And the SSHRC goes to ...

Harper budget attempts to control academic research
Feb 26, 2009
Ricardo Acuña
Vue Weekly
http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=11114

The not so good old days

The world of his childhood David Suzuki remembers so fondly was one of intolerance and want, rampant disease and malnutrition, killer smog and dead lakes
Feb 26, 2009
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/Health/good+days/1331552/story.html

Cure for cancer just might be prevention

New report promotes cutting back on fatty, sugary foods, exercising regularly and slimming down
Feb 26, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090226.wcancer26/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

New NSERC Program Helps Colleges Work With Local Businesses

Feb 25, 2009
NSERC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29394946/

National Geographic oilsands portrayal "fair": environment minister

Feb 25, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/National+Geographic+oilsands+portrayal+fair+environment+minister/1328569/story.html

Directing grants to select research bad public policy

Feb 23, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/Directing+grants+select+research+public+policy/1319304/story.html

Ottawa universities announce research chairs, extend funding

Feb 24, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Ottawa+universities+announce+research+chairs+extend+funding/1321460/story.html

Canada dragging heels on polar bear issue

Feb 24, 2009
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/Canada+dragging+heels+polar+bear+issue/1324034/story.html

Small consumer tech not always green, U of C researcher says

Feb 24, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Small+consumer+tech+always+green+researcher+says/1324229/story.html

Nunavut MLAs make pitches to host high Arctic research station

Feb 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/24/research-reax.html

BPA may pose greater threat to newborns

Toxic substance that mimics estrogen may linger longer in babies than in adults, researchers find
Feb 24, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090224.wlbpa24/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Acrylamide: fried food's unwelcome ingredient

Feb 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/24/f-acrylamide.html

Health group asks Ottawa to pump $700-million into heart strategy

Feb 24, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090224.wheart0224/BNStory/Front/home

Folic acid: good for cells, so-so as a disease-fighter

Feb 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/24/f-folic.html

Government of Canada Provides Support to Canada Research Chairs at 37 Universities

Feb 23, 2009
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29349808/

Government of Canada announces new research networks in Montréal

Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence solve problems, advance innovation and create jobs
Feb 23, 2009
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/23/c2908.html

Cutting research money is a false economy

Feb 22, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Business/Cutting+research+money+false+economy/1316494/story.html

World of Science on the move

Feb 22, 2009
BILL BROOKS
Calgary Sun
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2009/02/22/8482826-sun.html

Environmental heroes

Speaking up for what's right can mean imprisonment -- or worse
Feb 22, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/02/22/8482206-sun.html

Canadians asked to prescribe health care improvements

Feb 22, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Canadians+asked+prescribe+health+care+improvements/1317610/story.html

Australia to press Canada on environment

Feb 21, 2009
Jennifer Campbell
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Australia+press+Canada+environment/1316097/story.html

Scarcity of R&D driving top minds from Canada

Organization promoting advanced research makes it a mission to show the urgency of integrating innovation into business plans
Feb 21, 2009
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090221.BCMASON21/TPStory/National/columnists

Charles Darwin casts a giant shadow, 200 years after his birth

Feb 21, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1446348

A man’s world no more

Number of women in university science programs has risen sharply
Feb 21, 2009
BRIAN HAYES
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Science/9010861.html

Environment minister says carbon capture already a proven technology

Feb 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gAPgmwTaO2FjlVltI-zspjQM0n6Q

Read no evil

Trevor Herriot, the naturalist and author, on writing about things people, and governments, don't want to face
Feb 20, 2009
TREVOR HERRIOT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090220.wbkherriot_essay21/BNStory/globebooks/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Canada willing to leave climate policy to Obama

But there's a downside to letting U.S. president set agenda on cutting greenhouse emissions
Feb 18, 2009
Clare Demerse
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/588974

Researchers struggle as Ottawa scales back funding

Experts frustrated as other countries pour money into science
Feb 17, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090217.RESEARCH17/TPStory/National

Arctic research centre scrambles to survive

Feb 17, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Arctic+research+centre+scrambles+survive/1298267/story.html

Study warns against emissions deal for oilsands

Feb 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090217/oilsands_deal_090217/20090217?hub=SciTech

Embattled Pharma Review Panel Works Well: Top Scientists

Ministry's push to disband Therapeutics Initiative 'lacks substantive evidence'
Feb 17, 2009
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/17/PharmaInitiative/

Take climate change off the agenda

Canadians and Americans place climate change near bottom of priorities
Feb 17, 2009
Christopher Horner
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/02/17/take-climate-change-off-the-agenda.aspx

A bad time might be a good time to invest

Feb 17, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1106848.html

Obama leaving Canada in the dust on environment: groups

Feb 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ghcdvx0OX03kJuya8FvZObPbTLPg

Isotope shortage expected after shutdown of Chalk River reactor

Feb 17, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/17/isotope-shortage.html

EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN

Universities are investing as never before in new environmental programs and strategies
Feb 17, 2009
PHILIP FINE
Special to the Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090217.SRENVIRONEWPROGS17/TPStory/Environment

Scientists quitting Canada as climate funding dries up

Feb 15, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Scientists+quitting+Canada+climate+funding+dries/1295395/story.html

From green to gold

Discovery Place has come up with a 'flagship' design that will earn it a gold-standard certification as one of B.C.'s most eco-friendly buildings
Feb 14, 2009
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/From+green+gold/1290472/story.html

Energy security calls for a continental vision

Feb 16, 2009
PIERRE ALVAREZ
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090210.wagenda16/BNStory/robAgenda/home

Aging population may affect public health

Older people using less water will hurt infrastructure: Study
Feb 16, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Aging+population+affect+public+health/1294743/story.html

US calls for treaty on mercury reduction

Feb 16, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjEHXtGOtiZbKdW-N6hBmp5vCl9gD96CPBTO0

Prentice says environment and energy issues linked for Canada, U.S

Feb 15, 2009
Jason van Rassel
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Prentice+says+environment+energy+issues+linked+Canada/1292689/story.html

Climate change: 'Feedback' triggers could amplify peril

Feb 15, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jSNt_lHYXJe_qFDI4kbvz1LlMI6w

Culture of innovation attracts startups

Canadian firms turn to Silicon Valley for success
Feb 15, 2009
John Shmuel
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/business/Culture+innovation+attracts+startups/1286696/story.html

The impotency of Canada’s fertility laws

Feb 13, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1288389

Alberta issues 20-year plan for enviro-friendly oilsands

Image-building document light on specifics
Feb 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/12/cgy-oilsands-plan.html

Federal trans-fat report prompts call for regulation

Heart and Stroke Foundation says voluntary reduction efforts are failing
Feb 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/12/trans-fat.html

Great Lakes not enough to quench water shortage: Report

Feb 12, 2009
Bradley Bouzane
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Great+Lakes+enough+quench+water+shortage+Report/1282988/story.html

Chocolate: It's just not that good for you

Feb 12, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090212.wchocolate12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Measles vaccine not to blame for autism case, U.S. court rules

Feb 12, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/12/autism-vaccine.html

The war against superbugs

Feb 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/12/f-superbugs.html

2nd case of avian flu turns up in Fraser Valley

Feb 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/11/bc-fraser-avian-flu.html

New deal with U.K. boosts Canadian access to Antarctic research stations

Feb 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/11/tech-arctic-antarctic-deal.html

Minister confirms $500M for electronic health records

Feb 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/11/e-health-records.html

Ontario could be coal-free by 2010 with aggressive conservation: report

Feb 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/10/ont-coal.html

More Canadians saving energy and water at home: StatsCan

Feb 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/10/energy.html

New law will keep NIMBY-ism from stopping green projects: Ont. premier

Feb 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/10/ont-green-energy.html

NDP reintroduces greenhouse gas reduction bill

Feb 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/10/layton-climate.html

Federal budget gets mixed reviews

Infrastructure spending welcome but research story less rosy
Feb 9, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/federal-budget-gets-mixed-reviews.aspx

Space agency head pleased with robotics funding

Feb 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/09/space-robotics.html

Attempted suicide, chronic disease rates higher among poor: Ont. report

Feb 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/09/poverty-health.html

Italian woman at heart of euthanasia debate dies

Feb 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/09/italy-euthanasia.html

Support our scientists

Feb 11, 2009
Marc Garneau
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1275357

Weak link found between smoking pot, testicular cancer

Feb 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/09/pot-cancer.html

Massive study casts doubt on health benefits of multivitamins

Feb 9, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Massive+study+casts+doubt+health+benefits+multivitamins/1270772/story.html

A new direction for science in the U.S.

Feb 7, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1425631

Should we do it just because science can?

Octuplets, 60-year-old new mom give rise to ethical, moral debates
Feb 7, 2009
Ian Haysom
Times Colonist
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=d995012c-4386-4130-ad10-ea9a88d07492