Canada will seek North American Fuel Economy Standard

Mar 19, 2009
Pacenews
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/wheels/article/607756

Ontario commits $250M to fund new technology companies

Mar 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/18/ontario-investment.html

Polar bear summit goes behind closed doors

Mar 18, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Polar+bear+summit+goes+behind+closed+doors/1403084/story.html

B.C. sets $109 fine for smoking in cars with kids present

Mar 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/18/bc-car-smoking-fine.html

Scientists still wary after science minister confirms belief in evolution

Mar 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/tech-090318-gary-goodyear-evolution-scientists.html

Goodyear continues to deflect questions on evolution beliefs

Mar 18, 2009
ANNE MCILROY and GREG MCARTHUR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090318.wgoodyear0318/BNStory/politics/home

Canada’s private-sector biotechnology R&D troubled: study

Mar 17, 2009
Mohammed Adam
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Canada+private+sector+biotechnology+troubled+study/1396040/story.html

Research, is needed now more than ever

Hard times no reason to cut funding
Mar 18, 2009
PHILIP JESSOP
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=63f01237-a867-4d3c-b566-0b6418379355

Comrade Manning, science guru

Mar 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=d58fbfe8-6fc2-4225-b38f-00a5a035199e

Oilsands perceptions inaccurate, says CAPP

Oilpatch lobby head defends 'whipping boy'
Mar 18, 2009
Lisa Schmidt
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Oilsands+perceptions+inaccurate+says+CAPP/1400984/story.html

Canadians love their water

Study finds that we are using up H20 at an 'alarming rate'
Mar 18, 2009
Thomas Jolicoeur
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canadians+love+their+water/1401687/story.html

Plot thickens in ongoing debate of 'healthy obese'

Weight loss not for everyone, says top obesity specialist
Mar 18, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Plot+thickens+ongoing+debate+healthy+obese/1401700/story.html

Public's goodwill supports an overhaul of recycling in Ontario: premier

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iH7Z_2RzaUShvpZc-RerJa52YfWw

Ont.'s worst offenders generate, per person, trash equal to weight of small car

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i5njIeZVvyvyRLe5iUdxyOXlGMEQ

Feds to test taps for cancer contaminants

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iLXmF79mg1mYlJHU3Pvbdj2A_6gg

B.C. coalition seeks ban on trophy hunting of bears

Mar 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/17/bc-stop-bear-hunting.html

Government of Canada Provides Support to Canada Research Chairs at Eight Universities in Western Canada

Mar 17, 2009
Canada Research Chairs Program
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29737970/

The Goodyear brouhaha evolves into oblivion

Mar 17, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/17/don-martin-the-goodyear-brouhaha-evolves-into-oblivion.aspx

Science minister ends evolution brouhaha

Mar 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jGqPt1cn3_CQzY6s8EzqFHFG86Cw

Minister clarifies stand on evolution

'We are evolving to our environment,' Goodyear tells CTV after refusing to answer Globe question on religious grounds
Mar 17, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wevol0317/BNStory/politics/home

Science minister says his evolution views not relevant

Mar 17, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090317/goodyear_evolution_090217/20090317?hub=Canada

The quest for knowledge, in Goodyear and bad

Mar 17, 2009
Macleans
http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/03/17/the-quest-for-knowledge-in-goodyear-and-bad/

Science minister's coyness on evolution worries researchers

Mar 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/17/tech-090317-gary-goodyear-evolution.html

Science minister won't confirm belief in evolution

Researchers aghast that key figure in funding controversy invokes religion in science discussion
Mar 17, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090317.GOODYEAR17/TPStory/National

An experiment mixing scientists and government

Mar 17, 2009
PRESTON MANNING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090316.wcoscience17/BNStory/specialComment/home

‘Difficult times for research’

Private-sector spending on R&D has decreased along with federal government spending.
Mar 17, 2009
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Difficult+times+research/1396029/story.html

Environmentalist agenda needs a booming economy

Mar 17, 2009
Dan Gardner
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Environmentalist+agenda+needs+booming+economy/1396699/story.html

Tories place two-year waiver on assessments

Minister cites need to create jobs, stimulate economy in broadening exemptions from federal environmental regulations
Mar 17, 2009
DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wassess17/BNStory/National/home

Health benefits of fish overblown, researchers say

Farley Mowat joins in CMAJ call to limit seafood consumption
Mar 17, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090317.FISH17/TPStory/Environment

Clinical trials: the balance between protecting participants and promoting drug and product development

Mar 17, 2009
Miriam Shuchman, MD
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/6/603

Harper defends science strategy to scientists

Mar 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ix2n89uPSDVn3fFzF3SIZ5ods-TQ

Brain cancer linked to youngsters using cellphones

Mar 16, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Brain+cancer+linked+youngsters+using+cellphones/1395572/story.html

Ontario Green Party leader pushes for consumer-based carbon tax

Mar 16, 2009
BRIAN KELLY
THE SAULT STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1480145

Canada should be out front on climate change, before it's too late, say experts

Mar 16, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/16/climate_change/&c=1

Harper's cuts hobble researchers

Mar 15, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Harper+cuts+hobble+researchers/1391167/story.html

Arctic scientists, hunters meet to discuss harmful research methods

Mar 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gfUuSINlO3kKh9ZPUVakOJJ0zbQw

Trans fat U-turn will clog health system

Mar 15, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Trans+turn+will+clog+health+system/1391475/story.html

Bruce Power using billboards to win support for nuclear energy on the Prairies

Mar 15, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gK1Y0VZDcW2PyTzvsXv2h8KJoOvw

Plastic health hazard

Pthalates found in plastics mimic the female hormone estrogen
Mar 15, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2009/03/15/8754261-sun.html

Prentice confirms cuts planned to environment reviews

Mar 14, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090314.ASSESS14/TPStory/National

Wonky computer system no threat to health safety: UN agency

Mar 14, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Wonky+computer+system+threat+health+safety+agency/1390466/story.html

Canadian Polar Commission needs new mandate, Arctic expert warns

Mar 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/13/polar-comm.html

In praise of fat

Mar 13, 2009
Marian Scott
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/praise/1387214/story.html

Lone wolf: 'Canada's newest marine mammal'

Mar 13, 2209
CHRIS DARIMONT and CHRIS GENOVALI AND PAUL PAQUET
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090312.wcowolves13/BNStory/specialComment/home

A burning question: Why not use wood stoves?

Mar 13, 2009
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090312.wreynolds0313/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Wetlands key to the environment: premier

Marshes will see immediate attention from new eco-system fund
Mar 13, 2009
Nick Moore
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/602072

Time to keep pace with Obama

Mar 12, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090312.ESCIENCE12/TPStory/Comment

Canada must act to stem 'brain drain'

Mar 12, 2009
THE WHIG-STANDARD
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1474201

Green is great, but don't overlook the side effects

Most new technologies have an impact on the environment, even if they're meant to be eco-friendly. The challenge is to measure and quantify those effects
Mar 12, 2009
STEVE LADURANTAYE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090312.SRGREENITCON12/TPStory/Environment

Online searches for 'listeriosis' spiked weeks before outbreak revealed: study

Mar 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gti3wnKQGE1VdXWBjoXd7YyHjIWw

Calgary's trans fat ban fizzles

Mar 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/12/cgy-trans-fat-calgary-health-superboard.html

Bad habits priming kids for chronic diseases: Study

Mar 12, 2009
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/habits+priming+kids+chronic+diseases+Study/1383017/story.html

The crumbling case for green

Mar 11, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=cf078462-ef7a-48c9-979a-e979a7dde1a1

Quicker battery charge holds promise for plug-in cars

Mar 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/11/tech-090311-battery-recharge.html

Low salmon run expected on Yukon River again this year: DFO

Mar 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/10/yukon-salmon.html

Canada will fail if there's no tar sands plan, say experts

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff shouldn't play politics with oil sands, says Andrew Nikiforuk.
Mar 9, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/march/9/tar_sands_plan/&c=2

Government MPs form caucus on higher ed

Mar 9, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/government-mps-form-caucus-on-higher-ed.aspx

Advocacy agenda: universities must be strategic with their requests

Mar 9, 2009
Univerisity Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/advocay-agenda-universities-must-be-strategic-with-their-requests.aspx

Is green procurement right policy for Ontario?

Mar 9, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/598634

A letter to the Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities

Mar 7, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=5512&blogid=1836

Obama's doomed carbon plan should please Ottawa

Mar 7, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/598053

Carbon capture and storage: Trouble in store

Politicians are pinning their hopes for delivery from global warming on a technology that is not quite airtight
Mar 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13226661

Obama's policy on science sends signal to world

Mar 11, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Obama+policy+science+sends+signal+world/1375896/story.html

Martin blasts deficit, cuts to research

Former prime minister criticizes Ottawa's handling of recession and calls on Harper to be more 'consistent'
Mar 11, 2009
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wPOLmartin0311/BNStory/politics/home

Neuroscientists fear brain drain as crucial funding disappears

Mar 11, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wresearch11/BNStory/National/home

Montreal's wood stove ban: a lot of hot air

Mar 11, 2009
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.wreynolds0311/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Use of carbon monoxide in packaging ground beef would extend shelf life: study

Mar 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hh6PGvhSQF7w7eUQBf8yIr9LxkBg

Canada warned: We're far behind on mental health

Hearings today in Montreal: Patchwork services, no national policy and too little funding, commission finds
Mar 10, 2009
Aaron Derfel
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1373828

Protecting polar bears

Canada has two-thirds of the world's polar bears -- and a sorry record of ensuring their survival. Bears are at risk in the face of rapidly melting Arctic sea ice
Mar 10, 2009
Ed Struzik
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Protecting+polar+bears/1373877/story.html

AUCC welcomes quick delivery of Knowledge Infrastructure Funding

Mar 10, 2009
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/10/c7626.html

Minister of Industry launches $2-billion knowledge infrastrucure program

Mar 9, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-959046.html

Canada’s innovation woes

Mar 10, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1110569.html

Climate scientists gather, and the news is not good

Mar 10, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixeie7WvUNajfJtN3iImDQ_MUhhQ

Universities promised stimulus flexibility

Mar 10, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI and ELIZABETH CHURCH AND OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.wclement10/BNStory/politics/home

More money for higher education

$2-billion fund to help universities with refits, construction
Mar 10, 2009
JOHN GILLIS
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1110575.html

Dreams of clean energy centre dashed

Innovation Documents reveal how N.B. tried to land millions of research dollars
Mar 10, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/597999

Trans-fat ban is on its way

B.C. will regulate the food additives across the province Oct. 1
Mar 10, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Trans/1373092/story.html

Researchers wary over cuts to councils

Turk: Canada will lose top scientists
Mar 10, 2009
Jared Lindzon
Western Gazette
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=FrontPage&articleID=1330&month=03&day=10&year=2009

Ban based on politics, not science, say pesticide companies

Mar 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/03/10/pe-pesticide-companies.html

Free-range ruling leaves Metro with egg on its face

Mar 10, 2009
Harvey Enchin
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Free+range+ruling+leaves+Metro+with+face/1372862/story.html

Sanity on stem cells

Mar 10, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Sanity+stem+cells/1373022/story.html

Obama's stem cell decision raises Canadian cheers - and brain drain worries

Mar 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jSqRWkdgymJn6ITbk96KKM-NrDxQ

Deadline coming for crumbling colleges, universities

Federal fund about to end: Minister
Mar 9, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Deadline+coming+crumbling+colleges+universities/1371048/story.html

Evaluating Ontario's green energy program

Mar 7, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1468157

Sand Storm

The U.S. government is changing its environmental policy. Now Canada may have to rethink its policy as well.
Mar 9, 2009
HYUN YOUNG LEE
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123620661145533445.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Company hopes to put cod on more tables

Aquaculture Genome Atlantic receives federal funding for cod genomics project
Mar 9, 2009
Matt McCann
THE TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/596679

Canada's Earth scientists need funding: scientists

Mar 9, 2009
Bill Mercer
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/9/letter8/&c=1

Birth-control pills, low birth weight linked

Early Research; May pose risk in month before conception
Mar 9, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1369394

Green Energy Act good news for economy and environment

Mar 9, 2009
DAVID RAMSAY
Northern News
http://www.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1468710

Cold reality of climate change

Mar 9, 2009
MONTE SOLBERG
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/monte_solberg/2009/03/09/8677191-sun.html

B.C. first province to regulate trans fats in restaurants

Mar 8, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/first+province+regulate+trans+fats+restaurants/1366445/story.html

Southern Canadians now more active than northerners: new study

Mar 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gmjeCLTRKxJuz2ewkhtIJwWUkigA

Canada puts the squeeze on science

Experts warn research lacks adequate funding and the government a coherent vision. While the U.S. invests heavily in science as an key part of its economic revival, Canada is spending less and putting scientists out of work, reports Mohammed Adam.
Mar 7, 2009
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Canada+puts+squeeze+science/1364117/story.html

Ottawa wants say over school funds

Universities, some provinces protest Tories' insistence that infrastructure cash be earmarked for science
Mar 7, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090307.UNIVERSITIES07/TPStory/National

Prentice sees promise in clean energy talks

Minister says U.S.-Canada environment policy needs work
Mar 7, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Business/2009/03/07/8662001-sun.html

Will tougher green laws be enforced?

Mar 7, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Will+tougher+green+laws+enforced/1365267/story.html

'You are known as energy superpower,' envoy says

China's ambassador to Canada says we could increase trade by pushing our science, technology
Mar 7, 2009
Tony Wong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/598212

Ontario's war on carbon

This corrupt energy initiative is turning Ontario into a green police state
Mar 6, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=c2171861-e003-40bd-ba4c-ae05a0e36c8f

Federal government wants regulation of printer pigment, solvents

Mar 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/06/batch3-regulate.html

Universities use all the tricks in the book to lure students

Mar 6, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090306.RECRUITING06/TPStory/National