New centre aims to unite cancer researchers

Specialist stresses need to keep scientists in Nova Scotia
Apr 3, 2009
JOHN McPHEE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1114791.html

Greenhouse gas targets bill passes 2nd reading

Apr 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/02/tech-090302-climate-change-accountability-act.html

Study on cholesterol drugs raises ethical questions

Que. MDs offered $100 per prescription
Apr 2, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Study+cholesterol+drugs+raises+ethical+questions/1457939/story.html

Canada offside with world on cell tower issue

Apr 2, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+offside+with+world+cell+tower+issue/1457497/story.html

Don't call off the watchdogs - give them teeth

Apr 2, 2009
HEATHER MCLEOD-KILMURRAY AND NATHALIE CHALIFOUR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090402.COASSESS02/TPStory/Environment

Dead-duck backlash hurts Alberta again

Apr 2, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Dead+duck+backlash+hurts+Alberta+again/1455387/story.html

Suncor fined $850,000 for environmental violations

Apr 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/02/edm-suncor-fined.html

Alta. premier denies coverup of duck death total

Apr 1, 2009
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Alta+premier+denies+coverup+duck+death+total/1453617/story.html

Canada duping the world by exporting asbestos: NDP MP

'I resent the asbestos industry profoundly'
Apr 1, 2009
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+duping+world+exporting+asbestos/1453475/story.html

Natural causes also responsible for global warming: Scientists

Apr 1, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Natural+causes+also+responsible+global+warming+Scientists/1453524/story.html

Building an online academic community

University Junction pools together student materials
Apr 1, 2009
Adam Crozier
The Western Gazette
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=FrontPage&articleID=1370&month=04&day=01&year=2009

New program makes it easier to recycle electronic waste in Ont.

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/31/electronics-recycling.html

Dozens of radioactive devices lost in Canada, but most later found: report

Mar 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/tech-090330-radioactive-devices.html

Canada to set mandatory vehicle fuel standards

Apr 1, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Cars/Canada+mandatory+vehicle+fuel+standards/1452338/story.html

Greenhouse gases stay buried for millions of years, say scientists

Apr 1, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iGRD2Cwl1Y8omA84jmm4kp1DiqDg

Men open up like never before as recession takes its toll

Demand rises for mental-health support among those hit hardest by layoffs
Apr 1, 2009
ERIN ANDERSSEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090401.MEN01/TPStory/National

Medical skeptic wins top award

Apr 1, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/611545

Gairdner award honours noted stem-cell scientist

Shinya Yamanaka among international researchers who will receive 'baby Nobels' in Canada this year
Mar 31, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.wgairdner31/BNStory/Science/home

Strahl announces funding to rebuild, refurbish Arctic research centres

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i3e3qbAHdqcNbO-NfOJZZUAh2rJg

Inspection gaps raise water-quality questions

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gPmOSYZWtzsI6C7-zZePj1aDhw8Q

P.E.I. retailer upset by pulling of electronic cigarettes

Health Canada says more study of devices that emit nicotine vapour is needed
Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/03/31/pe-electronic-cigarettes.html

Fighting childhood obesity: Is phys-ed enough?

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/31/f-physed-obesity.html

'Lost generation' of technology threatens Canada: official

Mar 31, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h3S5_rYPeddYutoD9Ptdx6u3wtdw

Alberta to check oilsands ponds for duck deterrents

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/03/31/edm-bird-deterrents.html

Duck death toll at tailings pond triples from 500 to 1,606: Syncrude

Mar 31, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Duck+death+toll+tailings+pond+triples+from+Syncrude/1448550/story.html

Prisons make overall progress, drinking water unsafe

Mar 31, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Prisons+make+overall+progress+drinking+water+unsafe/1448419/story.html

Winners of 'Baby Nobels' announced

Mar 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/31/gairdner-awards-2009.html

Gairdner Foundation announces 7 new Canada Gairdner Award recipients for 2009

Mar 31, 2009
Gairdner Foundation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/31/c5181.html

Stem cell science's new breakthrough

Mar 31, 2009
Sheila Whyte
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/30/f-science-stem-cell.html

Health care costs need analysis, experts say

Mar 31, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1445856

Pricey ads signed by scientists slam Obama's climate change talk

Mar 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/tech-090330-cato-climate-change.html

Infant’s meningitis death prompts outcry over First Nations health care

Mar 30, 2009
Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Infant+meningitis+death+prompts+outcry+over+First+Nations+health+care/1445747/story.html

New Brunswick moves to ban smoking in cars with kids

Mar 30, 2009
Jessica Hinds
Canwest News Service
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/03/30/new-brunswick-moves-to-ban-smoking-in-cars-with-kids.aspx

Native children face higher death rate: Study

Mar 30, 2009
Vanessa Burka
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Native+children+face+higher+death+rate+Study/1445370/story.html

Gary Goodyear's religious beliefs not the problem for researchers

The emphasis on commercializing research is much more dangerous
March 28, 2009
Peter Mcknight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/News/Gary+Goodyear+religious+beliefs+problem+researchers/1438734/story.html

Medical journals and ethics: Pity the messenger

A leading journal unveils a controversial policy on financial disclosures
Mar 26, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13361480

Scientists say Obama gets it, and Canada doesn't

More scientists may follow funding dollars to the United States.
Mar 30, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/march/30/obama_gets_it/&c=1

NAFTA threat won't stop Que. ban on lawn pesticides

Mar 29, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/NAFTA+threat+stop+lawn+pesticides/1441906/story.html

Will NAFTA exterminate Canadian pesticide bans?

Mar 29, 2009
Parminder Parmar
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090327/nafta_pesticide_090329/20090329?hub=Canada

Ontario campuses ready for building boom

But budget offers little information about how to keep the schools operating
Mar 26, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wontbudget-universities27/BNStory/National/home

Don't bet farm on a greener champion

Petro-Canada buyout may spur oil-sands projects, but merged firm cautious about renewable energy
Mar 30, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/610261

Calgary takes different tack on Earth Hour energy use

Mar 30, 2009
Deborah Tetley
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Calgary+takes+different+tack+Earth+Hour+energy/1442218/story.html

Earth Hour power drop sometimes small but event sends green message: organizers

Mar 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAOyplVDzGFxgjCQAwWNoQj87bvg

Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success

Mar 29, 2009
VANESSA GERA
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTPC5ic6tJh9PiHscwgOANkJ17-wD977R3400

Earth Hour sees B.C. power consumption drop 1.1%

Mar 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/29/bc-earth-hour.html

Earth Hour is a joke

Mar 27, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1432647

Earth Hour II is a smash

Toronto 'gets it,' lowers power usage over last year as lights dim across the GTA and as far away as Beijing
Mar 29, 2009
Daniel Dale
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/610163

Who goes to university? A clue: Have a dictionary?

Mar 28, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.COSIMP28/TPStory/National

A Eureka! in progress

Mar 28, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Humane+Genome+Project+over+rated/1438102/story.html

Critics hose federal water funding plan

Mar 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/03/28/8915896-sun.html

Sixty minutes of darkness could blaze path of future conservation

Mar 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.EARTH28ART2115/TPStory/Environment

Ottawa plans limits on flame retardant

Mar 28, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090328.PBDE28ART2115/TPStory/Environment

Canada among world's largest consumers

Calgary's footprint highest in nation
Mar 28, 2009
Marian Scott
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Canada+among+world+largest+consumers/1438843/story.html

Feds require business focus for social science grants

Mar 27, 2009
Scott Daly
The Martlet
http://www.martlet.ca/article/18855-feds-require-business-focus-for

Health Canada puts foot down on electronic cigarettes

Mar 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/27/electronic-smoking.html

Film sheds light on shadowy world of germ warfare

Bob Coen talks about Anthrax War, his new documentary on biological weapons
Mar 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/27/f-tech-090327-anthrax-war.html

Darwin's two-for-one deal

Evolution is a fact. And it's a theory. It's that 'and' that contributed to the origins of science minister Gary Goodyear's troubles
Mar 26, 2009
T. RYAN GREGORY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wcoevolve26/BNStory/specialComment/home

Prescription sales rise by $1.2-billion, even as generics gain popularity

Mar 27, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090327.wldrugs27/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Atlantic Canada friendliest to oil sands: study

Mar 27, 2009
Jeff Labine
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1434748

Oil land rights sales take hit in Western Canada

Companies spent $102-million on new exploration rights for land in the first three months of the year, a drop of 85 per cent
Mar 27, 2009
DAVID EBNER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090327.RBCENERGY27ART1940/TPStory/Business

Why the developing world needs a new food deal

Mar 26, 2009
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wcofood26/BNStory/specialComment/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Feds fund 8 carbon capture projects in Western Canada

Mar 26, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/26/cgy-carbon-capture-projects-funding.html

Earth Hour: Making a difference?

Mar 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/24/f-earth-hour.html

Differing standards on exhaust emissions will cost auto makers

Mar 26, 2009
RICHARD RUSSELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090326.WHHOWEMISSION26/TPStory/Environment

MP takes 2nd shot to restrict flavoured tobacco products

Mar 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/26/flavoured-ban.html

'Perfect storm' hitting Canada's caribou herds

Mar 26, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Perfect+storm+hitting+Canada+caribou+herds/1432244/story.html

Global warming endangers public, U.S. agency rules

First step to regulating greenhouse gas emissons
Mar 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-epa-global-warming.html

THE CARBON DEBATE

Debate intensifies over environmental benefits of carbon capture
Mar 16, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.leaderpost.com/business/story.html?id=1395650

Experts to get together for chat on water use

Mar 26, 2009
GORDON DELANEY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1113266.html

Don’t rebuke Goodyear — abolish his job

Mar 26, 2009
Karen Selick
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/26/karen-selick-don-t-rebuke-goodyear-abolish-his-job.aspx

Rules may be tightened on smoking medical marijuana

Mar 25, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=1428005

Debate over fluoride in Calgary water returns to city hall

Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/25/cgy-fluoride-calgary-water.html

Upgrade campuses, jump-start the economy

Mar 25, 2009
PETER HALPIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1113168.html

Canada on Top in Sex Ed

Rise in US teen pregnancies proves information beats abstinence.
Mar 25, 2009
Vanessa Richmond
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/03/25/SexEd/

Helmet testing may become mandatory

Mar 25, 2009
HAYLEY MICK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090325.wlhelmet25/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Green R&D key to emerging from 'Darwinian' year

Mar 25, 2009
JEREMY CATO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090325.whMercedesSide0326/BNStory/specialGlobeAuto

Bottled water: popular beverage losing its appeal?

Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/25/f-bottled-water.html

Suit planned against drug makers

Mar 25, 2009
Aaron Derfel
Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Suit+planned+against+drug+makers/1427355/story.html

Government committee orders Irving to create monitoring plan for sunken barge

Mar 25, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jEbvztkaow7z24CVZJtJ7u1RJXVA

Syncrude duck charges held over until June 10

Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/03/25/edm-syncrude-court.html

Tory drug strategy makes problem worse

Changing goal from removing the harm of drugs to making country 'drug free' is not working
Mar 23, 2009
Evan Wood
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Tory+drug+strategy+makes+problem+worse/1417762/story.html

N.B., Maine pitch international renewable energy corridor

Irving Oil studies natural gas-fired power plant, transmission line, wind generation
Mar 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/03/25/nb-irving-corridor.html

Prime Minister Harper, turn off your lights

Mar 25, 2009
Christopher Holcroft
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/607658

Industry veteran wants to 'build bridges'

Clean technology projects will be a key driver in his quest, Claude Haw believes
Mar 25, 2009
Bert Hill
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Industry+veteran+wants+build+bridges/1424648/story.html

OCRI names new CEO

Mar 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/03/24/ot-090324-ocri.html

Politicians must open the tent to scientists

Mar 24, 2009
ALAN BERNSTEIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090323.wcoscience24/BNStory/specialComment/home

'Environmentalists' are abandoning science

Fights against new hydro and wind plants set back the fight against climate change
Mar 24, 2009
Andrew Weaver
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Environmentalists+abandoning+science/1421670/story.html

Canada should mark World TB Day by fighting the disease's appalling grip on its First Nations

Mar 24, 2009
PHIL FONTAINE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090323.wcoTB24/BNStory/specialComment/home

Ontario joins the movement to make lawns and gardens green

Mar 23, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
London Topic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=13602

Salmon Genes, Discuss

Should science fiddle with salmon genetics? We put 26 people in a room to test the question -- and 'deliberative democracy.'
Mar 23, 2009
David Secko and Emma Cohen
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/03/23/SalmonGenes/

Arctic unprepared for another oil spill: WWF

Mar 23, 2009
Thomas Jolicoeur
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/Arctic+unprepared+another+spill/1419878/story.html

Live longer by reducing red meat intake: Study

Mar 23, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Live+longer+reducing+meat+intake+Study/1419901/story.html

Prentice renews funding for UN water monitoring program

Mar 21, 2009
The Canadian press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090321.wwater0321/BNStory/politics/home

Science can once again flourish in the U.S.

Mar 23, 2009
THE GUELPH MERCURY
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/456339

The case against treatment plants

One group favours discharging screened liquid waste into ocean
Mar 22, 2009
Rob Shaw
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/case+against+treatment+plants/1416032/story.html

Wind power works, but not well-suited for individual homeowner

Mar 22, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1489734

To justify degradation, just cite the economy

Mar 21, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/605193

The Story of EAU

From prestige product to health booster to environmental scourge, Joanne Chianello examines the backlash against bottled water
Mar 21, 2009
Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/story.html?id=1414398

Feds quietly chop money for fetal alcohol program

Mar 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iuorMZykW7dVVgXH55pmojKuJnyA

Canada highest user of restraints on elderly

A third of nursing home residents tied, study finds
Mar 21, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canada+highest+user+restraints+elderly/1409653/story.html