Weather forecasts a lot of hot air, Canadians tell agency

Apr 12, 2009
Jack Branswell and Vanessa Burka
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Weather+forecasts+Canadians/1489581/story.html

Budget cuts threaten renowned teaching observatory

Apr 12, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Budget+cuts+threaten+renowned+teaching+observatory/1490069/story.html

An inconvenient film

Apr 11, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=b944112c-c1bc-4492-aa44-5aa29b67e08b

Black-footed ferret set to make Canadian comeback

Apr 11, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Black+footed+ferret+make+Canadian+comeback/1487641/story.html

WestJet goes for gold on environment

Apr 10, 2009
Gina Teel
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/WestJet+goes+gold+environment/1484626/story.html

MP stays mum on evolution remarks

Constituents weigh in on touchy topic
Apr 11, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/stays+evolution+remarks/1487965/story.html

Weather vs. climate

One snowstorm or heat wave does not prove or disprove climate change
Apr 11, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/life/greenplanet/2009/04/11/9081481-sun.html

Battle erupts over eggs

A Robarts Research Institute scientist stirs up debate over the issue of consuming eggs
Apr 11, 2009
JOHN MINER
LONDON FREE PRESS
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/04/11/9082836-sun.html

West rejects Ottawa's emission plan

Apr 10, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY AND DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090410.RCARBON10ART1933/TPStory/Business

Canada doing better than U.S. against whooping cough in adolescents: expert

Apr 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gAg9ObGjB2H_kL0Xwniht1CE35Wg

Blue Dog Democrats growling at climate-change plan

Party's fiscal conservatives and those elected in mining states could side with GOP to veto Obama's cap-and-trade proposal
Apr 10, 2009
JOHN IBBITSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090410.IBBITSON10ART2244/TPStory/Environment

Red tape traps McMaster scientist

Cancer project had success against stroke. Now there's no money
April 10, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/616724

More lights went out this Earth Hour

Local figures uncertain compared with last year due to new poll, but participation up across Canada
Apr 10, 2009
Debra Black
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/616707

U.S. pressure could alter Canada's greenhouse gas approach

Apr 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/09/tech-090409-prentice-greenhouse-gas.html

Dow sues Canadian government over Que.'s pesticide ban

Apr 9, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/sues+Canadian+government+over+pesticide/1482852/story.html

Famed star observatory in Quebec loses federal support

Apr 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/04/09/mtl-montmegantic-funding-0409.html

Time to invest in R&D

Apr 8, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1115586.html

Green dreams, unplugged

The U.S. and Canadian bailout plans announced this week for the big auto companies find policy makers caught in a contradiction: They are trying to save jobs building gas guzzlers at the same time as promoting alternative energy and reduced emissions. And that, as Konrad Yakabuski reports, could be a dead end
Apr 4, 2009
KONRAD YAKABUSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090404.COVER04/TPStory/Environment/

Hard caps, free trade

Apr 9, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090409.ECAPANDTRRADE09ART2000/TPStory/Comment

Ottawa faces pressure to align with U.S. on green plans

Canada may be forced to adopt 'comparable' standards to U.S. bill that would set strict limits on emissions
Apr 9, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090409.RCARBON09ART2236/TPStory/Environment

High-speed action — without the howl and growl

I not only want one, I want our government to get more serious about electric cars.
Apr 9, 2009
JEREMY CATO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090409.whTeslaMain0409/BNStory/specialGlobeAuto

Cap and trade's a sucker punch

Apr 9, 2009
HEATHER DOUGLAS
Calgary Sun
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Douglas_Heather/2009/04/09/9063391-sun.php

Prospect of Nortel asset fire sale is very high

Apr 9, 2009
James Bagnall
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Prospect+Nortel+asset+fire+sale+very+high/1479844/story.html

CMAJ article points to 'loophole' on animal antibiotics

Apr 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/08/animal-antibiotics.html

Mild flu season in U.S. apparently winding down: CDC

Apr 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/08/flu-season.html

Calorie counts belong on menus, MDs say

Apr 8, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/615403

Half of Canada's boreal caribou herds in decline: report

Apr 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/08/caribou-boreal.html

Canadian approach to environment hampering auto sector: C.D. Howe report

Apr 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpGVo-rW1aw2aVbgzkMFmTpJ34Lw

Taxing sugar-laden pop, energy drinks could cut consumption: obesity expert

Apr 8, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iv7jVju0pJbli1haPlAgLMNaP8Qw

A sea change in cancer research

Apr 8, 2009
DAVID HOSKIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1115503.html

SAVE THE WHOOPERS

The valiant effort to save North America's biggest bird from extinction has suffered a setback
Apr 8, 2009
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/SAVE+WHOOPERS/1478399/story.html

Thank oxygen-producing bacteria for your existence

Apr 8, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Thank+oxygen+producing+bacteria+your+existence/1478323/story.html

Former oilsands exec named head of climate working group

Apr 7, 2009
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Former+oilsands+exec+named+head+climate+working+group/1474723/story.html

States of mind

Apr 6, 2009
Paul wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/06/states-of-mind/

Ontario targets companies' use of toxic chemicals

Apr 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/07/toxics.html

Environment file slips from radar

Apr 8, 2009
Chantal Hébert
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Canada/Columnist/article/615420

Potential sites named for power plant

Too many sources of air pollution in area already, residents near Mississauga-Oakville border argue
Apr 8, 2009
Mike Funston
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/615398

Quantum funding finally comes through

Institute for Quantum Computing receives $50 million in federal cash first promised three years ago
Apr 8, 2009
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/517194

Fluoride to stay in Calgary drinking water

Apr 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/04/07/cgy-fluoride-city-council-water.html

Green energy legislation will hike electricity bills: report

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/06/energy.html

Increase protections for polar regions, says Clinton

Apr 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/06/antartica-tourism.html

Study maps Canada's hidden water to stave off shortages

Apr 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/06/tech-090406-underground-water-aquifers-map.html

Promise, perils of deep-sea mining debated

Apr 3, 2009
JAY LINDSAY
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/613268

Expert raises spectre of next oil shock

Supply crunch feared on lack of investment
Apr 7, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Expert+raises+spectre+next+shock/1472050/story.html

Tuition attrition? Reposition

Apr 7, 2009
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090407.COWENTE07/TPStory/National

U of T faculty approves flat tuition fee

Apr 7, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/614803

Arctic losing thick sea ice, U.S. data show

Apr 7, 2009
OLIVER MOORE AND PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090407.ICE07ART2242/TPStory/Environment

If only they'd heeded the 'mad scientist'

Seismologist was rebuked as alarmist for warning of quake
Apr 7, 2009
Gavin Jones
REUTERS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/614827

Kudos for much success adding value to seaweed

Acadian Seaplants gets national award from research council
Apr 7, 2009
JOHN McPHEE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1115397.html

Ottawa pouring stimulus funds into small enterprise

Apr 7, 2009
JON TATTRIE
METRO HALIFAX
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/209127

'Stunt' pokes fun at carbon capture

Apr 7, 2009
Trish Audette
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Stunt+pokes+carbon+capture/1472429/story.html

More botched cancer tests anger experts, patients

Apr 7, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090407/cancer_tests_090407/20090407?hub=TopStories

Challenging times breed innovation

Apr 7, 2009
SHAWN BERRY
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/627759

Ruling would 'bankrupt this province'

$1.7 million awarded in tainted water case may spur more lawsuits, appellate court told
Apr 7, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/614790

Canada still has no consensus on Alberta's tar sands GHGs

It's critical the government find an accurate way to measure GHG emissions from Alberta's tar sands, say experts.
Apr 6, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/april/6/tar_sands/&c=2

Ignatieff suggests North Pole should be protected as global 'public park'

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gs3nj9WCNFn8rDenn0tU9wCLPigw

Polar summit to debate Arctic riches, environment

Apr 6, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifcqNDceefGYp4ZGe4jW4ObDPXfg

Universities pick their priorities for infrastructure renewal

Deadline for bids was March 31, but the federal government still must decide when, where and how the money will flow
Apr 6, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-pick-their-priorities-for-infrastructure-renewal.aspx

Canadian universities scramble to find jobs for co-op students

Apr 6, 2009
Julia Kilpatrick
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-universities-scramble-to-find-jobs-for-co-op-students.aspx

We need to sell ourselves, say social scientists

Apr 6, 2009
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-need-to-sell-ourselves-say-social-scientists.aspx

How you are changing science journalism

Apr 6, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/30/f-strauss-science-journalism.html

It’s time for a new ‘normal’ in academe

Apr 2, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/its-time-for-a-new-normal-in-academe/

Hiring freezes raise issues for PhDs in the job market

Mar 26, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/hiring-freezes-raise-issues-for-phds-in-the-job-market/

Ottawa announces $7.9 million for research at four Atlantic universities

Apr 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9011270.html

Tim Jackson: Entrepreneurship and the upside to a downturn

An existing shortage of tech R&D spending will fuel future opportunities for today's small startups. What's needed is risk takers
Apr 6, 2009
GORDON PITTS
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090406.watthetop06/BNStory/robAtWork/home

Canada a model for U.S.: Expert

Urban pro says country has a chance to step into limelight
Apr 6, 2009
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Canada+model+Expert/1469064/story.html

Centuries-old Antarctic ice bridge breaks up

Apr 6, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/614366

Turn out lights, make difference

Apr 5, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1511188

B.C.'s carbon-offset plan doesn't sit well with environmentalists

Apr 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/05/bc-carbon-offsets.html

Spurned science museum tries yet again for new home

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gARoPEszVpHu6ntnBCHW4svQjXEQ

IND Dairy Tech's cow breeding technology expands Canadian-style farms in China

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hQGaXAlOaNVdhUClMFkzpnBEZKLg

Where have the bees gone?

Colony Collapse Disorder a worldwide phenomenon
Apr 5, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/05/9008901-sun.html

Justice gone to pot

Apr 5, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Justice+gone/1466127/story.html

Calgary latest Canadian community to look at safety of fluoride in water

Apr 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwZkLXsjoJHX52d0fsch4JgYal5w

Secrecy slowing drug research

Leading scientist urges transparency to deliver drugs to patients sooner
Apr 4, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/613662

Toronto encourages food business to grow

Incubator lets innovators share space and tap into expertise
Apr 3, 2009
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Toronto+encourages+food+business+grow/1461207/story.html

Nexen, Opti Canada may be targeted in oil sands deals

Apr 3, 2009
Joe Carroll
Bloomberg
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Nexen+Opti+Canada+targeted+sands+deals/1461208/story.html

James Lunney vs Evolution

Apr 2, 2009
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/02/james-lunney-v-science/

Darwin would think again, Lunney tells House of Commons

MP says theorist might draw different conclusions if he had today's information
Apr 4, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
The Daily News
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=a151fc02-31fa-460a-b14f-1ab9ab54b6e5

Genome Canada pulling out of stem-cell project

Groups disagree on whether move is related to federal budget; Genome CEO said other issues forced decision
Apr 4, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090404.GENOME04/TPStory/National

A whole new meaning to cutting classes

Cash-strapped universities looking at cancelling small classes, programs, charging flat tuition
Apr 4, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090404.wcourses04/BNStory/National/home

Fluoride up to voters: mayor

Five aldermen want to cancel water additive
Apr 4, 2009
James Jeffrey and Richard Cuthbertson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Fluoride+voters+mayor/1464195/story.html

Climate clock is ticking

Apr 3, 2009
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Climate+clock+ticking/1462485/story.html

Oilsands move tarnishes image

Apr 3, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Oilsands+move+tarnishes+image/1459923/story.html

Alberta hires consultants to lobby Washington

Apr 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/04/03/cgy-lobby-alberta-washington.html

Will Dow challenge Quebec pesticide law?

Apr 3, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090403.wnafta0403/BNStory/National/home

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