Ottawa delivers $170 million for forestry research, marketing

Apr 14, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Ottawa+delivers+million+forestry+research+marketing/1496045/story.html

Germany bans farming of genetically modified corn

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/tech-090414-germany-corn.html

One-third of P.E.I.'s salmon rivers lost

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/pei-salmon-rivers.html

Wind turbines causing health problems, some Ont. residents say

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/04/14/tech-090414-wind-turbines.html

Queue No More

Canada's surprising proposal for fast tracking new drugs to patients
Apr 14, 2009
Ronald Bailey
Reason Online
http://www.reason.com/news/show/132890.html

Teens use less booze, drugs and tobacco, new health survey shows

Apr 14, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Teens+less+booze+drugs+tobacco+health+survey+shows/1496181/story.html

Much of drinking in Canada done in excess, study suggests

Apr 14, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i1SLDSqdctZHHZNBhTCDZ5nN9WNQ

Marijuana may increase smokers' risks, study says

Apr 14, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wldope14art1802/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Tory minister scrambles to save Mont-Mégantic Observatory

Apr 14, 2009
DANIEL LEBLANC
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wastronomy0415/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Ikea Canada to eliminate plastic bags

Apr 14, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ikea+Canada+eliminate+plastic+bags/1495375/story.html

The environment: Biofools

Farming biofuels produces nitrous oxide. This is bad for climate change
Apr 8, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13437705

Premier’s tech report touts more science grads, e-learning

Apr 13, 2009
Gillian Shaw
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Premier+tech+report+touts+more+science+grads+learning/1492391/story.html

Easing the passage of AIDS medicines to Africa

Apr 13, 2009
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/617406

N.B. clean-air activist demands emissions cut by Irving Oil Ltd.

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/nb-irving-refinery-608.html

Tested to the limit

Apr 14, 2009
RASHA MOURTADA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090409.caseIndex14/BNStory/breakthrough

Mediterranean diets healthiest, study finds

McMaster A major study of cardiac risks
Apr 14, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/617976

Changes aim to protect babies

Apr 14, 2009
ELIZABETH THOMPSON
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/14/9104836-sun.html

Federal health minister wants tougher product recall laws

Apr 13, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Federal+health+minister+wants+tougher+product+recall+laws/1491960/story.html

Seniors most likely hospitalized for adverse drug reactions: StatsCan

Apr 13, 2009
Pauline Tam
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Seniors+most+likely+hospitalized+adverse+drug+reactions+StatsCan/1492577/story.html

Don't brew your own pesticides

Apr 12, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/12/9088931-sun.html

Green Bin waste sent to landfill

Apr 11, 2009
Gail Swainson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/616983

City eyes rebates to cut lead in water

Low-income residents would install filters on their faucets under plan
Apr 11, 2009
Donovan Vincent
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/616988

Carbon capture and storage 'being oversold as a panacea'

But critics and experts say there are geological risks, it's a waste of taxpayers' money and the 'economics are deadly.'
Apr 13, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/april/13/legislation/&c=2

Environment Canada puts off action to protect woodland-caribou habitat

Apr 13, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090413.CARIBOU13ART2231/TPStory/National

Professional skills for graduate students

Apr 13, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/professional-skills-for-graduate-students/

Let's get it together with ecosystem management

Apr 13, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=13919

The heat is on

Health groups want tanning industry's hide for still allowing teens their place in the artificial sun
Apr 13, 2009
SHARON LEM
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/04/13/9095736-sun.html

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