Food-borne illness report criticizes Ontario

Province singled out for relying too heavily on federal testing during listeria crisis that killed 21 people
Apr 17, 2009
Emily Mathieu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/620040

Roles of public officials need clarity in time for next outbreak: Listeriosis report

Ont. releases findings into 2008 deli meat recall
Apr 17, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Roles+public+officials+need+clarity+time+next+outbreak+Listeriosis+report/1506721/story.html

Forests could be carbon foes

Apr 17, 2009
Eric Scharf
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Forests+could+carbon+foes/1505479/story.html

Merck, Biogen Boost Lobbying to Defy Obama’s Drug Comparisons

Apr 17, 2009
Jonathan D. Salant and Aliza Marcus
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aHjr0BP1zvgo&refer=news

University, a career – and chemo: Cancer rates rising among young adults

Researchers say there is 'lack of appreciation' in health community for challenges young cancer patients face in getting proper support
Apr 17, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD AND JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wcancer17art2258/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Climate Science and Sobering Prospects

Apr 17, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Climate+Science+Sobering+Prospects/1506346/story.html

Climate change could mean a walk in the Arctic woods

While global warming is expected to endanger most of the globe's woodlands, trees may prosper in Canada's Far North, scientists say
Apr 17, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090417.FOREST17ART2237/TPStory/Environment

Eco-friendly labelling? It's a lot of 'greenwash'

98% of product claims fail 'sin-free' test, marketing experts say
Apr 17, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/619936

No changes needed to way polar bears listed as species at risk: committee

Apr 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/04/16/cosewic-pbear.html

Control greenhouse emissions or face trade sanctions, panel tells governments

Apr 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hScgRIhbPfvMTwVjDMlQoz7JUIdg

Health Canada report ties asbestos to lung cancer

Apr 16, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Health+Canada+report+ties+asbestos+lung+cancer/1500296/story.html

Canada 'shirked' international scene: Jeffrey Sachs

Apr 16, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wsachs16art2239/BNStory/National/home

U.K. announces $9,000 electric car subsidy

Apr 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/uk-hybrid-electric-car-subsidy.html

Canadians spend almost $30 billion a year on medications, study finds

Apr 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gT8QqapcTOReRd33EqGiKr7YqSdQ

Electronic waste sparks environmental concerns

Apr 16, 2009
RICK CECCONI
The Daily Press
http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1526484

One status doesn't fit all when it comes to polar bears: WWF

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/04/15/pbear-status.html

Scientists urge PM to restore research funds

Apr 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/scientists-funding.html

PM urged to restore science funds

More than 2,000 scientists galvanized into 'Don't leave Canada behind' campaign
Apr 16, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090416.SCIENCE16ART2239/TPStory/National

Union warns of brain drain after budget cuts

Apr 16, 2009
AEDAN HELMER
The Ottawa Sun
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/04/16/9129861-sun.html

NDP's 'environmental plan' just a gimmick

Party's 'axe the tax' campaign is pure political opportunism
Apr 16, 2009
Andrew Weaver
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Comment+environmental+plan+just+gimmick/1501963/story.html

B.C. deserves better environmental policies

Apr 16, 2009
Editorial
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-214390/bc-deserves-better-policies

Everything’s coming up science, or, it’s a Goodyear to talk about policy

Apr 15, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/15/everythings-coming-up-science-or-its-a-goodyear-to-talk-about-policy/

Workfare for scientists: cheaper AND more productive!

Apr 15, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/15/workfare-for-scientists-cheaper-and-more-productive/

The next big thing

Focus on resource plays moves forward despite recession
Apr 16, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1502360

Energy industry casts doubt on green-collar jobs

Developers don't think provincial project will attract new investment
Apr 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/618483

Global health network available in Canada thanks to U of Ottawa

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/15/ot-090415-cochrane-network.html

Let's be honest about alcohol

Apr 16, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=b3c5fb52-12c2-4956-b4c9-6854d0d615dc

Climate change can boost sea level suddenly, fossil record shows

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/tech-090415-coral-sea-level-climate-change.html

Running on fumes: Ontario company turns manure into money

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/ot-090415-manure-digester.html

Attention shoppers: beware of false eco-claims

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/greenwashing.html

Hospital cleaners fail again

A toxic chemical has left NRGH workers with respiratory problems and hair loss
Apr 16, 2009
Derek Spalding
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Hospital+cleaners+fail+again/1501801/story.html

Canada should call for a complete ban on asbestos right now

Apr 15, 2009
Murray Dobbin
Rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2009/04/canada-should-call-complete-ban-asbestos-right-now

No charges as polluters spew smoke

Apr 15, 2009
Eric McGuinness
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/548551

Cuts in greenhouse gases would lessen global warming, study shows

Apr 14, 2009
SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wgreenhousegases0414/BNStory/Science/home

Tiny Saskatchewan town turns carbon trap into cash

Weyburn, pop. 10,000, pushes province onto global warming frontier
Apr 14, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/617907

Regulations will keep low-speed electric vehicles off Ontario roads

Apr 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/electric-car.html

Bar owner fights medical marijuana ruling

To tell court that rights commission's order violates Ontario law
Apr 15, 2009
John Goddard
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/618587

Search on for better anthrax protection

Vaccine development firm signs 3-year deal with military agency to conduct vaccine research
Apr 15, 2009
STEVE PROCTOR
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1116758.html

Court upholds firing of nuclear safety watchdog head

Apr 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/keen-firing-upheld-nuclear.html

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/