Sierra Club goes to court to keep environmental assessments

Apr 21, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090421.ASSESS21ART2125/TPStory/Environment

Hats off for giving new life to old fungi

Research grants awarded; Recipients turn waste into reusable fuel
Apr 21, 2009
PEGGY CURRAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Hats+giving+life+fungi/1516749/story.html

Climate change could take centre stage in next election

Apr 21, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1117715.html

Patchwork of recycle rules triggers separation anxiety

Apr 21, 2009
Kenyon Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/621600

Breast is best for babies and moms: Study

Apr 21, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Breast+best+babies+moms+Study/1517905/story.html

Listeriosis outbreak: looking for answers

Apr 21, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/621502

Food safety is not optional

Apr 21, 2009
Lee Prokaska
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/551886

Food agency chief under fire at listeriosis probe

CFIA head snubs reporters after committee grilling
Apr 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/21/listeriosis-probe-cfia021.html

McCain takes aim at listeria oversight

Inspectors' union disagrees with CEO's view that paperwork trumps visual quality control procedures
Apr 21, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090421.FOOD21ART2242/TPStory/National

Maple Leaf president outlines vision for food inspection

Apr 20, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/621321

Listeria uptick logged in binder months before outbreak: Maple Leaf

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_utS0jTt0tpdahJ_Nk0Z2VGe6iw

Cut ties between Health Canada, drug companies, grieving MP urges

Apr 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/20/drug-safety-young.html

Indigenous peoples talk climate change at Alaska summit

Apr 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/20/climate-summit.html

Use of unapproved drugs violates sound process

Apr 20, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/unapproved+drugs+violates+sound+process/1514534/story.html

Credit crisis puts biotech industry at risk: study

Apr 20, 2009
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Credit+crisis+puts+biotech+industry+risk+study/1515431/story.html

Sask. universities to benefit from research funding

Apr 20, 2009
Annie McLeod
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Sask+universities+benefit+from+research+funding/1515105/story.html

What Suzuki didn't tell you

Linking specific weather events, like Hurricane Katrina, to global warming is bad science
Apr 19, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/19/9161711-sun.html

Probiotics: What are they and what are their benefits?

Apr 19, 2009
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1530467

Who's winning cancer battle?

Young people, that's who. Survival rate brightens for patients aged 15 to 29, new data show
Apr 17, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/619926

How recession changed the green marketplace

Apr 20, 2009
JENNIFER WELLS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090420.RCONSUMERGREEN20ART1939/TPStory/Business

Food-safety agency planning cutbacks, union says

CFIA accused of moving to cut spending by as much as 15 per cent to cover cost of emergency fund
Apr 20, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wlisteria20art2036/BNStory/National/home

Food watchdog plans to cut operations to build contingency fund: union

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hF3YqSk-tMX_zwgAhC4minw9Wdnw

Meat safety 'impossible' job

Maple Leaf plant wasn't audited properly before listeria outbreak, angry inspectors say
Apr 20, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Unassigned/article/621085

Count on a grizzly feud

Results of five-year DNA inventory awaited
Apr 20, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Anticipated+grizzly+study+release/1514416/story.html

Folic acid may raise cancer risk in offspring

Apr 20, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wlfolic20art1830/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Looking for a net gain in the energy sector

Canadian firm hopes to plug into nuclear fusion's potential at a mere fraction of the cost Americans have invested
Apr 20, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/SmallBusiness/article/621041

Living down to Earth

We need to heal the planet to heal ourselves
Apr 20, 2009
MARILYN LINTON
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2009/04/20/9170481-sun.html

Is there a problem with the Avaluator?

Apr 19, 2009
Trent Edwards
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/there+problem+with+Avaluator/1503758/story.html

A doomsayer, and a father, with a heart of faint hope

Our expert on future catastrophe trusts we'll find ways to save Earth
Apr 19, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/620762

If the bees disappear, we'll all be stung

Apr 19, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14021

Better helmets needed to stop brain injuries, conference told

Apr 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/04/18/edm-helmet-safety.html

Green dies hard

Apr 17, 2009
David Dias
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Green+dies+hard/1419566/story.html

Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival

Apr 17, 2009
Ian Austen
New York Times
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/report-says-cap-and-trade-is-a-must-for-canadas-economic-survival/

Brace for U.S. protectionism: federal adviser

Apr 16, 2009
BILL CURRY
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wenvironment0417/BNStory/politics/home

Climate panel presses for cap-and-trade system

Ottawa urged to target entire economy, not just heavy industry, and do away with patchwork approach to emissions adopted by provinces
Apr 16, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wPOLclimate0416/BNStory/politics

Canada Govt To Invest C$145M In Auto-Sector R&D

Apr 16, 2009
Carolyn King
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090416-709234.html

Our pledge to Africa: Lost in red tape?

Apr 18, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=d0c2346b-0135-4199-aaf0-bef28ca06050

Keeping Our Promise

Senator seeks to resuscitate export of affordable HIV drugs and -- at the same time -- Canada's reputation in the world
Apr 18, 2009
Louisa Taylor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=2aa2f0fe-ba81-4b46-a286-abdc34865593

Do carbon offsets actually help the planet?

They may ease guilt, but some experts say they won't reduce global warming at all
Apr 18, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Special/article/618547

Changes to science funding worry profs

Apr 18, 2009
SUNEET GREWAL
SPECIAL TO THE STANDARD
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1530226

Greenhouse gases bad for health: U.S. agency

Apr 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/17/us-greenhouse-gases018.html

Innovations pave way for cleaner oilsands

Environmental issues spark explosion of ideas
Apr 17, 2009
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Innovations+pave+cleaner+oilsands/1508350/story.html

Enerplus puts Kirby project on hold

Apr 17, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wenerplus0417/BNStory/Business/home

Algoma U gets $500K from feds

Money to help create Health Informatics Research Institute
Apr 17, 2009
MICHAEL PURVIS
SAULT STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1528245

Bedbug infestations challenging Regina pest controller

Apr 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/04/17/bed-bugs-123.html

Industry Minister Clement defends science budget amid researchers' concerns

Apr 16, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ih762zoWhY90aHwhW_WTZ8YxZqPw

Universities seek students, private contracts amid funding crunch

Apr 17, 2009
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/tech-090416-university-funding-crunch.html

Listeriosis report slams Public Health Agency of Canada

Apr 17, 2009
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wlist0417/BNStory/National/home

Food Inspection Agency hampered Listeriosis response: report

Apr 17, 2009
Lee Greenberg
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Food+Inspection+Agency+hampered+Listeriosis+response+report/1506988/story.html

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