Mother Nature

Her job has become more challenging as the planet heats up
Apr 22, 2009
VIVIAN SONG
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/life/2009/04/22/9198561-sun.html

Weeds are not the worst thing in our yards

Apr 22, 2009
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Weeds+worst+thing+yards/1521915/story.html

Bugs, cornstarch replace pesticides today

Hardware and garden stores removing all chemical, cosmetic weed killers from shelves across province
Apr 22, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622246

Earth Day's message

Apr 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/622075

10 easy steps to mark Earth Day

Apr 22, 2009
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/easy+steps+mark+Earth/1520618/story.html

Earth Day Canada has sterling reputation

Apr 22, 2009
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Earth+Canada+sterling+reputation/1520620/story.html

Practising what he preaches

The president of national environmental charity Earth Day Canada takes us through his day
Apr 22, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090422.SRGREENLEADERART1953/TPStory/National

Recycling still a challenge for consumer electronics

Apr 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090422/recycling_090422/20090422?hub=SciTech

Earth Day idea: Make firms pay up to recycle products

Legislating 'you make it, you take it' recycling cornerstone to Ontario's vision for waste diversion
Apr 22, 2009
Christopher Hume & Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622243

Disposables a luxury we must trash

Apr 22, 2009
Christopher Hume
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/622247

For students, thinking green is second nature

Apr 22, 2009
Adrian Brijbassi
TORONTO STAR
http://www.thestar.com/Special/article/622018

Environment commissioner laments lack of federal water strategy

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h_qwQdNQasGWzIHpWpldzc_SaNWQ

Ont. to enact toughest pesticide restrictions in Canada despite trade dispute

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h5UADozJYYd5bo6XGMCDX7HsWemg

Canadians more likely to give a green thumbs-down to financial crisis: poll

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gsnaFwTydBpo1QFFS-08EphXACVg

The birth of the biological single parent?

It hasn't happened yet, but research suggests it is possible
Apr 21, 2009
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090421.wlstem21art1831/BNStory/Science/home

NDP private bill would ban cosmetic pesticide use

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hXJSnY3F6rvIjbVqzvuCnqhnSv2g

Saskatchewan courts Alberta energy expertise

Eastern neighbour searching for workers and investors
Apr 21, 2009
Dina O’Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Saskatchewan+courts+Alberta+energy+expertise/1520059/story.html

Going green without disrupting the environment

Apr 21, 2009
Paul Gallant
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/16/f-energy-wind-power.html

Finding funding for biotech continues to be challenging: survey

Apr 21, 2009
Krystle Chow
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/294302058634133.php

More Antarctic sea ice linked to ozone layer

Apr 21, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/621863

EcoKids an important part of Earth Day Canada

Apr 21, 2009
Marlyn Graziano
Comox Valley Echo
http://www.canada.com/EcoKids+important+part+Earth+Canada/1519876/story.html

Wind farm under review

Feds to conduct environmental assessment on multi-million-dollar project
Apr 21, 2009
JUDY MYRDEN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1117763.html

It's off to Winnipeg for MV science whiz

Alyssa Borutski wins spot at national fair for second time
Apr 21, 2009
Heather Kendall
Barry's Bay This Week
http://www.barrysbaythisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1532903

Accolades roll in for local science whiz

ASHLEY MILLETTE: Places fourth in Eastern Ontario challenge
Apr 21, 2009
JANET RICHARDS
SUN MEDIA
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1532011

China's wind-power boom to outpace nuclear by 2020

Apr 20, 2009
Rujun Shen and Tom Miles
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPEK33615120090420?sp=true

Fear stands in the way of disenfranchised PhDs

Apr 20, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/fear-stands-in-the-way-of-disenfranchised-phds/

When Dreams Collide With Reality

Apr 17, 2009
Christine Kelly
Inside Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/04/17/kelly

Patch readies for next cycle

Pain in energy sector starts to subside
Apr 16, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Patch+readies+next+cycle/1501089/story.html

CN idea a winner for oil sands

Apr 10, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/idea+winner+sands/1486255/story.html

New contaminants threaten Ontario lakes and rivers: report

Apr 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/21/water-quality.html

Drug safety rules tilted to industry: Report

Apr 21, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Drug+safety+rules+tilted+industry+Report/1517912/story.html

Speedy approvals more important to Health Canada than drug safety: report

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5izMyPU0XpQ0vKKIF-FdmTcmRH7Kw

Hawking's illness puts Perimeter's hopes in peril

Renowned physicist set to shift key research to Waterloo institute
Apr 21, 2009
DOUG SAUNDERS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.whawking0420/BNStory/Front

Raising capital concerns

Apr 21, 2009
Reid Southwick
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/641818

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