Key players implicated in scheme to boost generic drug profits

Apr 28, 2009
KAREN HOWLETT AND KATE HAMMER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090428.DRUGS28ART22023/TPStory/National

Canadian health officials warn against travel to Mexico

WHO says travel restrictions not needed
Apr 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/28/health-canada-mexico865.html

Rookie minister praised for quick, open response

SARS experience serves Aglukkaq well
Apr 28, 2009
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wfluminister28art2243/BNStory/Front

WHO raises alert level as virus spreads its reach

Move to phase 4 signals sustained human transmission
Apr 28, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO AND GLORIA GALLOWAY
With a report from Joe Friesen and The Canadian Press
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090428.FLU28ART22412/TPStory/National/

Canada will monitor, not bar Mexican farm workers

Doctors to help border authorities process migrant workers during flu outbreak
Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/04/27/montreal-migrantworkers-swine-0427.html

End asbestos support now

Apr 28, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/fp/asbestos+support/1541219/story.html

Fredericton company hopes carbon is the new black

Apr 28, 2009
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/649481

Technology fund takes shape in Quebec

Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/27/quebec-technology.html

Scientists take a page from online journalists

Apr 27, 2009
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/21/f-strauss-science-blogs.html

No consensus on climate change document at indigenous summit

Apr 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/27/indigenous-climate-summit865.html

Not all research deserves public funding

Apr 27, 2009
GWYN MORGAN
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090421.wagenda_morgan27/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Flu fear spreads as cases confirmed in Canada

Canadian sufferers showing milder symptoms, but health official says virus could mutate and warns Ottawa to brace for severe cases
Apr 27, 2009
TU THANH HA AND BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090426.wflumain27/BNStory/International

Public health still vulnerable after SARS

Upgraded system suffers from funding gaps
Apr 27, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wfluprepared27art2121/BNStory/National/home

No need to panic ... yet

Ontario officials are worried swine flu could be pandemic, killing thousands
Apr 26, 2009
MICHELE MANDEL
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/2009/04/26/9248411-sun.html

World governments race to contain flu outbreak

Apr 27, 2009
RAY LILLEY
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wfluworldreax0427/BNStory/International

PM's pal gets government job

Appointment to board of directors is geologist's third posting to be criticized for favouritism
Apr 27, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/624802

Legal battle over Vancouver's supervised injection site starts Monday

Apr 27, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Legal+battle+over+Vancouver+supervised+injection+site+starts+Monday/1538132/story.html

New California fuel rule may violate NAFTA: lawyer

Apr 27, 2009
Scott Haggett
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKN2446164120090427?sp=true

Losing the war on climate gases

Apr 27, 2009
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Business/Losing+climate+gases/1537732/story.html

Arctic researchers struggle to complete projects as costs rise

Apr 26, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Arctic+researchers+struggle+complete+projects+costs+rise/1537022/story.html

CANADA: Is brain gain going down the drain?

Apr 26, 2009
Philip Fine
University World News
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090424130258237

Legal policies steer direction of stem cell research

Amy Zarzeczny
May 1, 2009 issue
The Lawyers Weekly
http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&volume=28&number=48&article=3

An action plan to save Canada's forest industry

Apr 27, 2009
AVRIM LAZAR
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090427.wagendalazar0427/BNStory/robAgenda/home

MP pushes for national pesticide ban

Apr 27, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/624694

Experts prefer tap water

Our water is safer, more eco-friendly than bottled, local scientists say
Apr 27, 2009
Eric McGuinness
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/555450

Winnipeg lab working on swine flu vaccine

Apr 26, 2009
Jen Skerritt
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Winnipeg+working+swine+vaccine/1536602/story.html

Carbon copy in Ottawa

Apr 26, 2009
Editorial
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1118702.html

Do not read this column ...

... if all you're going to do is tell me to stop picking on that nice Al Gore and David Suzuki
Apr 26, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/26/9248316-sun.html

Space goal set early

Apr 26, 2009
DEAN BENNETT
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/26/9250566-sun.html

Science nationals await

Provincial fair picks top talent
Apr 27, 2009
Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/science-nationals-await-43759917.html?viewAllComments=y

Federal Court orders publication of all mining pollution data

Apr 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/24/court-mining-pollution865.html

Federal government's research funding scheme is wasteful: researchers

Apr 24, 2009
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/04/24/tech-090424-research-funding-caut.html

CAN SCIENCE SAVE THE OIL SANDS?

Falling oil prices and bad PR have hammered the oil sands. Out of all that bad news may rise a new era in innovation.
Apr 25, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090425.RCOVER25ART1935/TPStory/Business

Pandemic in the making

Canada raises health alarm as Mexico shuts down schools in effort to halt swine flu that has killed 20 people and possibly sickened hundreds more
Apr 25, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090425.ILLNESS25ART2116/TPStory/National/

Can we reduce our dependence on America?

Apr 25, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090425.COSIMP25ART1959/TPStory/National

Court ruling forces mining pollution to be revealed

Apr 25, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090425.MINING25ISLART2118/TPStory/Environment

Going green is sprouting financial benefits

Eco targets creating new positions, while businesses expand in traditional environmental sectors
Apr 25, 2009
DEREK SANKEY
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/working/story.html?id=e87556dd-f350-4718-9a93-7b5be043e71e

The greener generation

Environmental consciousness already rooted in youth
Apr 25, 2009
AYOUB ANSARI
SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/life/greenplanet/2009/04/25/9240716-sun.html

Guilt-free mass-market coffee - `greenwashing'?

Apr 25, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/623475

Look beyond oil and gas, says Trudeau

Apr 25, 2009
JASMINE FRANKLIN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2009/04/25/9241346-sun.html

The greening of the oilsands: New technologies set to eliminate tailings ponds

Apr 24, 2009
Dave Cooper
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/greening+oilsands+technologies+eliminate+tailings+ponds/1531439/story.html

Canadian lab confirms human swine flu cases in Mexico

World health agency schedules emergency meeting after 20 deaths
Apr 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/24/health-flu-mexico090424.html

McGuinty willing to consider standards for health effects of wind turbines

Apr 24, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/24/ont-wind.html

Wanted: tech head

In many ways, Canada's largest tech players are loath to let go of analog business models. Some think they could use a push
Apr 24, 2009
KEN HUNT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090424.ROB5PG18/TPStory/Business

Lead contamination closes parts of New Edinburgh park

Apr 24, 2009
Cassandra Drudi
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Lead+contamination+closes+parts+Edinburgh+park/1530729/story.html

Like it or not, your next car may be a hybrid

Still small, but segment poised to boom
Apr 23, 2009
Julie Beun-Chown
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Cars/story.html?id=1522691

A wide open field

Sustainability will be a big part of the new economic landscape
Apr 22, 2009
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/technology/Sustainability+will+part+economic+landscape/1520296/story.html

While we talk, Canada's emissions go up, up and up ...

Apr 22, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090421.wcosimp22/BNStory/specialComment/home

Albertans need a climate-change reality check

Apr 21, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wcosimp21/BNStory/specialComment

Canada's greenhouse emissions soaring again: UN report

After dip, output now 33.8 per cent above Kyoto commitment
Apr 21, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Canada+greenhouse+emissions+soaring+again+report/1516915/story.html

The anti-specialists

For one group, the future of science lies outside one's area of expertise
Apr 18, 2009
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1508693&p=1

Harper, researchers grasp olive branch

University leaders joining PM at event to announce finalists in federal grant program
Apr 23, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090423.RESEARCH23ART2251/TPStory/National

Feds launch international search for excellence

Apr 23, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Feds+launch+international+search+excellence/1526486/story.html

Environment central in B.C. leaders debate

Apr 24, 2009
IAN BAILEY AND JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090424.BCELECTIONDEBATE24ART2120/TPStory/National/

Poultry screening endangers public, vet says

Food safety agency puts meat plant workers in charge of judging
Apr 24, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Article/623695

Officials balk at criticism over handling of listeriosis

Apr 24, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/623694

Revise listeriosis report, feds tell Ontario official

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jbbfsDwj8ZAy97oms_uZ2rr95pTQ

Ontario's new top doc helped fight SARS

Apr 24, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/623706

Dr. Arlene King named Ontario's new medical officer of health

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hsWyji7lAIPsrGHB8ZPxUH4wM6mQ

Mexican flu raises spectre of SARS

Apr 24, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER AND ANTONELLA ARTUSO
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/04/24/9226036-sun.html

Ontario officials warn of mysterious Mexican illness

Apr 23, 2009
Lee Greenberg
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Ontario+officials+warn+mysterious+Mexican+illness/1527193/story.html

Canadian senator proposes declaration on ethical sealing

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/seal-declare.html

Prentice promises details of emissions policy

California move could hurt oilsands
Apr 24, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Prentice+promises+details+emissions+policy/1529011/story.html

Canadian Lab technologists air public health concerns

Apr 23, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+technologists+public+health+concerns/1528965/story.html

Top court rejects bid to sue Health Canada over implants

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hZtfzd9bqvq3RFE6xEs12r_0QiHg

Cow genome unraveled in bid to improve meat, milk

Apr 23, 2009
RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htQD0GkedhwsESnH-xgQKqc3CGEgD97OCEIG0

Environmentalist frustrated over delays to clean up Moncton creek

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/04/23/nb-petitcodiac-environment-1120.html

NDP wants end to subsidy for `greatest industrial killer'

Apr 23, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/wants+subsidy+greatest+industrial+killer/1528923/story.html

Include indigenous rights in global climate change policies, summit told

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/climate-rights.html

N.W.T. Housing Corp. to test eco-friendly home in Inuvik

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/eco-house.html

Rules to move new turbines back from P.E.I. homes

Apr 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/24/pei-wind-turbine-setback.html

Ancient fertilizer technique could help poor farmers, store carbon

Apr 23, 2009
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/23/tech-090423-biochar-carbon-trading.html

Bed bugs invade

Infestations growing
Apr 24, 2009
BRENDAN WEDLEY
THE PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1538296

Public outcry prompts Alta to back off on some cuts to drug coverage for seniors

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jAw7-jw9IiwKHg_kwkzc7vuQjV_g

Sir John Maddox: The nature of Nature

The man who reinvented science journalism
Apr 23, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13525812

Gene technology threatens new racism: Vatican

Apr 23, 2009
Laura Macinnis
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Gene+technology+threatens+racism+Vatican/1526215/story.html

Restore coverage for services, Alberta chiropractors say

Apr 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/04/22/edm-chiropractors.html

Exciting careers await mathematicians

Apr 22, 2009
Arvind Guptafor
Canwest News Service; Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/life/Exciting+careers+await+mathematicians/1523187/story.html

Students Winnipeg-bound for science fair

Apr 23, 2009
Julia Le
The Mississauga
http://www.mississauganews.com/article/26482

R&D spending under pressure

Yes, R&D spending is down in this economy, but how the big players are reacting may surprise you
Apr 15, 2009
Stefan Dubowski
Canadian Business Online
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/article.jsp?content=20090414_173202_1488

Canada is a leader in environmental stewardship

Apr 23, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1536717

Saskatchewan reneges on climate-change

Cites world economic slump, despite fact province is one of few in the black
Apr 22, 2009
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090422.wsaskcarbon0422/BNStory/National

Government rejects unified carbon prices

Apr 23, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/money/2009/04/23/9212566-sun.html

Motive questioned in failure to disclose asbestos study

Government trying to protect Quebec industry, scientist alleges
Apr 22, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090422.ASBESTOS22ART2244/TPStory/National

Oil sands braces for American green fuel regulation

Apr 23, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090423.RCARBON23ART1940/TPStory/Business

Meat inquiry missing a key player

Agriculture minister hasn't been interviewed by investigator looking into listeriosis outbreak
Apr 23, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/622952

Ont. groups want formal study into health effects of wind turbines

Apr 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iwK8mnBntVOEpuReldBbWB1qPf_w

Parasite behind European honeybee colony collapse, researchers say

Apr 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/22/honey-bee-collapse.html

Mr. Math aims to convert Canadians

Our kids lack basic skills and that's going to hurt them, B.C. numbers guru says
Apr 23, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622969

Talking about the future of farming in Canada

GROWING FORWARD: Agriculture ministry rep speaks at agricultural night
Apr 23, 2009
MARK TAYTI
THE TRIBUNE
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1536761

McGuinty’s solution: Leave waste at the stores

The Series Star series prompts call for consumers to act
Apr 23, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/622976

Vitamin D may lower asthma severity

Apr 23, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090423.wlasthma23art1829/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Musings on this 'green' day

Apr 23, 2009
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/644611

Pesticides: Science vs. Emotion

Apr 22, 2009
Rob Breakenridge
CHQR
http://www.am770chqr.com/Blogs/TheWorldTonight/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10029601

Greenhouse gas emissions cut by 6.5M tonnes: Alberta

Apr 22, 2009
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Greenhouse+emissions+tonnes+Alberta/1523509/story.html

Group tracks western economic diversification spending

Apr 22, 2009
Bruce Cheadle
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/622835

Unnecessary scans pose health risk, UVic study shows

Apr 22, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Unnecessary+scans+pose+health+risk+UVic+study+shows/1523858/story.html

Deliver access to capital

Apr 22, 2009
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/642969

PREDICTING DEATH

As one of the worst avalanche seasons draws to a close, avalanche science remains dangerously inexact
Apr 22, 2009
Trent Edwards
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/news/PREDICTING+DEATH/1523040/story.html

Late blooming science whiz has ‘high hopes’ of earning trip to Tunesia

Apr 22, 2009
Janet Richards
The Community Press
http://www.communitypress-online.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1534939