Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. given time to consider appeal in Ontario Vioxx suit

May 11, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_43kvvJJo1TPj6e2KTSm_ZG79BA

Big feat for Smol

May 12, 2009
GLORIA ER-CHUA
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1563416

Great thinkers meet in Ottawa thru May

May 12, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/227384--great-thinkers-meet-in-ottawa-thru-may

Truscott case can teach scientists

Opinions change, courts want finality
May 11, 2009
Scott Tracey
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/479693

INNOVATION IN CANADA: Move beyond warnings

May 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090511.EINNOVATION11ART1716/TPStory/Comment

The basic vs. applied research debate

May 11, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Afairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-basic-vs-applied-research-debate

R&D: It doesn't get any better than this

May 11, 2009
GWYN MORGAN
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090508.wagendamorgan0511/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Global warming critics appointed to science boards

Harper government's actions are 'dreadful' and undercut public pledges to tackle climate change, leading glaciologist says
May 11, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090511.SCIENCEOTT11ART2225/TPStory/National

Ottawa to push ethanol, despite concerns

As Prentice prepares bio-fuel regulation, controversy grows in the U.S. over indirect land-use emissions
May 11, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090511.RETHANOL11ART1927/TPStory/Business

Better water management 'imperative'

'Vital resource' threatened, report says
May 11, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1583292

Oil and gas industry looking for clear leadership on carbon emissions

And commissioner of environment Scott Vaughan to release first audit of climate change plans under Kyoto Implementation Act.
May 11, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/may/11/legislation/&c=2

First Vanier scholars hail mostly from home

More international students expected to win the prestigious scholarship in coming years
May 11, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/first-vanier-scholars-hail-mostly-from-home.aspx

Universities face 'staggering' pension fund losses

May 11, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/the-pain-of-pension-fund-losses.aspx

Nunavut grants first graduate degrees

May 11, 2009
Pauline Anderson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/a-master-of-education-in-nunavut.aspx

Tories drop ball on lab upgrade

A few theories why expansion on shelf
May 11, 2009
Dan Lett
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/tories-drop-ball-on-lab-upgrade-44702517.html

Pigs culled at quarantined Alberta farm

Worker who had been in Mexico in April somehow transmitted virus to hogs when changing barn vents
May 11, 2009
DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090511.FLU11ART2204/TPStory/National/

EU's seal product ban is backed up by science

May 11, 2009
Marcie Gauntlett
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/seal+product+backed+science/1584281/story.html

Do small victories affect big picture in animal rights debate?

May 10, 2009
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Life/small+victories+affect+picture+animal+rights+debate/1582327/story.html

Munger: Obama's cap and trade plan "monstrously stupid"

May 11, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/05/11/munger-obama-s-cap-and-trade-plan-quot-monstrously-stupid-quot.aspx

New legislation in Ontario will give health-care professionals wider powers

May 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/11/ontario-health.html

Mining the moon, they hope

Canadian miners aim to regain lost ground as resourceful innovators
May 11, 2009
Peter Koven
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1583302

Protecting Your Intellectual Property With Patents

May 11, 2009
Janice Kelland
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/297118540914151.php

McGill, Queen's, U of T profs win $100,000 Killam Prizes

May 11, 2009
Montreal Gazette
http://www.canada.com/McGill+Queen+profs+Killam+Prizes/1584697/story.html

Mighty Marquis wheat is back

Heritage cereal grains appeal to organic food producers, artisan bakers, chefs
May 11, 2009
David Finlayson
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Mighty+Marquis+wheat+back/1583031/story.html

Canada set to pick two new astronauts: candidates with the right stuff

May 11, 2009
Karen Hawthorne
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/05/11/canada-set-to-pick-two-new-astronauts-candidates-with-the-right-stuff.aspx

Canada's budding scientists display research at U of M

May 11, 2009
Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/canadas-budding-scientists-display-research-at-u-of-m-44702442.html

Federal labs in Edmonton get facelifts

May 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/10/edm-federal-lab-upgrades.html

Do 'fatties' cause global warming?

May 9, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/631583

Publisher says Australian unit didn't disclose medical journal sponsor

May 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/08/elsevier-merck-journal-sponsorship.html

Experts fear swine/bird flu mix

May 8, 2009
Margie Mason
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/631295

Money spent on science is money well spent

May 9, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Money+spent+science+money+well+spent/1578748/story.html

$34.7M to help upgrade city labs

May 9, 2009
Larry Kusch
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/347m-to-help-upgrade-city-labs-44633727.html

North gets disproportionately fewer R&D dollars

Arm's-length funding agency counsels region on how to compete for more government funding
May 9, 2009
MICHAEL PURVIS
SAULT STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1561213

Canadians cool on carbon tax: poll

May 10, 2009
DIRK MEISSNER
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090510.wcarbontaxpoll0510/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Ottawa urged to establish forensics watchdog

Standards must be set for `science' behind evidence, activist says
May 10, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/631983

Gov't. freezes national-park fees

May 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/freezes+national+park+fees/1582204/story.html

B.C. mother challenges safety of Wi-Fi in schools

May 9, 2009
Lena Sin
Vancouver Province
http://www.canada.com/Health/mother+challenges+safety+schools/1581224/story.html

Harcourt throws support behind provincial carbon tax

Former NDP premier joins forces with Suzuki and other environmentalists, despite fact party's current platform promises to scrap it
May 9, 2009
IAN BAILEY AND JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090509.wbcelectionharcourtart2152/BNStory/National/home

Canada's reckless carbon habit

May 9, 2009
ANDREW NIKIFORUK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090509.BKCARBON09ART1454/TPStory/Entertainment

Bridging accreditation gap

Canada-EU barriers being reduced
May 8, 2009
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Bridging+accreditation/1577176/story.html

Teen scientist wins top prize for 'designer wheat'

May 9, 2009
Mark Milner
Special to CTV.ca
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090507/designer_wheat_090509/20090509?hub=SciTech

Inventive teen wins $95,000 in scholarships

Solar energy system gains wide recognition
May 10, 2009
Sarah McGinnis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Inventive+teen+wins+scholarships/1581554/story.html

Fickle Gods of Global Warming

May 9, 2009
REX MURPHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090508.wcomurphy09/BNStory/specialComment/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Canada ready for pandemic, CMAhead says

May 8, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+ready+pandemic+CMAhead+says/1580709/story.html

'Knowledge' jobs alone are not enough

May 8, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/630818

VENTURE CAPITAL BREAKDOWN

Canada's challenged system forcing entrepreneurs to turn to the U.S. for cash
May 8, 2009
MATT HARTLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090508.RVCFUNDING05ART1940/TPStory/Business

'Sound science' only raises more questions

May 8, 2009
K. Jean Cottam
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Sound+science+only+raises+more+questions/1576517/story.html

Canada can influence U.S. climate change legislation

May 7, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/energy/story.html?id=1573673

U.S. to start making plutonium again to fuel space missions

May 7, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-plutonium-fuel-shortage-nasa.html

River protection research fails to persuade P.E.I. environment minister

May 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/08/pei-buffer-zone-stream.html

The wrong direction

May 7, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/wrong+direction/1570792/story.html

Bioelectricity gives better mileage than ethanol: study

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-bioelectricity-biomass-ethanol-cars.html

Honeybee colonies not declining worldwide, study says

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/honeybee-population-pollinator-current-biology-harden.html

Stephen Hawking's visit to Waterloo on hold

May 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/08/hawking-stephen-waterloo-perimeter-visit-delay-postpone.html

Oil spill on Burnaby mountain contained

May 7, 2009
Graeme Wood
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/spill+Burnaby+mountain+contained/1572740/story.html

Save the birds? Save their habitat

May 8, 2009
BRIDGET STUTCHBURY and JEFFREY WELLS AND CAROLINE SCHULTZ
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090507.wcobird08/BNStory/specialComment/home

Alberta woman who died had swine flu, health officials confirm

May 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/08/edmonton-swine-flu-death.html

Experimental swine flu vaccine expected in weeks

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/07/swine-flu-winnipeg-virus-lab.html

Canada says pork safe to eat despite WHO warning

May 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jewAnZvLTJi9A6Za8PQgUt3x6B9g

Experts fear swine/bird flu mix

May 8, 2009
Margie Mason
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/631295

Climate change may put northern shrimp in peril

May 8, 2009
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Climate+change+northern+shrimp+peril/1576511/story.html

Shrimp like canaries in coal mine, indicating health of stocks, water temperature

May 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hsTv11HlKkP-c0gnhjCax2ICUF2w

Government should support innovation in the fishing industry

May 8, 2009
Keith Vickers
Miramichi Leader
http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/660341

University, Vineland research centre ink new partnership

May 8, 2009
THE STANDARD
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1559404

Toronto student wins NASA competition

May 7, 2009
John Goddard
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/630642

Saskatoon high school student wins national prize for research

May 7, 2009
Laura Keil
Saskatchewan News Network
http://www.leaderpost.com/Technology/Saskatoon+high+school+student+wins+national+prize+research/1570376/story.html

Green roof bylaw moves one step closer to reality

'It's just taking that quick cash grab from us'
May 7, 2009
Allison Hanes
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=1570723

Don't kill Canada geese in Kelowna, group urges

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/05/06/bc-kelowna-shooting-geese.html

Canada's 'flu hunters' track a wily new virus

May 5, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090505.wxfluhunters05islart2241/BNStory/National/home

A Pressing Need: Revising academic apprenticeship

May 6, 2009
Trevor McKee
The Mark
http://themarknews.com/articles/170-a-pressing-need-revising-academic-apprenticeship

Education our only magic elixir

May 7, 2009
James Travers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/canada/columnist/article/630362

Reverse Reaganism, reverse growth

May 7, 2009
William Watson
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=138dc53e-8bee-48d1-a83b-09df3528b562

Industry faces high cost by neglecting R&D

Internship program helps slow graduate brain drain
May 6, 2009
Marke Andrews
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/working/story.html?id=79f41869-2ebf-4e9d-84cc-a168e410b450

Telus, Microsoft hope Canada will buy into patient-centred e-health records

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/06/tech-telus-health-space-microsoft-electronic-health-records.html

Run-of-river power projects breach environmental standards: documents

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/06/bc-environmental-inspections-private-power-projects.html

New map of Arctic could point to Canadian gas, minerals

Data could also be used to claim more Arctic waters, seabed
May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-geological-map-arctic-marc-st-onge.html

Britain to remove some DNA profiles from databases

Critics say changes don't go far enough to protect privacy
May 7, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/britain-dna-privacy.html

Pork industry scrambles to prove meat is safe

Politicians say Canadian pigs still a good food source, but some farmers suggest slaughtering infected Albertan herd
May 7, 2009
GLORIA GALLOWAY and DAWN WALTON AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090507.FLU07ART2257/TPStory/National/

Official says H1N1 could infect third of world

May 7, 2009
DARREN SCHUETTLER
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090507.wflumain0507/BNStory/International/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Swine flu is same strain in Canada and Mexico

201 confirmed cases in Canada, 1,893 worldwide
May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/06/swine-flu-sequencing060.html

Flu virus baffles Canadian scientists

Winnipeg lab can't find reason why Mexicans are being hit the hardest
May 7, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/630370

Green roof proposal faces withering criticism

May 7, 2009
JEFF GRAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090507.GREEN07ART2253/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/

Lafarge proposes test-burning biomass fuels

Company seeks public input this time around
May 7, 2009
PAUL SCHLIESMANN
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1556811

P.E.I. ready to issue air quality warnings

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/05/07/pei-air-quality-index.html

Animal testing: Suffering for science

Europe votes for better regulation of animal experiments
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13610079

Global health: Preparing for the worst

Vaccine makers are ill-prepared for an influenza pandemic
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13609361

Electric cars and noise: The sound of silence

Sound generators will make electric and hybrid cars safer
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13606446

Take a look inside the lab at Science Rendezvous

Robots, smart homes and a GPS-outfitted rescue dog part of daylong show-and-tell
May 7, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/630394

Radiation from medical tests; important information to use

May 3, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/medicinematters/archive/2009/05/03/radiation-from-medical-tests.aspx

What you need to read about flu pandemics

May 1, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/medicinematters/archive/2009/05/01/what-you-need-to-read-about-flu-pandemics.aspx

Canada's progress in science, innovation mediocre, study finds

May 6, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090506.RESEARCH06ART2119/TPStory/National

Council says Canadian businesses weak in R&D

Feds should focus more funding on priority research areas: report
May 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/05/tech-090505-research-funding-report.html

The state of science and innovation in Canada

May 5, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-state-of-science-and-innovation-in-canada

Canada lagging in research: Tech council

May 5, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Canada+lagging+research+Tech+council/1566110/story.html

Canadian innovators told to heed the circus

Ottawa's big thinkers say Cirque de Soleil a role model for others
May 6, 2009
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/629674

Canada a laggard in business R&D: report

May 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5grS92EJCsEgnPuHscLxjtmuBKw1A

Report Gives Canadian Research a Middling Grade but Hails Work at Universities

May 6, 2009
Karen Birchard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6429/report-gives-canadian-research-a-middling-grade-but-hails-work-at-universities

Canada private investment in R&D lags

May 5, 2009
Ashleigh Patterson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE5444H120090505?sp=true

Ministers Welcome Report by Science, Technology and Innovation Council

May 5, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ministers-welcome-report-science-technology/story.aspx?guid=%7BAC0E2DA3-2F20-42B2-A4D4-BB75DF82D891%7D&dist=msr_1

Rx&D Applauds STIC Report and Agrees that Canada Must "Aim Higher" to Reap the Rewards of Innovation

May 5, 2009
Rx&D
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/05/c8630.html