Science meets art with view to the heavens

June 3, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Science+meets+with+view+heavens/1659201/story.html

Student's brain school's gain

National neuroscience tourney goes to T.O. teen
June 3, 2009
TOM GODFREY
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/03/9657991-sun.html

Government of Canada Helps New Researchers Gain 21st-Century Workforce Skills

Jun 2, 2009
Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Of-Canada-998312.html

Don't let Canada become a high-tech have-not

June 2, 2009
John F. Tyson
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+become+high+tech+have/1653188/story.html

Oil sands ‘back in black,' crude nears $70

Rising prices and falling costs expected to revive stalled projects
Jun 2, 2009
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-back-in-black-crude-nears-70/article1163931/

Aerospace subsidies: canny investments or corporate welfare?

May 30, 2009
Francois Shalom
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Aerospace+subsidies+canny+investments+corporate+welfare/1646985/story.html

Court challenge aims to legalize all cannabis use

Advocates say previous rule a 'mockery'
June 1, 2009
Shannon Kari
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1650107

Quebec cancer tests will now have outside evaluation

June 2, 2009
Kevin Dougherty
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Quebec+cancer+tests+will+have+outside+evaluation/1654563/story.html

MaRS Innovation appoints President and CEO

Jun 1, 2009
MARS DISCOVERY DISTRICT
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/01/c9601.html

Federal lawsuit says industry threatens birds in Alberta

June 2, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Travel/Federal+lawsuit+says+industry+threatens+birds+Alberta/1654230/story.html

Prescribe heroin to addicts, former Tory MP says

Jun 2, 2009
JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prescribe-heroin-to-addicts-former-tory-mp-says/article1164299/

Kids need to get away from TVs and run and jump more: report

Jun 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/fitness-children.html

Isotope shortage delays treatment in Saskatoon

Region to receive only one-18th of usual allotment
June 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/01/isotopes-saskatoon-shortage.html

Scientists unveil plans for online directory of life on Earth

Synthesis, aggregation of data key to the project
Jun 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/01/online-life-directory579.html

Step away from the car – it's bad for your health

The more you drive, the less you walk, and the greater chance you'll have a sedentary lifestyle
May 29, 2009
Matthew Bigg
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/step-away-from-the-car-its-bad-for-your-health/article1160409/

First, there was expensive oil

If indeed oil, and not subprime mortgages, lies at the heart of our current economic malaise, we may be sicker than we know
Jun 2, 2009
Jeff Rubin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/first-there-was-expensive-oil/article1160647/

Congress ’09 - The value of social sciences and humanities research

May 29, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/congress-09-the-value-of-social-sciences-and-humanities-research/

Poll: Are social sciences and arts being underfunded?

The Globe and Mail
http://www.globecampus.ca/poll/are-social-sciences-and-arts-being-underfunded/

International Science and Engineering Fair 2009: Winner Announcement

May 15, 2009
Society for Science & the Public
http://www.societyforscience.org/intelisef09/IntelISEF09GAO.pdf

Ottawa voiceless on climate change

Jun 1, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/643329

Ottawa in court over endangered species rules

Jun 1, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/643789

Trial to give free heroin to hard-core addicts in Vancouver and Montreal

The three-year medical trial will put Canada on the leading edge of international addictions research 'for a population that is in desperate need for alternate health options'
Jun 1, 2009
JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/trial-to-give-free-heroin-to-hard-core-addicts-in-vancouver-and-montreal/article1162530/

Ottawa asked to bring back mothballed nuclear reactors

Jun 1, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1652011

Status quo not an option

May 29, 2009
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1640755

Sale Sign Hoisted On Candu

Ottawa to retain Chalk River research division
May 29, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1640719

Breast cancer study misinterpreted: Quebec health minister

May 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/31/cancer-study.html

'Floaties' return to Halifax waterfront

May 29, 2009
Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/floaties-return-to-halifax-waterfront/article1159232/

Climate-change disasters kill 300,000 a year

UN Secretary-General calls it the ‘greatest emerging humanitarian challenge of our time'
May 29, 2009
Meera Selva
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/climate-change-disasters-kill-300000-a-year/article1160362/

Flood of anger

Worried about drought, Washington State is planning to dam the Similkameen River. Opponents say the project would trigger destructive floods in B.C.
May 30, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/flood-of-anger/article1161201/

H1N1 shots possible by October

May 28, 2009
Mike Stobbe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/642008

Robots with fins, tails offer new insights into evolution

June 1, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/01/robots-fins-evolution874.html

Canada faces crisis in caring for elderly: researcher

May 31, 2009
Teresa Smith
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+faces+crisis+caring+elderly+researcher/1648566/story.html

Researcher uses pulp residue to replace fertilizer

June 1, 2009
John Shmuel
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/684819

Canada just doesn't get it

May 31, 2009
CARL DUIVENVOORDEN
SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/05/31/9629836-sun.html

Spreader of manure

Rondeau playing Manitobans for fools with claim province can hit Kyoto targets
May 31, 2009
KEVIN ENGSTROM
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/kevin_engstrom/2009/05/31/9629381-sun.html

We're anything but green

May 31, 2009
PAUL RUTHERFORD
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2009/05/31/9629246-sun.html

Green shift: Green going mainstream as businesses, governments look to the future

May 29, 2009
Sarah Staples
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/Green+shift+Green+going+mainstream+businesses+governments+look+future/1641998/story.html

Russia likely `winner' in Arctic resource dispute: Study

May 28, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Russia+likely+winner+Arctic+resource+dispute+Study/1639856/story.html

Burning crops darken Arctic sky, speed polar melt

May 27, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Burning+crops+darken+Arctic+speed+polar+melt/1635692/story.html

Our mental-health-care system needs fixing

Here's how
May 27, 2009
Hartinder Nijjar
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/mental+health+care+system+needs+fixing/1635448/story.html

Ontario adds to post-secondary spending spree

May 29, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/642620

Greenhouse gas enforcement could take 6 years: Prentice

May 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/prentice-greenhouse.html

Canada hedges on 2010 start for emissions rules

May 28, 2009
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE54R6XB20090528?sp=true

Biggest polluters closer to climate deal: Canada

May 28, 2009
Peter Griffiths
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE54R51U20090528

$22M for upgrades to McMaster University's nuclear reactor

May 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/29/mcmaster-reactor-clement-funding029.html

Energy reserves north of Arctic Circle mapped in detail for first time

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/oil-gas-arctic.html

Arctic holds 13 per cent of world's undiscovered oil

Figures come as Canada and its polar neighbours pursue competing claims to vast areas of continental shelf
May 29, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-holds-13-per-cent-of-worlds-undiscovered-oil/article1158726/

Conference Board recalls controversial copyright reports

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/conference-board-copyright-geist.html

Canada eyes sale of stake in AECL reactor business

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/aecl-future-sale.html

Ottawa sanctions Atomic Energy overhaul

Employees fear partial privatization of Candu could wipe out years of Canadian innovation
May 29, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/642209

Ottawa can sell the CANDU

May 29, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=e77fa89c-b477-4950-b56d-355015eec4c0

Manager sought for troubled reactor

Ottawa looks for private firm to run Chalk River nuclear research facility
May 29, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/642328

Follow Canada's lead on cigarette warnings, says WHO

May 29, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/29/who-smoking-warning549.html

Alarming uncertainty

May 29, 2009
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alarming-uncertainty/article1159005/

U.S. urged to shed energy-wasting image

‘We have to get in the race now – and win it,' top environment official says
May 28, 2009
Angela Charlton
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-urged-to-shed-energy-wasting-image/article1158743/

Ont. health agency scrutinized for contract tendering practices

'Taxpayers are really getting ripped off': PC leader
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/ehealth-ontario.html

British scientists closer to swine flu vaccine

Development called ‘crucial step' toward large-scale production of vaccine
May 28, 2009
Kate Kelland
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/british-scientists-closer-to-swine-flu-vaccine/article1158794/

Nunavut confirms 1st swine flu case

May 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/29/nunavut-swine-flu.html

Provincial, national gas emissions climbing higher

May 29, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Gas-emissions-climbing-higher-46480147.html

Kingston's innovation hub

May 28, 2009
DON CURTIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1587015

Youth smoking rate has flatlined

May 29, 2009
Johanna Weidner
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/543332

In search of a `green plastic' solution

May 29, 2009
Shelagh McNally
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/search+green+plastic+solution/1641996/story.html

Boys not making cut at national science fair

May 28, 2009
Don Crosby
The Sun Times
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1588552

Payette to join fellow Canadian Thirsk in space on 'historic' mission

May 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/payette-space-astronaut.html

Aspirin's risks outweigh benefits for healthy people: review

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/28/aspirin-heart.html

Manning to Harper: Clarify how government divvies up research cash

May 27, 2009
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/science-funding-preston-manning-federal-government.html

Canada's failure to protect intellectual property hinders innovation: Conference Board

May 27, 2009
Gillian Shaw
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+failure+protect+intellectual+property+hinders+innovation+Conference+Board/1636134/story.html

Canada 'very close' to inking nuclear deal with India, Day says

May 27, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/canada-india-nuclear052709.html

Zealots can't dominate debate

May 28, 2009
Gerry Klein
The StarPhoenix
http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/columnists/story.html?id=6bf73957-e7ec-4fca-8b20-6ab75c3b4b60

Oilsands companies must report contents of waste ponds

May 27, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Oilsands+companies+must+report+contents+waste+ponds/1636791/story.html

1 in 5 breast cancer hormone tests wrong, Quebec pathologists fear

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/breast-cancer-quebec-hormone-tests.html

Breast cancer testing in Quebec ‘botched'

‘To put it bluntly this could be an explosive situation,' says president of the Quebec pathologist association as study finds treatment of hundreds of women in question
May 28, 2009
Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/breast-cancer-testing-in-quebec-botched/article1156500/

Breast cancer study "very worrying": Quebec health minister

May 28, 2009
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Breast+cancer+study+very+worrying+Quebec+health+minister/1639383/story.html

Electronic health records: potholes on the road to eHealth

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/f-electronic-health-records.html

Cap-trade on the way

Ontario, Alberta look for deal on environment
May 28, 2009
JONATHAN JENKINS
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/28/9594776-sun.html

Ontario emissions plan faces 2-year delay

Law gives province power in 2012 to apply cap-and-trade system
May 28, 2009
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/641632

Cap, trade charade

Canada unfazed by fact that scheme is a costly failure in Europe
May 28, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/05/28/9595706-sun.html

Loophole lets drug companies advertise in Canada, but not in the U.S.: UBC study

May 27, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Loophole+lets+drug+companies+advertise+Canada+study/1636615/story.html

Canada's swine flu cases exceed 1,000

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/swine-flu-h1n1.html

Chalk River reactor shutdown to last at least 3 months: AECL

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/isotopes-reactor-shutdown.html

Ottawa vows to ban cigarillo 'kiddie packs'

Federal Health Minister promises to ban candy-flavoured cigarillos and tighten restrictions on advertising
May 28, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-vows-to-ban-cigarillo-kiddie-packs/article1154737/

Recession benefit: Alberta can pause and rethink the oil sands

Any new approach should be based on the simple premise that reducing emissions is the cost of doing business
May 26, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/recession-benefit-alberta-can-pause-and-rethink-the-oil-sands/article1154307/

Cabinet tweaks medical marijuana rules after losing court case

May 26, 2009
Tim Naumetz
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g4Mn1zqhAPsjTQR0xmwiZXbhmztA

Northeast U.S. coast at risk from sea-level rise, report warns

Researchers' findings suggest melting ice from Greenland mean oceans could rise as much as 20 inches by 2100
May 27, 2009
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/northeast-us-coast-at-risk-from-sea-level-rise-report-warns/article1156117/

Greece extends ban on genetically modified corn

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/greece-corn-monsanto-987.html

The North loses mining innovation to Toronto

May 27, 2009
Andrew Low and Kelly Louiseize
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2009/innovation260509005.asp?NLStory=innovation260509005

Students, Thirsk's friends turn out to marvel at launch

Calgary Astronaut Begins Six-month Space Odyssey
May 28, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Students+Thirsk+friends+turn+marvel+launch/1638402/story.html

The origin of swine flu: Putting the pieces together

A better understanding of how the new strain of influenza arose
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726722

The behavioural effects of video games: Good game?

Playing video games can make you a better person
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726738

The National Ignition Facility: On target, finally

A machine for testing nuclear weapons opens for business
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726730

U.S. wants to paint the world white to save energy

May 27, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/wants+paint+world+white+save+energy/1635588/story.html

International connections could boost parasites, study suggests

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/parasite-selection-wild.html

Glowing monkeys promise to further medical research: scientists

May 28, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/monkeys-genes-transgenetic-glowing-marmoset.html

Climate change: "World's destiny at stake"

May 26, 2009
Jerome Cartillier
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Climate+change+World+destiny+stake/1631925/story.html

Voyage to the centre of the 'Plastic Vortex'

May 25, 2009
Guy Newey
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Voyage+centre+Plastic+Vortex/1628237/story.html

Carbon offsets: It really isn't easy being green

B.C. learns that it's hard to navigate the murky world of offsets
May 20, 2009
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/carbon-offsets-it-really-isnt-easy-being-green/article1147597/

As it quietly melts away, Struzik charts the North

Most of us ignore the largest part of Canada
May 2, 2009
Todd Babiak
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/science/quietly+melts+away+Struzik+charts+North/1557027/story.html

Moving Forward: A Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade System for Ontario

May 27, 2009
Government of Ontario
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/env_reg/er/documents/2009/010-6740.pdf

Hope lies in the scientific method

May 27, 2009
John Polanyi
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/hope-lies-in-the-scientific-method/article1152473/

Don't expand universities: upgrade, demographer says

David Foot questions wisdom on spending stimulus money on bricks-and-mortar projects
May 26, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dont-expand-universities-upgrade-demographer-says/article1154472/