Junk Science Week: DDT, the banned lifesaver

Nothing prevents malaria better than DDT application
June 18, 2009
Diane Katz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/junk-science-week-ddt-banned-lifesaver.aspx

Junk Science Week: Base chemical rules on science, not fear

The integrity of Ottawa's Chemicals Management Plan hangs in the balance
June 18, 2009
Howard Mains
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/junk-science-week-base-chemical-rules-on-science-not-fear.aspx

Junk Science Week: No death by Bisphenol A

June 17, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/17/terence-corcoran-for-junk-science-week-no-death-by-bisphenol-a.aspx

Junk Science Week: Case of chemophobia

The movement to ban Bisphenol A has no scientific basis. But that hasn’t been an obstacle
June 17, 2009
S. Robert Lichter and Trevor Butterworth
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/17/junk-science-week-case-of-chemophobia.aspx

Chemistry down the tubes

June 16, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/651341

U.S. urges cleaner Alberta oilsands

June 16, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/urges+cleaner+Alberta+oilsands/1699392/story.html

U.S. climate report dire, but offers hope

Permanent damage has been done, but it's not too late to do something about it, White House says
Jun 17, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-climate-report-dire-but-offers-hope/article1184876/

Ottawa to ante up $1-billion aid to pulp and paper industry

June 16, 2009
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iDckWe5181KXc5kaIJyQfOMZjPfg

Canada called on to join renewable-energy agency

Cooperation crucial to developing booming sector, industry says
Jun 16, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/651252

Hydrogen gas leak delays shuttle launch again

June 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/17/space-shuttle.html

2 die of swine flu in Manitoba as Canadian toll hits 11

Manitoba cases now at 226 after 74 new ones confirmed Tuesday
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/mb-swine-flu-death-manitoba.html

Canada's isotope failure felt worldwide

June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Canadas-isotope-failure-felt-worldwide/UPI-21861245161554/

Nuclear medicine experts question appointment of isotope adviser

June 16, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/nuclear-chalk-isotope-adviser-0616.html

Ottawa to spend $6M seeking medical isotope alternatives

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/medical-isotopes.html

Small comfort in isotope crisis

Jun 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651739

Abandoning production of isotopes is a tragedy

June 17, 2009
Keith Martin
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Abandoning+production+isotopes+tragedy/1703396/story.html

University says it can meet Canada's isotope needs

Jun 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrbzMklV-xnrkM8Uv-t2oyD01XKw

The Chalk River mess has left AECL's reputation in meltdown mode

The last thing Atomic Energy Canada, or the country, needs is the black eye from the isotope crisis - to say nothing of the anguish for patients
Jun 16, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-chalk-river-mess-has-left-aecls-reputation-in-meltdown-mode/article1184592/

In search of a Canadian digital action strategy

June 16, 2009
Michael Geist
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/search+Canadian+digital+action+strategy/1700173/story.html

Nunavut Inuit wouldn't change diet over contaminant fears: study

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/north-contaminants.html

Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario

Evidence supports Pascal's blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
Jun 16, 2009
Jim Grieve & Bill Hogarth
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651249

Full-day learning deserves support

Jun 16, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651218

Early is not everything

Jun 17, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/early-is-not-everything/article1183389/

All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet

The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun 15, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/all-day-kindergarten-is-not-the-magic-bullet/article1182946/

Will women one day father children?

A new film imagines lesbians conceiving with sperm derived from each other's stem cells – and the science may not be far-fetched
Jun 16, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/will-women-one-day-father-children/article1182938/

Anti-aging hormone products risky, U.S. medical group says

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/hormone-aging-ama.html

Most Canadians ignore air-quality advisories: Report

June 16, 2009
Don Butler
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Most+Canadians+ignore+quality+advisories+Report/1702560/story.html

More mercury flowing into Arctic Ocean than thought: Research

June 16, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/More+mercury+flowing+into+Arctic+Ocean+than+thought+Research/1702589/story.html

Aquatic microbiota threatened by pollution

June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/16/Aquatic-microbiota-threatened-by-pollution/UPI-87731245174083/

Ottawa seizing Mexican cancer drug

Canadian patients 'starting to die,' drug firm says
June 15, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696051

German firms eye huge African solar project: report

June 16, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/German+firms+huge+African+solar+project+report/1701455/story.html

Malaria vaccine trials put researchers to the test

Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet
Jun 16, 2009
Zoe Alsop
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/malaria-vaccine-trials-put-researchers-to-the-test/article1184851/

People with autism ace intelligence test

Study finds autistic subjects finish reasoning exam 40 per cent faster than volunteers without the disorder
Jun 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/people-with-autism-ace-intelligence-test/article1184701/

Canadian, U.S. scientists win $1M Shaw prize for obesity work

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/shaw-prize-coleman534.html

$4.4M boost for U of C's asphalt research

Husky renews its support of school
June 16, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/boost+asphalt+research/1699411/story.html

U of S adds research chair

Pharmaceutical companies contribute to new position
June 16, 2009
Jeanette Stewart
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/adds+research+chair/1700433/story.html

Junk Science Week: Decision-based evidence making

Decision-based evidence making isn’t a joke. It’s part of the plan, the policy, the way things are done
June 16, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-decision-based-evidence-making.aspx

Junk Science Week: 300,000 non-deaths

New climate projections are based on a lot of things, just not on scientific data
June 16, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-peter-foster-300-000-non-deaths.aspx

Junk Science Week: MIT’s unscientific, catastrophic climate forecast

The MIT modellers violated 49 principles of forecasting
June 16, 2009
Kesten C. Green and J. Scott Armstrong
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-mit-s-unscientific-catastrophic-climate-forecast.aspx

Junk Science Week: The models behind the financial crisis

In the buildup to the financial crisis, the science of risk management was turned into junk science that was overlooked by all players, including regulators
June 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/terence-corcoran-the-models-behind-the-financial-crisis.aspx

Goodyear says two-thirds Knowledge Infrastructure funds distributed

June 15, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/goodyear-says-two-thirds-knowledge-infrastructure-funds-distributed.aspx

A celebration of science, with guest star Stephen Hawking

Also, how one protein could produce the Schwarzenegger effect
Jun 12, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/a-celebration-of-science-with-guest-star-stephen-hawking/article1180871/

Ontario bails out Ottawa stem cell scientists leading international project

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/tech-ottawa-stem-cell-regulome-genome-project-ontario-funding-rudnicki.html

Youth and tobacco

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650710

Tory baby steps on carbon gases

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650713

Made-in-Canada caps and offsets

Canada is finally on its way toward doing its part to deal with carbon emissions.
Jun 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/made-in-canada-caps-and-offsets/article1180976/

Anger builds over carbon trading

Farmers have 'serious issues' with scheme
June 13, 2009
Kelly Cryderman; With Files From Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Anger+builds+over+carbon+trading/1692423/story.html

Cap-and-trade plan a forced union

June 12, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/trade+plan+forced+union/1688970/story.html

U of T switches to controversial flat-fee tuition

June 15, 2009
Anne Kershaw
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/u-of-t-switches-to-controversial-flat-fee-tuition.aspx

Plastic bag's legal turf may be thin

Will Power Hold? City intervening in commercial transaction
June 15, 2009
Shannon Kari
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1696140

Education report calls for all-day kindergarten, sweeping reforms

Proposal blends early learning system into seamless program
Jun 15, 2009
JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education-report-calls-for-all-day-kindergarten-sweeping-reforms/article1181958/

Flu hits all provinces with Nfld. case

Health officials in Quebec announced two new deaths from H1N1 in the province over the weekend, bringing the Canadian death toll to six
Jun 15, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/flu-hits-all-provinces-as-nfld-reports-its-first-case/article1181943/

Isotope crisis to dominate conference

Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting usually discusses research breakthroughs, but this year it will focus on how to solve the crisis following Chalk River shutdown
Jun 15, 2009
Anna Mehler-Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/isotope-crisis-to-dominate-conference/article1182199/

Too many ifs cloud nuclear future

Jun 15, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650185

The Wind Debate: Green and cost competitive

June 12, 2009
Amory Lovins
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-green-and-cost-competitive.aspx

The Wind Debate: An expensive job killer

June 12, 2009
Michael J. Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-an-expensive-job-killer.aspx

Clinton, Cannon pledge to renew Great Lakes water pact

June 14, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Clinton+Cannon+pledge+renew+Great+Lakes+water+pact/1694890/story.html

Premiers, governors, promote Canada-U.S. energy corridor

June 14, 2009
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Premiers+governors+promote+Canada+energy+corridor/1695862/story.html

B.C. grizzly hunt being shot down by critics

June 14, 2009
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/grizzly+hunt+being+shot+down+critics/1694864/story.html

Global economy to get 'shock of its life' when oil hits triple digits

Energy expert and former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin says he's doesn't give a hoot if politicians read his book. When oil prices soar, 'the folk' will force the political players to do the right thing.
June 15, 2009
Kate Malloy
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/15/qa_rubin/&c=2

Little progress seen as climate talks head for wrap

June 12, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Little+progress+seen+climate+talks+head+wrap/1689716/story.html

Data centre gets serious about using less energy

Jun 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/650726

Two generations of Canadian astronauts meet in space

Payette to join Thirsk at space station and she will be operating the Canadarm as it strains to reach the farthest end of the orbital complex.
Jun 13, 2009
Tu Thanh Ha
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-generations-of-canadian-astronauts-meet-in-space/article1178365/

Shuttle carrying Canada's Payette may launch Wednesday

June 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/14/nasa-endeavour.html

New campaign promotes healthy treats to encourage kids

June 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/campaign+promotes+healthy+treats+encourage+kids/1695350/story.html

Bill to curb tobacco use heads to Obama

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/tobacco-fda-cigarettes-youth.html

Drug-resistant infections: Fighting superbugs

The way a superbug tries to survive might provide a treatment
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815133

Solar-powered manned flight: Flying for ever

A new solar-powered aircraft attempts to fly around the world with zero emissions
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815125

Physics is beauty

Sometimes I wonder whether my research is useful to anyone. But I do know that I'm in awe
Jun 11, 2009
Lindsay LeBlanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/physics-is-beauty/article1177308/

Minister's resignation demanded after reviewing funding for Israel-Palestine conference

June 11, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Minister+resignation+demanded+after+reviewing+funding+Israel+Palestine+conference/1686615/story.html

Oversold age of innovation has yet to deliver

June 11, 2009
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Business/innovation+deliver/1685687/story.html

Ontario funding keeps Canada in stem-cell project

Province kicks in $3.8-million over four years on international effort to map how genes work as embryonic stem cells develop
Jun 12, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-funding-keeps-canada-in-stem-cell-project/article1179054/

Province sends $18.5M for Ottawa medical research

June 11, 2009
Pauline Tam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Province+sends+Ottawa+stem+cell+research/1686324/story.html

WHO declares swine flu pandemic, no change in Canada's approach

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/11/swine-flu-virus-who-pandemic.html

Blowing up a storm

Lawmakers are finally acknowledging concerns about the esthetic and health impacts of wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped plans for massive investment in the new source of energy
Jun 10, 2009
Dakshana Bascaramurty, Dawn Walton and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/blowing-up-a-storm/article1177125/

Tough drinking-water standard proposed

Ontario panel recommends world's strictest limits for the amount of cancer-causing tritium considered safe
Jun 11, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tough-drinking-water-standard-proposed/article1175482/

Energy industry unsure of impact of cap & trade

June 11, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760741-sun.html

Carbon offsets disaster in making

Federal regulation doesn't inspire confidence
June 11, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Braid+Carbon+offsets+disaster+making/1684734/story.html

Alberta satisfied with Ottawa's carbon market strategy

June 11, 2009
Kelly Cryderman And Renata D'aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Alberta+satisfied+with+Ottawa+carbon+market+strategy/1684723/story.html

Ottawa cooking up greenhouse gas stew that could sicken heavy emitter Alberta

June 11, 2009
RICK BELL
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760746-sun.html

What is Macleans' thinking!?

Jun 10, 2009
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2009/06/10/what-is-macleans-thinking.aspx

You can’t buy that here

Why Canadians have to wait for the coolest new gadgets
June 9, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/you-can%E2%80%99t-buy-that-here/

Swine flu vaccine could be ready by fall

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/swine-flu-vaccine-morocco012.html

Ottawa raises prospect of closing clinics at epicentre of Mba flu outbreak

Jun 11, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5htAgQ3MOn5RVhBYvt_aQ78LJbvYQ

Environmentalists say purchase of Chemainus estuary a victory

Ducks Unlimited buys land from Catalyst for $3M
June 11, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Environmentalists+purchase+Chemainus+estuary+victory/1685199/story.html

Arctic researchers leave 'tremendous' footprint

Jun 12, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-researchers-leave-tremendous-footprint/article1179036/

Caribou herds worldwide experiencing serious decline: Study

June 11, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Caribou+herds+worldwide+experiencing+serious+decline+Study/1686758/story.html

UN sketches countries with climate risk profile

June 11, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/sketches+countries+with+climate+risk+profile/1685917/story.html

Feds may reduce toy safety standards

But move will only take place if 'justified': Records
June 11, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+reduce+safety+standards/1685210/story.html

Many kids aren't fully protected

Low child vaccination rate worries officials
June 11, 2009
Danielle Bell
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Many+kids+aren+fully+protected/1685160/story.html

McMaster starts producing medical isotopes

June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/mcmaster-isotopes.html

Unclear when Chalk River will produce isotopes again: officials

June 11, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/chalk-river-isotope-0611.html

MDs, industry want to revisit mothballed Maple reactors

Ottawa urged not to abandon medical isotope business it pioneered a half-century ago
Jun 12, 2009
Gloria Galloway and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mds-industry-want-to-revisit-mothballed-maple-reactors/article1179058/

Canada getting out of medical isotope production: PM

June 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/isotope-harper.html

Ontario and Ottawa at odds over reactor

Secret briefing notes suggest the federal government believes AECL has been picked to build Ontario's new reactor, but that the province considers the price too high
Jun 11, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-and-ottawa-at-odds-over-reactor/article1176875/

Medical isotopes on Saskatchewan's radar: premier

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/11/medical-isotopes-saskatchewan.html

Medical isotopes: What are the alternatives?

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/f-isotope-shortage-options-cyclotron.html

Asbestos: The magic mineral that was once Canada's gold

June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/10/f-asbestos-safety.html

Ottawa station 1st in world to sell biofuel from wheat straw

June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/biofuel-shell-wheat-straw.html

Researchers want to share data to improve chronic care

Institute says a lot of health care depends on strategies that used to work
June 12, 2009
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/697238