Canada's digital economy to be prioritized

Jun 22, 2009
ALTHIA RAJ
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/22/9892966-sun.html

The spotlight is turning to biotechnology

June 22, 2009
OWEN ROBERTS
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/498647

The payback on early learning makes it a dollars and sense proposition

The return on investment in early childhood programs has been pegged at 8:1, compared to a 3:1 return for primary and secondary education
Jun 23, 2009
Don Drummond and Veronica Lacey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-payback-on-early-learning-makes-it-a-dollars-and-sense-proposition/article1194161/

Early learning makes business sense

Jun 22, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653899

Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten

Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Jun 18, 2009
Amira Elghawaby
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/not-so-fast-home-schooling-trumps-full-day-kindergarten/article1187946/

Full-day kindergarten? First, fix what's broken

Ontario needs to invest in the shortcomings of the entire system, not focus on one year at the expense of the other 12
Jun 24, 2009
Anne Kothawala
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/full-day-kindergarten-first-fix-whats-broken/article1194127/

U.S. government lends $8B for 'green' vehicles

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/energy-green-loans.html

True public will must decide call to build reactor

June 24, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Technology/True+public+will+must+decide+call+build+reactor/1726456/story.html

Here's the Plan: Calgary leads us all to a greener future

The massive Plan It Calgary proposal would set a framework for the city's growth for the next 60 years
Jun 24, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heres-the-plan-calgary-leads-us-all-to-a-greener-future/article1192584/

Preparing for round 2 of the H1N1 virus

Some might think the threat posed by the H1N1 flu virus has been overblown, but we're still in the early days of the pandemic.
June 23, 2009
The Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Health/Preparing+round+H1N1+virus/1723545/story.html

Public Health Agency of Canada seeks new ‘visual identity’

June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722027

Nation seeks answers on isotope crisis

Jun 24, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/655420

Fisheries management shrouded in secrecy, corrupted by politics: study

Jun 22, 2009
Alison Auld
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ih6koiUkDpmCMq0M-DjvzOG6y04A

Bringing pandemic vaccine to flu clinics first requires animal, human testing

Jun 23, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5irZe07hyuMtE2LVFM4Lz_K0huWFg

Alcohol-based sanitizers for flu-hit First Nations delayed over substance abuse fears

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/first-nations-swine-flu.html

Nuclear-plant workers face elevated cancer risk: report

June 23, 2009
Jeremy Warren
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Nuclear+plant+workers+face+elevated+cancer+risk+report/1724362/story.html

Saskatchewan premier hopes province can pitch medical isotope plan within weeks

Jun 22, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ivXc_bgLJdjwjDH15xU6TfLnJlnA

Conservation group buys large section of land along Bay of Fundy

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/nb-johnsons-mills-nature-109.html

Spiralling cost of vision loss requires national plan: CNIB

June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/vision-loss-cost.html

Delays push back Hadron Collider's restart date

Massive particle accelerator has been down since September
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/lhc-large-hadron-collider-october.html

Health Canada to crack down on TV ads for vaccines

June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722004

Heart disease now kills more women than men

The new study underscores a seismic shift regarding what used to be considered a disease of middle-aged men
Jun 23, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/heart-disease-now-kills-more-women-than-men/article1192571/

Canada's heart attack death rates declined rapidly after 1994

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/heart-disease-deaths.html

Discovery by Canadian-led team could lead to AIDS cure

University of Montreal scientists identify ‘hiding places' for AIDS virus in human body, say it is the first clue about how to eradicate HIV
Jun 21, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-by-canadian-led-team-could-lead-to-aids-cure/article1191121/

An Inconvenient Talk: Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age

Jun 23, 2009
Chris Turner
Walrus Magazine
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.06-energy-an-inconvenient-talk//?ref=2009.07-environment-an-inconvenient-talk&page=

N.W.T. seeks 'level playing field' for Mackenzie project

June 23, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/seeks+level+playing+field+Mackenzie+project/1723401/story.html

Aboriginal group turns to Ottawa on pipeline

NWT first nations, Inuit seek federal loan to gain majority stake on $16.2-billion Mackenzie gas project
Jun 23, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/aboriginal-group-turns-to-ottawa-on-pipeline/article1193094/

Clamping down on the ‘rubber duck' chemical

Phthalates are found everywhere -- bug sprays, children’s glow sticks, dentures, clothing, automobiles -- making it difficult to avoid
Jun 23, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/clamping-down-on-the-rubber-duck-chemical/article1192616/

Salt, Part 3: The taste of things to come

As Canadians consume about 3,100 milligrams of sodium a day -- more than double the recommended intake -- food manufacturers are looking to slash the salt from their products. But with no good alternative to the irreplaceable flavour of salt, the food industry faces a challenge that's far from simple
Jun 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/the-taste-of-things-to-come/article1192703/

Salt, Part 2: Hunting for the salt gene

Researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute hope an ambitious study will help unlock the mystery of why some ethnic groups are highly sensitive to salt and suffer from high blood pressure, a disease that is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke.
Jun 23, 2009
Marina Jiménez
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/hunting-for-the-salt-gene/article1191288/

Profiting from green hysteria

June 24, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8e47d655-9207-4301-bc9e-576f70947f10

Destroying life for science

June 22, 2009
Margaret Somerville
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Destroying+life+science/1719495/story.html

James Turk: Why we are calling on Science Minister Gary Goodyear to resign

June 20, 2009
James Turk
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-235050/james-turk-why-we-are-calling-science-minister-gary-goodyear-resign

In search of better balance

On June 9, the University of Toronto conferred on Michael Bliss the degree of L. L. D. (honoris causa). The following is an edited excerpt of the speech he delivered to PhD and MA graduates at the Convocation ceremony.
June 22, 2009
Michael Bliss
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/22/michael-bliss-in-search-of-better-balance.aspx

Canadians concerned about the value of an education: poll

Jun 21, 2009
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jcWrGafGnDyJNHvaDJqk5GCrBHGg

Drug 'reports' found to be faked

Firms misrepresented some research results, slew of cases suggest
June 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/654423

Nortel breakup signals R&D power shift

Larger, better-run foreign players will have increasing say in how much technology research is done by Canadians
Jun 22, 2009
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/nortel-breakup-signals-rd-power-shift/article1191282/

Federal government continues to 'wrestle' with asbestos issue: Strahl

Ottawa spends millions to remove asbestos from Parliament Buildings, but dumps 200,000 tonnes of it per year in Third World countries.
June 22, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/22/asbestos_issue/&c=2

Sole option is to adapt, climate author says

Jun 22, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/654444

Only a quarter of Calgary Catholic school girls get HPV vaccination

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/hpv-vaccination-catholilc-bishop-henry-girls-cancer.html

Biomass energy plan under scrutiny

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/ns-biomass-power.html

Strange move on wind farms

Jun 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/654436

Nuclear inaction puts half-century of innovation at risk

Scientists warn that if Canada gets out of the medical isotope business, an exodus of researchers and doctors will follow
Jun 20, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nuclear-inaction-puts-half-century-of-innovation-at-risk/article1190413/

Hard-won nuclear expertise should not be thrown away

Sale of AECL could bring six decades of high-tech achievement to an inglorious end
Jun 22, 2009
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653897

The pandemic is here

Those who dismiss H1N1 as a panic-fest are profoundly wrong – even the mild version in a country like Canada could kill thousands. And the nightmare scenario? That would be really scary
Jun 20, 2009
Vivienne Parry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-pandemic-is-here/article1187501/

Northern Manitoba native groups co-ordinate swine flu response

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/mb-fluplan.html

EU ministers leave open possibility of clone food

June 22, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/ministers+leave+open+possibility+clone+food/1721318/story.html

Fisheries: Avoiding catastrophes

It is easy to destroy an ecosystem but difficult to rebuild it
Jun 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13891210

Phthalates: Soft plastic's hidden hazard

June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/06/04/f-phthalates.html

Salt, Part 1: Under pressure

We think of hypertension and the accompanying risk of heart attack as a problem of middle age or obesity. So how did this slim Quebec teen get high blood pressure? The health dangers that stalk growing numbers of Canadian children begin with extreme levels of salt in our food - a lot of it in places you don't suspect
Jun 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/salt-part-1-under-pressure/article1188881/

Saving the planet – one burp at a time

Farmers tweaking cows' diets to reduce how often the animals belch, in turn shrinking their carbon footprint
Jun 21, 2009
Lisa Rathke
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/saving-the-planet-one-burp-at-a-time/article1191169/

A strawberry's journey: From West to feast

Its ancestors trace back to Chile and the woodlands of eastern North America. But the one that's hot now is as engineered as a laptop computer and maybe as well- travelled. Join the modern strawberry on its trek to your table
Jun 21, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/654217

Like 2 genetic researchers in a pod

They share an office, the world of science, a heady intellect and a rich family life
Jun 21, 2009
Mary Ormsby
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/654245

$103 million pledged to clean up abandoned radar sites in northern Ontario

June 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/radar-sites.html

DFO's latest weapon: Buddy the lobster egg-sniffing dog

June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/nb-buddy-lobster-dog-618.html

Seal virus' spread linked to retreating Arctic ice: scientists

June 21, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Seal+virus+spread+linked+retreating+Arctic+scientists/1718875/story.html

Canada’s urban mega-regions: landscapes of opportunity or regret?

Jun 22, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1623839

U of T receives $134M research windfall

Jun 20, 2009
IAN ROBERTSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/20/9868351-sun.html

Vaccinate Canadians under 40 and natives first: experts

June 21, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Vaccinate+Canadians+under+natives+first+experts/1718965/story.html

Feds probe bird kill at Alberta base

June 20, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Feds+probe+bird+kill+Alberta+base/1716946/story.html

The Rubber Duckies: Slow death by tax-free money

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-slow-death-by-tax-free-money.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Baird leads Harper team

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-baird-leads-harper-team.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: McGuinty’s nanny state

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-mcguinty-s-nanny-state.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Deutsche Bank's countdown to the carbon bubble

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-deutsche-bank-s-countdown-to-the-carbon-bubble.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Lifetime achievement

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-lifetime-achievement.aspx

The Rubber Duckies: Still no retraction from CTV on Port Hope

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-still-no-retraction-from-ctv-on-port-hope.aspx

Junk Science Week: The Rubber Duckies

June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/junk-science-week-the-rubber-duckies.aspx

The Harper government: Good for science

June 19, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/19/the-harper-government-good-for-science/

Financial difficulties at Canada’s universities

June 18, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/financial-difficulties-at-canadas-universities/

Canada's 'toxic secret' soon to be made public

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/06/18/edmonton-oilsands-tailings.html

Calgary physicists get $10M for Nunavut space-research station

June 18, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Calgary+physicists+Nunavut+space+research+station/1710570/story.html

McMaster researchers awarded $48 million

June 19, 2009
Meredith Macleod
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/585927

New approaches aim to charge up consumer interest in electric cars

June 19, 2009
Grant Buckler
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/electric-cars-ultracapacitors-lithium-ion.html

Critics press federal government to regulate trans fat in prepared foods

Compliance to guidelines 'a catastrophic failure': NDP MP
June 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/trans-fat-regulation284.html

Agriculture committee calls for public inquiry into listeriosis crisis

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/listeriosis-parliament-report061809.html

Report calls for listeria inquiry

Panel blames 'turf wars' for time lost in warning public about meat crisis
Jun 19, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/653396

Minister proposes ban on chemicals used in kids' plastic products

June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/phthalate-ban-aglukkaq268.html

Little proof $196B US health programs work

June 19, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/health-programs-un.html

Alarm bells ring on drought 'disaster'

Farmers and ranchers across a vast section of Alberta and Saskatchewan are staring down the same ominous fields of parched soil and brown crops
Jun 19, 2009
Nathan Vanderklippe and Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alarm-bells-ring-on-drought-disaster/article1188142/

Early learning is the path to prosperity

As a small nation, our ability to compete hinges on skill and innovation. That starts with early-childhood education
Jun 17, 2009
Margaret Norrie McCain and Paul Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/early-learning-is-the-path-to-prosperity/article1186133/

Raitt looks to France, Belgium for medical isotopes

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/medical-isotopes-raitt.html

Health workers not taking pandemic precautions: CDC

June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/swine-flu-cdc.html

Risk factors for severe swine flu may explain disease's enigmas: experts

June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/swine-flu-risk-factors.html

More than 1 billion don't have enough to eat: UN agency

Historic number of hungry due to high food prices, economic crisis
June 19, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/un-world-hunger-report.html

Playing chicken with antibiotics

Antibiotics injected into chicken eggs is making Canadians resistant to meds
June 17, 2009
Cathy Gulli
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/17/playing-chicken-with-antibiotics/

Underfunded DNA bank is hurting investigations: report

June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/dna-funding-report-0618.html

Canada's monster computer roars to life

University of Toronto's $50-million supercomputer – the fastest such machine in Canada – goes online to improve research potential
Jun 18, 2009
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/canadas-monster-computer-roars-to-life/article1186431/

Ont. researchers to build $24M tornado simulator

June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/tech-tornado-wind-tunnel-university-of-western-ontario.html

Feds step up to protect endangered right whales

June 17, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Feds+step+protect+endangered+right+whales/1706266/story.html

Conference Board of Canada admits plagiarism, will redo reports

June 17, 2009
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-232999/conference-board-canada-admits-plagiarism-will-redo-reports

Copyright report lacked balance: Conference Board

Organization recalls three reports deemed to be too one-sided
June 18, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Copyright+report+lacked+balance+Conference+Board/1708671/story.html

$1-billion lifeline for forestry industry

Federal aid for 'greener future' to counter massive U.S. subsidies
June 17, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Canwest News Service
http://www.timescolonist.com/Business/billion+lifeline+forestry+industry/1703857/story.html

Government isotope response inadequate, doctors say

Ottawa's funding announcement to help scientists find alternatives does nothing to alleviate crisis, critics contend
Jun 18, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny and Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/government-isotope-response-inadequate-doctors-say/article1184861/

Loss of isotope supply will hurt in long run

Jun 18, 2009
Jatin Nathwani
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/652576

The Maple reactors can keep Canada's isotope industry alive

One Maples reactor powered at 50 per cent could produce enough isotopes to replace production from the ailing Chalk River reactor
Stephen P. DeFalco
Jun 18, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-maple-reactors-can-keep-canadas-isotope-industry-alive/article1186181/

Junk Science Week: Breaking out of green hell

Steve Milloy’s new book shines a harsh light on greenwashers
June 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/peter-foster-for-junk-science-week-breaking-out-of-green-hell.aspx

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