New materials for renewable energy: The power of being made very small

Nano-engineering can produce substances with unique properties that will give renewable energy a boost
July 2, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13941135

Ottawa firm developing energy-efficient solid-state light

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/ottawa-light-high-tech-bulb.html

Wascana Lake study to examine fertilizer effects

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/water-experiment-fertilizer.html

FDA urges lower doses for popular painkillers

Canada to study U.S. findings
June 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/30/fda-painkiller-restrictions375.html

Celebrating our natural wealth on Canada Day

July 2, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14938

Premier’s medal of innovation, industry research chairs announced

Jun 29, 2009
The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=265154&sc=98

High-tech lobby urges 'test beds' with government

June 29, 2009
Kathryn May
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/High+tech+lobby+urges+test+beds+with+government/1744928/story.html

Is Ottawa still Silicon Valley North?

As Nortel crumbles, analysts consider the fate of high-tech sector in capital
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/t-tech-silicon-valley-north-ottawa.html

Obama's willing to spend political capital on climate change. Why isn't Harper?

Greenhouse-gas vision is missing in Canada
Jun 30, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/obamas-willing-to-spend-political-capital-on-climate-change-why-isnt-harper/article1201317/

Nuclear tennis match

Jun 30, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/658528

A taste not worth dying for

Canadians are dying for their salt
Jun 30, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-taste-not-worth-dying-for/article1199427/

Mental-health advocates hail $5-million Thomson donation

Gift will fund new CAMH facility to help youth who suffer from addictions and mental illnesses
Jun 29, 2009
Jill Colvin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/mental-health-advocates-hail-5-million-thomson-donation/article1200683/

System uses air traffic patterns to predict global infectious disease spread

Jun 29, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAOqQfPUs2AxzGS0-f3VzOdb7dYg

Scientists use genomic research to tackle mountain pine beetle

June 30, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+genomic+research+tackle+mountain+pine+beetle/1745355/story.html

AIDS breakthrough a reason for pride, pain

June 28, 2009
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=8e49e702-0ede-433d-a22f-f900719024a6

Green technology gains momentum in Windsor

Prof gets $1.4M to boost diesel fuel efficiency
June 29, 2009
Dave Hall
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=98aadab4-513a-4773-b456-6f490bc5db78

Western provinces need to improve on productivity: conference board

June 26, 2009
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Western+provinces+need+improve+productivity+conference+board/1737503/story.html

Swine flu shows first sign of resistance to Tamiflu

Key drug in fight against H1N1 virus still reliable, world health officials say after isolated case in Denmark
Jun 29, 2009
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shows-first-sign-of-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1201110/

Ontario drops plans for 2 new nuclear reactors

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/onatario-nuclear.html

Ontario suspends nuclear power plans

Announcement marks a huge shift in policy for the McGuinty government, which had planned to spend $26-billion expanding and refurbishing its fleet of reactors
Jun 29, 2009
Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-suspends-nuclear-power-plans/article1200469/

Ont. nullifies nuclear power plant plans

June 29, 2009
Megan O'Toole
National Post
http://www.canada.com/Technology/nullifies+nuclear+power+plant+plans/1744589/story.html

Reactor design puts safety of nuclear plants into question

Feature speeds up rate of atomic reactions in event of a coolant leak; regulators say they misjudged size of the problem
Jun 29, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/reactor-design-puts-safety-into-question/article1200130/

Central Asian leaders plead for help in cleaning nuclear waste

Remnants of Cold War are a regional and global threat, delegates from four ex-Soviet states urge at summit in Geneva
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/central-asian-leaders-plead-for-help-in-cleaning-nuclear-waste/article1201134/

A public tarring in Saudi Canada

Jun 28, 2009
Andrew Nikiforuk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/657518

China now taking climate change seriously: Barroso

June 26, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+taking+climate+change+seriously+Barroso/1736832/story.html

Obama gears up for climate bill's test in U.S. Senate

President, reluctant to speculate about when senators might pass energy law, rolls out new standards for energy conservation in lighting systems
Jun 29, 2009
Jeff Mason
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/obama-gears-up-for-climate-bills-test-in-us-senate/article1201191/

America's climate-change bill: In need of a clean

America's bill is a bundle of compromises
June 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13933204

U.S. House passes landmark climate bill

Legislation a major victory for Obama
Jun 27, 2009
Richard Cowan
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-house-passes-landmark-climate-bill/article1199364/

Carbon capture probably doable, experts say, but cost and legal barriers exist

Jun 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gfLJWw0PL6f2mcy97Q4l_IURTdSg

Deadly pneumonia in swine-flu outbreak hit young hard

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/29/swine-flu-research.html

Oilsands progress a missed lesson for Chu

U.S. energy secretary would have learned a lot from CAPP event
June 27, 2009
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+progress+missed+lesson/1739145/story.html

Chief health officer warns pregnant women of flu risk

June 29, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Chief+health+officer+warns+pregnant+women+risk/1744628/story.html

Bruce nuclear plant unsafe, workers say

Half-tonne load of steel at facility falls 20 metres from crane
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/658118

Minister touts arctic strength

Lawrence Cannon
June 29, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1743165

British PM backs $113B climate fund for 3rd World

June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/uk-brown-fund-climate-change-developing-countries.html

Hawkesbury solar farm gets green light

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ottawa-hawkesbury-solar-farm.html

Can we 'milk' oil from algae?

Jun 29, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/658052

Researchers use thoughts to drive wheelchair

June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/wheelchair-thought-brain-control-toyota.html

Ozone machines latest move to solve sewage odour in Halifax

Water commission persuaded by demonstration with old smoke-eater
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ns-halifax-water-ozone.html

The not-so-great outdoors: How to green your grill

Jun 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13936868

Deep-sea coral emerges from the darkness

New technology lets B.C. research team study exotic creatures, in hopes of affecting policy protecting them
Jun 27, 2009
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deep-sea-coral-emerges-from-the-darkness/article1199528/

Botanists set out on canoe expedition to gather Arctic plants

June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/nwt-plants.html

Black-footed ferret coming to Sask. Grasslands this fall

June 26, 2009
John Weidlich
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/black-footed-ferret.html

Stephen Hawking might visit Canada in October

June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/tech-stephen-hawking-perimeter-institute.html

A math, science future

June 26, 2009
Ross Rosier
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=fbb76076-dd71-4d85-94d7-22d38c01f760

New leaders, rather than salvage

The federal government's provision of $300-million to facilitate the foreign takeover of two Nortel divisions would have been better spent to encourage research and development in Canada
Jun 24, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/new-leaders-rather-thansalvage/article1192903/

MS research gets boost

June 25, 2009
Sneh Duggal
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/research+gets+boost/1731006/story.html

FNUC being 'picked on': faculty member

June 26, 2009
Jason Warick
Saskatchewan News Network
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/News/FNUC+being+picked+faculty+member/1734293/story.html

Alberta least attractive province for energy investment: report

It's behind Man. and Sask., and even trails N.S. and N.L.
June 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/24/fraser-institute-energy-report-alberta.html

Swine flu virus 'stable,' WHO head says

June 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/25/swine-flu-who.html

Canada virtually sure to roll out H1N1 vaccine this fall: Butler-Jones

Jun 25, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iffwOhWwMBdDmLx4epOs_TVYVP3w

First Nations call for state of emergency

H1N1 Spread
June 25, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1731268

Return of wheat wars surprises farmers

Proponents say changing world conditions have created an international demand for the gene-altered wheat
Jun 26, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/return-of-wheat-wars-surprises-farmers/article1197945/

Fungus threat hangs over world wheat production

June 24, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1728850

1 in 25 deaths worldwide linked to alcohol consumption, study finds

Jun 25,2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpAppgKjd71wEbeo2_Is5rJsiQrw

Canada still unsure on isotope reactor repair plan

June 25, 2009
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+still+unsure+isotope+reactor+repair+plan/1731845/story.html

Stringent food-safety standards vital

Jun 25, 2009
MICHAEL H. McCAIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1129166.html

Climate change: reducing risks and costs

Jun 25, 2009
JENNIFER GRAHAM
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1129133.html

The safety of herbicides

June 25, 2009
Gerald Filipski
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/safety+herbicides/1731676/story.html

Cap and tax

The proposed Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation is more tax grab than carbon-dioxide reducer
June 25, 2009
Martin Feldstein
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/25/cap-and-tax.aspx

Sonic, Shell team for oilsands patent

Details of 'innovation' not disclosed
June 24, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Sonic+Shell+team+oilsands+patent/1727121/story.html

Fishing threatens a third of ocean sharks worldwide

June 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/25/tech-sharks-overfishing-sharks.html

Environmental bills before U.S. Congress could boost Mackenzie pipeline

June 24, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iz3yq1IRtJdn_-f_bKo2yWwlH_Cg

Tofino under pressure to build secondary sewage treatment facility

Town hasn't tested sewage outflow site for contamination in ten to 15 years
June 25, 2009
Sarah Douziech
Westerly News
http://www.canada.com/Tofino+under+pressure+build+secondary+sewage+treatment+facility/1730192/story.html

Research defends city's wily coyotes

June 26, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Research+defends+city+wily+coyotes/1735081/story.html

Canada's $580M in New Grants Include Numerous 'Omics Programs

June 22, 2009
GenomeWeb News
http://www.genomeweb.com/canadas-580m-new-grants-include-numerous-omics-programs

Groundbreaking health research gets boost

Province funnels $42M toward 15 projects, from medical plastics to early cancer detection
June 24, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/655635

Clement vows to boost high-tech sector

June 22, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Clement+vows+boost+high+tech+sector/1721923/story.html

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