The summer of student discontent

Students face the coldest summer-job market in more than a decade but schools have less money bursaries
Jul 14, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-summer-of-student-discontent/article1217086/

Climate skeptic arguments don't hold ice

July 14, 2009
John Moore
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/14/john-moore-climate-skeptic-arguments-don-t-hold-ice.aspx

Target found in G8's climate-change fight

Wealthy countries have agreed to limit the world's temperature to a two-degree increase, requiring aggressive cuts to emissions Canada's oil industry calls 'incredible'
Jul 11, 2009
Brian Laghi and Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/target-found-in-g8s-climate-fight/article1211478/

Global warming and international borders: Lines in the sand

Climate change could ignite wars in the world's most volatile regions
Jul 13, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14025366

Canada's shameful inaction on climate change

Jul 10, 2009
Mary Simon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/663693

Gas pains

Harper refuses to recognize the urgent need for action to reduce greenhouse gases
July 10, 2009
JANET BAGNALL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/pains/1776662/story.html

G8 stalemate shows it’s time for climate cool-down

After years of inflamed global warming alarm, we are beginning to see a period of sobering-up
July 10, 2009
Benny Peiser
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/07/10/benny-peiser-g8-stalemate-shows-it-s-time-for-climate-cool-down.aspx

Circumpolar health conference underway in Yellowknife

July 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/07/13/north-health-congress.html

Canada may already be 'plugged-in' for electric cars

July 13, 2009
Mike Barber
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada%2Balready%2Bplugged%2Belectric%2Bcars/1782389/story.html

Turn off the lights

Dark sky is better for the environment and for our health
Jul 9, 2009
Robert Dick
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/turn-off-the-lights/article1212771/

Science, Scientists and Salmon Farming

July 10, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Science+Scientists+Salmon+Farming/1776704/story.html

Isotope supply uncertain during Dutch shutdown

July 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/13/medical-isotopes.html

Get moving on isotopes

Jul 10, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/663663

Canada’s medical isotope industry in peril as U.S. moves to make its own supply

Loss of its biggest customer could doom Canada's struggling industry already hit by Chalk River shutdown, nuclear watchers say
Jul 13, 2009
Gloria Galloway and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/isotope-industry-in-peril-as-us-moves-to-make-its-own-supply/article1213096/

Swine flu vaccine access biased to rich: WHO head

July 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/14/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Swine flu vaccine production 'less than optimal'

July 13, 2009
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/665233

New mosquito pesticide rules bugging Islanders

July 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/13/pei-mosquito-pesticide-rules.html

It's worth the risk, Ottawa: Set up an agriculture innovation fund for Africa

We need to ensure that our funding is sufficiently flexible to explore long-shot ideas that might yield big benefits for both Canada and African farmers
Jul 10, 2009
Parker Mitchell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-worth-the-risk-ottawa-set-up-an-agriculture-innovation-fund-for-africa/article1214423/

Toxic fish from Great Lakes won't make best meal: report

July 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/10/ontario-fish.html

Health Canada and FDA are on hunt for swine flu scams

Websites are selling unauthorized goods or making false claims
July 9, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health+Canada+hunt+swine+scams/1774239/story.html

Federal court says Ottawa misapplying law on endangered species habitat

July 13, 2009
Steve Mertl
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hTPK_iaTpTD0ucwVGYGEGtEU2chA

Young Canadians missing out on benefits of vitamin C: Study

July 13, 2009
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Young+Canadians+missing+benefits+vitamin+Study/1787214/story.html

Health-care workers should get first crack at pandemic vaccine: WHO

July 13, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iEGQBccjUxRMkPzznkdZFFxChvpw

It's not easy being green

Those new energy-efficient bulbs contain mercury and are a nightmare to get rid of
July 14, 2009
HENRY AUBIN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/easy+being+green/1787872/story.html

Cellulosic ethanol may be a game-changer for Canada's forestry sector

July 10, 2009
Lynn Moore
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Cellulosic+ethanol+game+changer/1779087/story.html

Health Canada detects BPA in jarred baby food, water; levels considered safe

July 9, 2009
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hMFbcwT56Nms_msH4xHV3kBPEbAg

Organic tastes good, but better for us? No

If you want to heal the land, it helps to be well-heeled. Let's just rethink what we eat
Jul 13, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/organic-tastes-good-but-better-for-us-no/article1214614/

Nuclear critics suspect hidden agenda in Sask. medical isotope plan

July 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/09/sask-isotopes-critics.html

Vaccine research centre opens in Halifax

July 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/10/ns-vaccine-lab.html

Feds won't change polar bear strategy

Jul 9, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/07/09/10080126.html

G8 vows ‘ambitious’ greenhouse emissions plan

July 8, 2009
Peter O’Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1771692

What we do and don’t know about swine flu

Jul 7, 2009
PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1131028.html

Math interns produce private sector results

Federal program links firms with science grads
July 7, 2009
Rick Spence
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/story.html?id=1767127

Canada's biotechs short of cash: experts

Investment Capital; Advocacy group calls for loans, tax exemptions
July 8, 2009
Giuseppe Valiante
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/technology/story.html?id=1769493

G8 on climate: talk, but no plan

Jul 9, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/663071

On climate change, Ottawa's still emitting hot air

It’s not an issue the Tories feel passionately about, and given Canada’s track record, silence might be the preferred option
Jul 9, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/ottawas-still-emitting-hot-air/article1209797/

Leaders urged to endorse 2-degree limit

Canada and the U.S. will feel the heat as G8 heads of government address climate-change issue
Jul 9, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/leaders-urged-to-endorse-2-degree-limit/article1209961/

Enviromentalists decry clearcutting to produce biomass fuel

July 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/09/clear-cutting-environmental.html

H1N1 and Canada's plan

Jul 7, 2009
David Butler Jones
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/h1n1-and-canadas-plan/article1206628/

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu not spreading: WHO

July 7, 2009
Laura MacInnis & Stephanie Nebehay
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/662218

Embattled pigs source of Ebola virus, too: study

July 9, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/663400

Climate change may spread dengue fever across North America

U.S. report warns of risks when rise in temperatures lets disease-bearing mosquitoes survive in all corners of the country
Jul 8, 2009
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/climate-change-may-spread-dengue-fever-across-north-america/article1211208/

A green idea cool enough for Canada

A U.S. company has developed an environmentally friendly method for cooling buildings during peak summer hours using chunks of ice
Jul 8, 2009
Susan Krashinsky
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/a-green-idea-cool-enough-for-canada/article1210455/

Ottawa steps up fight against crop-eating fungus

July 9, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+steps+fight+against+crop+eating+fungus/1775118/story.html

Landmark needle exchange program closing down

Innovative program run by the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society is ending after 21 years amid allegations of mismanagement and financial improprieties
Jul 9, 2009
Robert Matas
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/landmark-needle-exchange-program-closing-down/article1210092/

Sask premier eyes new reactor to produce isotopes, but acknowledges cost

Jul 8, 2009
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hfa6SpTzeDYRtmzhDryEFcGVx3EA

Chalk River reactor idled to late 2009 or longer

July 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/08/chalk-river-nuclear-reactor008.html

Antipsychotic drugs being dispensed more often: study

July 9, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Antipsychotic+drugs+being+dispensed+more+often+study/1775229/story.html

El Nino is back, U.S. scientists say

Periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific, which can affect weather around the world, has returned, forecasters warn
Jul 9, 2009
RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/el-nino-is-back-us-scientists-say/article1212321/

Caribou numbers show dramatic drop

July 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/08/north-caribou.html

Cancer-insulin link probed by Health Canada

July 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/09/lantus-diabetes-cancer.html

Quebec to retest 600 more breast cancer samples

A total of 2,730 test results called into question
July 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/09/montreal-breast-cancer-errors-quebec-tests.html

HPV vaccine Cervarix approved by WHO

Second vaccine aimed at reducing cervical cancer
July 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/09/cervarix-vaccine.html

Aquaculture gets more than $930,000

Six B.C. firms receive funds to boost business
July 9, 2009
Judith Lavoie, with files from Dan MacLennan
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aquaculture+gets+more+than/1773887/story.html

Experts need to keep on top of new flu virus contracted by hog workers

Jul 8, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gHmCT0otgQp0FoiOZXjtpMXF7gJA

Constance Bay gardeners ready to fight city in court

July 9, 2009
Kate Jaimet
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Constance+gardeners+ready+fight+city+court/1771979/story.html

'Real' scientists flee from evidence that challenges climate claims

July 8, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/the-little-black-box-for-grain-inspectors/article850509/

U.S. stem cell funding rules finalized

July 7, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/07/stem-cell-rules826.html

Former Nunavut biologist should've been invited to meeting: NTI

July 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/07/nti-pbear-reax.html

Polar bear expert barred from meeting over climate views

July 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/07/06/pbear-taylor-meeting.html

Signs of progress on climate change

Jul 6, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/661246

Breaking the climate-change deadlock

An agreement on clear, practical goals could achieve major reductions in emissions
Jul 6, 2009
Tony Blair
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/660753

Unready for the next wave

Canada must prepare for another swine flu outbreak this fall
Jul 6, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/unready-for-the-next-wave/article1206214/

Fluoride levels in water lowered

July 7, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Fluoride+levels+water+lowered/1766428/story.html

Heart drug spending soars in Canada: study

July 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/07/heart-drug-statins-prescription-stroke-spending.html

Swine flu fight needs $1B: UN

July 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/06/swine-flu-un.html

Feds remove red tape in obtaining cancer isotopes

July 6, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Feds+remove+tape+obtaining+cancer+isotopes/1764815/story.html

Insite drug-injection facility awaits fate amid controversy

July 7, 2009
Elaine O’Connor
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Health/Insite+drug+injection+facility+awaits+fate+amid+controversy/1767204/story.html

Climate change: G8 summit boosts pressure for pact

July 7, 2009
Anne Chaon
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Climate+change+summit+boosts+pressure+pact/1767386/story.html

Oxfam dubs climate change greatest threat to humanity

July 6, 2009
Mike Blanchfield
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Oxfam+dubs+climate+change+greatest+threat+humanity/1764766/story.html

Reefs may die off by end of century, experts warn

Increasing amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide has warmed and acidified oceans, killing coral reefs, scientists say in London
Jul 6, 2009
MICHAEL KAHN
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/reefs-may-die-off-by-end-of-century-experts-warn/article1208615/

Old and new players chase smart-grid technology

Jul 6, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/661264

Backyard wind turbine rejected by Ontario Municipal Board

July 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/ottawa-wind-turbine-backyard.html

Skin cancer rates rise among younger Canadians

July 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/03/skin-cancer.html

Canada's innovation gap

The decline of Nortel coincides with a troubling reality: Research spending is shrinking, productivity is sliding, and we're still leaning too heavily on our resources
Jul 2, 2009
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/canadas-innovation-gap/article1203108/

Digital revolution needs to speed up in Canada

July 2, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1130249.html

Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu found in Hong Kong

July 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/03/hk-swine.html

Swine flu cases worldwide surpass 77,000

Cumulative totals include at least 332 global deaths
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/swine-flu.html

Britain predicts 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by end of August

July 2, 2009
Maria Cheng
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/659894

Health Canada weighs options as U.S. FDA adds "black box" warnings

July 3, 2009
Teresa Smith
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Health+Canada+weighs+options+adds+black+warnings/1756296/story.html

Antipsychotic drug use spiralling in kids, research says

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/health-drugs.html

Canada to match U.S. climate change rules

Environment Minister Jim Prentice says regulations must be ‘comparable' to avoid punitive tariffs on oil sands and other big greenhouse-gas emitters
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-to-match-us-climate-change-rules/article1202636/

Oil sands to take hit from U.S. bill

Producers and their U.S. refiners face sharply higher costs
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-to-take-hit-from-us-bill/article1201222/

Farmers start to write off year as drought parches Prairie land

This may be start of more than a typical dry spell, researcher says
July 3, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/farmers-start-to-write-off-year-as-drought-parches-prairie-land/article1203663/

Climate change in the land of great drought

Given that droughts represent a recurring reality, why does each new occurrence seem to be a surprise?
July 3, 2009
Barry Smit
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-change-in-the-land-of-great-drought/article1204677/

Canada's environment minister disagrees with WWF climate scorecard

July 2, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h7mW6f1p1eqwoibMhvtGnM1nPvMw

Canada dead last on green list

We have fallen behind other nations on climate change plan, scorecard reveals
Jul 1, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/659218

Canada last among G8 on climate change action: report

July 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/01/tech-climate-scorecard-wwf.html

U.S. legal case opens animal testing to more scrutiny

Settlement between Humane Society, federal government means Agriculture Department must post information online
Jul 1, 2009
Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-legal-case-opens-animal-testing-to-more-scrutiny/article1203653/

Canadian-made HIV vaccine close to human trial

July 2, 2009
Linda Nguyen
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1752321

Changing El Nino making hurricanes more frequent, research suggests

Unconventional new structure could lead to increased warning of deadly storms
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/science-nino-hurricane.html

Canada-U.S. may go different routes on pandemic vaccine production

July 1, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iH-wG-zD8Yn_Wxpav5Mn4ssTx5dw

Report offers answer on swine flu's slow spread

July 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/flu-spread.html

Toronto garbage sites stir pest-spraying war

July 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/garbage-chemicals.html

Shrinking sheep blamed on climate change

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/science-global-warming-sheep.html

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