Greenland shark may become new source of biofuel

July 20, 2009
Slim Allagui
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Greenland+shark+become+source+biofuel/1809275/story.html

Medical pot operation leaves Flin Flon

Jul 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/medical-pot-operation-leaves-flin-flon/article1225441/

Obama pledges backing for U.S. space program

July 21, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Obama+pledges+backing+space+program/1812427/story.html

Status quo won't get NASA to Mars, agency's chief says

Commitments to staff space station and return to the moon by 2020 make Martian expedition too daunting a task, says Charlie Bolden
Jul 21, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/status-quo-wont-get-nasa-to-mars-agencys-chief-says/article1226281/

How do we get young Canadians to reach for the stars?

The new space race is a golden opportunity to inspire a new generation of space explorers
Jul 20, 2009
Sumitra Rajagopalan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-do-we-get-young-canadians-to-reach-for-the-stars/article1222910/

Reaching for the stars through a cloud of debris

Growing importance of space makes it imperative to have a long-term strategy
Jul 20, 2009
Anthony Salloum
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/668158

Moon astronauts push for Mars and beyond

Moon could be stepping stone to Martian moon Phobos, Mars and asteroids, says Aldrin
Jul 20, 2009
Seth Borenstein
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/668852

Two orbiting Canadian astronauts recall moon landing during space station linkup

Jul 19, 2009
Peter Rakobowchuk
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ha8yJspQni8LpCLr9bGRu9KQX49g

Should humans dictate nature in the name of conservation?

Bold experiment has scientists planting trees in areas they don't belong in a pre-emptive strike on climate change
Jul 19, 2009
Alicia Chang
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/should-humans-dictate-nature-in-the-name-of-conservation/article1224103/

Enviro-romanticism is hurting Africa

My friends would be horrified to learn their convictions are keeping children hungry
Jul 20, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/enviro-romanticism-is-hurting-africa/article1222806/

Winnipeggers battle city proposal to privatize water system

Activists warn potential partnership could lead to commodified water nationwide
Jul 20, 2009
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/winnipeggers-battle-city-proposal-to-privatize-water-system/article1224306/

Quebec could make $9.5B a year selling water to U.S.: report

July 17, 2009
NINA LEX
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Quebec+could+make+year+selling+water+report/1801145/story.html

Listeriosis report to be submitted

July 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/20/listeriosis-report-ritz856.html

Little bacteria at Island slaughterhouses

July 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/20/pei-slaughterhouse-bacteria.html

Greenhouse gas calculator gets failing grade

Jul 17, 2009
Tyler Hamilton & Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/667681

It's all in the low-enriched uranium

Let's create a bank to guarantee supplies to countries that need nuclear fuel for their power reactors
Jul 17, 2009
Mohamed ElBaradei
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-all-in-the-low-enriched-uranium/article1222913/

Companies warned to make plans for H1N1 outbreak

July 20, 2009
Kenyon Wallace & Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/668771

Canadian swine flu vaccine set for October

July 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/health-minister-canada-swine-flu.html

First Nations need better access to swine flu vaccine: AFN

July 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/first-nations-swine-flu-help.html

Canada, WHO stop counting swine flu cases

July 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html

Canada will have enough flu vaccines to share

Unique deal with supplier means Canadians will get the shot – and there will be excess supply for countries in need, health officer says
Jul 17, 2009
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-will-have-enough-vaccines-to-share/article1221498/

No surge for the Volt

Jul 20, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-surge-for-the-volt/article1224268/

Ontario plugged in to the reality of electric cars

Jul 20, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/668699

Why pay Ontarians to buy U.S.-built cars?

McGuinty's plan to give Volt buyers $10,000 each is electrifyingly dumb
July 19, 2009
Randall Denley
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Ontarians+built+cars/1805587/story.html

Dubious subsidy for electric cars

Jul 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/667565

The Volt: Ontario-made, Ontario-subsidized

July 17, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1799597

Incentives for plug-ins a subsidy for failure?

Jul 17, 2009
Dennis DesRosiers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/667581

U.S. protectionism in green garb

July 17, 2009
David Wilkins
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/17/david-wilkins-congress-tramples-on-trade.aspx

U.S. company converts onion juice to electricity

July 17, 2009
Laura Isensee
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/company+converts+onion+juice+electricity/1800746/story.html

Bathurst caribou herd shrinks further: N.W.T. survey

July 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/17/nwt-bathurst-caribou.html

Hardware problems caused climate satellite crash

July 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/17/climate-satellite-crash-report.html

IT industry hopes to become carbon-neutral

Environment Computers help generate as much greenhouse gas as airline industry
July 20, 2009
CHELSEA MURRAY
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/733861

Canadians will continue to benefit from Nortel's legacy

Canada will continue contributing to the world’s advanced communications networks
July 14, 2009
Sue Spradley
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/trading-desk/technology/story.html?id=1790506

Innovation is alive and well in Canada

Entrepreneurs are spending on R&D: survey
July 14, 2009
Rick Spence
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1787664

7,000 R&D jobs at risk, biotech group warns

July 16, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/jobs+risk+biotech+group+warns/1796456/story.html

Why the reactor shutdown is really bad news for neutron research

Our industrial and scientific competitiveness is threatened, but there's still hope
Jul 15, 2009
Thad Harroun
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-the-reactor-shutdown-is-really-bad-news-for-neutron-research/article1218141/

Ontario joins top researchers, Pfizer, to develop new colon cancer drugs

Jul 15, 2009
Amy Fuller
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hwRCaO58bZXXTX6G-FrUmmUbH8OQ

Predicting the future of academe? Don’t bank on it.

July 16, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/predicting-the-future-of-academe-dont-bank-on-it

One world government and global warming/climate change/whatever

July 16, 2009
John Moore
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/16/john-moore-one-world-government-and-global-warming-climate-change-whatever.aspx

Harming the environment is bad for the economy

Jul 15, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h2jihLIeMPbBdWhfkkrU599zl0WQ

Turbine rules may foil wind ventures

Dozens of projects, billions in investment at risk, energy group says
Jul 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/666309

A plan must engage the public

It is good that Canada has a plan for the H1N1 pandemic. But it involves choices, which need discussion
Jul 16, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-plan-must-engage-the-public/article1219950/

A world of competing sorrows

There's a flu pandemic and health-care resources are scarce. How do we decide who lives and who dies?
Jul 16, 2009
Margaret Somerville
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-world-of-competing-sorrows/article1219511/

Interview: 'A busy time' for rookie health minister

Amid flu pandemic and isotope crisis, Leona Aglukkaq tells The Globe: ‘You always expect that you will be on the hot seat for something'
Jul 16, 2009
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-busy-time-for-rookie-health-minister/article1219866/

Ontario pushes electric cars as auto-sector boost

July 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/15/ont-electric-cars511.html

Sparks fly over electric cars

Premier offers rebates to ease sticker shock, but critics call plan a misguided 'bribe'
Jul 16, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/667057

Manitoba's First Nations raising $1.5M to fight swine flu

July 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/16/manitoba-swine-flu.html

Sask. considers hormone therapy alternatives

July 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/15/sask-premarin.html

Make mental health care more accessible, Ont. minister says

July 14, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/14/mental-health-ontario.html

Soaring nuclear costs make green option more attractive

Jul 15, 2009
Cherise Burda
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/666293

Risky political strategies could turn out the lights

Jul 15, 2009
Andy Frame
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Article/666292

Why so much noise about wind?

Life is full of choices, four doctors argue, and wind turbines are more healthy than the alternatives
Jul 13, 2009
John Howard, Warren Bell, Alan Abelsohn and Cathy Vakil
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-so-much-noise-about-wind/article1216749/

Shake the MAPLE tree

Isotope panel should look at the cancelled MAPLE project
July 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/07/15/terence-corcoran-shake-the-maple-tree.aspx

How to solve the medical isotope crisis

The MAPLE reactors faced challenges. But they did work
July 15, 2009
Jill Chitra
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/07/15/how-to-solve-the-medical-isotope-crisis.aspx

Incorrect N.L. cancer test numbers rise to 425

July 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/16/cancer-newfoundland-716.html

Pathologists push for better cancer tests

July 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/15/pathologists-best-practice-butany.html

Link between hormone therapy, ovarian cancer boosted by study

July 16, 2009
Reuters
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/667058

Charlottetown battles purple loosestrife

July 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/15/pei-charlottetown-loosestrife.html

Pine beetles continue to infest Alberta trees

July 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/14/edmonton-pine-beetle.html

Saskatoon on guard against gypsy moths

July 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/14/sask-gypsy.html

Woman who gave birth at 66 dies, reigniting IVF debate

As the world's oldest mother to give birth leaves behind twin sons in death, experts are again debating who should be allowed to undergo infertility treatments
Jul 15, 2009
Dave McGinn
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/woman-who-gave-birth-at-66-dies-reigniting-ivf-debate/article1219661/

Caloric restriction: Living longer through fewer calories?

July 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/15/f-calorie-restriction-lifespan-extension.html

Experts hail Sahara-Europe solar plan

July 14, 2009
William Ickes
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Experts+hail+Sahara+Europe+solar+plan/1790305/story.html

Greenlight given for first British 'eco towns'

July 16, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Greenlight+given+first+British+towns/1796957/story.html

A small help in easing the isotope crisis

Nanoscience could provide an alternate method of diagnosis, in some cases, to the nuclear technology required for current medical imaging
Jul 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-small-help-in-easing-the-isotope-crisis/article1219825/

Wal-Mart creating environmental index for its goods

Tool could allow customers to measure how green or sustainable a product is
Jul 15, 2009
Nicole Maestri
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/wal-mart-creating-environmental-index-for-its-goods/article1219519/

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