Bruce Power drops plan to build Ont. reactors

July 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/23/bruce-power-cancelled-reactors.html

Ottawa fights ragweed from root to allergy

July 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/23/ottawa-ragweed-war-gatineau-allergy.html

Warming oceans mean less cloud cover

July 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/23/warm-oceans-less-cloud-cover.html

As Canadian as salt? Study finds more in our food

In every product studied, foods contained significantly higher levels of sodium than the same products sold in other countries
Jul 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/as-canadian-as-salt-study-finds-more-in-our-food/article1227967/

Electronic cigarettes toxic, FDA says

July 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/23/electronic-cigarette.html

Government should reform food labelling policy: report

July 19, 2009
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Government+should+reform+food+labelling+policy+report/1809551/story.html

PhDs can get lost in sterotypes

Jul 20, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/phds-can-get-lost-in-sterotypes/

Tamiflu-resistant strain rare: health officials

July 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/22/swine-flu-tamiflu-resistance.html

Listeriosis crisis a leadership crisis

Jul 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/669706

Public-private calamity

Jul 22, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/public-private-calamity/article1226667/

Public protection

July 22, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Public+protection/1814197/story.html

A troubling report

July 22, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/troubling+report/1815573/story.html

Listeria probe seeks food safety overhaul

July 22, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/669858

Food safety report leaves many questions

Analysis catalogues succession of failures that led to troubling tragedy
Jul 22, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/669868

Listeriosis outbreak was 'preventable incident': Report

July 21, 2009
Sarah Schmidt and Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Listeriosis+report+calls+greater+role+public+health+officer/1812091/story.html

Listeriosis probe calls for better equipment

July 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/21/listeriosis-report.html

Research team trumpets sustainable backyard fishery

July 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/21/fish-vegetables-aquaponics.html

Cod expert: Don't boost harvest yet

July 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/22/cod-recover-722.html

As crab stocks collapse, tensions rise on the waterfront

Fishermen are competing in limited space for a vulnerable resource
Jul 21, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/as-crab-stocks-collapse-tensions-rise-on-the-waterfront/article1223981/

Environmental impact of Hebron to be assessed with comprehensive study: Prentice

Jul 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hmr7yEWbqJMPBRvGESnzWr1EUPPA

Doing the right thing for whales

July 22, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
CanadaEast.com
http://www.canadaeast.com/progress/article/736755

Australia starts first H1N1 vaccine trials

Two biotechnology companies have started injecting adult volunteers in Adelaide and the government has ordered 21 million doses if tests are proven to work
Jul 22, 2009
Tanalee Smith
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/australia-starts-first-h1n1-vaccine-trials/article1226829/

H1N1's oink is proving to be far worse than its bite

Latest flu outbreak is shaping up as fourth pandemic dud in the past six years
Jul 22, 2009
Dr. Richard Schabas
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/669727

World H1N1 death toll rises above 700

July 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/21/swine-flu.html

Closing schools ineffective against swine flu: N.B. medical officer

July 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/20/nb-swine-flu-schools-1109.html

Radon in homes raises lung cancer risk, says UN report

July 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/22/radon-homes-lung-cancer.html

Treatment as prevention - a once-ridiculed idea whose time has come

Jul 21, ,2009
GEOFFREY YORK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/treatment-as-prevention---a-once-ridiculed-idea-whose-time-has-come/article1225364/

Dry facts demolish vision of Canadian water wealth

Jul 21, 2009
Ralph Pentland
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/669138

No such thing as free water

Jul 21, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/no-such-thing-as-free-water/article1225407/

Too much faith in mass screening

Does all this testing for cancer make a difference?
Jul 21, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/too-much-faith-in-mass-screening/article1225114/

South Africa stops funding for AIDS vaccine research

July 20, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/20/aids-south-africa-vaccine-trial.html

Heart disease risk factors on rise in Canada: study

July 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/20/heart-disease-hypertension-diabetes-obesity.html

Pincher Creek -- lessons in the science of wind

July 20, 2009
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Pincher+Creek+lessons+science+wind/1809937/story.html

Genetically modified rice 'crucial in drought battle'

July 22, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Genetically+modified+rice+crucial+drought+battle/1816058/story.html

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/