More kids getting inflammatory bowel disease, Ontario survey finds

Institute suggests that prevalence of Crohn's disease in children is rising, and doctors are trying to figure out why
Aug 5, 2009
ANNE-MARIE TOBIN
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/more-kids-getting-inflammatory-bowel-disease-ontario-survey-finds/article1242737/

Clean energy, not photo-op, should be premiers' priority

Provincial agreement on pollution standards would clear the way for action by Ottawa
Aug 5, 2009
Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/676159

Kirk says Canada is lost in space

Aug 7, 2009
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Kirk+says+Canada+lost+space/1868769/story.html

Mental health experts target ‘huge mismatch’ in funding

Stigma is diverting money for research, doctors say
Aug 7, 2009
Tony Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Mental+health+experts+target+huge+mismatch+funding/1867684/story.html

FDA vows safety crackdown

Aug 6, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/06/fda-crackdown.html

Saskatchewan leads

Aug 5, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/saskatchewan-leads/article1241518/

Get fired up over badly managed forests

B.C. residents are rightfully furious that the lessons of the 2003 fire season appear to have been disregarded
Aug 5, 2009
Reese Halter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/get-fired-up-over-badly-managed-forests/article1241134/

Prentice proposes stronger waste-water rules

Aug 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/06/nb-prentice-environment-wastewater-1240.html

Contaminated soils can yield healthy harvest

Aug 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/06/tech-crops-food-contaminated-soil-metals-vegetables.html

Lyme and the tale of two tests

As ticks spread into Canada, concern rises about rigour of existing screenings
Aug 5, 2009
Lia Grainger
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=1862342

Canada to order 50.4 million H1N1 vaccine doses

$400M contract goes to GlaxoSmithKline factory in Quebec City
Aug 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/06/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Human tests of swine flu vaccine start

Aug 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/05/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Health Canada studying effect of chemicals on infant genitals

Research will determine if the genitals of Canadian babies are being altered by their moms' exposure to bisphenol A or phthalates
Aug 7, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health-canada-studying-effect-of-chemicals-on-infant-genitals/article1244166/

Reduce fetal exposure to BPA and phthalates, experts say

With Health Canada recently banning plastic baby bottles made from bisphenol A and proposing to ban certain toys, questions arise about whether similar actions should be taken to safeguard pregnant women
Aug 6, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/reduce-fetal-exposure-to-bpa-and-phthalates-experts-say/article1243872/

Hybrid rebates ineffective, study finds

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/hybrid-study.html

Swine flu deaths rise above 1,000: WHO

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/swine-flu-world.html

Science for Policy Project: Final Report

Aug 5, 2009
Bipartisan Policy Center
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/11125

Nearly all infrastructure funds allocated

Aug 4, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/nearly-all-infrastructure-funds-allocated.aspx

Canadian Arctic university idea gains momentum

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/arctic-university.html

Funding for antiviral research key in flu fight doctor says

Lab work shows cancer drug might be effective against H1N1, but studies involving seriously ill patients are needed – and that means more cash
Jul 29, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/funding-for-antiviral-research-key-in-flu-fight-doctor-says/article1235457/

Who should provide career support for PhDs?

July 28, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/who-should-provide-career-support-for-phds

Scientific publishing: Huddled maths

A journal provides haven for rejected work
Jul 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14119761

Electric car battery-maker gets $17M from Ontario

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/04/electrovaya-funding.html

Green rebates just look like a bailout

Aug 4, 2009
Ambarish Chandra, Sumeet Gulati, & Milind Kandlikar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/674967

Lacking answers, and urgency

Ottawa's apparent desire to wash its hands of isotopes is no excuse for its lack of a strategy in dealing with the current crisis
Aug 4, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/lacking-answers-andurgency/article1240348/

Sask. isotope reactor could cost $750M

Province wants Ottawa to cover most of construction, operating costs
Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/sask-isotope-proposal.html

Industry awaits Ottawa's high-tech plan

Will a government that watched the failure of its leading technology multinational embrace the digital revolution?
Aug 4, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/industry-awaits-ottawas-high-tech-plan/article1238365/

The unnecessary ban on garden pesticides in New Brunswick

Aug 4, 2009
IAN L. McQUEEN
The Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/749670

Modified corn seeds sow doubts

Consumer groups worry Health Canada 'abdicated its responsibility' to test seeds' safety
Aug 4, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/modified-corn-seeds-sow-doubts/article1240469/

Trash or treasure?

Combination of science, emotion considered in setting forest policy
Aug 4, 2009
Darrell Bellaart
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Trash+treasure/1857822/story.html

New study links booze, cancer

Heavier drinkers have highest risk, wide-ranging research finds
Aug 4, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-study-links-booze-cancer/article1240226/

Hip, spine fractures linked to higher death risk

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/hip-back-fractures.html

Pneumonic plague prompts Chinese to flee town

Aug 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/04/pneumonia-plague-china.html

Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific

Aug 4, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+study+huge+plastic+patch+Pacific/1858501/story.html

Why killing Nortel deal is a bad idea

Competitive position vital for survival
Aug 3, 2009
James Bagnall
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/killing+Nortel+deal+idea/1855503/story.html

Pandemic planners fear doomsday scenario in isolated North

Aug 3, 2009
Charlie Fidelman
Montreal Gazette
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Pandemic+planners+fear+doomsday+scenario+isolated+North/1856352/story.html

Engineer builds diesel-gas hybrid engine

Researchers find energy efficiency in blending fuels
Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/diesel-gas-hybrid.html

Vancouver firm makes fertilizer out of human sewage

Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/phosphorus-sewage.html

Don't back down on wind turbines

Aug 3, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/675414

Piping plover plan 3 years behind schedule

Aug 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/03/pei-plover-recovery-plan.html

New HIV strain discovered

Aug 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/03/hiv-africa.html

Space agency says next Canadian astronaut blast-off unlikely before 2012

Aug 1, 2009
Sidhartha Banerjee
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gusKKgGKepqiHRWy0if2P744Gbag

Worries grow with C-section rate

Procedure remains controversial
Aug 1, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Worries+grow+with+section+rate/1852379/story.html

Atlantic fisheries show little recovery

July 31, 2009
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Atlantic+fisheries+show+little+recovery/1847926/story.html

Fish stocks recovering from overfishing

Canada still lags as fish populations grow in U.S., Iceland, New Zealand
July 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/tech-090730-fish-stocks-recovery.html

Magazines, toys must be removed from hospital emergency: Feds

July 31, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Magazines+toys+must+removed+from+hospital+emergency+Feds/1850139/story.html

Sperm stem cell study retracted by journal

July 31, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/31/stem-cell-sperm-retraction.html

Tracking swine flu may become easier

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/swine-flu-who.html

Support breastfeeding moms to save child lives: WHO

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/breastfeeding-who.html

Canadian groups dispute green light for GM corn

July 31, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canadian+groups+dispute+green+light+corn/1850022/story.html

Tanning beds part of P.E.I. public health review

July 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/31/pei-tanning-beds-regulations.html

Comets not expected to wipe out life on earth

July 31, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Comets+expected+wipe+life+earth/1849656/story.html

More natural doesn't mean more healthy

Aug 1, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1851194

No nutritional value added in organics: study

Consumers paying more for 'perceived' benefit
July 30, 2009
Charles Lewis
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1842708

Universities brace for fall swine flu wave

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/swine-flu-universities.html

Race on in the Prairies to solve isotope shortage

Acsion Industries, University of Winnipeg say their cheap solution could be running in three years
Jul 30, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/race-on-in-the-prairies-to-solve-isotope-shortage/article1236966/

Canadian food recalls more frequent

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/food-recalls.html

Tories' actions on swine flu get Canadians' OK

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-poll-ekos.html

Swine flu screening planned for Canada Games

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/30/pei-swine-flu-canada-games.html

Yukon announces 1st elk hunt

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/yukon-elk-hunt.html

Toxin tests surprise Health Canada

Chemical found in 'BPA-free' bottles during recent tests
July 30, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Toxin+tests+surprise+Health+Canada/1844915/story.html

St. John's e-waste fee plan gets mixed reaction

July 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/30/mmsb-ewaste-730.html

Agency turns its focus to tampering of food supply

July 30, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Agency+turns+focus+tampering+food+supply/1846345/story.html

'Global warming as new religion?' Give me a break — climate change is serious

July 30, 2009
Jim Hoggan
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Global+warming+religion+Give+break+climate+change+serious/1845976/story.html

Caribou in peril, Ontario warned

Facing 'emergency,' province urged to halt logging, road building in threatened habitats
Jul 30, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/673897

Swine flu vaccine fast-tracked in Canada, U.S., Europe

July 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Arctic tundra's thaw speeds climate change, UBC prof says

Greenhouse gases being released faster than predicted from Arctic, as vegetation covers region's surface and traps more of the sun's heat
Jul 29, 2009
David Ljunggren
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-tundras-thaw-speeds-climate-change-ubc-prof-says/article1235398/

Pap tests may not help women under 25

July 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/pap-tests-young-women.html

Swine-flu risks make pregnant women a priority: CDC

July 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/swine-flu-pregnant864.html

Give young priority for swine-flu antivirals: researchers

July 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/swine-flu-antiviral-vaccine.html

Firefighters, police not protected in pandemic plan: municipalities

July 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/pei-municipal-workers-pandemic-plan.html

Tanning beds, UV radiation definitely cause cancer: study

New analysis finds risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 per cent when people start using tanning beds before age 30
Jul 29, 2009
Maria Cheng
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/tanning-beds-uv-radiation-definitely-cause-cancer-study/article1235010/

Tanning beds cause cancer: WHO

July 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/tanning-beds-cancer.html

US, China upbeat on climate treaty: US envoy

July 28, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+upbeat+climate+treaty+envoy/1837201/story.html

Science and technology key to recession-proof Canada

Stimulus Minister of State tells Moncton Chamber of Commerce science and technology is Canada's future
July 25, 2009
GILEAN WATTS
Canadaeast News Service
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/740112

Canada's biotech challenge

July 27, 2009
Andrew McConaghie
Pharmafocus
http://www.pharmafocus.com/cda/focusH/1,2109,22-0-0-0-focus_feature_detail-0-493032,00.html

Ottawa looks at keeping Nortel Canadian

Softens hands-off stance under growing pressure to protect wireless assets from foreign ownership
Jul 28, 2009
Les Whittington & Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Article/672695

Keep Nortel technology Canadian: Ont. minister

July 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/27/ericsson-nortel-lte-technology-ontario.html

Top 10 reasons to block Nortel-Ericsson deal

Intervention would signal nation's loyalty to iconic Canadian firms
Jul 28, 2009
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/672623

Nortel too important to lose

Jul 28, 2009
James Travers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/672694

Don't count on MAPLE for medical isotopes

July 28, 2009
Dr. Jean-Pierre Labrie
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/28/dount-count-on-maple-for-medical-isotopes.aspx

Shortages no more: Fixing the isotope supply chain

July 27, 2009
Roger Collier
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/27july09_isotopes.shtml

Cities slam Ottawa for poor pandemic planning

No guidelines to protect front-line workers, group says
Jul 28, 2009
Gloria Galloway and Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cities-slam-ottawa-for-poor-pandemic-planning/article1233027/

No co-ordinated pandemic plans by feds, provinces

Lack of agreement has impact on both health, economy
July 27, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ordinated+pandemic+plans+feds+provinces/1832175/story.html

In a pandemic, where's the moral ground?

As medical ethicists confront the difficult issues around swine flu, experts say ordinary Canadians should get in on the debate
Jul 27, 2009
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-a-pandemic-wheres-the-moral-ground/article1231853/

Lesson from the 1918 pandemic: Focus on treatment, not prevention

In preparing for a possible autumn wave of influenza, we should prepare our health-care infrastructure to meet a worst-case scenario
Jul 27, 2009
Mark Humphries
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lesson-from-the-1918-pandemic-focus-on-treatment-not-prevention/article1230854/

Canada tallies swine flu vaccine needs

July 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/27/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Cigarette packaging sways sense of risk: study

July 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/28/cigarette-packaging-smokers846.html

The choice to eat less salt

Jul 27, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-choice-to-eat-less-salt/article1232070/

Health agency to test link between flu, vitamin D

By screening infected blood, researchers hoping to find new ways to fight the virus
Jul 27, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/health-agency-to-test-link-between-flu-vitamin-d/article1231852/

G8 emissions plan is meaningless

July 27, 2009
Sophia Dore & Andrew Laursen
METRO CANADA
http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/comment/article/268656--g8-emissions-plan-is-meaningless

U.S. agency warns Canadian drug giant of 'serious deficiencies'

July 27, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/agency+warns+Canadian+drug+giant+serious+deficiencies/1834199/story.html

Monsanto investing $15M in Prairie facilities

July 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/27/mb-monsanto-construction-man-sask.html

Is Google good for Canada?

As the U.S.-based Web giant extends its reach around the world, its effect on Canadian tech policy is growing
July 25, 2009
Matt Hartley And Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/technology/Google+good+Canada/1826864/story.html

Earth bears scars of human destruction according to Thirsk

July 27, 2009
Monique Muise
Montreal Gazette
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Earth+bears+scars+human+destruction+according+Thirsk/1833138/story.html

Huge investment needed for carbon capture: Report

Ottawa, Alberta may have to spend billions per year to develop commercial carbon capture technologies
Jul 27, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/672157

Capturing carbon emissions would cost government and industry billions: report

Jul 25, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/07/25/10257701-sun.html

Apocalypse Soon

Flooding. Drought. Wildfires. Mass migrations of desperate people. Mike Blanchfield explains why security experts fear climate change will lead to war on a scale we have yet to see on this planet.
July 25, 2009
Mike Blanchfield
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Apocalypse+Soon+Cimate+change+lead+world+worst+wars/1827484/story.html

Seasonal flu shot may be mismatch

Samples of the emerging new strain of H3N2 viruses show substantially reduced response to antibodies generated by the corresponding virus in the vaccine, raising the possibility of significantly reduced protection
Helen Branswell
Jul 24, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/seasonal-flu-shot-may-be-mismatch/article1228824/

Swine flu could strike 40% in U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate means about twice the number of people who usually get sick in a normal flu season would be affected, and hundreds of thousands could die
Jul 24, 2009
Mike Stobbe
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/swine-flu-could-strike-40-in-us/article1230000/