The enticements of green carrots

Nudging people with environmental incentives may work better than imposing costs and penalties
Aug 8, 2009
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-enticements-of-green-carrots/article1245360/

Grizzlies will never roam all Prairies again: Report

Aug 10, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Grizzlies+will+never+roam+Prairies+again+Report/1879245/story.html

Premiers disappoint green groups in Regina

Aug 7, 2009
Angela Hall
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Premiers+disappoint+green+groups+Regina/1873144/story.html

Drug companies resort to dirty tricks to keep prices high

Aug 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Drug+companies+resort+dirty+tricks+keep+prices+high/1876935/story.html

Much spin, little sense with electric car rebates

Aug 8, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/678161

Green suasion or mind control?

Officials hoping to stem emissions are getting their message massaged by psychologists
Aug 8, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/678162

Climate change 'greatest challenge': UN chief

Aug 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/un-chief-climate.html

Arctic ice watchers concerned by warm summer

Aug 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/summer-ice-melt-arctic.html

Acid rain falling on Sask. from Alberta oilsands, says lobby

Aug 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/sask-acid-rain-levels-environment-oilsands.html

Manitoba studies plug-in hybrid impact on hydro grid

Aug 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/10/manitoba-hybrid-cars.html

World's potato experts meet in Fredericton

Virus Y focus of international conference
Aug 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/10/potato-conference.html

Elm tree spray program prompts health concerns

Aug 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/08/10/manitoba-beetle-spraying.html

NASA wants proposals for space taxis

Aug 10, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/NASA+wants+proposals+space+taxis/1878436/story.html

Swine flu school closings discouraged

Aug 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/07/swine-flu.html

Cheaper HIV drugs coming for poor countries

Aug 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/07/hiv-tb-clinton.html

The psychology of climate change

New report from APA explains reluctance to act on climate change warnings, offers advice
Aug 7, 2009
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-psychology-of-climate-change/article1245158/

Toxic logic at Health Canada

Will Canadians have to go to the U.S. to buy safe plastic toys?
Aug 5, 2009
Elmer Rauckman
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/05/toxic-logic-at-health-canada.aspx

What do we know about the vaccines' safety? Not enough

In the headlong rush to do good, we need to be sure we don't end up doing harm
Aug 7, 2009
Alan Cassels and Arthur Schafer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/what-do-we-know-about-the-vaccines-safety-not-enough/article1242422/

Harper manipulating the scientific process

Aug 7, 2009
Evan Wood
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/677476

Of causation, correlation and calories

Aug 7, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1867858

House committee calls meeting on Nortel sale

Aug 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/05/nortel-sale-industry-committee.html

The premiers and the flu

Aug 7, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-premiers-and-the-flu/article1244151/

‘Cash for clunkers' won't help the planet, experts say

Trading in old, gas-guzzling vehicles may help ailing auto industry, but as far as attacking climate change, ‘it's just a drop in the bucket'
Aug 5, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/cash-for-clunkers-wont-help-the-planet-experts-say/article1242406/

Possible fix found for swine flu vaccine production

Aug 6, 2009
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/677134

How much vaccine to order and who gets it?

While Ottawa could buy less than the maximum amount, it also could do exactly that and give any excess to poor countries
Aug 5, 2009
Françoise Baylis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-much-vaccine-to-order-and-who-gets-it/article1242268/

Government rebates for hybrid cars miss the mark

Aug 7, 2009
Colby Cosh
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/07/colby-cosh-government-rebates-for-hybrid-cars-miss-the-mark.aspx

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