Canada needs new paradigm for research and innovation

Current funding model is proving inadequate at commercializing breakthroughs
Aug 26, 2009
Ron Freedman
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/686405

The search for a nuclear graveyard

40,000 metric tonnes of radioactive waste is stored at sites across Canada
Aug 26, 2009
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-search-for-a-nuclear-graveyard/article1263189/

Tip-offs on tornadoes

Aug 26, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/686426

The AIDS epidemic that wasn't

Aug 26, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1929676

Carbon Baron Gore

Who will be the Robber Barons of the 21st century? Al Gore is poised to become the first climate billionaire
Aug 26, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/26/lawrence-solomon-carbon-baron-gore.aspx

Ottawa mulls greener city fleet

Aug 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/26/ottawa-green-fleet.html

Researchers study sick oilsands fish

Aug 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/26/pei-oil-sands-fish-research.html

No fire ants yet on P.E.I.

Aug 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/26/pei-fire-ants.html

Just half of organic waste hits green bins

Aug 26, 2009
Kevin Donovan & Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/686522

From autism to determinism, science to the soul

Norway rewards Canadian philosopher Ian Hacking for his curiosity with $750,000 prize
Aug 26, 2009
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/from-autism-to-determinism-sciencetothesoul/article1264432/

Canadian wins $700,000 prize for exploring science history

Aug 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/25/ian-hacking-holberg-prize-science-philosophy.html

Water-export plan no Grand Canal

Aug 25, 2009
F. Pierre Gingras
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/25/water-export-plan-no-grand-canal.aspx

No to a second-tier educational model

Competition and collaboration are good – why import an intellectual caste system?
Aug 25, 2009
Roseann O'Reilly Runte
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/no-to-a-second-tier-educational-model/article1262807/

Five universities team up to push for the lion's share of research dollars

They say Canada needs an elite group of postsecondary institutions focusing on research and graduate education
Aug 24, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/five-universities-team-up-to-push-for-the-lions-share-of-research-dollars/article1261964/

Innovation is the economic engine

Aug 25, 2009
PETER LINDFIELD
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/770730

Parents, health workers hesitant to get vaccine shots, study finds

Aug 25, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/parents-health-workers-hesitant-to-get-vaccine-shots-study-finds/article1263229/

HIV hits Natives hard

Can the dire warning of a Saskatchewan health official spur action?
Aug 25, 2009
MINDELLE JACOBS
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2009/08/25/10596106-sun.html

Where have all the salmon gone?

And where on Earth are our public watchdogs? Scientists tipped them to this tragedy in 2007
Aug 25, 2009
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Where+have+salmon+gone/1928666/story.html

Uncovering the mystery of B.C.’s disappearing sockeye

Aug 25, 2009
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-249185/david-suzuki-uncovering-mystery-bcs-disappearing-sockeye

World nears 'tipping point' on climate change, minister warns

Aug 25, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/World+nears+tipping+point+climate+change+minister+warns/1927891/story.html

Storm highlights emergency warnings' flaws

Most Canadian municipalities don't have systems to inform residents of storms, other urgent situations
Aug 25, 2009
JILL MAHONEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/storm-highlights-emergency-warnings-flaws/article1263228/

Improved storm warning system urged

Aug 25, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/25/ont-tornaodes.html

Maple Leaf executive backpedals on listeria quip

'Ill-considered' joke draws fire after video makes its way online
Aug 25, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/685958

Study to assess risks of burying CO2 emissions

Aug 25, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/685871

More research supports ban on smoking in cars

Aug 25, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/686192

Follow basic flu precautions, lung group says

Aug 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/25/swine-flu-lung.html

Circumcision doesn't stop spread of HIV among gay men: study

Aug 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/25/circumcision-hiv.html

HPV may cause half of penile cancers

Aug 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/25/cancer-penile-hpv.html

Stronger oversight for public health

Aug 24, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/685447

High cost of higher education

Lack of summer jobs, rise in already lofty tuition fees forcing university students to sink deeper into debt
Aug 24, 2009
SHARON LEM
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/08/24/10580281-sun.html

The case for hybrids: Take the long view

Try to see Ontario's Volt initiative as critical groundwork, not a subsidy
Aug 24, 2009
Jatin Nathwani
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-case-for-hybrids-take-the-long-view/article1260439/

Let's not cheat our students

If we don't treat them as individuals when it comes to ethics, they won't take responsibility for themselves
Aug 24, 2009
Mark Kingwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-not-cheat-our-students/article1260436/

True science is beautiful

Aug 24, 2009
David Warren
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/True+science+beautiful/1917880/story.html

Take small, realistic steps to meet climate challenge

No consensus exists for ambitious targets that would threaten national economies
Aug 24, 2009
Richard Haass
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684919

Canada's latest flu challenge: distribution

The country doesn't have enough health workers to deliver flu shot as it arrives
Aug 24, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-latest-flu-challenge-distribution/article1261729/

What 'BPA-free' really means

Health Canada finds baby bottles labeled BPA-free among those leaching chemical
Aug 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/f-bpa-free-bottles823.html

S. Korean cloning scientist could face jail term

Aug 24, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/24/clone-scientist-disgraced-south-korea-hearing-jail.html

CFIA swine flu specimens a dead end for scientists

Aug 24, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/24/pigs-h1n1-humans.html

International sea floor survey to gather data for two years off East Coast

Aug 24, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrCu1t7FUQ9pmxlP3QUPpDqYFMYQ

Canada considers Beaufort Sea fishing moratorium

Aug 24, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1925427

Get swine flu vaccine ready: U.S. advisers

Aug 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/24/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Live dinosaurs on the way, Montreal researcher says

Aug 24 2009
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090824/dinosaur_chicken_090824/20090824?hub=TopStories

PM holds Nortel's fate in his hands

Aug 23, 2009
Marc Garneau & John McCallum
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684903

Agri-foodies push Canada's berries and flax over olive oil and red wine

Aug 23, 2009
Shannon Montgomery
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j9MQGYFTTHvlvMKl3KZ0fwxQxshg

Waste diversion needs 21st-century tune-up not complete overhaul

Aug 24, 2009
Katrina Miller
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684917

Eco group says US research ship headed for Canadian waters despite legal fight

Aug 23, 2009
Steve Mertl
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jk4bbvyhKO0EFFoH-prGt3p-M8iw

Canadian scientists debunk 10,000-year-old Arctic seeds

Aug 23, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Canadian+scientists+debunk+year+Arctic+seeds/1922137/story.html

How a 'perfect storm' caught us by surprise

Sticky air mass, heat, and winds created Thursday's tempest. Here's what happened
Aug 22, 2009
Cathal Kelly & Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/685009

HIV could kill 3o% of natives: study

Aug 21, 2009
Angela Hill
Prince Albert Daily Herald, with Files From Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1916553

In hot water: Warmer oceans could spell environmental disaster

July was the hottest the world's oceans have been in almost 130 years of record-keeping. August could set another record, scientists say
Aug 20, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/in-hot-water-warmer-oceans-could-spell-environmental-disaster/article1259015/

Why science class has become a 'daunting slog'

Survey of science teachers finds most feel exams take excitement away from learning
Aug 21, 2009
Douglas Quan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/why-science-class-has-become-a-daunting-slog/article1257894/

Swine flu 'explosion' coming: WHO

Aug 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/swine-flu-explosion-asia-world-health.html

Reserve swine flu drugs for sickest: WHO

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/swine-flu-antivirals.html

Tories under fire for neglecting troubled B.C. salmon stocks

Aug 21, 2009
Jorge Barrera
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1917631

Nortel sale review required by law: Opposition

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/08/21/ottawa-nortel-opposition-review-sale-ericsson.html

Ericsson awaits green light from Ottawa on Nortel deal

Aug 21, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Ericsson+awaits+green+light+from+Ottawa+Nortel+deal/1917550/story.html

University of Calgary receives funding from makers of BlackBerry for GPS

Aug 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iyqCZbDeU3CO7lAvjeaFGTEPl3mg

Canadian named in HRT scandal

Aug 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/684982

Raitt defends move to shelve nuclear reactors

Federal Natural Resources Minister says two Maple reactors would not have prevented global isotope crisis
Aug 21, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/raitt-defends-move-to-shelve-nuclear-reactors/article1259261/

Yes In My Backyard to nuclear power

Aug 21, 2009
Patrick Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/684231

A net-benefit greenhouse gas plan

Less really is more
Aug 21, 2009
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/neil-reynolds/a-net-benefit-greenhouse-gas-plan/article1259526/

PM touts green benefits of Arctic power project

Harper's 10,000 km northern tour has the feel of an election trek
Aug 21, 2009
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/684637

Google launches flu fight site

Aug 21, 2009
David Wylie
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Google+launches+fight+site/1916215/story.html

Garbage in, energy out

From SHL Systemhouse to the Ottawa Senators, Rod Bryden has played a key role in developing and financing ideas that have been difficult to pull off. Now he's counting on municipal refuse to solve the world's energy crisis
Aug 21, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/garbage-in-energy-out/article1260457/

Vaccinate school kids first to slow pandemic: study

Better to target those likely to transmit virus, rather than the most vulnerable: researchers
Aug 21, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Vaccinate+school+kids+first+slow+pandemic+study/1915684/story.html

Heroin helps hard-core addicts in treatment: study

Addicts provided with heroin rather than methadone more likely to stay in treatment, less likely to use street drugs
Aug 21, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/heroin-helps-hard-core-addicts-in-treatment-study/article1257858/

Critics: Canada should improve severe weather warnings

Aug 21, 2009
Christina Spencer
Sun Media
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/08/21/10555201.html

Ocean surface temperature hits record high

Aug 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/21/warming-oceans-record-july-noaa.html

Free flu shots tied to lower antibiotic use

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/flu-shots-antibiotics.html

Isotope regional disparity of 'great concern'

Aug 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/21/isotopes-medical.html

Flu shot guidelines criticized

Mathematical model suggests that US experts got their priorities wrong.
Aug 20, 2009
Elie Dolgin
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090820/full/news.2009.846.html

Rethink isotope production, MDs urge Ottawa

Aug 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/20/cma-isotopes.html

Canada explored, rejected idea of bottling flu vaccine in another plant: PHAC

Aug 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqOoif18_aoyJHTMKU_JM2kBcF3Q

Mercury-tainted fish found widely in U.S. streams

Aug 20, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Mercury+tainted+fish+found+widely+streams/1913171/story.html

Logjam in vaccine packaging to delay H1N1 flu shots

As Canadians wait for syringes, drug will be exported to other countries in bulk
Aug 19, 2009
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/logjam-in-vaccine-packaging-to-delay-h1n1-flu-shots/article1256528/

3 soldiers hospitalized in Quebec for superbug

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/superbug-quebec-city-military-drug-resistant.html

Feds, province spar over First Nations flu kits

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/manitoba-flu-kits.html

Gardasil's safety record normal: study

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/hpv-vaccine-safety.html

Researchers decry use of diabetes drug Avandia

Aug 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/diabetes-drugs-avandia.html

Australia, N.Z. mull common carbon plan

Australians expecting to begin carbon-trading scheme by 2011; New Zealand's plan still under review
Aug 19, 2009
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/australia-nz-mull-common-carbon-plan/article1257875/

Health official denies air problems at Moncton school

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/nb-moncton-school-air-527.html

P.E.I. records 1st TB case in 4 years

Aug 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/19/pei-tb-charlottetown.html

DFO exoneration of fish farms is very surprising

Aug 19, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/exoneration+fish+farms+very+surprising/1906936/story.html

Cannibis smokers have a seven-fold schizophrenia risk

Harper government devotes funds to studying the link between marijuana use and mental illness
Aug 19, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/mindmood/mentalhealth/article/682905

Firm raises eyebrows with suggestion for nuclear powered mines

Aug 18, 2009
Lynn Moore
Montreal Gazette
http://www.canada.com/technology/Firm+raises+eyebrows+with+suggestion+nuclear+powered+mines/1906151/story.html

Fewer antibiotics prescribed for coughs, colds in U.S.

Aug 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/18/antibiotic-rates.html

Health czar urged for flu readiness

Journal calls for national leader to make tough calls as doctors cite lack of direction from Ottawa
Aug 18, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/682370

MDs urged to prepare for H1N1's return

Aug 18, 2009
Janet French
Saskatchewan News Network; Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/urged+prepare+H1N1+return/1903150/story.html

Isotope shortage to be discussed at medical conference

Aug 19, 2009
Janet French
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/health/Isotope+shortage+discussed+medical+conference/1908382/story.html

Canada protects deadly bio-lab

Ottawa will spend $30M on facility in central Asia
Aug 19, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1902934

The McMaster solution

The university's reactor could be part of a homemade fix to the isotope crisis
Aug 18, 2009
Mo Elbestawi
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-mcmaster-solution/article1254968/

Fortune magazine names Research in Motion world's fastest-growing company

Aug 18, 2009
Kristine Owram
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hJTCCNPUyhcKgX-c0I8IHNMSaldA

Alberta to cut acid-rain tests in oilsands region

Aug 17, 2009
Canwest News Service, Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Alberta+acid+rain+tests+oilsands+region/1902825/story.html

Marijuana's journey to legal health treatment: the Canadian experience

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/f-medical-marijuana.html

P.E.I. sand safe: health officials

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/17/pei-sand-safe.html

The future of wheat

Genetically modified wheat would increase yields, cut pesticide use and give Canadian farmers a global edge
Aug 18, 2009
Rolf Penner
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/18/the-future-of-wheat.aspx

Is the Mackenzie Pipeline dead?

New technology has revitalized old gas exploration areas and opened new ones, putting the economic logic of northern pipelines in doubt
Aug 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/18/peter-foster-is-the-mackenzie-pipeline-dead.aspx

You'll just have to take our word on the global warming stuff

Aug 18, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/18/kevin-libin-you-ll-just-have-to-take-our-word-on-the-global-warming-stuff.aspx

Prentice consults Nunavut leaders on climate change

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/17/prentice-nunavut.html

Canada loses out as U.S. ups green ante

Aug 17, 2009
Nicole Mordant
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57G2HH20090817?sp=true