Provinces ask Ottawa to help cover H1N1 costs

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/health-ministers-cost-swine-flu-vaccine.html

Energy transition: not for the faint-hearted

It will take both innovation and patience to change the energy game
Sep 17, 2009
Peter Voser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/energy-transition-not-for-the-faint-hearted/article1290055/

Inexcusable delay in electricity plan

A sound plan for the electricity system of the future needed now to avoid big mistakes later
Sep 17, 2009
John Wilson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696846

Newest high-tech business? Oil and gas

New drilling and production technology has dramatically transformed North America's natural gas industry by unlocking massive shale gas reservoirs. Now, those technological advances are being adopted more broadly in the oil and gas industry to reduce costs in mature or difficult-to-tap fields
Sep 17, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/newest-high-tech-business-oil-and-gas/article1290846/

What the pill bottle doesn't tell you

Sep 18, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697429

New drugs sought to fight superbugs

Sep 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/superbugs-europe.html

Lack of thimerosal-free pandemic vaccine option leads some planning to pass

Sep 17, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gSlFg4Cq0N54wkeqg37NttTxij2A

Health Canada apologizes for body bags

Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/mb-body-bags-butler-jones-manitoba.html

Canadian body bags cause H1N1 controversy

Sep 17, 2009
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE58F69K20090917?sp=true

Hidden curse revealed?

Sep 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/696519

Getting into the game

Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it’s a man’s world—for now.
Sep 17, 2009
Julien Russell Brunet
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/getting-into-the-game/

Feds paid $5M to buy bottled water

Sep 17, 2009
Glen McGregor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+paid+bottled+water/2003510/story.html

Oceans face climate-change crisis

'Life as we know it is going to end'; World's nations must drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, author says
Sep 17, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Oceans+face+climate+change+crisis/2002373/story.html

Even low lead levels impair kids' IQs

Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/lead-levelskids.html

H1N1, isotopes top health ministers' agenda

Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/health-ministers-meeting.html

No special treatment for tar sands

Sep 16, 2009
James Hansen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696244

H1N1 vaccine priority groups released

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/16/h1n1-vaccine.html

Wireless carriers lag on green in Canada

Sep 16, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/09/17/10946391-cp.html

Nova gives $1M to science centre

Sep 16, 2009
JENNA MCMURRAY
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/16/10929706-sun.html

Cities urged to plan for extreme weather

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/16/nb-climate-city-planning-704.html

NASA's moon program gets boost in Congress

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-space-nasa-moon-plan-016.html

North America backs plan to cut greenhouse gases

Sep 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-climate-montreal-protocol-hfcs.html

Climate change threatens 'health catastrophe,' MDs say

Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/climate-change-health.html

N.S. garlic farmer raises stink over microwave towers

Sep 16, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/garlic+farmer+raises+stink+over+microwave+towers/2001107/story.html

Manitobans not revved about hybrid cars

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/150909-hybrid-manitoba.html

Technology for sustainable Canada already exists, but faces obstacles

Sep 15, 2009
Len Smirnov
The Brock Press
http://media.www.brockpress.com/media/storage/paper384/news/2009/09/15/News/Technology.For.Sustainable.Canada.Already.Exists.But.Faces.Obstacles-3772205.shtml#4

H1N1 shows more resistance to Tamiflu

Alberta woman is second case in Canada, and one of only a handful of such cases on record globally; patient has since recovered, Alberta Health Services says
Sep 15, 2009
Caroline Alphonso and Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-shows-more-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1288521/

Research dollars should follow great ideas

Sep 14, 2009
Allan Rock
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=9863ef82-4327-4e23-a11c-b1d89ae01442

Real innovation vital, and sadly lacking

Sep 13, 2009
KAREN BLOTNICKY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1142213.html

Is research ever value-free?

Considering the ethical implications of the scientific pursuit
Sep 14, 2009
Nikki Bozinoff
The McGill Daily
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/19796-is-research-ever-value-free-

Making Canada a leader in the global knowledge economy

Scientific, business communities must work with international counterparts
Sep 9, 2009
David Emerson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Making+Canada+leader+global+knowledge+economy/1974562/story.html

Alberta's 'firewall' approach to climate change

Sep 15, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/695623

The real 'Green Revolution'

Sep 15, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1993907

Male bass with female features found in U.S.

Intersex fish problem linked to hormone treatments
Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/tech-biology-fish-sex-organs.html

Alberta finds 1st case of drug-resistant swine flu

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/edmonton-alberta-drug-resistant-h1n1-swine-flu.html

Biovail fined $25M for bribing doctors

Pharmaceutical firm paid cash to encourage doctors to prescribe Cardizem drug to patients
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/biovail-doctor-kickbacks.html

H1N1 vaccines get U.S. approval

Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/swine-flu-vaccine-fda.html

Most oppose nuclear power in Sask., report says

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/nuclear-plant.html

Elections Canada prepares for poll amid possible H1N1 outbreak

Officials stockpile hand sanitizer and draw up signs urging voters to cough into their sleeves after NDP asks about swine-flu preparedness
Sep 15, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections-canada-prepares-for-poll-amid-possible-h1n1-outbreak/article1287033/

Expert says swine flu ‘hid' for decade

‘This virus most likely has been circulating under the radar in pigs for the better part of 10 years,' Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona revealed at a meeting
Sep 15, 2009
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/expert-says-swine-flu-hid-for-decade/article1288572/

Ottawa must act on salt crisis, doctors say

A new study highlights the need for a strategy to combat the high-sodium diets of many Canadians. But any sustained initiative will need government backing to achieve results from industry
Sep 15, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-must-act-on-salt-crisis-doctors-say/article1287068/

Canada's becoming a 'global carbon bully': Greenpeace

Our greenhouse-gas emissions are up 26 per cent since 1990
Sep 14, 2009
Monique Beaudin
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+becoming+global+carbon+bully+Greenpeace/1993316/story.html

Cellphones recalled 10 months after government warning

Sep 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=1993299

MP has H1N1 concerns for federal election

Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/14/mb-wasylycia-leis-election-h1n1-winnipeg.html

Canada has 'tremendous' challenge ahead on climate change: experts

Canada's low-profile ambassador for climate change Michael Martin will be negotiating at Copenhagen's critical climate change meeting, but the Prime Minister's in charge.
Sep 14, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/14/civil_circles/&c=2

Expert predicts parental ‘angst’over flu shots

Schoolyards will be H1N1 battlegrounds, researchers say
Sep 14, 2009
Shelley Page
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Expert+predicts+parental+angst+over+shots/1990513/story.html

Sustainable energy plan has rivals green with envy

Sep 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/695150

Leukemia drug, stem cell research honoured

Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/14/lasker-awards-medical-research.html

Feds won't cough up H1N1 plan

Strategy in event of swine flu outbreak kept from MPs
Sep 14, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/14/10885151-sun.html

Aquarium concept timely

Sep 14, 2009
Anne Jarvis
Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Aquarium+concept+timely/1991469/story.html

Win-win on power plant

Sep 14, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/695118

Prairie 'agri-preneurs' battle megafarm waste

Highmark Renewables is turning out enough electricity to power 700 homes along with environmentally safe fertilizer
Sep 14, 2009
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/prairie-agri-preneurs-battle-megafarm-waste/article1286482/

Oilsands emit more than entire countries: report

Sep 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/13/greenpeace-oilsands.html

Consumers attracted to status of 'green' products more than benefits, research suggests

Sep 13, 2009
Misty Harris
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1989948

Google working to reduce cost of green technology

Disappointed with lack of breakthrough ideas, company developing own mirror technology for solar thermal plants
Sep 13, 2009
Poornima Gupta
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/google-working-to-reduce-cost-of-green-technology/article1286140/

Conservatives announce $75M for food safety

Funds to address problems flagged by critical report
Sep 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Conservatives+announce+food+safety/1987117/story.html

Tuna and pollock: A tale of two fisheries

How to pillage the oceans deliberately, and by accident
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401157

Space: Flying high

America's government has no money for its human-spaceflight plans. The private sector has plenty
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401165

Focus on innovation

Sep 9, 2009
David Mitchell
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=bef826ae-0ee9-4b8b-874c-db16cfd959f2

Invest in education to beat the recession

Sep 10, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/invest-in-education-to-beat-the-recession

R&D credits apply to more than just rocket science

Sep 12, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/789478

The mystery of Lake Louise's missing water

Unexplained absence of 510,000 cubic metres of water from resort's distribution system 'an embarrassment for Canada'
Sep 12, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-lake-louises-missing-water/article1283014/

Endless oil

Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil
Sep 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/12/lawrence-solomon-endless-oil.aspx

List of threatened Arctic animals is growing

Sep 12, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/List+threatened+Arctic+animals+growing/1984133/story.html

H1N1 could peak early, study suggests

If that occurs, many Canadians will not be protected since vaccine won't be rolled out for weeks
Sep 12, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-could-peak-early-study-suggests/article1282910/

Premiers win climate pledge

Federal greenhouse-gas plan won't favour Alberta, environment minister assures Ontario, Quebec
Sep 11, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/694063

Dr. Kumanan Wilson on the vaccine

Canada Research Chair in Public Health Policy at the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute takes your questions on the reluctance among Canadians to receive the H1N1 pandemic vaccine
Sep 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dr-kumanan-wilson-on-the-vaccine/article1282172/

Feds to follow listeriosis advice

Sep 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/listeroisis-recommendations.html

Raitt says Ottawa likely to split AECL into two separate entities

Sep 11, 2009
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAQbAh_EClxA_Au8-_LRkr5Hy5Jw

Canada likely to split up nuclear agency: minister

Sep 11, 2009
Scott Anderson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE58A4I620090911?sp=true

H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late, scientists warn

Canada's swine flu cases likely to peak a month before November inoculations, researchers say
Sep 11, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/694066

Arctic warming effects spread: study

Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/tech-climate-arctic-warming.html

Global warming takes a break

Sep 11, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/11/lorne-gunter-global-warming-takes-a-break.aspx

H1N1 school closures need to be swift: WHO

Sept 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-school-close-who.html

1 dose of H1N1 vaccine may suffice: studies

Studies in children not finished yet
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-vaccine.html

Drug czar slams Harper gov't as he exits to 'next adventure'

Aims to shape wider policy
Sep 10, 2009
Andy Ivens
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Drug+czar+slams+Harper+exits+next+adventure/1978524/story.html

Wind power prescribed for China's energy needs

Wind turbines dotting argicultural areas would cost $900B over 20 years
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/energy-china-wind-power.html

Ares moon rocket test deemed a success

Sep 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/nasa-moon-rocket-ares-test-utah.html

Child death rates alarming: UNICEF

Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/10/child-mortality-unicef.html

Research: Tundra being 'squeezed' by forests, oceans

Sep 10, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/10/10824966.html

Feds backtrack on allowing fortified junk food

Sep 10, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Feds+backtrack+allowing+fortified+junk+food/1980713/story.html

Arctic needs 'boots on the snow' year-round: Alberta scientist

Sep 10, 2009
Elise Stolte
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+needs+boots+snow+year+round+Alberta+scientist/1980798/story.html

Vaccinate now to curtail swine flu, U.S. study warns

Sep 10, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Vaccinate+curtail+swine+study+warns/1980347/story.html

Young people take pass on flu-shot trials

They feel invincible, but H1N1 disproportionately affects those born after 1957
Sep 10, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/young-people-take-pass-on-flu-shot-trials/article1282877/

Tofino a model for water conservation

Sep 10, 2009
Katie-Marie Gardner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tofino-a-model-for-water-conservation/article1283106/

Canadians are water gluttons, OECD says

Sep 10, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-are-water-gluttons-oecd-says/article1283105/

Manitoba government mandating biodiesel use

Sep 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+government+mandating+biodiesel/1979168/story.html

City buries sewage sins

Public in dark about overflow into rivers
Sep 10, 2009
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2009/09/10/10813211-sun.html

The business side to good health

Ivey Centre's goal is to aid Canadian innovation and commercialization of health technologies
Sep 10, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692636

UN climate fantasies

Sep 10, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1977543

New Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative funding announced

Sep 9, 2009
François Shalom
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Strategic+Aerospace+Defence+Initiative+funding+announced/1976016/story.html

Hardwiring our children for success

Sep 9, 2009
Dr. Denis Daneman & Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones & Dr. Dina Kulik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/692609

The H1N1 flu waiting game

Sep 9, 2009
Howard Elliott
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/631108

HPV vaccine for men backed in U.S.

Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/gardasil-men-hpv.html

Trans fats banned from schools in Manitoba

Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/mb-healthy-food-schools-manitoba.html

Dwindling salmon stocks poorly managed: biologist

Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/09/bc-salmon-suzuki-foundation.html

U.S. and Canada Sign Agreement on Civil Space Cooperation

Sep 9, 2009
NASA
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS229760+09-Sep-2009+PRN20090909

Canada's Kyoto failure a warning to summit: study

Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1971686

Canadian innovation is at stake

We need more entrepreneurs, better deals and committed investors with time and money to foster new businesses
Sep 6, 2009
Kevin Talbot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-is-at-stake/article1278331/

Five hundred scientists from Quebec and around the world call for a sustainable boreal plan

Sep 10, 2009
The Canadian Boreal Initiative & Ducks Unlimited Canada
http://interboreal.org/resources/pressrelease-qcletter-en.doc
http://interboreal.org/resources/QuebecScienceLetter-EN.pdf