Big step forward on green energy

Sep 25, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/700693

Homegrown green power

Province claims jobs for Ontario workers as wind, solar projects get off the ground
Sep 25, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/700746

$5.4M wind turbine project blows Windsor's way

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/25/windsor-windtronics-turbines-092509.html

Scientists scour Fundy for invasive tunicate

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/25/nb-pancake-batter-tunicate-556.html

Suzuki speeds to defence of environment

Sep 25, 2009
Vik Kirsch
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/538922

Flu shot plans vary across Canada

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/25/h1n1-seasonal-flu.html

Conference Board creates northern research centre

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/25/north-conference-board.html

Work begins on $60-million Vancouver medical research centre

Sep 24, 2009
Graeme Wood
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Work+begins+million+Vancouver+medical+research+centre/2029703/story.html

More funding needed for CO2-capture technology: Expert

Sep 24, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/More+funding+needed+capture+technology+Expert/2029867/story.html

Paying to save trees: Last gasp for the forest

A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests
Sep 24, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14492973

Rein in deadly salt in food supply: report

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/23/salt-diet-food-supply.html

Vaccine cut HIV infection risk by 31%

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/24/hiv-aids-vaccine-thailand-study831.html

N.W.T. caribou herd numbers plummet

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/24/nwt-bathurst-caribou.html

Ont. gives green energy price guarantee

Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/09/24/ontario-green-energy-act.html

Tory climate-change plan has too many flaws, say provinces

System of 'offsets' must guard against green profiteers
Sep 24, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Tory+climate+change+plan+many+flaws+provinces/2027640/story.html

Study linking flu shots, swine flu raises concern abroad, prompt changes at home

Sep 24, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g-jBo3N9xWt8pxrXRQvzljFetL0g

Agency fixated on H1N1 spin, critics say

Opposition cites PR contracts for flu battle
Sep 24, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/700196

New network has eye to curbing vision loss

Sep 24, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/network+curbing+vision+loss/2028693/story.html

Latest studies point to water on the Moon

Sep 24, 2009
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Latest+studies+point+water+Moon/2025892/story.html

Polar ice sheets melting into sea: study

Sep 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/tech-environment-ice-sheet-melting.html

Invasive plant species takes root in Canada

Sep 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/leamington-kudzu-092309.html

Alberta's ‘dirty oil' suits U.S. security

In the interest of ensuring supplies from a politically stable country, Americans prepared to leave strategy to reduce emissions in Canada's hands
Sep 23, 2009
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/albertas-dirty-oil-suits-us-security/article1297947/

Carbon capture plan 'sheer folly'

Main pillar of climate-change plan too risky for Canada to pursue, policy paper says
Sep 23, 2009
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/carbon-capture-plan-sheer-folly/article1297748/

More science needed on effects of genetically modifying food crops

Sep 23, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iQBAisOGKI2I6YO5MRjxJ1PQn6MA

China diminishes hope for global climate deal

Copenhagen summit set for failure as major polluters fail to break new ground toward a treaty
Sep 23, 2009
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-diminishes-hope-for-global-climate-deal/article1297854/

China falls short on climate commitment, Prentice says

Calling UN presentations by Beijing and Washington 'pivotal,' Canada's Environment Minister notes binding targets for emissions reduction have not yet been set
Sep 23, 2009
Bill Curry and Campbell Clark
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-falls-short-on-commitment-prentice/article1297365/

Small steps toward Copenhagen

China's promises at the New York summit on climate change stand out only because the rest of the world has been so timid. That must change
Sep 23, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/small-steps-toward-copenhagen/article1297930/

Questions raised over probiotic benefits

Yogurt and other food makers tout their products' body-boosting properties on the labels, but experts say not all bacteria are created equal
Sep 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/questions-raised-over-probiotic-benefits/article1297546/

Brad Wall – Canada's carbon diplomat

Saskatchewan Premier brings U.S. senators north to sell the province's solution
Sep 23, 2009
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/brad-wall-canadas-carbon-diplomat/article1297944/

How Ottawa bungled the easiest health law ever

Sep 23, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/23/kevin-libin-how-health-canada-bungled-the-easiest-health-law-like-ever.aspx

The Canadian Cancer Society Rallies Canadians to Take Their Best Shot at Cancer

Sep 23, 2009
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/23/c7898.html

Canada's wind industry aims high

Sep 22, 2009
Susan Taylor and Nicole Mordant
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58L42F20090922?sp=true

B.C. pine beetle plague may be near end: minister

Sep 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/bc-pine-beetle-bell.html

Solar panel ban on farmland will cost Ontario: group

Sep 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/ontario-solar-panels232.html

Nortel's demise no indictment of Canada tech sector: NBF analysts

Sep 22, 2009
Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/09/22/nortel-s-demise-no-indictment-of-canada-tech-sector-nbf-analysts.aspx

Growth first, climate later

The G20 is going for growth over CO2
Sep 22, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/22/terence-corcoran-growth-first-climate-later.aspx

Obama’s climate fantasies

Sep 22, 2009
Myron Ebell
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/22/obama-s-climate-fantasies.aspx

B.C. must do more to attract the world’s best and brightest, conference told

Sep 22, 2009
Brian Morton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/must+more+attract+world+best+brightest+conference+told/2021095/story.html

Health Canada to consider mustard a priority allergen in proposed regulations

Sep 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iMuFiTbAEUHzp3c6bXoEeSZ0cVIA

Standards needed for brain-boosting infant formula: Manufacturer

Sep 22, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Standards+needed+brain+boosting+infant+formula+Manufacturer/2021210/story.html

Flu plans need a federal enforcer: experts

Provincial strategies ineffective unless somebody wields a 'big stick'
Sep 21, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/plans+need+federal+enforcer+experts/2015402/story.html

PM faces climate-change questions

Harper's low-key environmental approach under scrutiny at United Nations soiree before he talks trade and economic recovery with G20 leaders
Sep 21, 2009
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pm-faces-climate-change-questions/article1296085/

President Obama touts role of basic research in innovation

Sep 21, 2009
Peter Harsha
Computing Research Policy Blog
http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000747.html

Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs?

How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model
Aug 27, 2009
Adrian Slywotzky
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_36/b4145036681619.htm

Leaders in science policy to gather in Toronto in October to discuss future directions

Sep 22, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/22/c7559.html

Researchers analyze tenure policy across Canada

Study finds similarities, some surprising differences, at Canada’s universities
Sep 21, 2009
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/researchers-analyze-tenure-policy-across-canada.aspx

Canadian-made code of ethics for stem cell research stresses public trust

Sep 22, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ioo6pbaf7dnmzQCCoLGisqNvW6Ow

Climate Change: Co-ordinate the efforts

Sep 22, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-change-co-ordinate-the-efforts/article1295126/

Fight protectionism by going green

Sep 22, 2009
Rudyard Griffiths
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/22/rudyard-griffiths-fight-protectionism-by-going-green.aspx

Working together on climate change

Sep 22, 2009
Terry Breese
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/22/terry-breese-working-together-on-climate-change.aspx

Canadian voters conflicted on carbon

Sep 22, 2009
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/698872

Alberta, Texas harness 'science of small' in energy efforts

Sep 22, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+Texas+harness+science+small+energy+efforts/2016714/story.html

Climate linked to security

Millions will be displaced by global warming, research scientist warns foresters in Nanaimo
Sep 22, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Climate+linked+security/2019299/story.html

Co-operation needed for new climate change plan: Obama

Meeting aims to build momentum for December's Copenhagen conference
Sep 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/climate-change-un-ban-new-york381.html

China passes U.S. in battle against warming, UN says

President Hu Jintao to unveil new plans at summit on climate change today
Sep 22, 2009
John Heilprin
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/698947

PM's office given green petition

Sep 22, 2009
BILL KAUFMANN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/22/11045871-sun.html

Mediterranean countries reject bluefin Tuna fishing limits

Sep 22, 2009
Pete Harrison
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/699085

Kudos to college

Marc Garneau applauds school's research into alternative and renewable energy technologies
Sep 22, 2009
MIKE NORRIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1762885

Nortel's Demise Adds to Worries That Canada Lags in High Tech

Sep 21, 2009
PHRED DVORAK and BEN DUMMETT
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125348241860626023.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Patent protection, the new mother of invention

A win for a Canadian startup was a win for innovation and the free market
Sep 21, 2009
Michael Trebilcock and Edward Iacobucci
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/patent-protection-the-new-mother-of-invention/article1296305/

Satellites show ozone depletion levelling off

Sep 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/tech-environment-ozone-depletion.html

Stem cell research guidelines to be proposed at U.S. summit

Sep 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/stem-cell-summit.html

China could lead climate change fight: UN's de Boer

Sep 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/china-climate-change.html

Tories spend five times more on touting economic plan than H1N1 prevention

Sep 21, 2009
Bruce Cheadle
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ibUw5fihl-5Y-7vUbSGqU4EY1WcA

It's time to rethink our approach to garbage

Sep 21, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16058

Canadians' help sought for a green desert oasis

Sep 21, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/698476

H1N1 flu outbreak would affect a fall federal election campaign, say MPs

Conservative MP Tim Uppal says some MPs are concerned that the campaign itself could spread H1N1.
Sep 21, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/september/21/h1n1/&c=1

Fewer feet, smaller footprint

A world with fewer people would emit less greenhouse gases
Sep 21, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14488619

Feds offer financial help for research centre

Sep 21, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Feds+offer+financial+help+research+centre/2016843/story.html

H1N1 triage: Hope for the best, plan for the worst

Why Hamilton Health Sciences has a pandemic protocol
Sep 21, 2009
Andrea Frolic
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/h1n1-triage-hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst/article1293606/

New food-labelling proposals tabled by Health Canada

Sep 21, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/food+labelling+proposals+tabled+Health+Canada/2016934/story.html

Dementia cases rising faster than predicted: report

Sep 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/21/alzheimer-dementia-age.html

Feds mum over legal protection for swine flu vaccine makers

Sep 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/21/swine-flu-h1n1-sue-court.html

One in six first-year university students will not make the grade

Sep 20, 2009
Sunny Freeman
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iaJS6ELf0TP4bCshIAbtv8pbel9Q

Feds right to dot I's, cross the T's on pandemic vaccine approval: Doctors

Sep 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3xUqfcj5tds9LjeSUvnZSpdrJQA

Better H1N1 protection for homeless needed

But access to care and more outreach also a concern, says community group
Sep 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/20/200909-h1n1-homeless-priority.html

The man who fought the 'neo-Luddites'

Norman Borlaug used biotechnology to boost crop yields, saving millions from starvation
Sep 20, 2009
Diane Katz
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697995

Tory waste-water policy will punish taxpayers: cities

Sep 20, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=2014108

The carbon tax and the triumph of green

Sep 20, 2009
Jesse Kline
Western Standard.ca
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/09/the-carbon-tax-and-the-triumph-of-green.html

Want to know why professors don't teach?

In the reward system of universities, it's research that matters
Sep 19, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/want-to-know-why-professors-dont-teach/article1293548/

Biotech 'revolution' may loom

Sep 19, 2009
HANK DANISZEWSKI
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/2009/09/19/10990841-sun.html

Canada hasn't joined U.S., others in donating H1N1 vaccine

Group of developing nations contributing one-tenth of pandemic vaccine to countries that lack access to the shots
Sep 19, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-hasnt-joined-us-others-in-donating-h1n1-vaccine/article1293749/

Ground for concern about radioactive waste cleanup

After decades of struggle, residents hope a $260 million project will finally eradicate curse of town's nuclear past
Sep 19, 2009
Carola Vyhnak
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/698050

Nova Scotia looks to tap powerful Bay of Fundy tides for clean energy

Sep 19, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nova+Scotia+looks+powerful+tidal+energy/2012332/story.html

Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record

Sep 19, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Arctic+melts+third+smallest+area+record/2008427/story.html

Desperately seeking dead ducks

Scientist documents his hunt for precious stuffed specimens
Sep 19, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/698076

Swine flu protocol signed for First Nations

Health minister says communications plan should reduce fear over pandemic
Sep 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/19/swine-flu-aglukkaq.html

Oil sands need positive spin

Sep 19, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=c205bfa8-21f6-4f11-86c8-36d348968cf7

Alberta math, science exams to be multiple choice

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/calgary-exams-alberta-multiple-choice.html

Why B.C.'s biotech industry is falling behind

The global recession means new sources of money are becoming increasingly elusive
Sep 18, 2009
Nicole Poirier
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/biotech+industry+falling+behind/2007192/story.html

Fight climate change by giving condoms to poor: Lancet

Sep 18, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/condoms-climate-change.html

Alberta may feel brunt of looming U.S. climate change legislation

Sep 18, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+feel+brunt+looming+climate+change+legislation/2008996/story.html

Tamiflu urged for chronic cases before flu hits

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/bc-tamiflu-swine-flu-advice-vancouver-island.html

H1N1 deaths up almost 300 in week: WHO

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/h1n1-who-cdc.html

Swine flu vaccines to fall short: WHO

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/who-flu-vaccine018.html

Fundy right whale numbers rebound

Record number of calves born this year
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/nb-right-whales.html

Nunavut tests aerial surveys of polar bears

Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/nunavut-pbear-surveys.html

Medical supply companies scramble to fill H1N1 orders

Demand for products up 300 per cent, one firm reports
Sep 18, 2009
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/health/Medical+supply+companies+scramble+fill+H1N1+orders/2006584/story.html

Arctic geological map in final stages

Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/15/arctic-geo-map.html

Universities and the ‘knowledge economy’

Sep 17, 2009
David Turpin and Eric Sager
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Comment+Universities+knowledge+economy/2005477/story.html