Probiotic health claims unsupported: EU

Oct 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/10/02/probiotics-eu.html

Go easy on the salt, Ottawa

With a healthy dose of labelling, consumers won't need more food regulation
Oct 2, 2009
Sylvain Charlebois
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/go-easy-on-the-salt-ottawa/article1307228/

Endangered black-footed ferrets return home to wilds of Canadian Prairie

Oct 2, 2009
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iR4nbQUHgcK2oBdXvtGDJ3sXOjNA

Hand washing may not help prevent flu: CMA

Oct 2, 2009
Elizabeth Thompson
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/01/11238911-sun.html

'Expedite' H1N1 shots: Ontario to feds

Oct 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/01/h1n1-bc-tamiflu.html

Ottawa's eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel

Tories keep buying alternate fuel cars, but there's only 4 places in Canada to fill them up
Oct 2, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/704292

Oilsands emissions underestimated, report claims

Oct 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/02/oilsands-emissions.html

No tax hikes to cut emissions: Charest

Oct 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/02/charest-climate-tax.html

It gets harder to ignore the signs of climate change

And few places will be more affected than Canada's Arctic
Oct 2, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/it-gets-harder-to-ignore-the-signs-of-climate-change/article1308816/

Public impact, no public access

Oct 2, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/public-impact-no-public-access/article1306425/

Climate fears based on lies, Calgary told

Think-tank adviser says CO2 not a threat; Warming science called flawed
Oct 2, 2009
Gina Teel
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Climate+fears+based+lies+Calgary+told/2058176/story.html

Lords of climate change skepticism

Oct 2, 2009
James Cowan
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2060870

Meet the Deniers

Oct 2, 2009
Ron Nurwisah
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/02/meet-the-deniers.aspx

Defects in key climate data are uncovered

Only by playing with data can scientists come up with the infamous ‘hockey stick’ graph of global warming
Oct 1, 2009
Ross McKitrick
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/01/ross-mckitrick-defects-in-key-climate-data-are-uncovered.aspx

Climate data buster

The discovery of more data distortion further undermines the claim of recent temperature records. The IPCC is now on wobbly legs at all four corners
Oct 1, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/01/terence-corcoran-climate-data-buster.aspx

Palaeontology and conservation: Avoiding the heffalump trap

As the climate warms, conservationists might consider looking to the past to protect the future
Oct 1, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14539704

AIDS treatment: Almost halfway there

The routine use of anti-AIDS drugs is spreading
Oct 1, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14539720

Scientists urge more Nobel Prizes

Oct 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/01/tech-science-new-nobel-prizes.html

RIM, Queen's form research partnership

New industrial research chair to focus on how to deal with large amounts of customer data
Oct 1, 2009
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/rim-queens-form-research-partnership/article1308476/

Provincial flu strategies all over the map

New Brunswick, Quebec and Nunavut buck trend of delaying fall immunization plans
Sep 30, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/provincial-flu-strategies-all-over-the-map/article1307772/

HPV vaccine not likely cause of girl's death

Sep 30, 2009
Raphael G. Satter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/703174

More flu programs suspended

Confusion grows over association between seasonal flu shot and catching H1N1
Sep 30, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/more-flu-programs-suspended/article1304958/

B.C. cuts trans fat from restaurant food

Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/bc--trans-fat-restaurant-ban-restriction.html

Airline routes predict spread of disease

Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/h1n1-air-travel478.html

Millions still need AIDS drugs: UN

Sep 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/aids-drugs.html

Naturopaths warn lack of regulation a risk

Sep 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/30/pei-naturopath-regulation-584.html

Canada asked to join nations in pumping greenhouse gases underground

Sep 29, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/702708

Mythbusters: Who says women can't do math and science?

Women executives with science degrees are now leading some of the world's largest companies
Sep 29, 2009
Hilary Stout
Forbes.com
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/f-forbes-women-in-science.html

Ont. launches $50B tobacco lawsuit

Sep 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/29/ont-tobacco.html

Climate policy bust

The case against drastic action goes well beyond holes in the science
Sep 29, 2009
Peter Foster
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/29/peter-foster-climate-policy-bust.aspx

Inuit, scientists split on polar bear numbers

Sep 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/29/nwmb-baffin-bay-hearing.html

The resilience of species

Sep 28, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-resilience-of-species/article1303515/

Urban metabolism

Cities can learn from comparing their carbon footprints
Sep 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14535367

Damaging the economy to please environmentalists

Sep 28, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/28/raphael-alexander-damaging-the-economy-to-please-environmentalists.aspx

Stop using babies as lobbyists

Communication must foster comprehension and assurance, not confusion and anxiety
Sep 28, 2009
Howard Mains
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/28/stop-using-babies-as-lobbyists.aspx

Mandatory H1N1 shots for soldiers could violate Charter: Forces surgeon general

Sep 28, 2009
Murray Brewster
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jIdOrKJWyM3GZgU9witgjHCfOnOg

Liberal Senators wrangle over product safety legislation

Sep 28, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Liberal+Senators+wrangle+over+product+safety+legislation/2042399/story.html

KINGSTON: Gathering energy for a critical mass

Solar panel manufacturing plant seen as a sign of bright future
Sep 28, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/311204418946025.php

KINGSTON: A walk in the Innovation Park

Proponents eager for arrival of 'green' chemical research and commercialization centre
Sep 28, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/326884097147256.php

Offshore wind facility would be Canada's largest

Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/windsor-offshore-wind-092809.html

Energy storage key to electric car plans

Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/electric-vehicle-committee-report.html

UN climate talks open in Bangkok

Nations urged to break deadlock over global warming deal
Sep 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/climate-talks-bangkok.html

Samsung mulls Ontario wind farm

Sep 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/28/samsung-wind-farm-ontario.html

Canadians talk climate change for UN

Sep 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/27/calgary-climate-change-conference.html

Health Canada answers FAQs about H1N1

Sep 25, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+answers+FAQs+about+H1N1/2035319/story.html

Clement angered by Nortel knocks

Deal to get review
Sep 25, 2009
Paul Vieira
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Clement+angered+Nortel+knocks/2030356/story.html

Slowing wind farm blades reduces bat deaths

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/25/calgary-bat-deaths-alberta-wind-farms.html

The ‘structural disintegration’ of universities

Sep 24, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-structural-disintegration-of-universities

A prof's life is no haze of mint juleps

Today's universities take teaching not less seriously, but more
Sep 23, 2009
Clifford Orwin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-profs-life-is-no-haze-of-mint-juleps/article1297640/

Canada MIA in carbon talks

Sep 26, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/700658

Nuclear power could meet energy needs of oilsands: study

Sep 26, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Nuclear+power+could+meet+energy+needs+oilsands+study/2036236/story.html

Canada, the laggard

At about 23 tonnes, Canada's per- capita greenhouse-gas emissions are among the worst in the world. We have farther to go than most, and are getting a late start.
Sep 26, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+laggard/2037021/story.html

Flu shot messages confusing, doctor says

Different launch dates, unverified new research contribute to problems
Sep 26, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/701433

Lost world: How Canada missed its moment of glory

Next month may see a Nobel Prize for the discovery of the first planet outside our solar system. Canadians won that race, but may have hesitated too long to share in the credit
Sep 26, 2009
Jacob Berkowitz
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/lost-world-how-canada-missed-its-moment-of-glory/article1302189/

Canada and climate change: Nothing gets done, fingers get pointed

The Liberals' lame record doesn't excuse the Conservatives' part in our national shame
Sep 25, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-climate-change-nothing-gets-done-fingers-get-pointed/article1300481/

Innovation slips away

Sep 25, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/innovation-slips-away/article1300963/

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