Canada lending H1N1 vaccine to Mexico

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says 5 million doses will be shipped south starting this week; Mexico to replenish Canada's supply by end of March
Jan 6, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lending-h1n1-vaccine-to-mexico/article1420935/

Discard raw milk from Home on the Range, public urged

Probe finds contamination; dairy says milk safe
Jan 6, 2010
KAREN MOXLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discard-raw-milk-from-home-on-the-range-public-urged/article1420423/

More grist for the mind

Jan 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/more-grist-for-the-mind/article1420430/

Researchers to map High Arctic island

Jan 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/06/arctic-oil-map.html

Preparing for a deluge of dementia

Jan 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2405697

Daunting view on aging

Jan 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/745916--daunting-view-on-aging

U.S. considers rewriting fisheries law in dispute with Canada

Jan 5, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=2408392

Demand soars for vitamin D

Jan 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/vitamin-d.html

China's growth is Canada's gain

Chinese companies are banging on the door of Canadian resource companies as they hunt for materials for their growing society, and that theme is expected to echo loudly in the years to come
Jan 5, 2010
Paul Sullivan
Special to the Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/e-zines/trade-by-numbers/chinas-growth-is-canadas-gain/article1419888/

MP apologizes for staffer's views on climate change

Jan 5, 2010
JENN WATT
QMI AGENCY
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2246814

Even as flu cases fall, no downside to vaccine, doctors say

Some countries remain on high alert but Canada is seeing less flu activity than normal for this time of year
Jan 5, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/even-as-flu-cases-fall-no-downside-to-vaccine-doctors-say/article1420158/

The cool down in climate polls

World opinion on global warming is now as muddled as the science
Jan 5, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/05/the-cool-down-in-climate-polls.aspx

Children's place in the queue

By the time the vaccine reached young Canadians, it was next to useless
Jan 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/childrens-place-in-the-queue/article1417806/

Canadian women subject to extra ultrasounds during pregnancy: study

Jan 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2405291

Unequal access to cancer drugs creates 'postal-code lottery'

What some provinces consider standard treatment isn't offered to patients in other parts of the country
Jan 4, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/unequal-access-to-cancer-drugs-creates-postal-code-lottery/article1418818/

Senate hearings on PSE shut down

Jan 4, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-hearings-on-pse-shut-down

Nation Builder: Science - Anthony Pawson

He set the pace for great Canadian research
Jan 1, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/anthony-pawson/article1416800/

Nation Builder: Innovation - Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis

Their BlackBerry's best application was philanthropy
Jan 1, 2010
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/jim-balsillie-and-mike-lazaridis/article1416825/

Clement on Canada and competitiveness

With signs pointing to recovery, the Industry Minister shares his thoughts on making Canada more innovative and competitive going forward
Dec 27, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/clement-on-canada-and-competitiveness/article1413004/

Researchers help autos lose weight

Jan 2, 2010
Grace Macaluso
The Windsor Star
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Researchers+help+autos+lose+weight/2399755/story.html

The 10 players who will shape technology law

Jan 4, 2010
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/article/745444--geist-the-10-players-who-will-shape-technology-law

Innovation breeds optimism

Jan 4, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/745442--hamilton-innovation-breeds-optimism

Dementia surge to cost $153B by 2038: report

Jan 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/dementia-costs-aging-canada.html

Autism 'leaky gut' rejected

Jan 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/autism-diet-digestion.html

HIV travel ban lifted in U.S.

Jan 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/hiv-aids-travel-ban.html

Stuck Mars rover has uncertain future

Jan 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/04/tech-space-mars-rover-spirit.html

Myths of carbon capture 'challenge' Alberta expert

Technique best suited to power plants and industry, not oilsands, says Stefan Bachu
Jan 2, 2010
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Myths+carbon+capture+challenge+Alberta+expert/2398747/story.html

Food lobbyists blamed for squelching nutrition bill

Jan 2, 2010
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Food+lobbyists+blamed+squelching+nutrition+bill/2398099/story.html

How Canada's H1N1 plan delivered for mothers

Pregnant women got advance prescriptions
Jan 2, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-canadas-h1n1-plan-delivered-for-mothers/article1416893/

U.S. consul general watching oilsands closely

Jan 2, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100102/us_oilsands_100102/20100102?hub=Canada

Premier adamant on tying energy future to Quebec

Daring plan to barter NB Power for greener power upsets Newfoundland, may thwart regional alliance
Jan 2, 2010
Michael Tutton
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/744996--premier-adamant-on-tying-energy-future-to-quebec

U.K. drinking-related health costs rising: report

Jan 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/02/britain-drinking.html

Federal help urged to save pipeline

Jan 2, 2010
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2010/01/02/12324096-sun.html

Sensible strings attached

Jan 1, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/sensible-strings-attached/article1416485/

Canada's dirty nuclear secret

A serious warning that Canadians should know about first-hand
Jan 1, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/neil-reynolds/canadas-dirty-nuclear-secret/article1416520/

Low flu activity reported in Canada, U.S.

Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/h1n1-canada-us-who.html

Safety of drugs in pregnancy to be probed

Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/pregnancy-drugs-safety-fda.html

N.S. drinking water standard battles parasite

Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/ns-water-parasite.html

Heart devices OK'd on weak evidence: U.S. studies

Researchers made faulty assumptions, regulator responds
Dec 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/30/heart-devices-safety-fda.html

Mackenzie pipeline gets green light from panel

Dec 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/30/jrp-mackenzie-pipeline.html

Greener oil sands, greener planet

Canada must lead the evolution to a low carbon future
Dec 30, 2009
Satya Das
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/greener-oil-sands-greener-planet/article1415227/

The Obama effect and the year in medicine

A wrap-up of 2009's medical highlights, low points and emerging trends to watch in 2010
Dec 30, 2009
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/new-year/the-obama-effect-and-the-year-in-medicine/article1415223/

Kids not 'super-spreaders' of H1N1: study

Dec 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/30/h1n1-children-spread.html

Climate change: Planet B

How the underwhelming Copenhagen accord could yet turn into a useful document
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15174523

Renewable energy: The seat of power

Better sewage treatment is the latest thing in clean energy
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15172621

Agriculture and climate change: Why farms may be the new forests

In the war against climate change, peasants are in the front line
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15179766

Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid

Lack of consensus on whether the 270-metre asteroid will hit Earth on its first flyby in 2029
Dec 30, 2009
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/russia-may-send-spacecraft-to-knock-away-asteroid/article1414918/

Quebec adopts California car emissions standards

Rules will gradually lower greenhouse gas emission ceiling for cars
Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/quebec-adopts-california-emissions-standards.html

'Premature' to declare pandemic over: WHO

Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/swine-flu.html

Ginkgo doesn't help memory in seniors: study

Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/ginkgo-memory-aging.html

Industry Minister Clement Approves the Petrochina-Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation Transaction

Dec 29, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-1096236.html

Ottawa approves Ciena's $769M purchase of Nortel's Ethernet business

Dec 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iOjiQMijY_CyeoFIuRzTBYeWucyA

Industry Minister Clement Approves Ciena's Acquisition of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks Division

Dec 29, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-1096261.html

Disinfectant use could cause superbugs

Dec 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/28/disinfectants-superbugs.html

What’s up for the year ahead?

Dec 23, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/whats-up-for-the-year-ahead/

How to keep women on the career ladder

Female graduates still encounter obstacles to their professional advancement, especially if they have children
Dec 22, 2009
Sarah Wolfe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-to-keep-women-on-the-career-ladder/article1409380/

Magna, NRC announce $7.2M research facility for lightweight vehicle parts

Dec 19, 2009
Kristine Owram
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iHvT1yVCYtrGU4BV5V0xqNonxtMw

Ottawa links with Magna on ultralight car plant

Dec 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2009/12/18/clement-nrc-magna-partnership.html

Disputes over Nobel time-honoured

Among laureates, Canadian is not alone in having his achievement questioned
Dec 23, 2009
LES PERREAUX
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/disputes-over-nobel-time-honoured/article1409813/

Canadian's Nobel disputed by ex-colleagues

Dec 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/22/tech-boyle-nobel.html

U.S. mulls regulating drugs in water

Dec 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/23/drinking-water-pharmaceuticals.html

Car exhaust, factory smoke linked to pneumonia

Dec 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/23/pneumonia-traffic-pollution.html

Ottawa wasted climate talks, McGuinty says

Canada 'missed' chance to lead in the fight against a global threat
Dec 23, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/742215--ottawa-wasted-climate-talks-mcguinty-says

Scientists map speed of climate change

Dec 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/23/tech-climate-habitat-shift.html

Honest criticism, or act of betrayal?

Dec 23, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/742119--honest-criticism-or-act-of-betrayal

Drug research and policy is vital

Dec 23, 2009
Russell Williams
Burnaby Now
http://www2.canada.com/burnabynow/news/community/story.html?id=70f3b642-3378-4c18-bcfb-fa2278cc0b4f

Nuclear plant spills tritium into lake

Probe looks at why Darlington workers were filling wrong tank
Dec 23, 2009
Tyler Hamilton & Jesse McLean
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/742225--nuclear-plant-spills-tritium-into-lake

Trans fat cuts slow at cafeterias: report

Dec 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/22/trans-fats.html

A yo-yo diet of nutritional news

Peanuts were down but vegetarianism was up – along with the BMI of many Canadians
Dec 23, 2009
Leslie Beck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/a-yo-yo-diet-of-nutritional-news/article1409441/

Problems in AECL sale

Dec 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/741635--problems-in-aecl-sale

AECL wins 1st Japan contract

Dec 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/22/aecl-japan-contract.html

Cancer-fighting additive weighed for junk food

Dec 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/22/acrylamide-junk-food-additive.html

Do you want anti-cancer drug in junk food?

Dec 22, 2009
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/741811--do-you-want-anti-cancer-drug-in-junk-food

Plan would put drug in food to fight cancer

French Fries, Chips
Dec 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2368755

Advance of the killer fish

Dec 22, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/22/advance-of-the-killer-fish.aspx

Toronto promises to lead way for electric cars

Dec 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/22/electric-cars.html

Deconstructing Alberta's spin

Dec 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/741634--deconstructing-alberta-s-spin

Canadians cool to Harper's climate change stand

Dec 22, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canadians+cool+Harper+climate+change+stand/2371025/story.html

Harper is betting on the oil sands

Dec 22, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/741655

B.C. collects green award while emissions increase

Dec 22, 2009
Adrian MacNair
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/22/adrian-macnair-gordon-cambpell-green-scofflaw.aspx

Fraser Institute: What the green movement learned from the Catholic church

Dec 22, 2009
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/22/moses-green-s-ten-commandments.aspx

Diabetes death rate drops – more so among high-income earners

New research underscores that diabetes is increasingly a disease of poverty in Canada
Dec 21, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/diabetes-death-rate-drops-more-so-among-high-income-earners/article1408115/

Worry-free feasting

It’s a chemical world: Christmas dinner exposes us to harmless doses of Mother Nature’s finest carcinogens
Dec 21, 2009
Rolf Penner
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/21/rolf-penner-worry-free-feasting.aspx

Study suggests link between occupation and birth defects

Women in certain professions face a high risk of having children with physical problems, research shows
Dec 21, 2009
Beatrice Fantoni
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/study-suggests-link-between-occupation-and-birth-defects/article1408244/

Experts say H1N1 could have a silver lining if it knocks out other viruses

Dec 21, 2009
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/741542--experts-say-h1n1-could-have-a-silver-lining-if-it-knocks-out-other-viruses

Canada has long shadowed the U.S. on climate change

A diluted congressional bill will suit the Harper government just fine
Dec 21, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-has-long-shadowed-the-us-on-climate-change/article1408023/

Obama's phony climate victory

If the Copenhagen farce proves to be a step toward global ruin, blame the President and his big-power politics
Dec 21, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/obamas-phony-climate-victory/article1408090/

Frosty provincal relations new climate crisis

Dec 21, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/21/don-martin-frosty-provincal-relations-new-climate-crisis.aspx

Provinces urged to back Copenhagen climate pact

Support on climate deal essential, Jim Prentice says
Dec 21, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/741317--provinces-urged-to-back-copenhagen-climate-pact

We are all Albertans on climate change

Dec 21, 2009
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/21/stephen-gordon-we-are-all-albertans-on-climate-change.aspx

Copenhagen's clowns of climate change

Dec 21, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/21/km-the-deal-in-ebnmark.aspx

Climategate Part 2 — A 2,000-page epic of science and skepticism

There's trouble over tree rings as the Climategate emails reveal a rift between scientists
Dec 21, 2009
Terence Corcoran
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/21/terence-corcoran-a-2-000-page-epic-of-science-and-skepticism-part-2.aspx

Is milk good for your kids?

Milk has had a favoured spot in Canada's food guide and in kids' lunches for many years, but new studies have some experts asking if dairy products are really necessary - or even safe
Dec 21, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/is-milk-good-for-your-kids/article1407183/

Copenhagen's actors: And the winners are...

Dec 21, 2009
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/copenhagens-actors-and-the-winners-are/article1407211/

Climategate: What's the "trick" and what did it "hide"?

Dec 20, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/20/climategate-what-s-the-quot-trick-quot-and-what-did-it-quot-hide-quot.aspx

The work must continue

Dec 19, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-work-must-continue/article1406389/

Copenhagen climate talks: Better than nothing

The accord delivered by the Copenhagen climate talks is hardly far-reaching
Dec 19, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15124802

Planetary birth control gone mad

Adopting China's one-child policy won't save the Earth
Dec 18, 2009
Lysiane Gagnon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/planetary-birth-control-gone-mad/article1406093/

Protecting universities from the cuts to come

Dec 15, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/protecting-universities-from-the-cuts-to-come

Spend Copenhagen cash on high-tech green engine

Dec 17, 2009
Don Pittis
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/12/17/f-vp-pittis-canadian-green-innovation-environment.html