Too much yellow in our green spaces

Jun 5, 2010
Bronwyn Eyre
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/much+yellow+green+spaces/3116714/story.html

West Nile threat looms this summer — but monitoring in decline

Jun 5, 2010
Carmen Chai
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/West+Nile+threat+looms+this+summer+monitoring+decline/3117618/story.html

No spill risk from proposed pipeline: Enbridge

But 'gaps remain' in federal regulations designed to minimize damage in case of a major oil leak
Jun 5, 2010
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/spill+risk+from+proposed+pipeline+Enbridge/3117221/story.html

The Big Spill, coming to a coast near you

Jun 5, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/819541--gorrie-the-big-spill-coming-to-a-coast-near-you

B.C. gov't leaves door open to coastal oil drilling

Jun 4, 2010
Judith Lavoie
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/leaves+door+open+coastal+drilling/3113292/story.html

Fish-bearing lakes to be destroyed to become tailings ponds: CoC to sue feds

Council of Canadians to sue federal government over Fisheries Act amendment
Jun 4, 2010
Tiffany Crawford
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Fish+bearing+lakes+destroyed+become+tailings+ponds+feds/3109850/story.html

Ottawa should do more to lower emissions, Charest says

Jun 4, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Ottawa+should+more+lower+emissions+Charest+says/3113099/story.html

The numbers say it all: Canada is a climate-change miscreant

The annual report required by all signatories to the original Kyoto Protocol is depressing
Jun 4, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-numbers-say-it-all-canada-is-a-climate-change-miscreant/article1591592/

Controversial treatment creating bitterness in MS Society elections

Board members split on backing CCSVI theory
Jun 4, 2010
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/controversial-treatment-creating-bitterness-in-ms-society-elections/article1593234/

Raids highlight gaps in medical marijuana program

Police shut down 5 compassion clubs in Quebec
Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/06/04/mtl-compassion-club-raids-debate.html

Algae could power new Canadian industry: NRC

Jun 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/04/algae-biofuel.html

Screens to halt Asian carp go in near Chicago

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejects lock closures
Jun 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/04/great-lakes-asian-carp.html

N.B. expands flu shot program

Public health office will offer free seasonal flu vaccine to children under 18
Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/04/nb-h1n1-flu-vaccine-program-217.html

P.E.I. wants to improve vaccination rates

Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/04/pei-vaccination-rates-584.html

Feds accused of being 'too soft' on emission targets

Jun 4, 2010
DOMINIQUE LA HAYE
QMI AGENCY
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/06/04/14270696.html

Gulf spill killing N.L. birds: researcher

Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/06/03/nl-gannets-montevecchi-603.html

BP oil could hit Atlantic coast this summer

Simulations suggest oil will spread well beyond Florida
Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/oil-spread.html

Sea ice retreat in Arctic worst in thousands of years: Study

June 3, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/retreat+Arctic+worst+thousands+years+Study/3108574/story.html

Organ donation tax credit proposed

June 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/03/organ-donation-tax-credit.html

Labour shortage feared in energy sector

June 3, 2010
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Labour+shortage+feared+energy+sector/3105403/story.html

Lock in safety regime for high-Arctic drilling

Jun 3, 2010
Colin Kenny
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/818248--lock-in-safety-regime-for-high-arctic-drilling

Canada's food safety rated among world's best

But ability to trace food-borne outbreaks faulted
June 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/06/03/con-food-safety.html

H1N1 still a pandemic: WHO chief

Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/who-flu-h1n1.html

AECL confirms more N.B. reactor delays

Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/nb-aecl-point-lepreau-nuclear-reactor-delays-239.html

Mars mission simulation begins

'Something that no human has done before'
Jun 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/mars-flight-simulation.html

The Galapagos Islands: On the extinction of species

Tourism is imperilling a wildlife paradise
Jun 3, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16281325

HIV/AIDS: Altogether now

Enlisting business to fight HIV
Jun 3, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16274497

Oil isn’t subsidized

New investments in oil and gas are already taxed more heavily than are other industries
Jun 3, 2010
Jack M. Mintz
Special to the National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/03/oil-isnt-subsidized/

Technology, complexity, economy, catastrophe

Oil and financial crises highlight the massive regulatory challenge for our ever-innovating world
Jun 2, 2010
Kenneth Rogoff
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/technology-complexity-economy-catastrophe/article1588565/

India is world’s green giant while Canada’s image dims

Lots of motorists but not enough people cycling, walking, eco poll reveals
Jun 2, 2010
Olivia Ward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/818235--india-is-world-s-green-giant-while-canada-s-image-dims

UN report calls for changes in diet, fuel use

More vegetarianism and less energy use called for
Jun 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/con-un-sustainability.html

United Nations identify meat eaters as warming the planet

With global population set to increase 50% by 2050, and climate change problems, world body presses issue
June 2, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/United+Nations+identify+meat+eaters+warming+planet/3102038/story.html

U.K. GMO group's senior member quits

Jun 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/uk-resignation-genetically-modified-foods.html

UN picks 13 new biosphere reserves

Jun 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/un-biosphere-sites.html

Beware the strict new fuel rules

Industry analyst says tougher fuel economy standards ‘are impossible to meet’ by 2016 deadline
Jun 2, 2010
Jeremy Cato
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/beware-the-strict-new-fuel-rules/article1589568/

Time to get shaking on the salt issue

At last, the Sodium Working Group is making some headway
Jun 2, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/time-to-get-shaking-on-the-salt-issue/article1588649/

Evidence does not connect cellphones to brain cancers

Electromagnetic radiation streaming from a device held inches of sensitive brain tissue. Sounds nasty, right?
Jun 1, 2010
EVRA TAYLOR LEVY & EDDIE LANG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Evidence+does+connect+cellphones+brain+cancers/3095570/story.html

U.S. says greenhouses gases to rise by 2020

Jun 1, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/01/us-global-warming-un-report.html

'We need to recognize the importance of our environment'

Jun 1, 2010
ALEXANDRA DAVIS
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1075638

Health Canada aims to cut Canadians' salt intake

Food industry asked to follow voluntary sodium reduction targets
May 31, 2010
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/817144--health-canada-aims-to-cut-salt-intake

Entrepreneurs flock to cleantech sector

Renewable Energy
May 31, 2010
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/succession/story.html?id=3091153

Feds blasted over isotopes from Israel

May 31, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/31/14204956.html

Fake pot poses real dangers

Products marketed as potpourri harbour severe side-effects when smoked
May 31, 2010
Douglas Quan
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fake+poses+real+dangers/3091434/story.html

In search of Arctic riches

May 31, 2010
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/ARCTIC+RICHES/3094015/story.html

Exclude donors with risky behaviour: AIDS PEI

May 31, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/31/pei-gay-blood-donors-584.html

Sewage, jet fuel spilled in Arctic

May 31, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/31/arctic-spill-jet-fuel-sewage.html

Toxic spills put Arctic under threat, report finds

Revelations come as Gulf of Mexico spill presses Ottawa to put its Arctic environmental rules under more scrutiny
May 30, 2010
Steve Rennie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toxic-spills-put-arctic-under-threat-report-finds/article1585959/

The changing face of the environmental movement

May 29, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=11209

Gulf oil spill stirs memories of Exxon Valdez disaster

May 29, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Gulf+spill+stirs+memories+Exxon+Valdez+disaster/3085437/story.html

There is s--- in the water - literally

May 29, 2010
PETER ZIMONJIC and THANE BURNETT
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/25/14170301.html

Mexico's President pushes Ottawa to act on climate change

Felipe Calderon breaks diplomatic ranks with host Stephen Harper, says 'we cannot wait’ to follow U.S. lead
May 27, 2010
Campbell Clark and Brian Milner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mexicos-president-pushes-ottawa-to-act-on-climate-change/article1583574/

The lesson from the Gulf spill: drill with care

For the shaky political consensus Barack Obama crafted around offshore drilling to hold, he must demonstrate that the federal government can oversee the industry
May 27, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-lesson-from-the-gulf-spill-drill-with-care/article1583520/

Flaherty urged to phase out subsidies for oil and gas

May 26, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Flaherty+urged+phase+subsidies/3072167/story.html

Synthetic cells: the bride of Frankenstein?

There will still be years from the announcement of the making of an artificial bacterium to the making of the equivalent of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster
May 21, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/synthetic-cells-the-bride-of-frankenstein/article1577915/

Cellphones and cancer: watch that thing by your head

It is an open question whether cellphones can cause cancer. Panic is not indicated. But neither is denial.
May 20, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/cellphones-and-cancer-watch-that-thing-by-your-head/article1576323/

Exclusion of women from prestigious university appointments reignites battle of the sexes

May 28, 2010
Janet Steffenhagen
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Exclusion+women+from+prestigious+university+appointments+reignites+battle+sexes/3081498/story.html

Top grades for Canada’s new research program

For a drop in the bucket, Ottawa furthers the cause of higher education
Mar 26, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/top-grades-for-canadas-new-research-program/article1580623/

Hiring based solely on merit, so naturally there's uproar

May 22, 2010
Tom Oleson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/hiring-based-solely-on-merit-so-naturally-theres-uproar-94646589.html

No female scientists? Did anyone really look?

May 26, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/814183--goar-no-female-scientists-did-anyone-really-look

Water research funding dries up

May 26, 2010
Robert Sandford
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Water+research+funding+dries/3071598/story.html

Whiz kids on path 'to change the world'

Ottawa-area students were big winners in the Canada-Wide Science Fair, and they have some big ideas
May 28, 2010
Zev Singer
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Whiz+kids+path+change+world/3080916/story.html

Better water science needed

May 28, 2010
John Pomeroy
Special to The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Better+water+science+needed/3081292/story.html

Eco-friendly bacteria eat tires, earn student innovation prize

May 27, 2010
Conal Pierse
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/friendly+bacteria+tires+earn+student+innovation+prize/3076422/story.html

B.C. oil leak could spur clean-up protocol change

May 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/28/bc-chevron-refinery-leak-squamish-nation.html

The Key to Carbon Pricing

With a proper carbon-pricing policy, Canada can fight climate change, put its fiscal house in order, and solve its productivity gap
May 28, 2010
Alex Wood
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1496-the-key-to-carbon-pricing

Low H1N1 vaccination rate alarms health experts

Toronto study's finding ‘signals serious problems' across the board in Canada's program for dealing with pandemics
May 28, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/low-h1n1-vaccination-rate-alarms-health-experts/article1583841/

Researchers alarmed at bacteria in Canadian bottled water

May 28, 2010
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Researchers+alarmed+bacteria+Canadian+bottled+water/3072771/story.html

AIDS funding cuts risk African lives: report

May 28, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/28/hiv-africa-msf.html

Alberta grizzly protection lacking: report

May 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/05/28/alberta-grizzly-bears-save-conservation-report.html

Polar bears not at risk: Nunavut

May 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/05/28/nunavut-polar-bear-status.html

Copper surfaces can kill hospital microbes, study finds

Larger trial planned to see if use reduces patient infection rates
May 28, 2010
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/copper-surfaces-can-kill-hospital-microbes-study-finds/article1584109/

Study looks at Sable seal cull

More than 300,000 on the island; DFO says they eat too much fish
May 28, 2010
PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG and DAVID JACKSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1184524.html

Trans-fat crusade has made food leaner: study

May 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/27/trans-fat.html

Health dollars: Down the drain or up in smoke?

May 27, 2010
Dr. David Saul
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/814997--health-dollars-down-the-drain-or-up-in-smoke

Polar bear population could fall by 30 per cent in a year: study

May 27, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/815309--polar-bear-population-could-fall-by-30-per-cent-in-a-year-study

Health workers and flu

May 27, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/815012--health-workers-and-flu

Biofuel makers dispute government study

Industry says Environment Canada report underestimates benefits to environment, rural development
May 26, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/biofuel-makers-dispute-government-study/article1582102/

Turtles threatened by longline fishery: ecologists

May 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/26/marine-stewardship-council-swordfish.html

Canada’s teen birth and abortion rate drops by 36.9 per cent

Better access to contraception, higher quality sex education and shifting social norms contribute to decline, say researchers
May 26, 2010
ZOSIA BIELSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/canadas-teen-birth-and-abortion-rate-drops-by-369-per-cent/article1581673/

Arctic leak would be a disaster: scientist

May 26, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Arctic+leak+would+disaster+scientist/3072269/story.html

Canada’s aboriginal people are the key to boreal agreement’s success

May 26, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-canadas-aboriginal-people-are-the-key-to-boreal-agreements-success--94925329.html

Scientists urge G8 to help reduce unsafe abortions

May 26, 2010
Tonda MacCharles
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/814998--scientists-urge-g8-to-help-reduce-unsafe-abortions

A Canadian compromise

How Harry Potter and Victoria’s Secret helped to save a lot of trees
May 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16209008

Time to drop ban on gay blood donors, experts say

Leading HIV-AIDS researchers call for Canada to reform ‘unfair’ policy in medical journal
May 25, 2010
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-drop-ban-on-gay-blood-donors-experts-say/article1580575/

Nunavut board OKs Lancaster Sound energy probe

May 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/25/lancaster-seismic-nirb-nunavut.html

CIDA abortion advice ignored: records

May 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/25/cida-abortion-maternal-health.html

St. Lawrence water levels drop

May 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/24/que-st-lawrence-water-level-low.html

N.S. coastal policy 'dysfunctional': group

May 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/24/ns-coastal-action-report-1007.html

Environmental group relies on corporate funds

May 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/24/pei-environmental-funding-1147.html

Synthetic cell worries farm group

May 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/22/sk-farmers-synthetic-venter-10522.html

Canada ranked low in climate report

Environment minister slams methodology of rankings
May 20, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/20/climate-report-prentice.html

The Gulf oil spill: What lies beneath

New and valuable lessons are being learnt from the massive operation to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
May 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16160853

Artificial lifeforms: Genesis redux

A new form of life has been created in a laboratory, and the era of synthetic biology is dawning
May 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16163006

Scientists create first artificial cell

Living cell is powered by man-made DNA
May 20, 2010
Lauran Neergaard
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/scientists-create-first-artificial-cell/article1576053/

Scientists create first synthetic cell

May 20, 2010
Sharon Oosthoek
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/20/venter-synthetic-genome-cell-bacteria.html

Awarding of research chairs ‘brain coup’ or brain cramp?

Government shows disturbing lack of vision by its narrow focus on just four areas
May 25, 2010
Penni Stewart
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/813036--awarding-of-research-chairs-brain-coup-or-brain-cramp

Toronto Region Research Alliance Appoints Patrick Draper New President

Veteran Economic Development Executive to Lead Regional Investment Attraction Agency
May 25, 2010
Toronto Region Research Alliance
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/25/c5986.html

Project to make Canada epicentre of DNA bar-coding needs cash

May 25, 2010
Kathryn May
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Project+make+Canada+epicentre+coding+needs+cash/3068351/story.html

Why does anyone think science is a good job?

May 24, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/24/why-does-anyone-think-science-is-a-good-job/

CERCs: Innovative Research, Stale Criticism

May 21, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/cerc-announcements/