Report puts price tag on environment

Oct 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/un-economy-environment-ecosystem.html

Foundations take shape: 183 projects in Canadian universities head into the home stretch

Oct 20, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/20/c3931.html

The Official Opening of the Second Annual Canadian Science Policy Conference-Pierre Noreau and Nina Fedoroff

Oct 20, 2010
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Official-Opening-Second-Annual-Canadian-Science-Policy-Conference-Pierre-Noreau-Nina-1338293.htm

Suzuki exposes 'dirty dozen' toxic ingredients

Do the beauty products you use every day contain chemicals that are hazardous to your health? The David Suzuki Foundation says that they might.
Oct 20, 2010
Darcy Wintonyk
ctvbc.ca
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101020/bc_dirty_dozen_chemicals_101020/20101020/?hub=CalgaryHome

David Suzuki targets 'dirty dozen' toxic ingredients

Oct 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/suzuki-dirty-dozen.html

Feds to buy Nortel's Ottawa campus

Oct 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/ottawa-purchase-nortel-carling-campus.html

Green energy subsidies need changes: panel

Oct 19, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/energy-subsidies-cleantech.html

Universities are becoming too business-like, conference told

Oct 19, 2010
Janet Stefenhagen
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Universities+becoming+business+like+conference+told/3692191/story.html

Carleton team wins Dance Their PhD contest

Oct 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/carleton-students-win-dance-their-phd-contest.html

Invest more in R&D, businesses urged

Survey: Atlantic companies spend less than national average
Oct 19, 2010
BRUCE ERSKINE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1207751.html

Research Income Growth Slows for Canada's Top 50 Universities

Universities of Toronto, Waterloo and Northern British Columbia Named Research Universities of the Year
Oct 19, 2010
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/19/c3528.html

Government of Canada Calls on Industry to Voluntarily Stop the Use of Cadmium in Children's Jewellery

Oct 19, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Calls-on-Industry-Voluntarily-Stop-Use-Cadmium-Childrens-Jewellery-1337413.htm

A Statement by the Chief Medical Officer of Health - Towards a Smoke-Free Ontario

Oct 19, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
http://news.ontario.ca/mhp/en/2010/10/a-statement-by-the-chief-medical-officer-of-health---towards-a-smoke-free-ontario.html

Ontario Attracts Another Solar Manufacturing Plant

McGuinty Government's Green Energy Act Helps Create 300 Good Ontario Jobs
Oct 19, 2010
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/10/ontario-attracts-another-solar-manufacturing-plant.html

Carcinogenic cadmium-packed jewelry still being sold: Health Canada

Oct 19, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Carcinogenic+cadmium+packed+jewelry+still+being+sold+Health+Canada/3687511/story.html

UN biodiversity talks struggle with rifts

Oct 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/un-biodiversity-conference-2010.html

Media Advisory / Invitation / Photo Opportunity - Researchers Showcase World Leading Advances at Montreal Event

Oct 18, 2010
CANARIE
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/18/c3273.html

Federal union rails against disconnect between science, policy

Oct 18, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-union-rails-against-disconnect-between-science-policy/article1762836/

Science undermined by politics: federal union

Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada launches website to boost support for science
Oct 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/federal-union-government-science.html

Public service union goes online to stick up for researchers

Oct 18, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Public+service+union+goes+online+stick+researchers/3689420/story.html

Scientists' union: Ottawa's decisions 'confusing'

Oct 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101018/science-canada-confusing-101018/

Government Scientists Go Public: Website Will Speak Up for Science

Oct 18, 2010
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Scientists-Go-Public-Website-Will-Speak-Up-for-Science-1336445.htm

Bruce Power nuclear waste ruling delayed

Oct 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/bruce-power-nuclear-waste-sweden.html

Should we question the fluoridation of water?

Oct 17, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/why-water-shouldnt-be-fluoridated/article1759535/

World leaders tackle a tall order: How to preserve life on Earth

Oct 17, 2010
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/world-leaders-tackle-a-tall-order-how-to-preserve-life-on-earth/article1761052/

Immigration aids innovation: report

Study ties hiring of newcomers to increased foreign trade
Oct 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/10/15/immigration-innovation-report.html

MEDIA ADVISORY - Council of Canadian Academies to Release Report on Research Integrity

Oct 18, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/18/c3213.html

This Week is Waste Reduction Week in Ontario

Oct 18, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2gP7jWdrVY

Government of Canada Takes Further Action on Bisphenol A

Oct 16, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Takes-Further-Action-on-Bisphenol-A-1336164.htm

Immigrants make significant contributions to innovation in canada

Oct 15, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/15/c2519.html

Canada's Minister of the Environment Comes to an Agreement With his Quebec Counterpart on Progress Toward Four Shared Priority Issues

Oct 15, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Minister-Environment-Comes-Agreement-With-his-Quebec-Counterpart-on-Progress-1335822.htm

Government of Canada supports microbiome research

Oct 14, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/14/c1110.html

Lagging innovation leads feds to launch review into R&D

Oct 13, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Lagging+innovation+leads+feds+launch+review+into/3668183/story.html

Where you need to go in Ottawa for a good idea

How to attract human capital and find a place for science students in industry
Oct 14, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/10/14/where-you-need-to-go-in-ottawa-for-a-good-idea/

No big bang for bucks

Why isn’t Canada getting more for its research and development billions?
Oct 14, 2010
DAVID AKIN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/david_akin/2010/10/13/15681441.html

Ottawa to spend $11.7B on science, tech

Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/13/science-tech-spending.html

Harper Government Takes Action to Better Support Business Research and Development

Government promotes innovation as a key driver of Canada's economic recovery
Industry Canada
Oct 14, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Takes-Action-to-Better-Support-Business-Research-and-Development-1335016.htm

Expert panel struck to boost Canadian innovation

Oct 14, 2010
TERRY DAVIDSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/14/15690301.html

An innovative strategy for Canada

Oct 12, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/an-innovative-strategy-for-canada/article1754203/

Canada needs innovation boost, business leaders say

Oct 13, 2010
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Canada+needs+innovation+boost+business+leaders/3663742/story.html

Universities help make Canada an innovation underachiever

Oct 14, 2010
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Universities+help+make+Canada+innovation+underachiever/3669338/story.html

Innovation key to small business success

Oct 13, 2010
Katherine Scarrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/expanding-the-business/innovation-key-to-small-business-success/article1755574/

Canada’s sorry state of innovation

Oct 8, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA AND JEREMY TOROBIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadas-sorry-state-of-innovation/article1750621/

Governor-General laments Canada's performance in innovation, access to post-secondary education

Oct 15, 2010
Tobi Cohen
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+laments+Canada+performance+innovation+access+post+secondary+education/3675552/story.html

WEIRD findings point to flaws in research

The next time an article in a science journal posits a general theory of human behaviour, view its conclusions skeptically.
Oct 12, 2010
Laura Eggertson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/weird-science.aspx

Human microbe projects get $14M from Ottawa

CIHR funds research probing bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in humans
Oct 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/14/microbiome-research-funding-cihr.html

Quebec genome scientists awarded $27.5 million to carry out 19 research projects

Oct 13, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Quebec+genome+scientists+awarded+million+carry+research+projects/3662375/story.html

Bad press irks fertility industry regulator

Oct 15, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/press+irks+fertility+industry+regulator/3674341/story.html

U of S pursues research reactor

Facility would help city become a centre for nuclear science
Oct 15, 2010
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/pursues+research+reactor/3675379/story.html

Study says oilsands crude not that bad

Oct 15, 2010
CAROL CHRISTIAN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/15/15699071.html

Government of Canada Funds Projects to Diversify Supply Sources of Key Medical Isotope

Oct 15, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Funds-Projects-Diversify-Supply-Sources-Key-Medical-Isotope-1335739.htm

Government of Canada Leading Forest Sector Renewal by Investing in Environmental Improvements at the Norampac Trenton Pulp and Paper Mill

Oct 15, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1335741.htm

Carbon tax finds a friend on the right

Oct 15, 2010
Tim Mak
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/15/tim-mak-carbon-tax-finds-a-friend-on-the-right/

Canada should tax polluters, OECD says

Would spur green tech innovations: report
Oct 14, 2010
PETER O'NEIL
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+should+polluters+OECD+says/3669537/story.html

Science or Panic Behind BPA Decision?

Oct 14, 2010
Rob Breakenridge
CHQR
http://www.am770chqr.com/Blogs/RobBreakenridge/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10151950

Global warming confuses Americans

Oct 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/14/us-study-globalwarming-confusion.html

Eco fee reversal: Recycling costs won’t go away

Oct 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/874996--eco-fee-reversal-recycling-costs-won-t-go-away

Canada not ready for shale gas boom

Oct 14, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-not-ready-for-shale-gas-boom/article1756636/

Oil sands mean money, Morton insists

Oct 14, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/14/scott-stinson-oil-sands-mean-money-morton-insists/

Chemicals survive waste treatment to be released into environment: study

Oct 14, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/chemicals-survive-waste-treatment-to-be-released-into-environment-study-104965919.html

Pot's not the problem, Mr. Harper

Oct 14, 2010
Charles W. Moore
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1261671

Government of Canada Works with Alberta to Improve Drug Treatment Services Aimed at Youth

Oct 14, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Works-with-Alberta-Improve-Drug-Treatment-Services-Aimed-Youth-1335197.htm

Safety Review of Bisphosphonate Drugs and the Possible Risk of Rare but Serious Thigh Bone Fractures

Oct 14, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Safety-Review-Bisphosphonate-Drugs-Possible-Risk-Rare-but-Serious-Thigh-Bone-Fractures-1335249.htm

HPIC and Rx&D renew agreement to provide hope and essential medicines to the Developing World

Signing Ceremony held in Mississauga as part of HPIC's 20th Anniversary
Oct 14, 2010
CANADA'S RESEARCH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES (RX&D)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/14/c1166.html

Canada first to declare bisphenol A toxic

Oct 13, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-first-to-declare-bisphenol-a-toxic/article1755272/

BPA declared toxic in Canada

Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/13/bpa-toxic.html

Ottawa biggest roadblock to easing pipeline's effects: panel

Oct 13, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/ottawa-not-industry-biggest-roadblock-on-easing-effects-of-pipeline-panel-104878934.html

UBC robot to probe Antarctic sea ice

Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/13/ubc-robot-seaice.html

Mercury leaked into Columbia River by smelter

Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/10/13/bc-teck-smelter-mercury-dump.html

Shores of Lake Huron awash in plastic pellets

Oct 13, 2010
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/shores-of-lake-huron-awash-in-plastic-pellets/article1756213/

India group bids on Quebec asbestos mine

Oct 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/13/mtl-asbestos-mine.html

For wealthy countries, a mixed environmental report card

Oct 13, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/for-wealthy-countries-a-mixed-environmental-report-card/article1754350/

Tiny sardines offer great guilt-free value

Oct 13, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-tiny-sardines-offer-great-guilt-free-value--104903634.html

Government of Canada Launches New Program to Help Graduates Start Innovative Businesses

Economic Action Plan Invests in Southern Ontario Future Leaders
Oct 13, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Launches-New-Program-Help-Graduates-Start-Innovative-Businesses-1334270.htm

Emerging Technologies Thrive in Canada

Oct 13, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Emerging-Technologies-Thrive-in-Canada-1334060.htm

Lunn: Government's Green Energy Investments Boost Nanaimo Forestry Community

Oct 13, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Lunn-Governments-Green-Energy-Investments-Boost-Nanaimo-Forestry-Community-1334463.htm

Ontario’s Green Energy Push Draws Fire From Japan, U.S. and E.U.

Oct 12, 2010
Jennifer Pinkowski
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS84066630720101012

Medical scientists dispute geologists’ claims about safety of asbestos

It’s a hot issue in Quebec, where the mineral is a major export product, despite efforts to ban it
Oct 12, 2010
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/safety-of-asbestos.aspx

Canada’s wind innovation put to the test

Oct 12, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadas-wind-innovation-put-to-the-test/article1754206/

Google investing in wind farm transmission

Oct 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/12/google-wind-transmission.html

Pollution could limit IT growth

Oct 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/12/technology-carbon-emissions.html

Harper Government Supports Innovation and Growth at Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses in Southern Ontario

Economic Action Plan invests in jobs and growth through research and development
Oct 12, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Innovation-Growth-Small-Medium-Sized-Businesses-Southern-1333529.htm

Collaborative approach needed to overcome canada's lagging implementation of technology in health systems

Oct 12, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/12/c9759.html

Places of the heart, not the wallet

A visit to some of Canada’s national parks actually distances us from ecological realities
Oct 12, 2010
JEFF GAILUS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/places-of-the-heart-not-the-wallet/article1750749/

Government of Canada Works with the Province of Manitoba to Reduce Illicit Drug Use

Oct 12, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Works-with-the-Province-of-Manitoba-to-Reduce-Illicit-Drug-Use-1333565.htm

Sometimes, a little elitism is a good thing

Oct 11, 2010
John Moore
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/11/john-moore-sometimes-a-little-elitism-is-a-good-thing/

1st patient treated in stem-cell trial

Oct 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/11/stem-cells-geron.html

U.S. trial marks dawn of the ‘stem-cell age’

Oct 11, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-trial-marks-dawn-of-the-stem-cell-age/article1752303/

New invasive tunicate hits N.B. waters

Oct 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/11/nb-golden-star-tunicate-caraquet.html

Why PEI’s wind plan is dying

Oct 11, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-peis-wind-plan-is-dying/article1752506/

Maxime Bernier defended census as ‘essential’ in 2006

Oct 7, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/maxime-bernier-defended-census-as-essential-in-2006/article1747621/

Tories among hundreds of census supporters who emailed Harper

Oct 7, 2010
Jim Bronskill and Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-among-hundreds-of-census-supporters-who-emailed-harper/article1748207/

Even one dissenting Canadian enough to kill long-form census, says Clement

Oct 6, 2010
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/871359--even-one-dissenting-canadian-enough-to-kill-long-form-census-says-clement?bn=1

Bernier backs off on census claims

Oct 5, 2010
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Bernier+backs+census+claims/3628705/story.html

B.C. launches power program to take on Ontario

Oct 4, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-launches-power-program-to-take-on-ontario/article1742590/

Opposition, provinces fail to stir Tories from census position

Sep 29, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn and Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/opposition-provinces-fail-to-stir-tories-from-census-position/article1731919/

Ontario green policy comes under attack

Sep 16, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ontario-green-policy-comes-under-attack/article1710881/

New POSTnotes from the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

October 2010
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
- Resilience of UK Infrastructure: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn362-resilience-of-UK-infrastructure.pdf
- Sea Level Rise: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn363-sea-level-rise.pdf
- Drug Pricing: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_364_Drug_Pricing.pdf
- Electric Vehicles: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn365_electricvehicles.pdf

The Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium Series: Confronting Pseudoscience - A Call to Action

Oct 18 & 19, 2010 at McGill University
http://www.mcgill.ca/science/trottier-symposium/

Statement from Ontario Minister of the Environment John Wilkinson Regarding Waste Diversion

Oct 12, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/10/statement-from-ontario-minister-of-the-environment-john-wilkinson-regarding-waste-diversion.html