Four leading BC researchers receive close to $2 million from the Canadian Cancer Society

May 25, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/25/c7341.html

Health Canada expert wonders: what's in the water, Coca-Cola?

May 24, 2011
Sarah Schmidt¸
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+expert+wonders+what+water+Coca+Cola/4833642/story.html

Norway unveils billion-dollar clean energy plan

May 24, 2011
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/norway-unveils-billion-dollar-clean-energy-plan/article2032574/

Deadly U.S. tornadoes not linked to climate change, meteorologists say

Forecasters keeping a close watch on Canada's coming tornado season
May 24, 2011
Kazi Stastna
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/f-tornadoes-trend.html

Exploding watermelons? Canadians say 'no thanks' to Chinese food imports

May 24, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/exploding-watermelons-canadians-say-no-thanks-to-chinese-food-imports/article2033298/

Bill Gates urges rich countries to fund poor farmers

May 24, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/bill-gates-urges-rich-countries-to-fund-poor-farmers/article2033487/

NASA bids adieu to Spirit Mars rover

May 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/science-spirit-mars-rover.html

Rare falcons move into Sudbury mine sites

May 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/environment-peregrine-falcons-sudbury.html

Another health checkup

With a spending crunch ahead, it’s time for a new royal commission on health care
May 24, 2011
Dr. Harvey Schipper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995031--another-health-checkup

Preserving medicare means accepting changes

But that doesn’t include yet another royal commission on health care
May 24, 2011
Gregory Marchildon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/996307--preserving-medicare-means-accepting-changes

Hudak borrows from Harper’s playbook to explain his health care policies

May 24, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/hudak-borrows-from-harpers-playbook-to-explain-his-health-care-policies/article2033634/

Our pledge to children and mothers

At this week’s G8 summit, Prime Minister Harper must push for an accounting on aid dollars earmarked for maternal and children’s health
May 24, 2011
Dave Toycen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995026--our-pledge-to-children-and-mothers

Cancer Prevention gets a boost from Healthy Families BC strategy

May 24, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/24/c7176.html

Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel invites the public to attend information sessions

May 24, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency & National Energy Board
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/24/c6939.html

Improved Facilities For University of Guelph Students

More than 670 students will have access to new and improved facilities at the University of Guelph Ridgetown campus by fall 2012.
May 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/05/improved-facilities-for-university-of-guelph-students.html

Clean Energy Investment Creating 80 New Jobs

Ontario's shift toward clean, renewable energy is strengthening the province's economy by attracting good jobs, investment and opportunities for Windsor-area families.
May 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creating-80-new-jobs.html

With thorium, we could have safe nuclear power

Canada experimented with the safer fuel for decades. Now China, using Candu reactors, is likely to beat us to its use
May 23, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/with-thorium-we-could-have-safe-nuclear-power/article2030383/

A fiery environmental apocalypse

Human-engendered climate change could be linked to the increasing frequency and scope of forest fires in Canada and around the world
May 23, 2011
Stephen Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995041--a-fiery-environmental-apocalypse

The computer will see you now: Telehealth programs catch on

May 23, 2011
ADRIANA BARTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/the-computer-will-see-you-now-telehealth-programs-catch-on/article2031925/

No one followed the B.C black-market salmon

May 22, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-one-followed-the-bc-black-market-salmon/article2031554/

The tyranny of mother’s milk

Women were made to feel that failing to nurse their babies was tantamount to child abuse
May 20, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-tyranny-of-mothers-milk/article2030188/

Slave Lake shows the increasing risk of serious forest fires, experts warn

May 20, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/slave-lake-shows-the-increasing-risk-of-serious-forest-fires-experts-warn/article2030715/

N.S. health authority wants only nutritious snacks at its Tim Hortons hospital outlets

May 20, 2011
TU THANH HA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/ns-health-authority-wants-only-nutritious-snacks-at-its-tim-hortons-hospital-outlets/article2029868/

Fukushima chills uranium development

May 19, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/fukushima-chills-uranium-development/article2025353/

Combating addiction: Can a vaccine stop drug abuse?

It may be possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs
May 19, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18710110

U.K. agrees to tough carbon targets

May 17, 2011
Pilita Clark, Jim Pickard
The Financial Times
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/european/uk-agrees-to-tough-carbon-targets/article2025243/

How Do We Compare? Lifting Our Game on Healthcare Performance

May 17, 2011
Colleen M. Flood
Longwoods.com
http://www.longwoods.com/content/22370/print

Arsenic, lead in women's cosmetics; Environmental group calls for regulation

May 16, 2011
Diana Mehta
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/arsenic-lead-in-womens-cosmetics-environmental-group-calls-for-regulation/article2023309/

Bruce Power pulls application to U.S. safety regulator for Great Lakes nuke shipment

May 16, 2011
JOHN FLESHER
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/bruce-power-pulls-application-to-us-safety-regulator-for-great-lakes-nuke-shipment/article2024220/

More doctors prescribing placebos to unwitting patients

May 5, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/More+doctors+prescribing+placebos+unwitting+patients/4728558/story.html

Students ignore science, math at their peril: expert

May 18, 2011
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Students+ignore+science+math+their+peril+expert/4801738/story.html

Canadian Science Policy Conference Promotional Video

May 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjo-o38v1K8

New research prize targets health promotion

May 17, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/new-research-prize-targets-health-promotion/article2024290/

Involve students in big university classes instead of lecturing: Nobel laureate

May 12, 2011
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/style/involve-students-in-big-university-classes-instead-of-lecturing-nobel-laureate.html

National Inventory Report: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada

May 2011
Environment Canada
http://www.ec.gc.ca/Publications/A07097EF-8EE1-4FF0-9AFB-6C392078D1A9%5CNationalInventoryReportGreenhouseGasSourcesAndSinksInCanada19902009ExecutiveSummary.pdf

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

May 2011
The Ecosystem Approach: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_377-ecosystem-approach.pdf
Natural Capital Accounting: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_376-natural-capital-accounting.pdf
Detecting Deception: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn375Detecting_deception.pdf

The Cutting Edge of Chemistry: A Pharma Matters Report

May 2011
Thomson Reuters
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ls/cutting_edge_of_chemistry.pdf?elq=65c65869b3d94cd8a248321d936a4f61

Touch the Future of IP: Canadian Intellectual Property Office Business Plan for 2011-2012

May 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/vwapj/PlanActivites-BusinessPlan-eng.pdf/$FILE/PlanActivites-BusinessPlan-eng.pdf

Saving the Bluefin Tuna

We have the tools to rebuild the bluefin population, but we need to get our government on board
May 20, 2011
David Suzuki
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5254-saving-the-bluefin-tuna

Harper backs United Nations report on maternal health

May 20, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-backs-united-nations-report-on-maternal-health/article2029729/

Canada still far from meeting climate targets: Govt report

May 20, 2011
Geoff Dembicki
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Environment/2011/05/20/Canada-emissions-target-EC/

Familial DNA searches raise tough ethical questions

May 20, 2011
Douglas Quan
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Familial+searches+raise+tough+ethical+questions/4819272/story.html

McGuinty Liberals bogged down by power policy

May 20, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/mcguinty-liberals-bogged-down-by-power-policy/article2030658/

'Zombie apocalypse' health advice goes viral

May 20, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/20/zombie-apocalypse-cdc-blog-public-health.html

Oyster fishermen want solution to polluted waters

May 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/05/20/pe-oyster-fishermen-solution.html

Talking about brain cancer

May 20, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Talking+about+brain+cancer/4813270/story.html

New Partnership Strengthens Ontario Economy

Ontario signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Siemens Canada that will help the province continue to turn the corner through investments in industry, energy, health care and infrastructure
May 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/new-partnership-strengthens-ontario-economy.html

Alternative medicine: Think yourself better

Alternative medical treatments rarely work. But the placebo effect they induce sometimes does
May 19, 2011 |
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18710090

Harper government ready to take on oilsands emissions this year: Kent

May 19, 2011
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j8-LIoZWbqP1nqTy9vt5YVf789_Q

Tories take cap-and-trade system ‘off the table’: Kent

May 19, 2011
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/993953--tories-take-cap-and-trade-system-off-the-table-kent?bn=1

Canadians go online, cross border to skirt pesticides ban

Health Canada issues warning about antkiller bought online
May 19, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/pol-pesticides-sneaky.html

Busy Atlantic hurricane season forecast

May 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/jurricane-forecast-noaa.html

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions dip

May 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/environment-greenhouse-gas-canada.html

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research announces spinoff companies developing promising anticancer technologies

May 19, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/19/c5977.html

Extinction rates overestimated: study

May 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/18/science-extinctions-overestimated-he-hubbell.html

Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released by Canadian Cancer Society

The release of Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 reveals the current state of cancer in Canada as well as predictive statistics for the year
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=451

Not enough Canadians being screened for colorectal cancer, leading to many unnecessary deaths

Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released by the Canadian Cancer Society with special focus on colorectal cancer
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/canadian-cancer-society/not-enough-canadians-being-screened-for-colorectal

Statistics confirm BC has lowest cancer incidence and death rates in Canada again in 2011 and lowest incidence of colorectal cancer

May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/18/c5569.html

Ultimate Science Fair Meets Canada's Best Trade Show at Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery 2011

May 18, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ultimate-science-fair-meets-canadas-best-trade-show-ontario-centres-excellences-discovery-1515977.htm

Ontario Leads Clean Water Research and Innovation

May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/05/ontario-leads-clean-water-research-and-innovation.html

Ontario's Water Strategy at Work

Eighty-five small rural and northern communities will get additional help in order for families to continue to have access to clean, safe, reliable water and affordable wastewater services.
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/moi/en/2011/05/ontarios-water-strategy-at-work.html

Advancing Water Stewardship In Ontario's Agri-Food Sector

Ontario is investing in new research that will help protect and conserve water while building a strong, sustainable future for our agri-food industries and rural communities.
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
http://news.ontario.ca/omafra/en/2011/05/new-directions.html

Route 167 North Project in the Direction of the Otish Mountains - Public Comments Invited and Public Meetings Held

May 18, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/18/c5686.html

Thought-controlled prosthetic arm vies for prize

May 17, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/17/technology-prosthetic-arm-prwata-caires.html

Sockeye haul linked aboriginal fishery to black market, DFO believes

May 17, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sockeye-haul-linked-aboriginal-fishery-to-black-market-dfo-believes/article2025898/

Brantford first city in Canada to ban shark fin

May 17, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/brantford-first-city-in-canada-to-ban-shark-fin/article2025124/

Electric vehicles: Horsepower v cash cows

How to use an electric car to turn a profit
May 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/electric_cars

Is addiction really a disease?

The medicalization of addiction is fundamental to the case for Insite
May 17, 2011
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/is-addiction-really-a-disease/article2024021/

Canada's paper industry to post profits for first time since 2002

May 17, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c5249.html

Impact of Severe Obesity Felt Far Beyond Physical - Financial Burden and Emotional Implications Also Significant

Survey finds Canadians with severe obesity motivated to lose weight, but struggle to find access to credible, long-term weight management resources
May 17, 2011
Canadian Obesity Network
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c4991.html

Labrador-Island Transmission Link Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

May 17, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c5277.html

Unhealthy neighbourhoods play big role in obesity, diabetes epidemic

May 16, 2011
LISA ROCHON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/unhealthy-neighbourhoods-play-big-role-in-obesity-diabetes-epidemic/article2024476/

P.E.I. hits emission targets early

May 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/16/pei-greenhouse-gas-emission-target-584.html

Violent Arctic storm a climate-change ‘harbinger,’ study finds

May 16, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/violent-arctic-storm-a-climate-change-harbinger-study-finds/article2023865/

Summit Builds New Partnerships For Greater Good

McGuinty Government Asks Ontarians To Help Shape Social Change
May 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/OIA051611.asp

Clean Energy Investment Creating Over 200 New Jobs

Anaergia Inc. is making Ontario home to its global headquarters and creating over 200 jobs for families.
May 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creating-over-200-new-jobs.html

Good Clean Energy Jobs Grow In Ontario

Ontario's Green Energy Act will help the province create 50,000 new clean energy jobs by the end of 2012.
May 16, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/05/good-clean-energy-jobs-grow-in-ontario.html

Self-fulfilling prophets of health-care doom

May 15, 2011
Will Falk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/991385--self-fulfilling-prophets-of-health-care-doom

Vital Arctic cooperation

May 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/991655--vital-arctic-cooperation

Spine surgery can become much more efficient

May 15, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/spine-surgery-can-become-much-more-efficient/article2023173/

A railway to Arctic riches: economic boom, environmental threat?

May 14, 2011
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/a-railway-to-arctic-riches-economic-boom-environmental-threat/article2021933/

Palliative care: fighting to survive

Underfunded and understaffed
May 14, 2011
Jared Lindzon
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/04/f-milestogo-palliative-care-funding.html

Insite’s next battle: supervised inhalation

May 14, 2011
SUNNY DHILLON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/insites-next-battle-supervised-inhalation/article2021966/

Green energy: Ontario's new political battleground

May 13, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/green-energy-ontarios-new-political-battleground/article2022212/

Crude again flows in TransCanada’s Keystone pipe

May 13, 2011
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/crude-again-flows-in-transcanadas-keystone-pipe/article2021868/

A dire warning from a broken pipe

May 13, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-dire-warning-from-a-broken-pipe/article2021897/

First nations dig in against Enbridge pipeline

May 13, 2011
CARRIE TAIT AND NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/first-nations-dig-in-against-enbridge-pipeline/article2021928/

Teaching methods: An alternative vote

Applying science to the teaching of science
May 12, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18678925

An uncertain future lies ahead for Zamboni’s MS theory and its potential patients

May 12, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/an-uncertain-future-lies-ahead-for-zambonis-ms-theory-and-its-potential-patients/article2020426/

Coastal nations urged to preserve Arctic waters

May 12, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/coastal-nations-urged-to-preserve-arctic-waters/article2020519/

Canada’s costly spine-surgeon backlog

May 12, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canadas-costly-spine-surgeon-backlog/article2020599/

Arctic treaty leaves much undecided

May 11, 2011
PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/arctic-treaty-leaves-much-undecided/article2017510/

When the state funds IVF, the cost is too high for everyone

May 11, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/when-the-state-funds-ivf-the-cost-is-too-high-for-everyone/article2018895/

The magic number for successful IVF? 15 eggs

May 10, 2011
Adriana Barton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/the-magic-number-for-successful-ivf-15-eggs/article2017576/

Census Day, 2011 – dawn of a new information-gathering era

May 10, 2011
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/census-day-2011-dawn-of-a-new-information-gathering-era/article2016837/

Oil spills intensify focus on new pipeline proposals

May 9, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-spills-intensify-focus-on-new-pipeline-proposals/article2015347/

Quebec plans $80-billion investment in northern development

May 9, 2011
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-plans-80-billion-investment-in-northern-development/article2015785/

Short-form census stays

May 5, 2011
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/short-form-census-stays-as-is-pmo-says-after-tory-mp-predicts-its-demise/article2011300/

CIHR and Health Canada Present: The New Science Policy Fellowship

The Science Policy Fellowships program will allow researchers at the doctoral, post-doctoral, new investigator and mid-senior investigator levels to carry out short-term policy assignments at Health Canada
Apr 18, 2011
CIHR and Health Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6Uil_6hg4

Crack down on fake medical data: journal

May 10, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Crack+down+fake+medical+data+journal/4754851/story.html