Canada's innovation gap

The decline of Nortel coincides with a troubling reality: Research spending is shrinking, productivity is sliding, and we're still leaning too heavily on our resources
Jul 2, 2009
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/canadas-innovation-gap/article1203108/

Digital revolution needs to speed up in Canada

July 2, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1130249.html

Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu found in Hong Kong

July 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/03/hk-swine.html

Swine flu cases worldwide surpass 77,000

Cumulative totals include at least 332 global deaths
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/swine-flu.html

Britain predicts 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by end of August

July 2, 2009
Maria Cheng
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/659894

Health Canada weighs options as U.S. FDA adds "black box" warnings

July 3, 2009
Teresa Smith
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Health+Canada+weighs+options+adds+black+warnings/1756296/story.html

Antipsychotic drug use spiralling in kids, research says

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/health-drugs.html

Canada to match U.S. climate change rules

Environment Minister Jim Prentice says regulations must be ‘comparable' to avoid punitive tariffs on oil sands and other big greenhouse-gas emitters
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-to-match-us-climate-change-rules/article1202636/

Oil sands to take hit from U.S. bill

Producers and their U.S. refiners face sharply higher costs
Jul 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-to-take-hit-from-us-bill/article1201222/

Farmers start to write off year as drought parches Prairie land

This may be start of more than a typical dry spell, researcher says
July 3, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/farmers-start-to-write-off-year-as-drought-parches-prairie-land/article1203663/

Climate change in the land of great drought

Given that droughts represent a recurring reality, why does each new occurrence seem to be a surprise?
July 3, 2009
Barry Smit
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-change-in-the-land-of-great-drought/article1204677/

Canada's environment minister disagrees with WWF climate scorecard

July 2, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h7mW6f1p1eqwoibMhvtGnM1nPvMw

Canada dead last on green list

We have fallen behind other nations on climate change plan, scorecard reveals
Jul 1, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/659218

Canada last among G8 on climate change action: report

July 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/01/tech-climate-scorecard-wwf.html

U.S. legal case opens animal testing to more scrutiny

Settlement between Humane Society, federal government means Agriculture Department must post information online
Jul 1, 2009
Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-legal-case-opens-animal-testing-to-more-scrutiny/article1203653/

Canadian-made HIV vaccine close to human trial

July 2, 2009
Linda Nguyen
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1752321

Changing El Nino making hurricanes more frequent, research suggests

Unconventional new structure could lead to increased warning of deadly storms
July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/science-nino-hurricane.html

Canada-U.S. may go different routes on pandemic vaccine production

July 1, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iH-wG-zD8Yn_Wxpav5Mn4ssTx5dw

Report offers answer on swine flu's slow spread

July 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/02/flu-spread.html

Toronto garbage sites stir pest-spraying war

July 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/garbage-chemicals.html

Shrinking sheep blamed on climate change

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/science-global-warming-sheep.html

New materials for renewable energy: The power of being made very small

Nano-engineering can produce substances with unique properties that will give renewable energy a boost
July 2, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13941135

Ottawa firm developing energy-efficient solid-state light

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/ottawa-light-high-tech-bulb.html

Wascana Lake study to examine fertilizer effects

July 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/02/water-experiment-fertilizer.html

FDA urges lower doses for popular painkillers

Canada to study U.S. findings
June 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/30/fda-painkiller-restrictions375.html

Celebrating our natural wealth on Canada Day

July 2, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14938