18 April 2008: Rare 'atypical' mad cow case reported in Canada. Read more
16 April 2008: Canada is set to be the first in the world to declare the widely used chemical bisphenol A a dangerous substance because of its estrogen-mimicking ability. Read more
3 April 2008: The researchers found that farming and power generation are the largest sources of Canadian carbon dioxide emissions per dollar output. Read more
28 March 2008: A Canadian-headquartered biopharmaceutical company is conducting the second Phase 3 study of a new drug designed to treat prostate disease. Read more
26 March 2008: Shell Canada has incorporated Earth Observation data into its Sustainable Development Report, demonstrating the potential of satellites to provide a global and cost-effective way to measure objectively the sustainability of business activities. Read more
20 March 2008: Food insecurity linked with HIV/AIDS in Africa. Read more
7 December 2007: A Canadian biofuels developer said Wednesday it plans to build a $24 million plant in southeast Missouri that would convert wood scraps into fuel to operate factories and heat office buildings. Read more
30 November 2007: A new method developed in Britain over the past 17 years for extracting oil is now at the forefront of plans to exploit a massive heavy oilfield in Canada. Read more.
23 November 2007: Canada has announced one of the largest land conservation initiatives in Canadian history near the East Arm of Great Slave Lake and around the Ramparts River and Wetlands, both in the Northwest Territories. Read more
22 November 2007: The Canadian government is investing in solar energy, awarding $1.1 million for projects promoting photovoltaic and solar thermal power technologies. Read more
9 November 2007: An international project with European participation investigating the transmission risk of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) on humans will receive EUR3.5 million from the Alberta Prion Research Institute (APRI) in Canada. Read more
1 November 2007: A political declaration from a coalition of European countries, US states, Canadian provinces, New Zealand and Norway launched the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) on 29 October. Read more
31 October 2007: Tree stumps at the feet of Western Canadian glaciers are providing new insights into the accelerated rates at which the rivers of ice have been shrinking due to human-aided global warming. Read more
29 October 2007: The last remaining mountain caribou will soon have 2.18 million hectares of land in westernmost Canada to roam, free from predators and commercial development, staying the demise of the most endangered mammal in North America. Read more
29 October 2007: Can scientific respectability be tarred by association? The US House Committee on Science and Technology seems to think so. It is scrutinising ExxonMobil's motives for funding research by an astrophysicist into the impact of climate change on the polar bear population of western Hudson Bay in Canada. Read more
29 October 2007: Three top Michigan politicians have come forward with a plan for the low water levels at lakes statewide: using man-made engineering to fix the problem. Read more 19 October 2007: More girls than boys are born in some Canadian communities because airborne pollutants called dioxins can alter normal sex ratios, even if the source of the pollution is many kilometers away, researchers say. Read more
5 October 2007: The European Commission and Canada are launching 11 new transatlantic cooperation projects in higher education and vocational training. European participation will be funded with €1.4 million from the European Commission, while the Canadian Government will match this for transatlantic participation. Read more 20 September 2007: If you want to catch a trophy northern pike, walleye or brook trout in the northern Canadian wilderness, better plan your trip soon. Read more
20 September 2007: Leading experts from some of the world's top corporations and research institutes will set out their vision of the next-generation Internet, its enhanced interactivity, and how users, business, scientists and citizens may exploit its new possibilities, at a conference in Ottawa, Canada, on 3 October. Read more
13 September 2007: A global meeting between higher education leaders has resulted in a Statement of Principles intended to promote and guide international collaboration, and to raise the quality of graduate education across countries and regions. Read more
13 September 2007: The governors of six western states and the leaders of two Canadian provinces announced in August that they will enforce a regional cap on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read more
25 July 2007: Rising temperatures in eastern Canada are making it more dangerous for the native Inuit population in the province of Quebec to travel and hunt by snowmobile. Read more
16 July 2007: A new worldwide scientific portal has gone online, offering researchers and interested members of the public free access to more than 200 million pages of international research information. Read more.
16 July 2007: Dr. Philippe De Wals of Université Laval's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine has published a study clearly indicating that the addition of folic acid to flours has led to a 46% drop in the incidence of congenital neural tube deformation (mainly anencephaly and spina bifida) in Canada. Read more
4 July 2007: Teaching the body's own immune system to seek out and destroy cancerous tumours represents a promising way to fight a disease that kills more than 70,000 Canadians a year. Read more
3 July 2007: High Arctic ponds -- the most common source of surface water in many polar regions -- are now beginning to evaporate due to recent climate warming. “The final ecological threshold for an aquatic ecosystem is loss of water,” says Dr. Smol. “These sites have now crossed that threshold.” Read more
27 June 2007: After five years of design and development work by nearly 500 students from most ESA member countries, along with the United States, Japan, Canada and Australia, the experiment has passed its final review. Read more
27 June 2007: NASA and its 15 partner nations, including Russia, Canada, Japan and European countries, plan to finish construction of the space station in 2010, when the U.S. space shuttles are grounded and NASA focuses its manned spaceflight program on returning to the moon in an Orion spacecraft. Read more
22 June 2007: Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while protecting paramedics from injury. read more
22 June 2007: The Canadian government called on the food industry on Wednesday to tightly limit artery-clogging trans fats, and threatened mandatory cuts if enough is not done in the next two years. read more
12 June 2007: G8 leaders agree "substantial" greenhouse gas cuts. The European Union, Canada and Japan want to cut emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050. read more
28 May 2007: Advanced life support cuts breathing crisis deaths. Canadian research suggests adding advanced life support will drop overall mortality rates from 14.3 to 12.4 percent. read more
28 May 2007: Virtual human puts doctors inside their patients. The movable "4D" image of a human, developed by Canadian researchers, will let doctors plan complex surgery. read more
25 May 2007: Even before they begin to speak themselves, a young baby can tell when you're speaking a different language just by looking at your face. Canadian researchers came to these conclusions after studying videos of babies from monolingual and bilingual homes. But unless they are growing up in a bilingual home, babies lose this skill by the time they are eight months old. read more
24 May 2007: A new report says climate change could be putting Canada's Arctic whales in hot water. The report, released Tuesday by the World Wildlife Fund, said global warming is likely having the same effect on whales that it's having on polar bears -- changing the conditions under which they are adapted to live. read more
15 May 2007: Canada's vast forests should be protected much more than they are now to preserve wildlife and water and to fight global warming, a group of 1,500 scientists from around the world said on Monday. read more
1 May 2007: Canada acknowledges it will not meet Kyoto targets. Despite a national environmental initiative announced on Thursday that plans to cut greenhouse gases by 20 percent by 2020. read more
30 April 2007: Canada says will cut emissions by 20 percent by 2020. Environment plan promises to halve air pollution by 2015. read more
27 April 2007: Work on North America's biggest solar power plant will start next year in Ontario, the Canadian province's energy minister said on Thursday. read more
26 April 2007: Canada will ban the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2012 as part of a plan to cut down on emissions of greenhouse gases, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn said on Wednesday. read more
24 April 2007: Jobless rate could soar on Kyoto compliance – Canada. The three opposition parties have passed a bill demanding that the government implement the Kyoto Protocol. read more
23 April 2007: 'Instant face lift' chemical DMAE damages skin cells. Canadian researchers call for rigorous testing of chemicals used in cosmetic products. read more
20 April 2007: A Montreal woman has frozen her eggs so they can be used by her seven-year-old daughter, who cannot have children because of a genetic condition. read more
18 April 2007: Canadian scientists and engineers have developed a robot with a keen sense of touch that will let doctors perform microscopic operations on the brain using the most vivid visuals yet, they said on Tuesday. read more
28 March 2007: Denomega Nutritional Oils has announced the Health Canada approval of its omega-3 ingredients for use in most foods, thereby opening up another market to the company. read more
7 March 2007: A deadly bacteria that attacks the intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health, said on Tuesday. read more
6 March 2007: Canada to study polar ecosystem for climate clues. The $NZ49 million investigation involving more than 200 researchers from 14 countries is believed to be the largest single study in the International Polar Year programme. read more
5 March 2007: Rates of diabetes in Canada's most populous province have already zoomed past what was predicted for 2030, which suggests the global epidemic will be far worse than feared, researchers reported on Thursday. read more
2 March 2007: Concern over global warming has breathed new life into Canada's nuclear industry, which is eyeing the possibility of its first new plants in the country in a quarter century, industry officials said on Thursday. read more
1 March 2007: New natural gas dehydration technology improves energy. Canadian company Vaperma's new membrane-based technology offers a promising alternative to conventional processes for natural gas dehydration. read more
23 February 2007: Canadian Govt joins Gates Foundation to launch Aids vaccine. To fund a new research facility that will enable Canadian scientists to join the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise dedicated to the development of a preventative vaccine. read more
23 February 2007: Memories of traumatic events are not suppressed by the people who experienced them but can be recalled clearly, according to Canadian researchers. read more
20 February 2007: Kidney patients often use high-risk drugs and herbs. A new Canadian study has shown over-the-counter remedies can interfere with prescribed drugs and can cause kidney damage. read more
15 February 2007: Scientists to microchip fish to track movements. Canada's Ocean Tracking Network is to be expanded in an effort to better understand how fish and other marine animals are being affected by climate change and overfishing. read more
14 February 2007: Janet Panford is new to her position of ERA-Can Director, but already speaks enthusiastically and confidently about what the initiative, intended to strengthen collaboration between Canadian and European scientists, can achieve. read more
7 February 2007: Canada does not see greenhouse gas cuts soon. Canada's emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, blamed for global warming, are now 33 percent above the level it agreed to hit by 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol. read more
26 January 2007: Canada won't follow Bush on reducing oil consumption: Harper. read more
25 January 2007: Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada, have announced the completion of the first draft of the human metabolome, the chemical equivalent of the human genome. read more
17 January 2007: Canada's pharmacists said on Monday they were banding together to fight a U.S. bill that could see a flood of brand-name prescription drugs exported south of the border. read more
16 January 2007: Global warming is set to bring a host of unexpected health problems to Canada, public health officials are warning. read more
11 December 2006: In the frigid, murky waters of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, UBC marine biologist and veterinarian Chris Harvey-Clark is painting a clearer picture of a mysterious predator that could be the longest-lived vertebrate on the planet. read more
7 December 2006: The European Union and Canada renewed their cooperation ties on higher education during an informal education ministerial meeting in Helsinki, on 5 December. read more
7 December 2006: The world's largest study into a rare type of bone cancer is making good progress, an international cancer conference has been told. EURAMOS (European and American Osteosarcoma Study Group) is a clinical trial which brings together groups from 11 European countries, as well as the US and Canada, to improve the treatment of people suffering from osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. read more
6 December 2006: EU-Canada relations: signature of new agreement to boost cooperation in higher education, vocational training and youth. Today, at an informal education ministerial meeting in Helsinki, a new eight-year education agreement was signed between the EU and Canada. It not only renews their long-standing cooperation programme in higher education and vocational training, but also expands it by including youth measures. Over a period of eight years, new innovative joint study/training programmes will be launched, exchanges of students, teachers and other professionals will be promoted, as well as the strengthening of the collaboration between youth organisations. The agreement will also encourage a policy dialogue on priority issues in the fields of higher education and vocational training. read more 6 December 2006: The world’s largest study aimed at improving the treatment of a rare type of bone cancer that mainly affects children and young adults is well underway, an international conference was told. The EURAMOS clinical trial, which involves a collaboration across 11 European countries, as well as the US and Canada, is on course to recruit some 1400 patients over the next few years to improve treatment for osteosarcoma, the most common bone cancer in children. read more
4 December 2006: Great Lakes treated like great big sewer. 20 cities in Canada and the US are responsible for dumping 90 billion litres of untreated sewage into the Great Lakes each year - environmental report. read more
4 December 2006: The program is a collaboration among Canon, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the U.S. National Park Service. Thanks to a generous commitment by Canon, the program will be awarding eight $80,000 (U.S. dollars) scholarships to Ph.D. students throughout the Americas to conduct research critical to conserving the national parks of the region. read more
1 December 2006: Canada experts find path round internet firewalls. The Psiphon programme, developed by computer experts at the University of Toronto, allows an Internet user in a country with no online curbs to set up an account for someone in a country that censors Web content, and that person can then surf the net without restrictions. read more
30 November 2006: When Canada’s new prime minister, Stephen Harper, came to power February 6, pundits predicted that he would abandon the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty on greenhouse-gas reductions. Although Harper hasn’t withdrawn Canada from the treaty, his Conservative Party government’s proposed clean air law won’t meet the first Kyoto target period of 2008–2012. In fact, it won’t meet any targets until Harper himself is an old man, in 2050. read more
14 November 2006: Aboriginal communities in Ontario's far north are becoming increasingly isolated as rising temperatures melt their winter route to the outside world and impede their access to supplies. read more
1 November 2006: Canadian Space Agency eyes partnership with Russia for mission to Red Planet By -- Ottawa Sun Canada wants to collaborate with Russia to explore the red planet. read more
17 October 2006: Industrial world losing sight of Kyoto targets. Europe is veering off course, Japan is still far from its target and Canada has given up. read more
12 October 2006: More than 4,000 people are expected in Toronto for the first meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America outside the United States. read more
6 October 2006: Although Canada cannot meet its obligations for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases under the Kyoto protocol, the government will not rush to set new targets of its own, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose said on Thursday. read more
2 October 2006: Canada's Environment Minister Rona Ambrose promised new legislation to be unveiled next month that would force deep cuts in air pollution and greenhouse gases that cause global warming, but not hurt industry. read more
21 September 2006: Music lessons can improve memory and learning ability in young children by encouraging different patterns of brain development, research shows. Read more
11 September 2006: The European Commission, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Genome Canada have announced a global collaborative research effort which aims to increase our understanding of the role of genes in a range of diseases. read more
28 August 2006: Babies born to women who took the newer type of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs during pregnancy appear to be at increased risk of having a low birth weight and to develop respiratory distress, Canadian researchers report. Read more
25 August 2006: Canada confirmed Wednesday that a cow on an Alberta farm has mad cow disease, the country’s eighth case of the condition that has roiled the North American livestock industry. Read more
17 August 2006:Only half of doctors disclose less obvious mishaps. A University of Washington study of 2700 American and Canadian doctors has found that while 65 percent would definitely disclose a serious mistake, the medics varied widely in when and how they told patients an error had occurred. read more
15 August 2006: The light scent of marijuana wafted among exhibits at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, as activists took advantage of Canada's comparatively pot-friendly policies to make a pitch for the drug as a pain-killer. read more
10 August 2006: The 16th International AIDS Conference opens in Toronto on Sunday and will vastly differ from the first meeting, in Atlanta in 1985, four years after AIDS was discovered. read more
9 August 2006: In warmer world, even Inuit buy air conditioners. How lifestyles will be affected by global warming. read more
3 August 2006: Environment Canada (EC) and Health Canada have proposed to control, limit, or ban widely used stain repellents that keep fast-food grease off clothes and nasty stains off carpets. read more
2 August 2006: Canada said on Monday it needed to do more to fight the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS after new data showed the number of victims infected was growing steadily. read more
21 July 2006: Rob Myers, Faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada has been named a Royal Society of Canada Fellow. Prof. Myers is only 1 of 10 distinguished scientists accepted into the Mathematical and Physical Scientists division this year. read more
12 July 2006: The 16th International AIDS Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada, from 13 to 18 August. The conference theme, 'Time to Deliver', underscores the continued urgency in bringing effective HIV prevention and treatment strategies to communities the world over. read more
30 June 2006: A rise in infectious diseases, food-poisoning outbreaks, flooding coastlines, as well as crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems are all among the dangers Canada faces because of climate change, newly released federal documents warn. read more
26 June 2006: The Specific Populations HIV/AIDS Initiatives Fund (the Populations Fund), under the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada, supports national projects that prevent HIV infection, increase access to appropriate diagnosis, care, treatment, and support, and increase healthy behaviors among Canada's populations most affected by HIV/AIDS and those most vulnerable to infection. The fund will support projects with varying funding requirements from a minimum of $100,000 per fiscal year to a maximum of $200,000 per fiscal year. The closing date is July 17, 2006. read more
22 June 2006: Canada can cut its greenhouse gas emissions 60 per cent by 2050 using existing technology, says a new study by a federal agency. read more
9 June 2006: An EU-led initiative is helping residents of a flood-prone community in Canada to predict when their town is likely to be hit by flash floods. read more
9 June 2006: Salmon and herring populations off southwest Vancouver Island will suffer next year and the year after because of the persistence of unusually warm temperatures in the ocean, warns a State of the Oceans report, released Wednesday by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. read more