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Articles in March, 2006 issue of Canadian Chemical News

• Energy info for Canadians.
• CIC.(Industry)
• The University of Western Ontario has announced that Natasha Patrito, MCIC, Dnangporn Wanapunthe, and Jigaug Zhon, MCIC, have each won Christian Sivertz Scholarships.(University)
• A touch of green--recycling waste synthetic polymers.(Feeling Experimental? Try a "Touch of Green" chemistry experiment)
  by Krause, John R.; Venkateswaran, Rashmi
• The brain drain: are Canada's best brains washing down the drain? Can we count on the Canadian government to slow the flow?
  by Lipsey, Richard G.
• CLS Signs Exchange with Australia.(Canadian Light Source)(Brief article)
• In memoriam.(CIC BULLETIN ICC)(Manufacturers and Chemical Industry Council of North Carolina)(Ronald G. Micetich)(Robert S. Shelley)(Obituary)
  by Pinto, B. Mario
• Intangibles--Exploring the Full Depth of Issues.
  by Loury, Alex
• The Ontario government promotes research excellence by recognizing dedicated university researchers as recipients of the John Charles Polanyi Prize.(Government)
• "Name the Mascot" contest.(from Chemical Institute of Canada which targets elementary school students )(Brief article)
• Chemistry on the go: the future is now. First-year chemistry moves the classroom and into the pocket PC.
  by Burk, Robert
• ACS Chemistry Enterprise 2015.
• Events / evenements.
• Is Canadian chemistry obsolete?(GUEST COLUMN / CHRONIQUEUR INVITE)
• Science that sticks: chemist's work behind U.S. decision to ban PFOA.(perfluorooctanoic Acid)
  by L'Abbe, Sonnet
• The wonders of chemistry.
• New National Centre of Biomedical Innovation.
• Thanks to Marvin.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Thorn, David
• Chemist are professionals, aren't they?(Canadian Society for Chemistry )
  by Schwass, Dave
• ETL joins ALS Laboratory Group.
• Sully stuff: to what extent do fraudulent claims sully science's reputation.(CHEM FUSION)
  by Schwarcz, Joe
• University of Saskatchewan.(University)
• Daniel Leznuff, MCIC, associate professor of chemistry at Simon Fraser University, has received an NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) grant.(Government)
• Student chapter merit awards/Les prix du merite des sections etudiantes.
• RNA--marvellous, multi-tasking molecules.
  by Gardy, Jennifer
• Extracts from antioxidants.
  by Roberts, Alicia
• Dalhousie University.(University)
• Alfred Bader: chemical and corporate history.(LOCAL SECTION NEWS / NOUVELLES DES SECTIONS LOCALES)
  by Leznoff, Daniel
• Chemistry redefined: McGill University's chemistry department could rest on its laurels. Instead, it's been redefined, redesigned, and realigned. Why all the drastic changes? Does chemistry as we know it still exist?
  by Lennox, R. Bruce
• Peter D. Clark, FCIC, is the 2005 winner of the Canadian Catalysis Lectureship Award.(Distinction)
• National chemistry week.(from Chemical Institute of Canada)
• The chemistry enterprise in 2015: the modern definition of chemistry is changing. What is chemistry in the 21st century? Could it disappear altogether? Experts from the American Chemical Society share their views in this excerpt from the American Chemical
  by Carroll, William F., Jr.; Raber, Douglas J.
• CCPA signs the RC Global Charter.(Canadian Chemical Producers' Association)(Brief article)