Posted: March 04, 2009

MOUNTIES' FALL FROM GRACE by Gillian Steward
  Westerners losing faith in the police force that helped build the West.
 
 

SLUMDOG ENTREPRENEUR by Sam Daley-Harris
  Microcredit helps beggars in Mumbai and Nairobi escape the poverty so graphically portrayed in hit movie.
 
 

WOMEN MUST CONFRONT OTTAWA'S ANTI-EQUALITY AGENDA by Barbara Byers
  Government using economic crisis as an excuse to attack pay equity.
 

SO LONG, SALAMANDERS by Stephen Leahy
  Like frogs, salamanders and other amphibians seem to be disappearing.
 
 

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Editorial

PARLIAMENT RETURNS TO THE ORDINARY DESPITE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES by Ish Theilheimer
  New approach is needed to break the Canadian stalemate.
 

Science matters

DUMPING CARBON INTO THE GROUND MIGHT NOT BE SMART by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Carbon capture and storage a popular slogan but an unproven technology which could backfire.
 

US watch

DISSING OBAMA by Chris Watson
  Longtime political activist analyzes why a few people are so cynical about the new President.
 

MeanToons
HOW SOME FUND MANAGERS THINK by John Meaney
  Maybe this is the reasoning behind the Caisse de dépôt et placement's losses.

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Canadian Politics

FEDERAL CRISIS SPENDING by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harper government throwing $3 billion at Conservative Meltdown — without any oversight.
 

ALBERTA CHANGING ITS SLOGAN by Scott Harris
  "Alberta Advantage" slogan seems as smug, unfriendly.

LIBS' ARROGANCE ON FULL DISPLAY by Bill Tieleman
  Lobbyists had free hand, newly released government documents show.
 
 

HOW TO PROMOTE BOTH THE ECONOMY AND EQUALITY by Elsie Hambrook
  Coalition of women's groups calls on all levels of government to check the results of their economic initiatives.
 

Workplaces

WORLD OF LABOUR by Harry Kelber
  Good, green jobs for USA, plus news from Korea, Germany, UK, Guadleloupe and Canadian/Mexican co-operation.
 
 

Consumers
CONVERTING TO DIGITAL TV from Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs
  Canadian stations will cease broadcasting analog signals in 2011.

Media files
JACQUES GODBOUT'S IMPASSIONED PLEA FOR THE NFB from CUPE
  Filmmaker and writer warns unique institution "on the road to extinction".

PICK OF THE WEEK

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Hot headlines

HOW CREDIT UNIONS SURVIVED THE CRASH by Ralph Nader
  The co-operative model was not vulnerable to sub-prime mania.
 
 

OBAMA GOVERNMENT VOWS NOT TO USE "WATERBOARDING" from Reuters
  New Attorney General says that "waterboarding is torture" and not to be condoned.

REVERSAL OF FORTUNE by Gwynne Dyer
  Recession makes big political changes possible.
 
 

Take action!
DEFEND WOMEN'S RIGHT TO PAY EQUITY from the Canadian Labour Congress
  Tell Conservatives you oppose the so-called Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act.

Feedback from our readers
Ken Georgetti says budget half-hearted by Richard Priestman
  Time is ripe for the Canadian Labour Congress to take the lead.

Humour
SOME OF THE ARTISTS OF THE 60'S ARE REVISING THEIR HITS from the Internet
  New lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers.