Posted: June 10, 2009

MEET DARRELL DEXTER, NOVA SCOTIA'S FIRST NDP PREMIER by Stephen Kimber
  Pragmatic "conservative progressive" has focused on human- level hot-button issues.
 

COMPLAINT FILED WITH COMMISSIONER REGARDING IVANHOE'S LOBBYISTS by Kevin McLeod and Tin Maung Htoo
  Canadian Friends of Burma dispute information on lobbyists' applications.
 

MORE SUBSIDIES FOR FOSSIL FUELS IN RECOVERY PLANS by Stephen Leahy for InterPress Service
  European Union gives $3.35 billion to fossil fuels and only $2 billion to renewable energy sources.
 

DOING TIME THE GREEN WAY from the National Farmers Union
  Farmers meet with Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan over prison farm closures.

MeanToons
UNCERTAIN MATH
  James Flaherty does his sums.

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Editorial

FIRE RAITT OVER LOST BILLIONS, NOT LOST BOOK by Ish Theilheimer
  Spank the aide and give her job back to her.
 

Science matters

WHAT WE DO TO THE OCEANS WE DO TO OURSELVES by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  So far, ocean acidification hasn't been a big part of climate-change negotiations.
 

Canadian politics

IN DEFENCE OF NOSTALGIA by Geoffrey Stevens
  May and June seem to stir up memories.
 
 

ENGAGING MEN IN ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN by Elsie Hambrook
  Research suggests ways to help men separate guilt from social responsibility.
 

ALBERTA'S "INSPIRING EDUCATION" CONSULTATION JUST SPIN by Ricardo Acuña
  Assignment: don't mention funding, class size, teacher workload or special needs.
 

BILL TIELEMAN WILL BE BACK
  Check again soon.

ALBERTA RESISTS CAP-AND-TRADE by Gillian Steward
  If Canada follows the USA in imposing a carbon tax, Alberta wants something in return.
 
 

Faith speaks
NEW DEMOCRATS PROMOTE FAITH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMISSION by Dennis Gruending
  Many of the party's founders were people who were trying to put their faith into action.
 

Workplaces

UNIONS AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS by Roy J Adams
  Supreme Court constitutionalized unions but Canadian laws have yet to follow.
 
 

Consumers
NEW COALITION SETS STANDARDS FOR MORTGAGES from the Fair Mortgage Collaborative
  Credit unions active organizers of Fair Mortgage Collaborative, setting new standards in USA.

Media
SUPPORT FOR NEWS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE by Walied Khogali and Anita Krajnc
  Canadians overwhelmingly endorse Al Jazeera English's bid to air in Canada.
 

World beat

OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH WAS RIGHT by Uri Avnery
  New US President turned the ship of state around like a speedboat.
 
 

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Hot headlines
J-SCHOOL GRADS ENTERING A DYING INDUSTRY by Barbara Ehrenreich
  But journalists always used to be "working stiffs" on the side of the working class.
 

FROM WHITE SEPARATISM TO ABORTION TERRORISM by James Ridgeway
  Alleged killer of Dr George Tiller went from Montana Freemen to fanatical anti-abortion activist.

POLITICS, ITALIAN STYLE by Gwynne Dyer
  Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi will recover from scandal.
 
 

Take action!
URGE FEDS TO BRING ABOUSFIAN ABDESLRAZKI HOME from Project Fly Home
  Demand that the government act on the June 4 Federal Court order.

Humour
CATS CAN SLEEP ANYWHERE from the Internet
  Look, before you water that plant!