Posted: December 09, 2009

PRAYERS FOR CANADA IN COPENHAGEN by Gillian Steward
  Bill Phipps fasts for carbon emissions treaty.
 
 

INFERNO ON EARTH by Janet Larsen
  Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise.
 
 

FIGHTING FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY by Robbie Anderman
  The National Farmers Union celebrates 40 years of working for farm families.
 
 

AS CLIMATE CHANGES, SOVIET ENVIRONMENTAL ILLS FELT ONCE AGAIN by Antoine Blua
  Most of Kyrgyzstan's glaciers are expected to disappear over the next few decades.

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Editorial
OBAMA'S SURGE COULD HELP, IF THE FOCUS IS ON NEGOTIATIONS by Ish Theilheimer
  Project Ploughshares co-founder says success in Afghanistan depends on recognizing the war cannot be won militarily.
 

Gordon's corner


CHASING THE TIGER by Charles Gordon
  What fun to watch the mainstream media race to the bottom.
 
 

Science matters
CANADA MUST DO MORE TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CRISIS by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  It's incredibly short-sighted to think that a healthy economy can be maintained when the health of the planet is failing.

CounterThink
HERE COMES THE NEXT BUBBLE by Mike Adams
  Oh, that's why the corporate sector agreed!

NaturalNews.com

Canadian Politics
HARPER TAKES A TRIP TO THE CHINESE WOODSHED by Geoffrey Stevens
  A new, realistic approach to China has to be a foreign-policy priority.
 

GLIMMERS OF HOPE FOR DECEMBER 6 by Elsie Hambrook
  Twenty years after the Montreal Massacre, we're making progress on violence against women.
 
 

BC LIBERALS MUST STOP PICKING ON THE DISABLED! by Bill Tieleman
  Changes to HandyDART, Community Living, threaten independence of people with disabilities.
 

STARVING ALBERTA'S SCHOOLS by Ricardo Acuña
  Fiscal update shows Education Minister could increase spending tomorrow — if he wanted to.
 
 

World Beat
CONGO'S FOREST PROTECTOR RECEIVES RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD from Greenpeace International
  Rene Ngongo follows up with critical letter to World Bank.

Workplaces
TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY IN TAKEOVERS from the office of NDP MP Claude Gravelle
  Private Member's Bill would open up agreements to public scrutiny.
 

GOOD-BYE, CSI by NUPGE National Union of Public and General Employees
  Half of Manitoba's medical examiner investigators resign over low wages.

SETTING A LIVABLE MINIMUM WAGE by Marc Lee
  A full time job should put the workers above the Low Income Cut-off.

Consumers
SAFETY LEGISLATION STALLED IN SENATE from PIAC
  Health, environmental and consumer groups urge passage of Bill C-6.

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT from the Conference Board of Canada
  Canada can learn environmental health lessons from Australia, Sweden and California.

Media files

DAWG'S BLAWG IN NATIONAL POST by John Baglow
  Former PSAC VP finds himself writing for conservative newspaper's "Full Comment" section.
 
 

Hot headlines

THE REAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCANDAL by George Monbiot
  The Denial Industry has much more experience with distorting and withholding scientific evidence.
 

A NEGLECTED CLIMATE STRATEGY by Laurie Mazur
  Empower women, slow population growth to protect the climate.
 
 

BLOODSOAKED BANGLADESH by Gwynne Dyer
  Rebellion, vendettas and tragedy abound in the young country's 38-year history.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

DAILY REPORTS ON COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE IPS news agency has mobilised a team of 15 journalists, drawn largely from Africa, Asia and Latin America, to cover the Copenhagen climate change conference from a progressive perspective. IPS' independent TerraViva newspaper will produce the latest news on the conference every day in English, Spanish and French, complete with photos, videos and other multimedia content.   www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen

Take action!
JOIN GLOBAL WEEKEND OF ACTION by Bill McKibben for 350.org
  Worldwide demonstrations plan to cheer on leaders to new climate change treaty.

Feedback from our readers
ENDLESS GLOBALIST ATTACKS ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE by Gary Schoenfeldt, Trade Committee, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
  SPP's defeat has spawned countless replacements.

Humour
HOLLYWOOD SQUARE QUIPS from the Internet
  Some amazing double entendres slipped through in the early days.