Posted: January 06, 2010

OLYMPIC SECURITY SUPERCEDES NATIONAL LAWS by Paul Weinberg
  21st Century Olympics raise hackles among Vancouver residents.
 

MAKE POLITICIANS RESOLVE TO BE HONEST by Duff Conacher
  The number one reason non-voters give is lack of honesty in politics.
 

ICE MELTING FASTER EVERYWHERE by Alexandra Giese
  Some say the summer of 2037 could see the first ice-free Arctic in a million years.
 
 

BLACKFIRE BLAMED IN MEXICAN ACTIVIST'S DEATH from the Council of Canadians, United Steelworkers, Common Frontiers-Canada and MiningWatch Canada
  Harper government must adopt legislation to punish corrupt practices by Canadian-based mining corporations.

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Editorial

2010 COULD BE HARPERITES' DECADE WITHOUT RADICAL ACTION by Ish Theilheimer
  And: thanks for rare courage speaking out on airline security.
 

Gordon's corner

WHY NEWS MEDIA ARE FILLED WITH YEAR-END REVIEWS by Charles Gordon
  Newspapers have tons of ads and nothing to fill the news hole.
 
 

MeanToons
TALK ABOUT A HANGOVER!
  Never mind the headache; this is the part that really hurts.

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Canadian Politics

FRONT PAGE OUTRAGE by Geoffrey Stevens
  The Globe puts an editorial in the news section to underscore its alarm at Harper's actions.
 

NEXT YEAR, THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE IF... by Elsie Hambrook
  Work towards equality and against violence would improve all our lives.
 

THE POOR-BASHING BANDWAGON by Jamie Swift
  When times get tough, politicians deflect attention by blaming social assistance recipients.
 
 

THE QUOTABLE GORDON CAMPBELL QUIZ OF 2009 by Bill Tieleman
  The Premier may yet rue many of his statements.
 
 

STELMACH TORIES DESTABILIZED by Gillian Steward
  Right-wing Wildrose party growing fast in Alberta.
 
 

Workplaces
ONTARIO COLLEGE TEACHERS TO STRIKE from NUPGE
  Province-wide strike vote will be held Jan. 13 after management walks away from bargaining table.

Consumers
USA IMPOSES NEW RULES ON AIRLINES from the USA Department of Transport
  Regulations limit how long passengers may be kept on grounded planes.

World beat


ISRAEL WON THE WAR BUT LOST THE PUBLIC by Uri Avnery
  Cost to Israel's reputation outweighs military victory.
 
 

Media files

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST by John Miller
  Journalistic Statement of Principles protects newspapers too.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

MORE THAN JUST TRUMPETING Elephants not only vocalize, they have a language or languages all their own. So says the Elephant Listening Project, at Cornell University. Moreover, most elephant communications are at frequencies too low for humans to hear – frequencies that carry well through deep jungle, so that the animals can call one another from as far as four kilometers.   www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/elephant/Sections/dictionary/...

Hot headlines
US AID TIED TO PURCHASE OF ARMS by Anne Davies
  Weapons manufacture key to economy in the USA.

DODGING THE BULLET(S) by Gwynne Dyer
  Forget making progress — 2009 was notable for the disasters that didn't happen.
 
 

Take action!
TAKE BACK PARLIAMENT from the Facebook page Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament
  The heck with prorogation — ask your MP to attend Parliament anyway.

Humour
THE MAYANS WERE WRONG by Jim Kempke
  The world is not going to end in 2012...
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