Posted: March 24, 2010

GUNS, NOT BUTTER by Linda McQuaig
  Harperites try to turn Canada into aggressive pipsqueak of the north.
 
 

CANADIAN CLIMATE SCIENTISTS MUZZLED by Stephen Leahy
  Report from 60 NGOs charges that feds are actively shutting down research.
 
 

BOGUS BORDER CHARGES by John Baglow
  Strange things happen to innocent people when countries share information.
 
 

TB KILLS 5000 PEOPLE A DAY by Dr Bob Dickson
  Thanks to Global Fund, six million TB patients have been treated since 2001.
 
 

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Editorial

THE COSTS OF COMPROMISE by Ish Theilheimer
  Progressives lose ground by seeking consensus with conservatives.
 

Gordon's corner


CULTURE ON THE CHEAP by Charles Gordon
  Canada's culture debates seem to be about price, not value.
 
 

Science matters
SMALLER THAN A HIPPO, WEAKER THAN A CHIMP by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  Humans need to use our brains, not our brawn, to survive.
 

MeanToons
HOME SCREENING
  Newfoundland's new public health initiative receives worried welcome.

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Canadian Politics

SEX AND HOCKEY by Geoffrey Stevens
  A quintessential Canadian scandal also includes $1,000 bills in a paper bag.
 

GAY GEESE AND OTHER FACTS by Elsie Hambrook
  We all need to find safe spaces to be ourselves.
 
 

CAMPBELL FACES EXPLOSIVE YEAR by Bill Tieleman
  BC landscape littered with political land mines.
 
 

ABORIGINALS NOT VOTING by Samantha Power
  In the 2008 election, only eight percent of aboriginal Canadians living on reserve lands voted.
 
 

Workplaces

WORLD UNIONS ORGANIZE GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION AGAINST VALE INCO BULLYING from the United Steel Workers
  Unions from Australia to Indonesia to Mozambique unite.
 

Consumers
MARCH IS FRAUD PREVENTION MONTH from Industry Canada
  Here are some pointers from the Competition Bureau.

World beat

OBAMA'S DOOMSDAY WEAPON by Uri Avnery
  General Patraeus reported that US security jeopardized by US support for Israel.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

THROW SOME MUCK! Simple video game lets players spray black goo at Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff as they pop up from a desolate landscape. After venting some anger, players can sign and send a letter urging the targets to get un-stuck from the tar sands.   www.tarsandswatch.org/tar-nation-play-game-now

Hot headlines
EXPLORE THE DEEP WEB from MakeUseOf.com
  Here are ten search engines that search places you never knew existed.

ILLNESS FELLS NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT by Gwynne Dyer
  As his health problems mount, observers ask who is in charge.
 
 

A TICKET FOR RUSH from ATicketForRush.com
  Help send Rush Limbaugh on a one-way trip to Costa Rica.

Take action!
URGE G8 TO INCLUDE CONTRACEPTION By Katherine Mcdonald for Action Canada on Population and Development
  Tell Harper and other leaders that maternal health care must include birth control.

PROTEST FEDS FUNDING ASBESTOS LOBBY by SGN Staff, with information from RightOnCanada.ca
  Budget fine print renews support to Chyrsotile Institute to promote exports.

Feedback from our readers
CANADA CARES FOR BURMESE MINORITIES from Canadian Friends of Burma
  Increased funding will improve care for people crammed in near the borders.

Humour
A BLIND MAN'S SPORT from the Internet
  And it's not all bluff.