Posted: July 14, 2010

IGNORING NATURE'S WAKE-UP CALL by Linda McQuaig
  Oil companies, governments, shrug off horror of BP's Gulf gusher.
 
 

DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT by Dennis Gruending
  Latest scare tactic involves who has the biggest families.
 
 

DEMAND GROWING FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY by Rebecca Harrison
  Aftermath of G20 arrests far from settled.
 
 

CANADA RISKS CALAMITY WITH INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL by Paul McKay
  Selling Candus in South Asia only heightens local arms race.
 
 

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Editorial

VALE PICKED WRONG UNION, WRONG TOWN by Ish Theilheimer
  Steelworkers win historic settlement after year-long strike.
 

BURMESE MINE STILL PRODUCING from the Canadian Friends of Burma
  Ivanhoe Mines claims stake in Monywa not sold, refuses to show any proof.

Science matters

HUMANS AND WHALES by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  The beluga can teach us a lot about ourselves.
 
 

CounterThink
PUZZLES FOR FUTURE ARCHEOLOGISTS
  Human atrocities against nature will remain on the record forever.

by Mike Adams

Canadian Politics

TRACKING THE PORK by Geoffrey Stevens
  Stephen Harper perfects the patronage game.
 
 

A SUMMIT WHERE POLICE WERE PRAISED by Gillian Steward
  Activists, Calgary police found mutual accommodation in 2002.
 
 

UN WOMEN EMERGES by Elsie Hambrook
  New agency for women should have greater priority, resources.
 
 

DON'T RENAME STANLEY PARK by Bill Tieleman
  First Nations deserve real change, not lip service.
 
 

ALBERTA SILENCES CLASSROOM DEBATE by Dan Shapiro
  Parental opt-out clause scares teachers away from religion, evolution, or sexual orientation.
 
 

SAFE LANDING by Mehdi Rizvi
  Determination and hard work helped overcome barriers to participation.
 
 

Workplaces
"TAKE OUR JOBS," FARM WORKERS SAY from the United Farm Workers
  UFW President Arturo Rodriguez and Stephen Colbert invite US unemployed to replace immigrant farm workers.

CANADA-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE DEAL RECEIVES ROYAL ASSENT by Stuart Trew
  The Senate took less than an hour to pass C-2, by refusing to hear from witnesses.
 

Consumers
BIG SAD-EYED SCAM from Phonebusters.com
  Ads for puppies the new hot fraud.

USA watch
DOMA FALLS from the American Civil Liberties Union
  Federal judge rules federal law against same-sex couples is unconstitutional.
 

Media files

HONEY, I SHRUNK CP by John Gordon Miller
  93-year-old news co-operative falls under control of a few large newspapers.
 
 

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Hot headlines

WIN FOR US WAR RESISTERS Toronto Star Editorial
  Federal Court of Appeal orders new immigration appeal for Jeremy Hinzman.
 

TIME TO CLEAN UP THE BANKS by James K Galbraith
  The key to financial recovery is to restore the rule of law on Wall Street.
 
 

PITY THE POOR CEOS by Paul Krugman
  Easier to blame Obama than to acknowledge the recession.
 
 

Take action!

HELP SLAKE THE WORLD'S THIRST from the Council of Canadians
  Demand that Canada support UN right to water resolution.
 
 

Feedback from our readers
NDP-LIBERAL MERGER A NON-STARTER by Bud Wildman
  Rumours come from internal Liberal dissension.

Humour
AMAZING STICKY NOTE EXPERIMENT from Eeepybird.com
  Bored employees show how to have fun with stationery.