Posted: January 03, 2007

Gordon's corner

YOUR 2007 — AND WELCOME TO IT! by Charles Gordon
  Predictions for the year ahead.
 
 

REACTIONS TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEATH compiled by SG staff
  Most of world repulsed by execution.

ENVIRONMENT REPORTS KEPT SECRET by Albert Koehl
  Harpocrites fail to release results of investigations into Canada's enforcement of environmental laws.
 
 

NO NEW YEAR'S HANGOVER FOR TOP CEOs by Hugh Mackenzie
  Top CEOs pocket $38,000 before noon on Jan 2.
 

Editorial

ISH MODELS NEW SG CAP AND SHIRT (CAST OPTIONAL)
  Our publisher's editorials will return when his broken radius mends (following a freak skating accident).
 

DEEP-SIXING THE KELOWNA ACCORD AND UN DECLARATION by Chuck Wright with Ed Bianchi, for Kairos Canada
  Measuring the federal government's commitment to Aboriginal rights.

FUNDING CUTS TO WOMEN'S GROUPS ARE SHORT-SIGHTED by Kathleen O'Grady
  Organizations provide research for better policies.
 
 

YEAR OF GUCCIS AND GUINNESS IN BC by Bill Tieleman
  Reversals and contradictions mark political year.
 
 

HOMELAND SECURITY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE EATING by Stuart Trew
  Canada relies on US analysis of security risk for air passengers.
 
 

Science matters

THE SUV IN THE LIVING ROOM by David Suzuki
  Giant TVs consume huge amounts of electricity.
 
 

Canadian Politics
BLACK FUEL NOT GREEN by Bill Tieleman
  Despite climate change, the BC Liberal government is promoting coal.

JACK LAYTON AT THE CROSSROADS by James Laxer
  If Layton and the NDP continue to run against the Liberals, the Conservatives will win again.
 
 

Watershed ways

GIVE THANKS FOR THE EARTH by Lynn Jones
  Prayer of thanks for the watershed.
 
 

Consumers
DRUG WARNING IS DECADES LATE by Dr. Peter Lurie
  Acetaminophen link to liver damage well known to doctors.
 

Hot headlines

MAKING OTHER ARRANGEMENTS by James Howard Kunstler
  We can't save the world just by finding new fuels for our cars.
 
 

THE 2006 YOU DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT by Rebecca Solnit
  Just a few of the hundreds of activist victories around the world.

Take action!
CLOSE GUANTANAMO NORTH from the Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
  January 11 - 15 Cross-Canada Days of Action.

Feedback from our readers
BEV ODA HAS TO TOE THE PARTY LINE by (Ms) Terri Robson
  Up to Straight Goods to report what muzzled major media won't.

Humour
THE POWER OF TRADITION from the Internet
  Why the standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8½ inches.