Posted: January 17, 2007

DANGER ON THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER by Lloyd Axworthy
  Canada should condemn Pakistan's land mine plan.
 
 

ALBERTA CHEATED POOR, WIDOWED, DISABLED OF $100 MILLION: COURT by Penney Kome
  Deadline extended for social assistance recipients to file for compensation.
 

NEGOTIATION OR CONFRONTATION by Gerry St. Germain and Nick G Sibbeston
  Senate Committee says there are only two choices for handling First Nations land claims.

Health matters
ONTARIO MUST TREAT HEALTH CENTRE STAFF FAIRLY by Miriam Garfinkle and Sharon Gazeley
  Support staff at Community Health Centres trying to negotiate with Ministry of Health for wage increases.
 

Editorial
WITH 800 CHANNELS, WASTELAND IS VASTER THAN EVER by Ish Theilheimer
  Maybe viewers can do something about mediocre programming from cable and satellite companies.
 

Canadian Politics

COLD CLAMMY HAND OF SENATE REFORM by Geoffrey Stevens
  The Prime Minister may care about Senate reform but most of the rest of Canada doesn't.
 
 

NEW TREATY A SHAM by Bill Tieleman
  Province uses treaty to circumvent Agricultural Land Reserve.
 
 

Gordon's corner


TIME FOR THE iCAR by Charles Gordon
  There is one sure way to make a car that pollutes less.
 
 

World beat

FRANCE'S TOP COP GOES FOR THE PRESIDENCY by James Laxer
  Nicolas Sarkozy relies on politics of fear.
 
 

Science matters

STEPHEN HARPER TRIES TO LOOK GREENER by David Suzuki
  For Environment Minister, performance matters more than understanding issue.
 

Consumers
MOST INFANT CAR SEATS FAIL SIDE-CRASH TESTS from Consumer Reports
  Only two seats out of twelve earned a recommendation.

Media files
UNITED FOR CANADA from the Canadian Booksellers Association
  Booksellers and publishers unite to sell more Canadian books.

THE WEB TRUMPS LEGACY MEDIA by Paul Wells
  In the next campaign, watch Stephen Harper use the Net to make old media irrelevant.
 

Hot headlines

GETTING RADICAL ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE by Gwynne Dyer
  Individual consumers may soon have their own "carbon credit" allowances.
 

SARS AND SEXTUPLETS by Dianne Rinehart
  Our health care system is still geared to treatment rather prevention.

EQUALITY, NOT MULTICULTURALISM by Carol Goar
  Students cheer author who frankly discusses white male privilege.

NO-FLY LIST MAY GROUND THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS by Don Butler
  Canada gets its very own "specified persons" list.

Take action!
HELP STOP BUSH'S ESCALATION IN IRAQ by Eli Pariser
  Move On calls for international support.

Feedback from our readers
THERE ARE MANY REAL ISSUES THAT THE NDP CAN USE TO ATTACK BOTH PARTIES from Randy Nelson, Saskatoon

Humour
FORGET ALL YOUR TROUBLES - from the Internet
  Live your life backwards.