Posted: January 31, 2007

FIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT from the Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
  Climate change one reason the Bulletin moved Doomsday Clock hands.
 

LONG-TERM CARE AFFECTS WOMEN MORE THAN MEN by Beverley Baines
  Ontario legislature must amend Bill 140 to ensure gender fairness.
 
 

MEN — THE MISSING LINK by Jacques Brodeur, James Douglas, Nicolas Doyon, Martin Dufresne, Philippe Robert de Massy, Jacques Saintonge
  House subcommittee's report trivializes violence against prostitutes.

US MAKES GRAB TO CONTROL IRAQI OIL by Nicola Nasser
  New "hydrocarbon" law rushed through to give US oil companies control of Iraq's oil production.
 
 

STOCKWELL DAY VISITS KINGSTON "GUATANAMO NORTH" from Homes Not Bombs
  Public Safety Minister refuses to meet with Secret Trial detainees.
 
 

Editorial
HOW GREEN IS YOUR VALLEY, JOHN BAIRD? by Ish Theilheimer
  Plus: justice for Mahar Arar; and Dippers rediscovering the lunch bucket.
 

Canadian politics
HARPER'S PRESENCE HELPS MCGUINTY HOLD POWER by Geoffrey Stevens
  Ontario voters prefer their provincial government to be a different party from the federal government.
 
 

COSTLY NEGOTIATIONS, SMALL RESULTS from the First Nations Strategic Bulletin
  $1 billion treaty machine nearly produces three treaties, after 13 years.

QUEEN'S PARK STAFFED UP from Inside Queen's Park
  Ministry staffers now total 288, up by 56 percent from 2004.
 

EXPORTING BITUMEN, AND JOBS by Diana Gibson
  Alberta's new Premier promised to refine coal in the province, rather than export it.
 
 

FORMER LIBERAL PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY by Bill Tieleman
  David Basi and Bob Virk face trial for breach of trust.
 
 

Gordon's corner
DECODING US REACTIONS TO ARAR by Charles Gordon
  US ambassador objects to Canadian interference in Canadian affairs.
 
 

Science matters

AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR THE BIRDS by David Suzuki
  Farming practices that kill off bird species aren't good for people either.
 
 

Workplaces
"DECENT WORK" CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN NAIROBI from the International Trade Union Congress
  International trade and economic growth alone, are neither creating enough good jobs nor eradicating poverty.

Media files
EDMONTON COURT ORDERS REPORTERS TO TESTIFY from the Canadian Association of Journalists
  Canadian Association of Journalists urges papers to appeal ruling.

SHAW COULD KILL TV FUND by Antonia Zerbisias
  If Shaw goes, more than 20 percent of the CTF's annual budget goes with him.
 
 

Hot headlines

CHINA'S SATELLITE KILLER by Gwynne Dyer
  New weapon adds fuel to US fears about Chinese aggression.
 
 

NAMES TURN WOMEN INTO OBJECTS by Dianne Rinehart
  Ugly names like "prostitute" or "loose" make women fair game for abuse.
 
 

REPORT FROM THE JANUARY 27 PEACE MARCH IN WASHINGTON by Rabbi Michael Lerner
  It took three hours for all the marchers to pass that one intersection.
 
 

CORPORATE-RIGHTS DEAL TO MAKE US ALL APRIL FOOLS by Murray Dobbin
  TILMA will strip our ability to set local limits.
 
 

Take action!
REDUCE TUITION FEES from the Canadian Student Federation
  Canadian Federation of Students names Feb 7 the Day of Action.

Feedback from our readers
ARTICLE ON BC LAND CLAIMS NEGOTIATIONS RINGS TRUE by Terri Robson
  Lands claim situation just shy of human rights violation.

Humour
AGEISM TO SOME... from the Internet
  ... can be viewed as Elder Humour to others!