Posted: February 21, 2007
Updated: February 23, 2007

MISSION OF FOLLY by James Laxer
  Why Canada should bring its troops home from Afghanistan.
  Download James Laxer's full book Mission of Folly now. (.pdf format - 417kB)
 

HARPER LAGS ON KYOTO SOLUTIONS by Linda McQuaig
  Harperites keep the focus away from reasonable and promising approaches to global warming.
 
 

SEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA ARE ALIKE IN MANY WAYS by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  The worst thing you can call a man — is a woman.
 

SCIENTISTS PUT EAR TO OCEAN FLOOR by Stephen Leahy
  Canada leads the way tracking fish stocks.
 
 

NISHNAWBE ASKI LEARN FROM BUSHMEN'S EXPERIENCE by Kate Harries
  Aboriginals in Northern Ontario alarmed by what is happening in Botswana.
 

Editorial

CORPORATE TRADE DEALS CUT SWATHS THROUGH INDUSTRIAL CANADA by Ish Theilheimer
  And now the winners — why Straight Goods is important.
 
 

Canadian Politics

BC'S NEW BUDGET by Bill Tieleman
  Budget a three-ring circus full of clowns and misdirection.
 

FORECASTING POLITICAL TROUBLE by Geoffrey Stevens
  Stephen Harper's people tell the bus driver to be prepared.
 
 

NUCLEAR POWER NO ANSWER FOR OIL SANDS by Mark S Winfield, Dan Woynillowicz & Hugh Wilkins
  Greenhouse gases are produced at each stage of the nuclear energy cycle.

Science matters
"IF I WERE PM" VIDEOS FLOOD INTO FOUNDATION by David Suzuki
  Our videographer is practically mobbed by volunteers at my speaking events.
 

Workplaces
CAP CLOTHING IMPORTS FROM CHINA from UNITE HERE
  Three Opposition parties call on Canada to limit import growth.

MEATPACKING INJURIES SPUR UNION DRIVE from the Associated Press
  Immigrant workers at Tyson plant fight for "justice, dignity and respect".

Health matters
SAVE A FRIEND from the Internet
  How to recognize when someone is having a stroke.

Consumers
LEAD IN CHILDREN'S LUNCHBOXES from Associated Press
  Freedom of Information request reveals US Consumer Protection Agency covered up risks from the Center for Environmental Health.

Media files

DARE TO STARE by Penney Kome
  Surprises and delights in films about living with disabilities.
 

Hot headlines
US READY TO ATTACK IRAN by Dan Plesch
  "Global Strike" plan places strategic forces on permanent 12-hour readiness.

A WORLD OF WALLS by Gwynne Dyer
  Security fences springing up around the globe.
 
 

SEEKING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY from Grain.org
  Global conference set to re-assert the importance of local community food production.

CABLE CUTTERS by Michael Lithgow
  What the cable companies don't want you to know about radical television in Canada.

Take action!
MARCH FOR PEACE MARCH 17 from Canadian Peace Alliance
  Canadian Peace Alliance calls for demonstrations on fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

Feedback from our readers
RE: SUICIDE WATCH AT KASHECHEWAN by Paul Chislett

Humour
THE NEW CEO from the Internet
  Illustrating the downside of "quick" thinking.