Posted: March 07, 2007

BACKING INTO NUCLEAR WAR by George Lakoff
  None dare say what the Bush administration is really threatening to do to Iran.
 

MISTRIAL FOR LT EHREN WATADA from thankyoult.org
  Trial focus turned to Iraq war's illegality.
 
 

FRAIL SQUAMISH NATION PROTESTER DIES AFTER LEAVING JAIL by Kate Harries
  Harriet Nahanee wanted to read out loud the Proclamation of 1763, but judge jailed her for contempt.
 

WOMEN STRIKE FOR IWD! from the London Co-ordinating Committee
  Global Women's Strike urges women not to work on March 8, International Women's Day.
 

Editorial
DECENT JOBS DISAPPEARING by Ish Theilheimer
  Connect the dots between market jitters, pulp mill closures and starving entrepreneurs.
 

REMEMBERING DORIS ANDERSON by Penney Kome
  Courageous and outspoken, she helped change Canada's constitution as well as its media.
 

DISABILITY MATTERS MORE THAN IT SHOULD by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Barriers to mobility, resources are more society's fault than the individual's.
 

Science matters


NOTES FROM A BUS by David Suzuki
  Falling in love with Canada all over again.
 
 

Faith speaks
FAITH TO FAITH by Hannah Elliott
  American religious delegation travels to Iran to seek peace.
 

Canadian Politics

PM HOPING FOR SPRING ELECTION by Geoffrey Stevens
  But no other party wants to give him an excuse for one.
 

DION TALKS A GOOD GAME, BUT... by Bill Tieleman
  Liberal leader's record as Environment Minister was woeful.
 
 

Workplaces
LIBERALS BACKPEDAL ON FEDERAL ANTI-SCAB BILL from the National Union of General and Public Employees
  Stephane Dion seizes on procedural ruling as excuse to withdraw support.

Watershed ways

BENZENE AND OTHER RINGS by Ole Hendrickson
  Long-lasting ring compounds have ripple effects.
 

Consumers
DISBARRED LAWYER CONTINUES TO PRACTICE LAW from the Law Society of Upper Canada
  Ontario Superior Court warns public against Paul Magnus Feldman.

Media files

SCRUTINIZING THE CTV-CHUM MERGER by Antonia Zerbisias
  Public has only one short month to organize their presentations to the CRTC.
 
 

Hot headlines
BLOCKING THE BLAST by Robert C Koehler
  Utah protesters stop a Nevada nuclear weapon test.

HOW BOTTLED WATER COULD DRINK CANADA DRY by Dianne Rinehart
  Corporation reap megaprofits when 12,000 litres of tap water (cost: $16) retail for more than $5000.
 

HOW HORROR SPARKS OUR BRAINS by Danielle Egan
  Physiology behind gut responses to Pickton trial.

US ATTENTION TURNS TO THE ECONOMY by Terence Samuel
  Recession may overshadow Iraq conflict before the 2008 Presidential election.

CO-OP HOUSING COULD EASE CALGARY CRUNCH by Amy Steele
  Groups urge governments to provide more support.

PETER PACE'S CHOICE by Gwynne Dyer
  If White House orders attack on Iran, chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff could obey — or resign.
 
 

UNION BUSTING AS HOMELAND SECURITY by Dick Meister
  Bush administration stonewalls collective bargaining for airport security personnel.

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