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Marita Moll
CAP IN CRISIS: FROM HIGH PRIORITY TO POLICY LIMBO
by Marita Moll
  Canada's much-vaunted Community Access Program dwindling away for lack of federal funds.
 

Stephen Leahy

SOUTHWESTERN US BECOMING A DUST BOWL
by Stephen Leahy
  Climate change means that drought will be permanent.
 
 

Gordon's corner
Charles Gordon
TEACHING JOURNALISM IN RWANDA
by Charles Gordon
  It's a challenge to teach opinion writing in a country where freedom of expression is in disrepute.
 
 

Ginette Petitpas-TaylorHealth matters

WHEN DEPRESSION IS TOO MUCH TO BEAR by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Suicide's impact not found in statistics.
 

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Editorial
Ish Theilheimer
VIMY MAY BE THE WRONG SYMBOL
by Ish Theilheimer
  Purposeless carnage of the past is a poor argument for more of the same.
 
 

Bill TielemanCanadian Politics

SENTENCE TOO LENIENT by Bill Tieleman
  Reduced sentence for gas station killer should be appealed.
 
 

Geoffrey Stevens

PRE-ELECTION CHEST-THUMPING
by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harperites dig into their campaign funds early.
 
 

David SuzukiScience matters

RANSOM MYERS, GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCHER by David Suzuki
  Loss of a friend is also a loss for science.
 

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Carol Goar
RECONCILING ETHICS AND MINING
by Carol Goar
  Canadian industry awaits approval of new socially responsible guidelines.
 
 

James RandersonConsumers

ARSENIC FLYPAPER AND OTHER BARGAINS by James Randerson
  Lethal poisons for sale in web marketplace.
 
 

Media files
NEWS ABUSE SURVEY from Project Censored
  Vote on worst junk food news and news abuse stories of the year.

E J Graff
THE MOMS-OPT-OUT MYTH
by E J Graff
  Media miss the big picture when they treat work-life balance as a personal matter.
 

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Hot headlines
TRACKING THE SPP by Brian Adeba
  Activists fear Canada's corporate coup d'état.

BEES DISAPPEARING from Agence France-Presse
  Colony collapse disorder reported in 22 states.

THE COST OF DOWNSIZING GOVERNMENT by Caroline Arnold
  Without government there would be no city water or sewer systems, no public roads, public parks or public schools. And that's for starters.

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN? by Evelyn Pringle
  Big pharma pushes for universal screening program.

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  Slashed safety net turns libraries into homeless shelters.

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  Answers — to this age old question.

CounterThink
RUFFLED FEATHERS by Mike Adams
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