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gunmaker immunity, climate crisis, undercover whalers, black rivers, and much more...
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Posted: April 25, 2007
VIA ON TRACK TO OBLIVION by Brendan Read
Budget neglect could mean end of train service to 450 communities in Canada.
AMNESTY NOTES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS by Kate Harries
Grassy Narrows blockade reaction to province trampling First Nations' land rights.
THE US GUN EPIDEMIC by Greg Palast
Gun makers have specific immunity from lawsuits over damage caused by their products.
(NOT) TALKING ABOUT TILMA by Gary Schoenfeldt
CD Howe holds secret meeting on trade talks.
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Armed Madhouse,
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Editorial
BAIRD AND HARPER ROLL OUT BUNK ON CLIMATE CHANGE by Ish Theilheimer
How valid are validators, and who's keeping score?
 Gordon's corner
DENIAL IS THE NAME OF THE GAME by Charles Gordon
Golfers and Kyoto resisters live on unrealistic hope.
Science matters
BOTTOM TRAWLING ENDANGERS WHOLE OCEANS by David Suzuki
Watchdog programs offer shoppers sustainable choices in seafood.
 Consumers
TOP US SUSHI COMPANY LINKED TO WHALING by Stephen Leahy
"Polar Seas Frozen Sushi" co-owned by Kyokuyo, which sells whale meat in Japan.
CELLPHONE BREAKOUT by Aparita Bhandari
"Unlocked" handsets can work with any service provider.
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 Canadian Politics
DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS by Bill Tieleman
Tough questions arise as the Basi-Virk case goes to trial.
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT KYOTO by Geoffrey Stevens
Harper refuses to face up to global crisis.
A FOND PHAIR-WELL TO CITY POLITICS by Sheila Pratt
Flamboyant Edmonton councillor decides not to seek re-election after 15-year career.
FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY PUT ON PROBATION from the CBC and AUCC
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada orders FNU to remove politicians from its Board of Directors.
World beat
BLACK RIVERS, RED FUTURE by Iain Marlow
China can clean up its environment without changing its government.
Workplaces
QUEBECOR LOCKS OUT WORKERS AT JOURNAL DE QUÉBEC by from CUPE
Four union locals affected at best selling daily newspaper in Quebec City.
APRIL 28 DEMONSTRATION TO BAN ASBESTOS for Ban Asbestos Canada
March in Washington, DC, designed to embarrass Canada.
 Media files
NEED-TO-KNOW VS SENSATIONALISM by Antonia Zerbisias
Airing Cho Seung Hui's incoherent video only encourages others to follow his example.
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 Hot headlines
ISRAEL'S DILEMMA by Gwynne Dyer
Sunni revolutionaries make Arabs eager for peace, Israel reluctant to grant it.
HECK OF A JOB, WOLFIE by Robert Scheer
Bush still supports Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank.
GOVERNING THE WOMB by Ellen Goodman
New US abortion ban prevents doctors from saving women with dangerous pregnancies.
VIRGINIA TECH AFTERMATH by Arianna Huffington
Did Legal Drugs Play a Role in the Massacre?
Take action!
FIRE WOLFOWITZ! from Avaaz.org
World Bank president preaches morality, but cuts corners for his girlfriend.
Feedback from our readers
MISOGYNY ONLINE by Robert Henderson
Some responses to young women's blogs are seriously creepy.
Humour
SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS from the Internet
And having your message heard.
Double Take
FOOD ACTION from the Internet
Life, as illustrated by vegetables!
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