Posted: May 16, 2007

OPPOSITION BLOCKS HARPERITE DEAL by Linda McQuaig
  Canadian public not willing to accept handmaid role to lawless Bush regime.
 
 

SOARING CIVILIAN DEATHS by Tom Clifford
  Half of violent Iraqi civilian fatalities since 2003 occurred between March 2006 and March 2007.
 
 

CHILD POVERTY DOWN — TO 1989 RATES by Laurel Rothman and Armine Yalnizyan
  Some people call that a victory. We beg to differ.
 
 

LET'S TALK PEACE WITH THE TALIBAN by Lawrence Martin
  Canada balks at Afghan Senate's recommendations.
 
 

Editorial

HARPER STILL IMITATES BUSH'S CUT-AND-RUN, SUPPORT- THE-TROOPS RHETORIC by Ish Theilheimer
  War opponents must not get sucked into patriotic slogans.
 

CONSERVATIVES CLING TO THE OLD BILL OF RIGHTS by Lorraine Weinrib
  Stephen Harper overlooks courts' role in interpreting Charter.

LAWS FOR SHAREHOLDERS, NOT STAKEHOLDERS by Albert Koehl
  Canadian mining companies helping themselves to others' wealth.
 
 

MOTHER'S DAY FOR PEACE by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  If society did well by mothers, many things would be different.
 
 

Book excerpt


ALL OUR SISTERS by Susan Scott
  New books features stories from women who don't have homes.
 
 

DoubleTake
GARDEN FISH from the Internet
  Some more food for thought...

Canadian Politics

GAS COSTS MORE IN BC by Bill Tieleman
  Help stop gas-price gouging by Big Oil — sign the petition.
 
 

HARPER GOVERNMENT FLOUNDERING by Geoffrey Stevens
  Conservatives pulled in opposing directions by irreconcilable forces.
 
 

FRACAS OVER CITIZENSHIP MINISTRY GRANTS from INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK
  Liberals try to portray criticism of their behaviour as racism.

Workplaces
ASBESTOS PUSHER TO THE WORLD by James Brophy, Margaret Keith, Jenny Schieman, and C. Cohn
  Canada's asbestos legacy kills tens of thousands at home and abroad.

Gordon's corner

JUDGING OTTAWA by Charles Gordon
  People like to complain about a city, especially if they don't live there.
 

Science matters


START THE PRESSES! by David Suzuki
  David Suzuki serves as guest editor for a Saturday Vancouver Sun.
 
 

Watershed ways

DEEP HEAT by Lynn Jones
  Heating and cooling with earth energy.
 

Consumers
GAS PRICE GOUGE from the Canadian Centre on Policy Alternatives
  Study finds Canadians paying 15 cents to 27 cents too much per litre of gas.

Media files
ADWORDS SCAM by David Utter
  Google ads led to fake sites with malware.
 

Hot headlines

FOREIGN OWNERSHIP RULES by David Olive
  Foreigners have snapped up nearly 600 Canadian firms since the start of 2006.
 

BIG CRUISE SHIPS ALSO BIG POLLUTERS by Barbara Yaffe
  New federal regulations fall short of international standards.
 
 

COURT CUTS VULTURE FUND'S CLAIM by Ashley Seager
  Speculators buy up Third World debt and sue for repayment even after World Bank forgives debt.

IACOCCA: WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE? by Lee Iacocca
  Former Chrysler CEO says, "You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged."
 

FIREWORKS IN BASI-VIRK TRIAL by Bill Tieleman
  Allegations pile up as legislature raid case unfolds.

LONG JAIL TERMS FOR GREEN ACTIVISM by David Rovics
  US "ecoterrorism" law sends demonstrators to jail for decades.
 
 

NUNS MUG ORPHAN! from The Economist
  We may all be fighting for food, soon, due to "agflation".

Take action!
JOIN THE MADE IN CANADA JOBS CAMPAIGN! from the Canadian Labour Congress
  Come to a forum in a community near you!

Feedback from our readers
MLA SALARY INCREASE by Vera Gottlieb
  The public should decide when MLAs get a raise.

Humour
STUPIDITY from the Internet
  Sometimes the space on the form just isn't big enough.