Posted: June 06, 2007

WRONG WAY TO END HOMELESSNESS by Linda McQuaig
  "Streets to Homes" program stresses penalties, not supports.
 
 

LOOKING BEYOND LIFESTYLE by Guy Dauncey and Michael Gilbertson
  What we can learn from cancer in the animal kingdom.
 
 

WE ARE ALL TREATY PEOPLE by Kate Harries
  Media miss the point of Commissioner Sidney Linden's report on Ipperwash.
 
 

STEPHEN HARPER'S CANADA by James Laxer
  Associate States, foreign owners, and a double-double of greenhouse gases.
 
 

CounterThink
WHEN BOMBS AREN'T ENOUGH by Mike Adams
  Even rebuilding can help win a war.

Editorial
INTENSITY-BASED TARGETS PROMOTE OIL INDUSTRY FRAME by Ish Theilheimer
  Harper uses mask of concern for developing world to conceal self-serving nature of scheme.
 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS by Herschel Hardin
  Somebody needs to say out loud that environmentalism isn't ideologically neutral.
 
 

WOMEN IN POST-SEC by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Women are chronically under-represented in programs that lead to better employment prospects.
 
 

Gordon's corner


ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? by Charles Gordon
  Stanley Cup playoffs supposed to be enjoyable.
 
 

Science matters

POWERWISE CAMPAIGN GETS THINGS STARTED by David Suzuki
  Ads urge consumers to conserve energy, to avoid brownouts.
 

Canadian politics

BC SHOULD DUMP THESE MINISTERS by Bill Tieleman
  Solicitor-General and Attorney-General must go.
 
 

TIPPING POINTS by Geoffrey Stevens
  Government ignores public concern about climate change, foreign takeovers, at its own peril.
 
 

ALBERTA TORIES COULD LOSE KLEIN'S RIDING by Sheila Pratt
  Calgarians angry with the government, looking for alternatives.
 
 

Workplaces

PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE from International Trade Union Confederation
  The WHO adopts 10-year action plan for workers' health.
 
 

Consumers

HAVE A GREEN SUMMER by Cheryl Gudz
  Eco-tips for enjoying warm weather.
 
 

Health scope
PAINKILLER RULED ADDICTIVE from CBC News
  Court fines OxyContin maker $634M US.

Media files

THE CRTC CHAIR MUST RESIGN by Paul Boin
  Recent comments make it clear that Von Finckenstein has forgotten that the public owns the airwaves.
 
 

LEFT BEHIND from Media Matters in America
  New report finds skewed representation of religion in major US news media.
 

Hot headlines
GOOD REVENUE BUT BAD BUSINESS by Katie Allen
  Science publisher Reed Elsevier pulls out of organising arms fairs.

DR LAURA'S SON LINKED TO LURID WEB PAGE by Matthew D LaPlante
  Site contained violent, sex-oriented images one official called 'repulsive'.
 

OUTSOURCING THE WAR: BLACKWATER AND OTHERS by Jeremy Scahill
  Investigative reporter testifies about secretive world of mercenary soldiers.
 

Take action!
SUPPORT CHILDCARE WORKERS from CUPE
  After a year of negotiating, the employer's offer provides 3 percent LESS in wages.

Feedback from our readers
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHIEF AND HARPER by Robert K Henderson
  Dief refused several direct American "requests".

Humour
A WELCOME TO JUNE from the Internet
  — often the month of weddings.