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Editorial
WHEN BROKEN PROMISES BECOME THE NORM by Ish Theilheimer
Tory's faith-based gambit and flip-flop allow McGuinty to switch subject.
 Canadian Politics
WHEN JOHN TORY IMPLODED by Geoffrey Stevens
Faith-based schools bid does not seem to have attracted new supporters.
ONTARIO'S ADDICTION TO CARS DRIVES ALBERTA'S OIL HABIT by Sheila Pratt
Provocative book on pollution issues takes myopic view of Alberta.
NDP ALL WRONG ON TREATY: EX-MLA by Bill Tieleman
Tsawwassen First Nation treaty used as a cover to convert farmland to port development.
RECOGNIZING THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
Community groups could teach business a thing or two.
ALBERTA SHOULD BE COLLECTING A LOT MORE MONEY by Ricardo Acuña
Royalty report recommendations are far from extreme.
MeanToons
REAPING WHAT WE SOWED by John Meaney
Call the crop assessor!
www.MeanToons.com
Workplaces
EVALUATING THE VIRTUAL PICKET LINE by Derek Blackadder
Italian union's Second Life information picket tests worth of a potentially valuable tool.
  Science matters
CAN'T RELY ON CAPTIVE BREEDING TO SAVE SPECIES by David Suzuki, with Dr Faisal Moola
Animals that adapt to zoo life probably won't survive in the wild.
Consumers
THINK BEFORE YOU SPRITZ from the National Resources Defense Council
Common air fresheners contain phthlates, linked to disorders in reproductive development.
Media files
NEWPAPERS TOOT OWN HORN from the Canadian Newspaper Association
Canadian dailies launch three-month campaign to position themselves as champions of the public interest.
World beat
ISRAEL SHOULD DISCOURAGE WAR WITH IRAN by Uri Avnery
Israel and Iran have actually been allies in the past.
| PICK OF THE WEEK |
SOMETIMES YOU 'RE THE LION, SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE... WAIT!
Inspiration lurks in the strangest places. Consider this eight-minute video of a pride of lions preying on a herd of water buffalo. Just when it seems the buffalo calf is roast — er, toast — the herd rallies, and the cats go flying. Strength in solidarity, anyone?
youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
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 Hot headlines
CHUCK STRAHL AND FIRST NATIONS by Katherine Walker
New Indian Affairs Minister has made unfortunate comments in the past.
HOW THE US STACKS UP FOR THOSE IN LABOUR by Ellen Bravo
An American envies Canada's one-year maternity leave.
BILLIONS OVER BAGHDAD by Donald L Barlett and James B Steele
Vanity Fair article traces what happened to US$12 billion in cash shipped to Baghdad, shrink-wrapped on pallets.
US SHIFTING TARGETS by Seymour M Hersh
Update on the Bush administration's plans for Iran.
HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES THE UNBEATABLE FOE by Barbara Ehrenreich
18,000 people a year die in the US because they can't afford health insurance.
Take action!
AMNESTY CAMPAIGN ON DARFUR from Amnesty International
Sign petition, buy Instant Karma CD set.
Feedback from our readers
CURRENT ELECTORAL SYSTEM GIVES ALL THE POWER TO THE PARTIES by Anthony Westell
System IS broken if you believe that government should represent the wishes of the people.
Humour
IMPRESSING THE GATE KEEPER from the Internet
Credentials required.
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