Posted: December 12, 2007

DOWNPLAYING MULRONEY'S OFFENCE by Linda McQuaig
  Far from digging for facts, media seem to be looking for excuses for PM accepting cash.
 
 

AL GORE'S NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH by Al Gore
  Have we the will to act vigorously and in time, or will we remain imprisoned by a dangerous illusion?
 
 

A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION by Hugh Robertson
  6 tonnes of per capita emissions are directly attributable to our own personal lifestyle.

CLIMATE CHANGE SPEEDS UP AMAZON'S DESTRUCTION from the World Wide Fund for Nature
  Decreased rainfall, increased temperatures, could wipe out more than half the Amazon rainforest by 2030.

Editorial
HOW WOULD THE ONION WRITE ABOUT CANADA TODAY? by Ish Theilheimer
  Antics of public figures not fair to comedians or Canadians.
 
 

Canadian Politics

MULRONEY AT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE by Geoffrey Stevens
  "What did he think he was doing?" and other questions for the former PM.
 
 

EDMONTON SCHOOL BOARD LIFTS GAG ORDER ON TRUSTEES by Sheila Pratt
  Tough questions need asking about Alberta's P3 building plan.
 
 

JOURNALIST'S OFFICE BROKEN INTO by Bill Tieleman
  Ransacked files prove that somebody wants to halt coverage of Basi-Virk case.
 
 

BABIES, BOSSES, BENEFITS AND BARRIERS by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Couples struggle with the decision whether to have children.
 
 

FALSE PROMISES FOR RECENT IMMIGRANTS from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Study reveals low wage job cycle, workplace rights violations.

MeanToons
JUST CLEARING THE AIR by John Meaney
  If only we'd known then what we know now...

www.meantoons.com

Gordon's corner


WHY KIDS BUFFLE — THE BRAWL/SCUFFLE by Charles Gordon
  Reviewing the top discards in the Boneyard of Broken Stories.
 
 

Science matters
MAYORS WORK ACROSS THE BORDER TO REDUCE EMISSIONS by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Meanwhile, PM stalls and obfuscates at Kampala and Bali.
 

Workplaces

ATTACKS ON UNIONS PERSIST by Pat Daley
  Media, legal challenges obscure important work unions do for members.
 
 

Consumers
WHEN DECAF ISN' T from Consumer Reports
  Consumers Union finds more caffeine in some decaf than consumers might expect.

Media files

COPYRIGHT PROTECTS WRITERS' LIVELIHOODS by John Degen
  Novelist defends the purpose and practice of copyright for literature.
 

CANADIAN TO HEAD WIKIMEDIA from Wikimedia
  Former CBC staffer picked as Executive Director for Wiki foundation.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

SHUT UP AND SING! When the Dixie Chicks got into trouble with an off-hand apology to the world for the current US president, their critics yelled, "Shut up and sing". Now songwriter and vocalist Pink has set her criticism of George W Bush to music, and produced a poignant, haunting song, backed up by powerful video footage on the screens behind her on the stage at Wembley stadium. Just call it, "Singing truth to power."   www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0vMycjf_Qc

Hot headlines

BC DOCTORS DOUBLE DIPPING by Andrew MacLeod
  Clinic doctors got $500,000 in public funds, but walk-ins must pay for basic visits.
 

HOUSING: A CRISIS WITH STAYING POWER by Mark Trumbull
  Christian Science Monitor launches three-part series on effects of US housing bust.

BAGHDAD BONANZA by Bill Buzenberg
  Public Eye names the Top 100 Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Take action!
SUPPORT HUNGER STRIKER by Lynn Daniluk
  Ontario woman in third month of fast to stop uranium mining.

CANADA SABOTAGING UN TALKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE by Ricken Patel
  Avaaz looking for 25,000 signatures on petition by Friday.

Feedback from our readers
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE TO READING A ' BOOK'.... by Harold Barclay
  Of course, I suppose my remark is irrelevant.

Humour
ADVICE FOR BLACK' S APPEAL from the Internet
  What his high priced team should have told him.