Posted: April 02, 2008
Updated: April 03, 2008

MISUNDERSTANDING NAFTA by Mel Watkins
  Ohioans want to re-open treaty for all the wrong reasons — but that's all right.
 
 

CANADA SHOULD BROKER PEACE FOR AFGHANISTAN by John W Warnock
  Russia and Eastern states to offer NATO a proposal for negotiated settlement of Afghan conflict.
 

A GLACIAL VANISHING ACT by Stephen Leahy
  Since 1980, glaciers have experienced an average net loss of 11.5 metres in ice thickness.
 
 

FEDS REVOKE IMPERIAL OIL PERMIT FOR OILSANDS PROJECT by Jeremy Klaszus
  Company will challenge decision in court.
 

Editorial

WAITING FOR THE APOCALPYSE AGAIN by Ish Theilheimer
  World is waiting for leaders willing to show vision and propose solutions to inter-linked crises.
 

Gordon's corner

OLYMPIC IRONIES by Charles Gordon
  The Beijing games have finally put globalization and communism on the same side.
 
 

Science matters
THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT COSMETIC PESTICIDES by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  More than 6,000 cases of acute pesticide poisoning occur in Canada each year.
 

Canadian Politics


HARPERITES BALK AT HALF-MAST TRIBUTE by Geoffrey Stevens
  Private member's Bill calls for recognition of each fallen soldier.
 
 

BITUMEN, AND PLENTY OF JOBS, HEADING SOUTH TO USA by Diana Gibson and David Thompson
  Tories making a huge mistake by not keeping upgrading jobs in Alberta.

BC SOLICITOR GENERAL JOHN LES RESIGNS by Bill Tieleman
  He is under investigation by Special Prosecutor in connection with land deal when Chilliwack Mayor.
 
 

NEW BRUNSWICK: VIOLENCE BY THE NUMBERS by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Governments measure what they think is important.
 
 

Workplaces
UN AGENCY RULES AGAINST BUSH ADMINISTRATION by Erin Johansson
  International Labor Organization says that National Labor Relations Board violates international human rights principles.
 

JOIN IN THE "WORLD'S BIGGEST LESSON" from the Canadian Teachers' Federation
  Canadian teachers join Global Action Week for universal education.

Consumers
29 YEARS AFTER THREE MILE ISLAND, NUCLEAR SAFETY PROBLEMS STILL UNRESOLVED from the Union of Concerned Scientists
  Adding new plants to aging fleet will increase risk without safety reform, science group says.

Media files


RIGHT-WING VIDEO SLAMS ISLAM by John Baglow
  Anyone can take a verse or two out of context.
 
 

Gaia beat
US WEST HEATING NEARLY TWICE AS FAST AS REST OF WORLD from the National Resources Defense Council
  Colorado River cities already in throes of record drought.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

THE PEACE BUTTON IS 50! In 1958, when Bertrand Russell's Committee for Nuclear Disarmament needed a symbol, activist and artist Gerald Holtom came up with a circle around the semaphore signs for N and D. Since then, the humble trident inside a circle has reached into fashion and art galleries. Now a new website aims to spread the button across the world at very reasonable prices, "making peace more visible every day."   peacebuttons.info

Hot headlines

FLAHERTY PLAYING DANGEROUS GAME by Carol Goar
  Ontario likely to blame its tight budget on Ottawa, not Queen's Park.
 

IRAQ: MALIKI'S GAMBLE by Gwynne Dyer
  US backs desperation play in Basra.
 
 

Take action!

HELP DEFINE SUSTAINABLE LIVING by Kent Waddington
  Complete survey on the meaning of community.
 
 

SUPPORT FIRST NATION PROTESTERS from the Maquilla Solidarity Network
  Six members of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band jailed for sit-in to block drilling.

Feedback from our readers
DON'T PRAISE BLAIR by Jason Freeman
  Reader says, Drs. Suzuki and Moola erred in holding up former UK PM Tony Blair as a model.

Humour
EX-PRESIDENT FOR HIRE submitted by a reader
  Too bad we can't claim it's an April Fool's joke.