Posted: April 09, 2008

MEDIA CHEERLEADERS MISS STORY by Linda McQuaig
  The US has succeeded in getting Canada to take the lead in an unpopular counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan.
 
 

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE FUTURE IS NOW by Stephen Leahy
  Effects once thought to be a generation away are manifesting themselves now.
 
 

MALALI JOYA FIGHTS TO REGAIN SEAT IN AFGHAN PARLIAMENT by Farangis Najibullah
  Vocal "warlord" critic seeks to reverse her expulsion from legislature.

Faith speaks
CANADIAN JEWS FORM ALTERNATIVE PRESSURE GROUP by Martha Roth
  First national meeting agrees to put pressure on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territory.
 

Editorial

INTOLERANCE PEEKS OUT OF THE CLOSET by Ish Theilheimer
  Election fought over immigration would appeal to basest fears.
 
 

JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 2008 by Marc Lee
  Mel Watkins and Kari Polanyi Levitt to share first JKG Prize.

MICHELLE SWENARCHUK 1948-2008 by Mel Watkins
  Lawyer, environmentalist and public intellectual, she was a keen critic of trade treaties.
 
 

Gordon's corner

CBC REVAMPING AGAIN by Charles Gordon
  The CBC has decided to serve the listeners it doesn't have, at the expense of the listeners it does have.
 

Science matters

SMALL ACTIONS MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Participants in Earth Hour were making a bold statement about their values.
 

Canadian Politics
TEN YEARS AFTER THE WATERSHED VRIEND V ALBERTA DECISION by Scott Harris
  Supreme Court of Canada chastised Alberta for failing to include sexual orientation in its Individual's Rights Protection Act.

UNIVERSITY HOCKEY IS NHL FOR WOMEN PLAYERS by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Players, coaches, fans reeling from UNB decision to cut for women's varsity hockey team.
 

LET'S BOYCOTT CHINA ALTOGETHER by Bill Tieleman
  China blocks the CBC's website, although CBC is the official Canadian broadcaster for the Olympics.
 
 

Media files
INDEPENDENT RADIO RECLAIMS THE AIRWAVES by Michelle Chen
  "If you don't have access and ownership and control of a media system, you really don't exist," said Loris Taylor, of Native Public Media.

FREE-LANCERS FIGHT CANWEST CONTRACT by Shannon Lee Mannion
  Writers' organizations bombarding company with complaints.
 
 

Workplaces
FORTY YEARS AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S DEATH Statement of Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President of SEIU
  US workers still face many of the same issues and have actually lost ground on some.
 

TONY MAZZOCCHI: A VISIONARY LEADER NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN by James Clancy
  An interview with biographer Les Leopold on the life and times of a great labour leader.
 

Consumers
THE TOP INTERNET SCAMS OF 2007 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Internet Crime Complaint Centre analyzes most-reported complaints.

BE AWARE THAT SOME DRUGS ARE TOXIC TO EYES from Public Citizen
  Article in 'Drug Safety' identifies 62 drugs that can cause eye disease.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

APRIL 2 WAS THE FIRST UN WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY This debilitating condition is now diagnosed in one in 150 children, compared to one in 10,000 children a generation ago. Parents of children with autism spend long hours searching out treatments and therapies to help their kids lead normal lives. Since 1976, the Autism Society of Canada has been helping parents locate and connect with local resources.   www.autismsocietycanada.ca/index_e.html

Hot headlines
HARPER TORPEDOED LOUISE ARBOUR AT UN by John Zarocostas
  Absence of support denied Arbour second term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

RICE SHORTAGE BITES from the Sydney Morning Herald
  Soaring prices for essential grain threaten to trigger "social unrest".

MY SON'S RECOVERY FROM AUTISM by Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey
  Celebrity parents blame vaccines for son's autism, describe nutrition regime that helped him recover.
 

Take action!
NOMINATE A HEALTH AND SAFETY ACTIVIST from NUPGE
  Prepare for the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job by honouring an OHS worker.

Feedback from our readers
CBC PROVIDES GOOD VALUE FOR THE FUNDING by Douglas Curry
  Yet successive governments have widened the gap between its mandate and its resources.

Humour
YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE from the Internet
  Brings spirituality to burial.