Posted: May 14, 2008

KEEPING USA GAS TANKS FULL by Brent Patterson
  In 2007, Canada shipped an astonishing average of 1.848 million barrels of oil a day to the United States. But the US wants even more.
 

HILLARY'S THREAT by James Laxer
  What it means when she says: "We could totally obliterate them [Iran]."
 
 

"DOCTOR" NATURE IN DANGER by Stephen Leahy
  Endangered species have contributed life-saving drugs.
 
 

BURMA THUGS AND CORPORATE COMPLICITY by John Baglow
  Oil and gas companies help prop up the military regime.
 
 

CounterThink
SOLVING COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER by Mike Adams
  US crops suffering from disappearance of pollinators.

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Editorial
FROM BURMA TO HORTONS, THE BAD GUYS ARE ON A ROLL by Ish Theilheimer
  Deepening crises call for willingness to work with adversaries on behalf of human survival.
 

DEATH DURING CHILDBIRTH COMMON IN AFGHANISTAN from Radio Free Europe
  On average, a woman dies there every 27 minutes from pregnancy complications.

THE SWEET TASTE OF FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE by Randy Rudolph
  Foil the speculators and undercut the slave traders by choosing your chocolate with care.
 
 

World beat
BOLIVIA UNDER SIEGE by Fred Jones
  US-funded autonomy movements threaten to tear the country apart.

Science matters
LITTLE BUG, BIG PROBLEM by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Pine beetles expected to kill close to 80 percent of BC's mature pine forests.
 

Canadian Politics


EXCELLENCE SHINES AT NNAS by Geoffrey Stevens
  No shortage of candidates for National Newspaper Awards.
 
 

DEAD DUCKS ARE ONLY THE SURFACE OF THE PROBLEM by Gillian Steward
  500 dead waterfowl on a tailings pond signal deeper issues.
 
 

CARBON TAX JUST HOT AIR by Bill Tieleman
  Low-income people will pay more, while corporations will get a tax break.
 
 

EMPOWERED MOTHERS CHANGE THE WORLD by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Women have tried to improve the conditions under which parenting could be done in this society.

Workplaces
HUNDREDS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS KICK OFF THE "SUMMER OF HOPE!" from UNITE HERE
  UNITE HERE Local 75 hotel workers and community allies take the fight against poverty to the streets of Toronto.

ONTARIO BAR RECOGNIZES INJURED-WORKER ACTIVIST from the Ontario Bar Association
  Steve Mantis to accept Ron Ellis Award in June.

Special CLC Convention Section

MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN WORK HAS MULTIPLE BENEFITS FOR LABOUR by Ish Theilheimer
  Local activists energized, key issues raised, and 600 endorsed candidates elected through focus on local elections.
 

Consumers
IDENTITY THEFT, CREDIT MONITORING INSURANCE UNNECESSARY from Public Interest Advocacy Canada
  Most major credit cards already have zero liability policies in case of theft.

Media files

THE US WAR ON JOURNALISTS by Amy Goodman
  Military regularly targets Al-jazeera correspondents for imprisonment or assault.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

GLOBAL CO-OPERATION This website illustrates the power of the Internet. A single researcher's humble webpage gathered attention from other researchers working in the area of international development. Thirteen years later, the Global Development Research Center has 40 institutional partners and 120 "Virtual Fellows", all researching how to improve life for people in developing countries.   www.gdrc.org

Hot headlines
REMARKS BY STEPHEN LEWIS AT THE 10TH ANNUAL V-DAY CELEBRATIONS by Stephen Lewis
  What's happening in the Congo is an act of criminal international misogyny, sustained by the indifference of nation states and the UN.

EVO MORALES UNDER ATTACK IN BOLIVIA from Democracy Now!
  President's constitution on hold while opponents encourage departments [provinces] to secede.

Take action!
END CANADIAN INVOLVEMENT IN TORTURE by Matthew Behrens
  Caravan Against Torture carries on with petition, targeted actions.

Humour
TELLING PORKIES... from the Internet
  ... or in this case, a bit of bull.