Posted: July 09, 2008

BIG OIL POISED TO MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO IRAQ by Linda McQuaig
  Small service contracts announced last week are a step toward major development deals.
 

NUKE STRIKEOUT by Paul Weinberg
  Canada waffles while NATO feuds over first-strike attacks.
 
 

COMPETITION REVIEW PANEL TOES BUSINESS LINE by Mel Watkins
  Appointed to ease public alarm over foreign takeovers, panel recommends more of the same.
 

FINANCIAL CRISIS SHOWS G8 HAS THE MEANS TO TACKLE POVERTY – IF IT HAS THE WILL from Oxfam
  A trillion-dollar bailout for banks might lead to less money for the hungry.

MeanToons
SEASONAL WEAR by John Meaney
  Some people have their own sense of style.

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Editorial

HOW FAR WILL OBAMA DRIFT? by Ish Theilheimer
  And — US drug war heads north, with no opposition.
 
 

Faith speaks
FAITH GROUPS SUPPORT WAR RESISTERS from the Canadian Friends Service Committee
  Multi-faith petition urges government not to deport Corey Glass or other US conscientious objectors.

Science matters

LET'S CLEAR THE AIR ON CARBON TAXES by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  People have to pay for the garbage we put into the air.
 
 

Canadian Politics

TWO ABSURD PROPOSALS by Geoffrey Stevens
  Dion challenges Harper to debate, Chrétien loyalists ask Paul Martin for apology.
 

TOXIC TAILINGS FROM THE TAR SANDS by Ricardo Acuña
  Alberta Environmental Resources Conservation Board's new directive worse than useless.
 
 

MORGENTALER DESERVES IT by Bill Tieleman
  Prime Minister Harper is deeply wrong to criticize Order of Canada appointment.
 
 

NB'S CRASH SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE ON TAXES by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Government "consults" while most citizens are away or at play.
 
 

Workplaces
LABOUR'S PLAN FOR DEALING WITH HIGH ENERGY PRICES from the Canadian Labour Congress
  Working families hit by job losses as well as soaring food and fuel costs.

LABOUR NORTH AND SOUTH by Ron Verzuh
  Canadian union leaders visit Colombia to assess human rights there.
 
 

WORKERS WIN WAGE PROTECTION IF COMPANY GOES BANKRUPT from the Canadian Labour Congress
  New Wage Earner Protection Program means government will pay and seek to recoup from employer.

Consumers
DEFINING WHAT "GREEN" MEANS from the Competition Bureau and the Canadian Standards Association
  Competition Bureau and Canadian Standards Association seek greater accuracy in environmental claims.

Media files


REPORTING FROM THE GROUND UP by Silja J A Talvi
  Street newspapers gather for 13th annual conference.
 
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

ANOTHER KIND OF TOURISM Explore Alberta the Greenpeace way. Black sand beaches — sailing on the tailings ponds — breathtaking views of waste products from the largest single industrial project in the world! Greenpeace's tongue-in-cheek "Explore Alberta" website offers an environmentalist's view of the tar sands.   www.travelingalberta.com/vacation_ideas.php

Hot headlines

PREPARING THE BATTLEFIELD by Seymour M Hersh
  The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.
 
 

LIPOSUCTION: THE KEY TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE by Barbara Ehrenreich
  Instead of fossil fuels, we could power our bad habits with our own body fat.
 

GLOBAL FINANCE, THE CURRENT CRISIS AND CHALLENGES TO THE DOLLAR by David McNally
  We are dealing with an insolvency crisis; many financial institutions are effectively broke.

Take action!
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH COUNTER-G8 PROTESTERS IN JAPAN from the No! G8 Legal Team
  Those arrested can be held 23 days without charge.

Feedback from our readers
CARBON TAX TOO MUCH by Ra Barker
  Prices are too high already.

Humour
THE GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY from the Internet
  A monument to his years in office.