Diseased elk pose risk of European-style epidemic
  Veteran Calgary journalist and editor Gillian Steward cites alarming evidence of an infection that could spread Mad Cow disease to all of North America's cattle herd.
 

Harris pulls all the stops to save Adams Mine garbage plan
  Exclusive in-depth coverage from Northern Ontario reporter Charlie Angus of high-level political desperation to revive northern garbage dump for Toronto.

Consumers lose as sugar giants exert oligopoly control - Paul Pellizzari
  Canadians are being deprived of competitive prices and better packaging.
 
 

Left Behind - Right-wing evangelists flog made-in-Canada feature flick - Barrie Zwicker
 
 
 

Professor Greenspin Explains the Canadian Economy - laugh-out-loud animated lesson in economics from Jim Kempkes.
(You need Shockwave^® software to view this cartoon and others in the Straight Goods cartoon gallery - it takes a few minutes to download, but it's not hard to install and it's absolutely free.)

Alberta election website gives Albertans straight answers to tough questions.

International Day of Media Protest - a call to join the Media Transformation Day Campaign.

Straight Goods Forum Food safety in Canada In what ways, if any, do you feel anxious about the supply of safe and healthy food for Canadians? Post your comments and see what others have written...

Future of the Left
To build a different Canada, we need a different politics - Judy Darcy, CUPE
 
 

The Straight Goods report - publisher's welcome from Ish Theilheimer
 
 

Thinkers' corner:
Ontario's "tough, humane" jail plan: costly but no safer - Reuel S. Amdur
 
 

National Missile Defence makes no sense for Canada or US either - Gregory Richardson
 
 
 

Thwarting protest
  Heavy security at Summit of the Americas a threat to democracy - Eric K. Fortin

My Journey with Jake
  A book review of an instructive memoir of parenting and disability - Katherine Arnup

Larry Solway's column will return to Straight Goods next week.

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
What American president appeared - briefly - in a mural on a wall at Montreal's Dorval Airport?