News
US media stonewall Canadian journalist's story of Vietnam desertion - Mick Lowe
  Montreal sportswriter Jack Todd returns to Nebraska and to a national media that doesn't want to revisit the nightmare war.

Urban forestry, urban myth - Parker Barss Donham
  Ecology is more than a photo-op: planting trees in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax.
 
 
  Municipalities fight back - Kate Heartfield
  Across Canada, municipalities have gone public with their worries about what free trade can do to towns and cities. A link to rabble.ca - .

Take part in e-Democracy News from the Social Democracy conference in Montreal:   - Edward Broadbent: Social Democracy - The Way Ahead   Opening Address for the Conference on The Future of Social Democracy in Canada.   - Ross Finnie: Reforming Income Support - Programs That Work   - Marc Zwelling: Social Democracy in the Opinion Polls   - Quebec has lessons for ROC about social democracy says former Bloc MP Turp - Ariel Troster   - Sleeping dogs and wake-up calls - David Berlin   - Canadians still favour social democratic ideas despite spin to contrary - Ariel Troster   - New ideas to fuel a new left party?   - Unite the Left, says Montreal conference.   - Civil society, political parties, grassroots activism - Allie Vered Forever young - Jim Kempkes' animated vision of a political convergence between young and experienced activists.       - Friday morning in Montreal - a PR moment   - Visit the main Conference site.   - Visit the Debates page, the entry to the forums and surveys in the conference's four theme areas. More conference coverage to come...

Straight Goods Forum Left must refuse the moral high road to oblivion Larry Solway is fed up with being politically correct and powerless.   How about you? Has sanctimony lost its appeal? Join the Straight Goods Forum and express your views... Then Take the Straight Goods poll: Why has the NDP lost touch with voters?

Health

Smoking bylaw is actually working in Waterloo - Scott Piatkowski
  Drinkers and diners who smoke "learn to accept" new rules.
 

Environment
Less diversity, more allergy? - Suzanne Elston
  Serious health threats and help for them.

FTAA Summit follow-up

Amnesty International calls for public enquiry into alleged Quebec City police brutality
  Let's clear the air, says AI.
 

Media

Media giants carve up public airwaves in giant privatization effort - Jeremy Rifkin
  A strategy is beginning to unfold in Washington DC to give Big Media total control. Link to Manchester Guardian.
 

Education
On-line conference opposes education privatization
  Log on to take part in a counter-conference to the World Education Market, an international trade fair for the marketing of education that took place last week in Vancouver.

Consumer power
Shareholder votes put sweatshop issues on agenda
  Hudson's Bay Company shareholders signal strong support for a proposal to address the issue of sweatshop labour.

The Straight Goods Report - Ish Theilheimer, Publisher
  Uniting the left is possible.
 
 

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The Real Man Test

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
Sure he donated a cup, but what else did Lord Stanley do?