Posted: February 05, 2002
Overkill, The War on Terrorism, and my friend Danny Pearl - exclusive from the Phillippines by Christopher Johnson
US military buildup and Western media hype threaten to trigger massive bloody upheaval.
Consumers beware: Before you spring for that extended warranty...
Lanny Boutin checked it out and finds most aren't worth it because most appliances make it through the first five years.
Mourning Morningside, Gzowski and rooted reporting - Ish Theilheimer
And praying for Danny Pearl as the war on journalism continues.
"George W. in the Garden of Gethsemane" - Michael Moore
Bush must resign after allowing his Enron cronies to use 9-11 to cover their crimes.
Workplaces
Northern Exposure - Vision of the maven of the minerless mine - Mick Lowe
Remote-controlled robot miners and an ever increasing consumption of metal.
Community, rights and change
Budget-driven workload strains Quebec classrooms - Reuel S. Amdur
Fighting for fairness for the mentally disabled
New website provides disabled people and their families tools to combat discrimination.
Environment
Proposed toxic waste incinerator poses risks to Kirkland Lake - Ambrose Raftis
Low emission standards mean high risks for the community.
Campbell's new plan for the environment - Dale Marshall, CCPA
BC's Liberal government is willing to sacrifice the environment in its bid to improve the province's investment climate.
'Poison' wood warnings ignored - Richard Starnes, Ottawa Citizen
Health Canada warned about pressure-treated wood 12 years ago, did nothing.
Fish farming moratorium lifted in BC - Environment News Service
Alsaska, conservationists howl in protest.
Taking liberties
How private should your health records be? - The Consumers' Association of Canada with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Groups seek Canadians' views on privacy of health care information: survey.
Canada on the path to a security state? - Bill Blaikie
What's secure about giving up Canada's power to act in the public interest?
Commentary
School is invaluable, but is it essential? - Heather-jane Robertson
The Tories, who said they'd get government out of Ontarians' faces, keep imposing big-government solutions to problems better resolved locally.
The Miniature Earth - an educational and thought-provoking website
If the earth was composed of only one hundred people, it would look like this...
Olympic security spending unprecendented and over the top - Suzanne Elston
We have become fixated on protecting ourselves from invisible enemies while real one run amok.
Ontario Tory leadership hopefuls flip-flop over two-tier access - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
Seniors and Health Care
Whistle-blowing Tory loyalists axed from home care agencies - Ross Sutherland
Privatizing home care Ontario through the under-funded 'CCACs' has put it through the shredder.
* A partnership with the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens Organizations.
Media files
Disg uised corporate advertising? - Randal Marlin
Self-serving PR raises doubts about corporate ethics.
Copy left: The Great Giveaway
Good ideas are worth money, so why are people giving them away for free? Join New Scientist's experiment to find out.
CRTC looking at payola business TV shows - Canadian Press
Investors "faced with an almost impossible situation of trying to distinguish reality and truth from the gloss".
Can West concentration a threat to journalism?
Journalists ask for a parliamentary inquiry.
The problem with national editorials - Montreal Gazette
Southam editorials establish a line from which member papers, in their editorials, cannot deviate.
Media punditry vacuum - Washington Post
New study says news media have become less factual.
Corporate watch
Governments should require corporate responsibility - Democracy Watch
Take Action
Commission targets sweatshop abuses
Corporate Accountability Commission endorses call for new labelling regulations to address sweatshops.
Homelessness Marathon - A broadcast schedule
Humour?
Enron style capitalist model
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company...
Jobs on the move or - business on the mooch