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Commentary
Bodychecking in children's hockey - a grand and dangerous experiment - Lanny Boutin
If checking, even when performed correctly, raises a child' s risk of being hurt 12 times, why in the world would we even contemplate lowering the minimum age?
What's Left? - Jim Foulds
That's Right! The Publicpower Campaign and the NDP. A former MPP responds to Mike Martin's comment on the NDP needing to move left.
Notes and letters
NDP should make Green Party an affiliate - John Bacher
Workplaces
Poll shows most Canadians value unions' social activism - Mike Martin
But many unorganized workers say they would not vote to bring a union into their workplaces.
Consumers
Third World cocoa growers live in absolute poverty - Murray MacAdam, The International Development & Environment Article Service
Fluctuating prices lead to child slavery.
Microwaved broccoli loses nutrients: Researchers - CBC News
Watershed Ways
The friendly art of driving gently - Lynn Jones
On-board fuel consumption display leads to slower speeds, conserving gas.
Hot headlines
Bush - Nazi Link Confirmed - The New Hampshire Gazette
Prescott Bush, the grandfather of President George W. Bush, served as a business partner of and banking operative for the financial architect of the Nazi war machine from 1926 until 1942.
US soldiers to America: Bring us home now! - Coalition for Free Thought in Media
"We're dying for oil and corporate greed!"
Meeting the Dalai Lama - Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
"We refuse to concede that idealism is irrelevant."
US bullies Europeans on chemical testing - Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
Europeans propose testing policy, US, chemical companies oppose it.
Military jabs destroy thousands of lives - CBS News
Vaccine woes mount.
Take action
Interactive NDP Website nails incoming PM over flags of convenience
Which flag do you think Paul Martin will fly from the Peace Tower when he becomes Prime Minister?
Protest Calgary oil project in Ecuador - globalaware.org
Oil being pumped through controversial pipeline by EnCana.
Follow Trent University strike on the web - labourstart.org
CUPE food workers strike for better wages, fight increased workloads.
Protest firing of Mexican workers - labourstart.org
Boycott Levis, Tommy Hilfiger who buy from Tarrant factory.
CCPA conference opposes "Deep Integration" with US economy - Paul Weinberg
How far will Paul Martin take Canada to accommodate US economic goals?
Martin vs. the new Conservatives