Prisons not a solution for poverty, homelessness and mental illness - Kim Pate, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Increase in number of women in prison linked to the evisceration of health, education and social services.
Watershed Ways
Global food crisis coming soon, says influential environmentalist Lester Brown - Ole Hendrickson
Grain consumption exceeds production for last four years: water, population, greenhouse gas troubles clear.
Workplaces
Good-news stories on raising retirement age miss point - Mike Martin
Older Canadians working not necessarily because they want to, but because they have to - while access to public pension funding erodes.
Canada's IWA talks merger with United Steelworkers of America
Woodworkers want steelworkers' strength behind them in softwood lumber issue.
Your Health and Health Care
Lobby group blames cancer increase on chemical pollution in environment - Dennis Bueckert, Victoria Times Colonist
Cancer rates have soared in recent decades, says CCPA.
Crops "widely contaminated" by genetically modified DNA - NewScientist.com
"Pharm" crops for drugs and chemicals much more serious contamination risk for food supply.
Manitoba poised to set first ever provincial smoking ban
Bill 21 will set new standard for the nation, Minister says.
Media Files
Did desire to take down Mulroney undo Stevie Cameron? - Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail
Journalist's role as police informant crossed the line.
Oshawa reporter dies at awards ceremony - Sutton Eaves, Toronto Star
Stephen Shaw, 34, had colleagues' respect.
Haiti as target practice: what are US intentions for other Caribbean nations? - Heather Williams, counterpunch
US press misses story because it is either "too broken" or "too racist" to find it.
Take Action!
Stop the murder, torture and intimidation of workers in Colombia - No More Victims
Labour leader still needs protection in ILRF and United Steelworkers' case against mining corporation.
First anniversary of US invasion of Iraq to be marked by peace rallies all over Canada - Canadian Peace Alliance
Planned activities, contacts and meeting places listed alphabetically by city.
Hot Headlines
Mistakes in Haiti, Venezuela - John de Leon, Miami Herald
US can support leaders it likes... or it can support democracy.
Decision to grow GM crops in Britain provokes anger from environmentalists - Michael McCarthy and Marie Woolf, The Independent
Environment Secretary accused of bypassing protocol.
Why they had to crush Aristide - Peter Hallward, The Guardian
Haiti's elected leader was regarded as a threat by France and the US.
Blix: Iraq war was illegal - Anne Penketh and Andrew Grice, The Independent
Blair's defence is bogus, says the former UN weapons inspector.
Bush planning for deliberate federal bankruptcy - Michael Meurer, t r u t h o u t
No money means no arguments against plans for wholesale privatization.
US faces mounting international fury over Aristide's "forced" exit - Andrew Gumbel, The Independent
South Africa joins 15 Caribbean nations in questioning Bush administration's conduct of foreign policy.
As tension builds in Venezuela, Chavez warns US to stay out - Humberto Márquez, Inter Press Service
Uncertainty over Presidential recall referendum creates havoc.
Reader Feedback
Solution to debt and budget problems: stop illegal tax grab by feds - Thane C. Heins
Provinces alone have right to collect income taxes: feds should return to own jurisdiction of corporate taxation, 1950s levels.
Health care headlines in a nurse's dreams. - Carolyn Vaughan, RN
Front line practitioner imagines a saner, more humane system.
Gallows humour
A short history of Canadian agricultural policy - National Farmers Union
Ironies of farm life...
Goodbye, Tooker Gomberg, source of "greenspiration"
Scandals on the good (sponsor)ship Martin
