Posted: June 15, 2004

Harper: OK to KO Kyoto - Linda McQuaig
  Like Bush, cites faint-hope, oil-stained science as rationale for dropping deal more moderate PCs helped to forge.
 

Silence and suicide - Angela Bischoff
  Anti-depressants took Tooker Gomberg from depression to suicide.
 

Canadian politics

Wrestling the octopus - Aaron Freeman
  Cutting business subsidies could be much more difficult than Harper realizes.
 
 

Look Ma! No more pay gap! - New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
  After a decade of hard work, New Brunswick civil service approaches pay equity and closes in on employment equity.

Canada's pulse
Canada's next Liberal leader - Marc Zwelling
  Factor X sinks Martin's ship.
 

Communities, rights and change

Dating disaster - Reuel Amdur
  Fixed date elections not compatible with parliamentary system.
 
 

Workplaces

Plundered pension plans - Mike Martin
  Surpluses, invested in stock market, have become deficits.
 

Consumers
Rx for improvement - CIHI
  Nearly a quarter of Canadians report a preventable adverse medical event for self or family member.

Scams, shams and other shames - Dylan Kome
  Beware of email "prizes" that are too good to be true.
 
 

Black tattoo - CBC Marketplace
  Temporary tattoos using "black henna" can cause serious allergic reactions.
 

Editorial

Jack Layton shows grit and guts - Ish Theilheimer
  And Reagan ill-remembered.
 
 

Media files
It pays to be wrong - William Powers, The Atlantic
  The news business only pretends to be wary of byline hounds known to sometimes play it fast and loose.

World beat
Roiling the recall - Selma James, globalwomenstrike.net
  Chavez supporters say widespread fraud and disinformation behind Venezuelan recall petition.

Hot headlines
White House blues - Doug Thompson, Capitol Hill Blue
  Bush's mood swings worry aides.

Pollcat crossing - Tom Barrett, theTyee.ca
  Angus Reid warns against putting too much trust in this election's public opinion polls.

A hurtful legacy - Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, Focus on the Corporation
  Ronald Reagan launched the modern period of corporate rule.

A Capitol offense? - Democracy Now!
  Could a new government charge George W Bush with criminal offenses under the 1996 War Crimes Act?

Company of five - Homes not Bombs
  Five Muslim men have been held in Don Jail for a total of 144 months without access to the evidence against them.

Welcome back, survivor - Keith Howard, United Church Observer
  United Church apologizes to residential school survivors as Gitxsan nation ceremonially welcomes them back.

Take action!
Bearly safe - wildcanada.net
  Protect wildlife: protest against BC government.

Feedback from our readers
Some conspiracies are real - Robbie Hanna Anderman
  Watkins' article on 9/11 inquiry overlooks degree of control held by powers that be.

Which party to vote for? - JJRousso
  Historical primer on political leanings.