Posted: June 30, 2004

Did photo-finish panic bust NDP breakthrough? - Mel Watkins
  Pollsters have some explaining to do.
 
 

Near-death experience - Murray Dobbin
  The aftermath of the federal election.
 
 
 

Canada's pulse - Marc Zwelling, Vector Research + Development Inc.
  How the Liberals survived.
 
 

Two Liberal leaders escape defeat in the federal election - Inside Queen's Park
  Ontario vote mirrors last fall's provincial vote thanks to late Grit surge averting internal party bloodbath.
 

The Canadian public reaps satisfaction - Ish Theilheimer
  BQ saves the day, keeps Canada Canadian.
 

Workplaces

One big union? - Mike Martin
  Move afoot to reconfigure US unions into a New Unity Partnership.
 
 

Communities, rights and change

Sanctuary - Reuel S. Amdur
  Ottawa candidates support church that harbours refugee, asserting validity of Sanctuary.
 

Watershed ways

Alien invasion - Ole Hendrickson
  Cheap imported goods or Pandora's box?
 
 

Summertime, and the breathing is... wheezy - Gallon Enviroment Letter
  Ontario's five-point plan to reduce smog: all smoke, no mirrors.

World beat
Bend it like Bush - Robert Paehlke
  Bush administration cites Constitution, technicalities, to counter charges of law-breaking.
 

Consumers


Surfers beware! - Dylan Kome
  Websites collect personal information when you visit.
 
 

Soak up some sun - Canadian Pediatric Society
  Vitamin D deficiency still causes rickets among Canadian infants.

Media files
The awful truth - Stuart Klawans, The Nation
  "Fahrenheit 9/11 is Michael Moore's most urgent diatribe and also his best, most moving film."

Defense company to buy Loews theatre chain - Jeff Clabaugh, Washington Business Journal
  Pre-emptive strike against any Moore public ridicule?
 

Hot headlines

The Master's revenge? - Gwynne Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago Express
  Did Chretien intend this to happen?
 

Canada in Haiti - Tom Reeves, Znet
  Why does Canada continue to support a US coup against Caribbean democracy?

IE users, beware - Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News
  Experts say for-profit web attacks bound to increase.

Addies for sale - Andrew Orlowski, The Register
  AOL staffer sells 92 million screen names to a spammer.

Virginity training - John O'Farrell, The Guardian
  US pays $700,000 to promote abstinence among British teens.

Ugly numbers - Democracy Now!
  Foreign Policy in Focus study cites cost of Iraq attack in lives, dollars, broken laws, oil, lost opportunities.

Ooops, my bad - Reuters
  Poll find the majority in US now think attack on Iraq was a mistake.

Take action!
Syria-ous peril - Fédération des femmes du Québec
  Help stop the deportation of a feminist activist on July 6.

Feedback from our readers
Visiting Canadian examines American health care system - Larry Day
  Diagnosis: insurance companies are making a killing.

Manhandled - Maggie Hughes
  Independent reporter says security guard physically prevented her from videotaping treesitters.