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Posted: August 10, 2004

Linda McQuaig
Star wars strip tease
- Linda McQuaig
  Will Canada risk its good name by acquiescing to BMD?
 

Reuel AmdurCommunities, rights and change
Sanctuary lost? - Reuel Amdur
  Immigration Minister talks tough to churches that harbour refugees.
 

Commentary
Mel Watkins
Unconventional thinking
- Mel Watkins
  Is Kerry better than Bush? Not on war and peace, apparently.
 
 
 

Watershed ways
Think globally, eat locally - Lynn Jones
  Food from your local farmers' market is better for you, your community and the world.
 

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Mike MartinWorkplaces

Union-busters
- Mike Martin
  Recent Wal-mart victory in its fight to exclude unions has wider implications.
 
 

P3s perilous - Erika Shaker, CCPA
  Public-private partnerships would open a trade treaty door that prove impossible to close.

Double nickel - Bob Dickson and Randy Rudolph
  Debt-free Alberta could build new markets by donating $55 million a year to foreign aid.

Upstream - Colin Isaacs
  Niagara Falls should be a national park.

Consumers
Teflon fears - Michael Day, The Sunday Telegraph
  Non-stick pan coating links to birth defects and illness.

US election watch
Nuts and bolts - Ronnie Dugger, The Nation
  The potential for vote fraud in the US presidential election is daunting.

Media files
Muslims slam Post
  Canadian Islamic Congress says National Post tops Anti-Islam survey for fifth consecutive year.

World beat
Chavez waaaay ahead - Richard Gott, The Guardian
  Venezuelan president headed for a stunning victory despite media control, lavish spending by opponents.

Hot headlines
Bombs that stay - Shinya Ajima and Shinsuke Takahashi, Japan Today
  Iraqi doctors study radiation effects, cancer treatment in Hiroshima.

Place marker - Roberta Avery, Sharenews.com
  Owen Sound monument honours northernmost tip of the Underground Railroad.

Heartburn sea - Geoffrey Lean, The Independent
  Oceans "turn to acid" as they absorb CO2, stave off global warming.

Stay calm - Mark Townsend, The Observer
  Prozac found in Britain's drinking water.

The brand that rocks the cradle - Alyssa R. Rayman-Read, The American Prospect
  An inside look at how advertisers go after Generation Y: interview with Susan Linn.

Cannon to the right of them! - Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service
  New right-wing book blasts Bush administration for squandering US "moral authority".

Eyewitness
  Air America Radio highlights new Iraqi blogger.

Take action!
Help with crisis in Darfur
  Oxfam reports that the rainy season complicates ghastly situation.

Sixty, and counting - The Freedom Archives
  Sign birthday card for Leonard Peltier's 60th birthday.

Humour
Lawn gone
  Circles of strife.
 

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