Posted: October 06, 2004
Updated: October 08, 2004

BUSH UNSPUN? by Linda McQuaig
  Live debate puts Bush out of handlers care, away from pre-cleared Republican audiences for 90 uncomfortable minutes.
 

INACTIVE CHICOUTIMI REQUIRED COMPLETE STRIPDOWN from Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's Navy International and Jane's Fighting Ships
  Subs were "buyer beware" materiel, warned Jane's Defence Weekly, were years late and 25% overbudget.

WATER GRAB CALLS FOR FEDERAL INTERVENTION by Sara Ehrhardt, Council of Canadians
  Provinces endorse international agreement, heedless of hidden interstate deal that would give US states unlimited access to Great Lakes water.

WHEN GANDHI MET HINDY by Matthew Behrens
  Muslims take photos and home videos of the CN Tower as undercover police, media, watch.
 

Communities, rights and change
HEALTH ACCORD MISFIRES by Reuel S Amdur
  Premiers' Health Accord steals money from other programs, sets vague goals.

POVERTY PERSISTS DESPITE OIL WINDFALL by Philip O'Hara
  Province harmed low-income Albertans by abandoning Market Basket Measure, says Edmonton Social Planning Council.

Workplaces

PRINTER'S DEVIL - by Mike Martin
  Quebecor faces international and interfaith pressure to allow workers to unionize.
 
 

Take action!
MAKING OHS "DANGEROUS" AGAIN from the Alberta Workers' Health Centre
  National conference plans strategies to re-invigorate health and safety activism.

Inside Queen's Park
UNHEALTHY FALLOUT by Inside Queen's Park
  McGuinty health care reforms venture where Mike Harris' attempts backfired.

Canadian politics
LISTEN UP! by Jacquie Newman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, King's University College, UWO, and Bill Robinson, formerly of Project Ploughshares
  Protesters tell Bill Graham - BMD is a dumb idea.
 

Watershed ways

CAUTION: STUDENTS BREATHING by Lynn Jones
  Schools establish idle-free zones at their curbs.
 

Consumers
CORNERING THE FOOD MARKET by Hilary Mertaugh in Left Turn, via Project Censored
  Global food cartel controls agriculture, processing and food sales.

STOP, THIEF!
  CBC's Marketplace gives tips on how to protect your home from break-ins.

Media files
FEAR IN BAGHDAD by Farnaz Fassihi, Common Dreams
  Wall Street Journal reporter's email says that nobody and nowhere is safe in Baghdad.

US election watch
WORLD "VOTES" FOR US LEADER from Betavote.com
  Site invites the rest of the world to show who they would rather have as US President.

World beat
TALKING WITH SHIRIN EBADI by Amitabh Pal, The Progressive
  Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner promotes democracy, feminism within Islam.

TOO SWEET by Jo Revill, The Observer
  Sugar industry plots to influence World Health Organization's anti-obesity drive.
 

Hot headlines
GOOD TO GO ON KYOTO? from CBC News Online
  Russia's ratification puts Canada on the spot to meet Kyoto deadlines.

LONG ENGAGEMENT from Maclean's
  Paul Wells says the Liberals will drag their heels on same-sex marriage legislation.

SURVIVAL OF THE WEAKEST by Peter Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor via Daily Grist
  Humans affecting evolution of other species.

TOXIC WEAPONS via Project Censored
  Depleted Uranium poisons Afghan and Iraqi civilians as well as returning troops.

POISONING PARADISE by Geoff Baker, Shunpiking
  Blue Jays' first base player fights for justice on Puerto Rican island ravaged by US weapons testing.

TOKING FOR LIFE by Paul Armentano, AlterNet
  Pot shows promise as cancer cure.

Feedback from our readers
COSTLY "SERVICE" by Tracy Ellen
  Frustrated Bell customer gets enormous bills, months late, for cancelled cell service, but can't reach a rep to discuss it.