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Posted: January 18, 2005
 OPEN BIDDING CLOSES DOORS by Paul Henderson
Vital social agencies jeopardized by complicated, obscure new funding proposal requirements.
MELTING MOUNTAINS AND YOU by Jan Rose, Calgary AB
As climate change melts snowcaps, the effects snowball downstream.
CBC $ WOES by Penney Kome
NHL strike, possible federal budget cuts, may lead to layoffs.
OIL LUST by Linda McQuaig
History will judge US motives for invading Iraq.
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Canadian Politics
POISON PEN LETTERS AT QUEEN'S PARK from Inside Queen's Park, Vol. 18, No. 01
Anonymous missives once hounded Dalton McGuinty: Now a new author rags John Tory.
HOW CAROLE JAMES WON THE '05 ELECTION by bill tieleman
BC Liberals will pay dearly on May 17, 2005, if NDP pay attention to top issues in public opinion polls.
Communities, rights and change
CANADA'S COMPLICITY IN IRAQ by Reuel S Amdur
Nine Canadian military personnel are serving with the forces occupying Iraq.
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 Workplaces
RANCHERS ACHING by Mike Martin
BSE crisis costs Canadian ranchers $5 billion, endangers their livelihoods.
DAY LABOUR – WORKER ABUSE? by G Jeffrey MacDonald for the Christian Science Monitor
Ethical funds screen out firms that abuse overseas workers. But low-pay, no-benefit work at home gets no scrutiny.
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Consumers
FLOSS BEATS MOUTHWASH from the Associated Press
Judge orders Pfizer to retract claims Listerine prevents gum disease.
Media files
FIRED REPORTERS CHALLENGE FOX TV LICENSE by Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson and Jane Akre charge Fox with false and distorted news reports.
World beat
IRAQI POLICE WEAR FACEMASKS by Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
Locals view police as collaborators, blame occupation for unemployment, inflation.
RUSSIAN PENSIONERS SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Julie A Corwin
Cash vouchers instead of free public transit lead to fury, public demonstrations.
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Hot headlines
WHY THE SUN SEEMS TO BE 'DIMMING' by David Sington, BBC News
"Global dimming" caused by airborne particles linked to droughts in Africa, potentially in Asia.
WTO IS "AN EXPERIMENT THAT FLOPPED" from the Public Citizen
On its 10th anniversary, WTO does not measure up to its glowing economic promises, either to rich or poor countries.
EXAGGERATED THREAT by Adam Curtis, BBC News
BBC documentary says that threat of Islamist terrorism vastly oversold.
NEW NUCLEAR RACE? by Ira Chernus, commondreams.org
Japanese paper charges that US intends to void the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at May meeting.
SPANISH FLY IN THE SKY by Jules Crittenden, Boston Herald
Pentagon considered using super aphrodisiac as airborne weapon.
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THE NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE US from Ceasefire.ca
Write a letter online demanding Parliamentary hearings into the appointment of Frank McKenna as Canada's representative in Washington DC.
Feedback from our readers
INJURED WORKERS' GROUPS by Steve Mantis
Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups distributes SG article about the WCB.
Humour
IT'S ALL IN THE DELIVERY
A brotherly lesson in diplomatic language.
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