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Posted: March 01, 2005
PEOPLE 2, ELITE 0 by Mel Watkins
Ordinary Canadians kept Canada out of Iraq and missile defense.
SPACE WARS by Linda McQuaig
Standing up to US will gain us respect abroad.
KYOTO VS. NAFTA? by Stephen Leahy
Asking only Ontario companies to bid on providing clean energy may trigger WTO-style lawsuits against the province.
AIN'T WE A FAMILY? by djinn fissure
Lesbian mother asks Cardinal what she has to do to prove she and her daughter are a family.
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Canadian Politics
BC THRONE SPEECH? SURELY THEY JEST! by bill tieleman
"Andy Rooney" pokes fun at Liberal promises for the year ahead.
LIBERAL TENSIONS from Inside Queen's Park, Vol. 18, No. 04
Dalton McGuinty squares off against federal cousins, keeps distance from Toronto's Mayor.
ALBERTA BACKS FOR-PROFIT CHILDCARE by Eugene Plawiuk
Province won't take federal childcare funds if tied to non-profit requirement.
Communities, rights and change
THE ILLUSORY BUDGET by Reuel S Amdur
In promising something to everyone, Ralph Goodale delivered nothing to anyone.
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Commentary
 NEGROPONTE AND REALPOLITIK by Hanns Skoutajan
Bush's new Director of National Intelligence linked to death squads in Honduras, Nicaragua.
 Workplaces
SAFETY THROUGH ERGONOMICS by Buzz Hargrove, from "Counterpoint", in the National Post
CAW president calls for feds, provinces, to enact ergonomics regulations.
Watershed ways
SEPTIC TANK BLUES by Ole Hendrickson
We should treat human waste as a resource, not allow it to pollute water and soil.
Consumers
GOOGLE TOOLBAR SPY WARE from Google-Watch
Beta toolbar changes links on visited websites.
 Media files
BIZARRE CLAUSES IN NEW PHOTOGRAPHY CONTRACT by Greg Locke
Canada News Wire contract violates itself.
THE PENTAGON CHANNEL by Arianna Huffington
US Department of Defense has its own cable channel.
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World beat
SEVEN OUT OF TEN RUSSIAN BABIES BORN SICK by Emma Griffiths, in Moscow, for Saturday AM ABC Online
By the time children leave school, 50 percent are so sick it limits their career choices.
AFGHANISTAN STILL FRAGILE from the United Nations
UN airdrops food to Afghans starving in harshest winter in many years.
Hot headlines
SCOTT RITTER SAYS US IRAN ATTACK PLANNED FOR JUNE by Mark Jensen, for "United for Peace of Pierce County" WA
Former UN weapons inspector says that world peace movement could forestall the attack.
HUNGER, FAMILY ABUSE TOP MORAL ISSUES IN POLL by Thomas Hargrove and Guido H Stempel III, for Scripps Howard News Service
Americans say issues that threaten, harm, or cause suffering are most important "moral values".
UK RAISES MINIMUM WAGE BBC News, UK edition
Women "most affected" by raise to £5.05 [about $10 CAD] an hour.
EUROS FOR OIL by Casey Khan on LewRockwell.com
Iran's biggest threat to the US may be to sell its oil in euros not dollars.
Take action!
MARCH 19 PROTESTS AGAINST IRAQ OCCUPATION from the Canadian Peace Alliance
Canadian Peace Alliance co-ordinates protests across Canada.
Feedback from our readers
CREDIT RATING ERROR by Lillian Szilagy, Toronto ON
Bank failure to record credit card payment led to seven years of bad credit rating, high student loan interest rates.
Humour
CAR LOAN
It's the principal of the thing.
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