Posted: March 15, 2005

THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR by Paul Weinberg, for IPS, in Toronto ON Canada
  Anti-terror laws sow fear in Muslim communities.

"HAVE" PROVINCES AND "HAVE- NOTS"? by Linda McQuaig
  Ontario Premier is right but he's gambling with unity.
 

THE LONG WALK HOME by Paul MacDougall
  Dashed hopes for good jobs in Nova Scotia left Black Americans straggling back home in the early 1900s.
 

SUPPORT A CLARKSON CUP FOR WOMEN'S HOCKEY by Marika Morris
  Women's hockey teams seek glory, funding.
 

Canadian Politics

ARE POLLS PUSHING VOTERS TOWARD LIBERALS? by Bill Tieleman
  Controversial method tries to influence voters in the guise of asking questions.
 

GREENBELT AND DEVELOPERS Inside Queen's Park Vol. 18, No. 05
  Liberals suffer from perception whether or not whiff of scandal well-founded.

Communities, rights and change

CLOSE SCRUTINY FOR HRSDC by Reuel S Amdur
  MP Tony Martin initiates Parliamentary investigation into funding criteria.
 

Workplaces

STELCO'S A CIRCUS by Mike Martin
  Steelmaker's "bankruptcy" profitable, but not for workers.
 
 

FILIPINO NURSES SEEK SUPPORT FROM BC NURSES' UNION from the Filipino Nurses Support Group (FNSG)
  Phillipine-trained nurses only able to work as live-in caregivers, for as little as $1.75 an hour.

Watershed ways

LET'S STAY ON TRACK by Ole Hendrickson
  Rural people need a variety of transportation too.
 

Consumers

TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST by Andy Rooney
  Irascible news veteran offers tips for dealing with telemarketers, junk mail.
 

REDUCE AND RE-USE NETWORK by Jill McCubbin
  Finding homes for stuff too good for the landfill.
 

Media files
MEDIA GREED THREATENS DEMOCRACY by E&P Staff, Editor & Publisher
  Pulitzer-prize winner exits, blasts Fourth Estate for "mud-slinging, lies, and timidity".
 

ZAP! TV-B-GONE from Adbusters website
  Culture jammers to start turning off TVs in public spaces.

World beat
ITALIAN JOURNALIST INVESTIGATED INFANTRY GROUP THAT SHOT HER by Black Women's Rape Action Project and Women Against Rape [UK]
  Giuliana Sgrena among few who dug into rape charges against 3rd Infantry Brigade.

RABBIS AND IMAMS FOR PEACE from Hommes de Parole
  Interfaith group issues declaration on key points.
 

Hot headlines
BUSH MISSTEP AT UN from the New York Times editorial, March 5, 2005
  US opposition to abortion an embarrassment at Beijing.

A SILVER LINING FOR THE MIDDLE EAST? by Gwynne Dyer
  Neo-cons say elections in Iraq and Saudi Arabia prove democracy is rising in troubled area.
 

STUDENTS BOYCOTT COCA-COLA OVER COLOMBIA DEATHS by Steve Matthews, Bloomberg
  Protests triggered by alleged labour organizers murders in Colombia.

BACKING THE BAD SEED by Murray Dobbin, for TheTyee.ca
  Canada's support for "terminator seeds" made us seem hard and cold.

CARCINOGENS IN BABY PRODUCTS by Samuel S Epstein, MD and Ronnie Cummins, for Environment News Service
  Fragrances, talc, lanolin, detergents may all be contaminated with by-products or pesticides.

Take action!
SUPPORT ANTI-SCAB LAW by Jean-François des Lauriers
  Bill C-263 goes to third vote in House of Commons on April 7.

Feedback from our readers
KEEP WATER OFF THE TABLE from Philip Kienholz, Hay River NWT Canada
  Please don't lure Condi to Canada by offering to discuss our water supplies.