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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.
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
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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.
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