Posted: April 26, 2005

THE CANADIAN DOVE FUNDS THE US HAWK by Linda McQuaig
  Moving closer to US promotes war, not peacemaking.
 

LIQUID MEDICAL MARIJUANA APPROVED by Bruce Mirken, in Ottawa ON Canada
  Medicine is identical to marijuana except it is liquid.

CATHOLIC WOMEN CONCERNED by Kathleen McWilliams
  Catholic Network for Women's Equality asks new Pope for assurances.
 

HRSDC PUNISHES CLOSEST ALLIES by Mike Lewis
  Inept HRSDC defeats the hard work and effectiveness of partner organizations.
 

Canadian Politics
ONE PARTY TO BE SHUT OUT OF BC LEADERS' DEBATE? by Bill Tieleman
  Multi-station deal would include Greens but exclude Democratic Reform Party, which has a seat in the Legislature.
 

Communities, rights and change

REAL JOBS ENDING by Reuel S Amdur
  Rise of non-standard work linked to increase in poverty-level incomes.
 
 

Workplaces

MORE ON CANADA LABOUR CODE REVIEW by Mike Martin
  CLC needs to find better solutions for women, overwork.
 

MEAT PACKERS' UNION ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK by Sasha Lilley, special to CorpWatch
  Employer guts health and safety regulations.
 

Watershed ways

PLANNING NEEDED by Ole Hendrickson
  If we really want to save the environment (and the planet), we need to make an overall plan.
 
 

Consumers
CAFFEINATED BEER A DUMB IDEA by Mike Martin
  New Shok and Kick brands likely to create wide-awake drunks.

LAWSUITS DOWN BUT MALPRACTICE INSURANCE UP from Public Citizen, in Washington DC
  Real crisis continues to be inadequate measures for guaranteeing patient safety.

FIGHTING PHISHING by Deborah Radcliff, for Network World
  Scam artists steal data, undermine online marketing.
 

Media files
I WANT MY SHE-TV by Will Rasmussen, for the Christian Science Monitor
  New satellite station run by women opening dialogues in Middle East.

HOW THE NETWORKS CHANGED THE PMO'S AGENDA by Antonia Zerbisias, for The Toronto Star
  Paul Martin's speech rescheduled for television's convenience.
 

World beat
UN REFORM by Bob Dickson and Michael Gretton
  A better world starts here.
 

Hot headlines
FREE-TRADE PROTESTERS WIN SETTLEMENT from the Associated Press, on local10.com online
  Miami police agree to pay $4.5 million for unnecessary strip searches.

EXXON TIGER IN THE THINK TANKS from As the World Burns, by Bill McKibben, Chris Mooney, & Ross Gelbspan, in the May/June issue of Mother Jones
  Fraser Institute got $60 000 of Exxon's $8 million in donations to anti-climate-change research.

BETTING THE FARM by Thomas Walkom, for the Toronto Star
  Farmers suffer even with subsidies, but it would still be cheaper to import every scrap of food.
 

LAGGING NUMBER FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE by Sara Rimer, for the New York Times
  Very slow progress in academia for women scientists.

NEW POPE A DISASTER FOR THE WORLD AND FOR JEWS from TIKKUN
  Rabbi says Joseph Ratzinger has distinguished himself as a man who disrespects other religions.
 

NEWT GINGRICH APOLOGIZES TO CANADA CBC News
  Key conservative sorry for saying 9/11 hijackers entered US from Canada.

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PROTECT CANADIAN FOOD REGULATIONS from the Beyond Factory Farming coalition
  Tell your MP to vote against Bill C-27, the CFIA Enforcement Act.

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