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Posted: September 07, 2005
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RISING GAS PRICES by Linda McQuaig
Reducing taxes is a fix that would delay us from confronting the underlying problem.
Rez Solutions?
 TREATY DAYS, WITH INTEREST by Stewart Steinhauer, Saddle Lake Cree Nation
Canada owes every person living on reserve enough to sustain their livelihood — and much more.
TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH ROTBLAT by Mel Watkins
Physicist and pacifist was "one of the best persons of the past century."
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Canadian Politics
VANDER ZALM FIRES FROM THE HIP by Bill Tieleman
Our columnist interviews former premier.
 WHY NORTHERN ONTARIO SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT by Ben LeFebvre
Federal, provincial policies strip northern communities' assets but don't provide services.
Communities, rights and change
 SECRET IS OUT ON SPECIAL DIET CAMPAIGN by Reuel S Amdur
OCAP organizing welfare recipients to claim monthly $250 allowance to avoid malnutrition.
 Workplaces
TINY TONGA AT CROSSROADS by John Baglow
Public service strike draws 15 percent of population to anti-government march.
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New Orleans collapse? News media performance? Treaty payments?
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Watershed ways
OIL PEAK AND SHOCK by Lynn Jones
The bigger story behind Katrina.
Media files
RADIO-CANADA LOCKOUT HURTS FRANCOPHONES from a statement from Jean-Paul Perreault, translated by Reuel Amdur
CBC management decision undermines democracy and the right to know.
KATRINA'S WHIPLASH by Penney Kome
Catastrophe finally knocks US media out of their complacency.
World beat
 ICELANDERS PROTEST GLOBALISATION letter from the protesters
Organisers protest deportation of foreign environmentalists, police harassment of locals.
Hot headlines
MIKE BROWN'S PAST by Brett Arends and Cactus Pat
Brown was appointed FEMA head in 2001, after he was asked to resign his last job, running horse shows.
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THE NATION BLOGGER
More than a year ago, Tomdispatch.com warned that Hurricane Ivan could destroy New Orleans, and described the entire scenario that has now unfolded since Katrina struck. Tom Englehardt has earned a widespread reputation for insightful analysis and careful documentation. Would he stoop to saying, "Told you so"? You betcha! And it's worth the time to read.
tomdispatch.com
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TELL BUSH TO ACCEPT CUBAN DOCTORS from Act Now To Stop War And End Racism (ANSWER)
Bush administration said it would accept all offers of help, but has declined 1100 Cuban doctors.
Feedback from our readers
PEACEKEEPING AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS from Jim Terral, BC
How do integrated missions fit in... or do they?
HURRICANE KATRINA from John Defalque, Skid Row, Vancouver BC
The US is overextended.
Humour
AGE ACTIVATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
Has it hit you yet?
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EDITORIAL: NEW ORLEANS DEVASTATED BY NATURE AND INHUMANITY
INDIFFERENCE IS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION