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Posted: September 20, 2005
LINGERING IMAGES by Linda McQuaig
Mulroney's fawning manner grated with Canadians.
LESSONS FROM MAHER ARAR'S ORDEAL by Mel Watkins
Canada will no longer give any credence to intelligence information extracted by torture.
FRICTION OVER FISHING RIGHTS by Hanns Skoutajan
Ipperwash inquiry uncovers longstanding tensions, incidents.
CORPORATE IR/RESPONSIBILITY from the Gallon Environment Newsletter
Some companies claim corporate responsibility but lobby for loopholes.
Faith Speaks
EMPIRE OF INEQUALITY from the Catholic New Times
Katrina's ill wind makes church and state tremble.
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TIPI TEACHINGS by Stewart Steinhauer
Sorting out fact from fiction in Indigenous Studies.
Communities, rights and change
TORONTO GUN VIOLENCE by Reuel S Amdur
Police should protect witnesses.
Workplaces
UNIONS 3, WAL-MART 0 a compendium of reports on recent events in union efforts to organise at Wal-Mart, by SG staff
Unions win right to organise at Wal-Marts in Quebec and BC.
IBM: SET STANDARDS by Tom Wilber, for the Press & Sun-Bulletin
"Guidelines" too vague, flexible, to help IBM protect residents from solvents.
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Health matters
SENIOR MOMENTS by Robert Sanders
Memory loss in older adults due to distractions, not inability to focus.
 Canadian Politics
USE THE SURPLUS TO CUT EMISSIONS by David Swann MD, Alberta MLA
Alberta should invest its budget surplus in funding renewables, and encouraging efficiency.
HYDROELECTRICITY IS THE KEY by Ben Lefebvre
Industry in Northern Ontario needs cheap power more than it needs subsidies.
 Watershed ways
SCHOOL BOARD LEADS IN ENERGY CONSERVATION by Lynn Jones
Monitoring, insulation help reduce energy use, saving money and resources.
Consumers
ANTI-AGING HYPE by Linda Anderson
Take skin care claims with a grain of salt.
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MAPPING KATRINA
Demonstrating yet another innovative use of the Internet, 24-year-old computer programmer Jonathan Mendez recruited help to build a website full of interactive street maps of New Orleans and other areas flooded by Katrina and its aftermath. Displaced residents can log in from wherever they are to post information about very specific locations. Green teardrops mark the newest posts, purple indicates updated posts, and red for older posts. These brief comments range from "stranded on roof" to "Mary is safely in New York." It's an eye-opening marriage of technology and human drama.
scipionus.com
See also: www.wired.com/news/hurricane/0,2904,68743,00.html
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LOCK-IN, NOT LOCK-OUT by Yves Engler
CBC workers should take over production facilities and lock themselves in.
World beat
ZAPATISTA ARMY PREPARING FOR POLITICAL MOBILIZATION by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
"Together, We're Going to Shake This Country Up from Below, Lift It Up, and Stand It on Its Head."
HURRICANE HUGO AT THE UN by Mike Whitney
Venezuelan leader offers UN a different vision of reform from John Bolton's.
Hot headlines
DEMOGRAPHICS OF DESTRUCTION by Frank Bass, for the Associated Press
Katrina's victims were much poorer than national average.
WHAT THEY SAID, WHAT THEY MEANT by Will Durst, for AlterNet
Katrina quotes, with interpretations.
TOO MUCH CHARITY, NOT ENOUGH ANALYSIS by Sonali Kolhatkar, for CommonDreams
The problem with charity is that it lets governments shirk their responsibilities.
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GET MEDICAL CARE FOR MOHAMMAD MAHJOUB by Matthew Behrens
On hunger strike for medical care and family visits, secret trial prisoner near death.
Feedback from our readers
HOME BUYERS BEWARE! from Craig Pittman, Port Hope ON
Vendor not required to disclose higher-than-average radon gas levels.
Humour
NEW FUNNY PET PHOTOS...
... with silly captions!
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