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Posted: October 25, 2005
WHOSE OIL IS THIS? by Linda McQuaig
We would have to scrap NAFTA to loosen American grip on our energy sources.
STRIKES ARE RENDERED USELESS by Stephen Block
Unions need a strategy to deal with employers who reject the very idea of collective bargaining.
FEDERAL PRISON NO BETTER from the Campaign to Stop Secret Trials
Secret trial detainees still held without charges.
STUMBLING INTO A DRUG WAR by Paul Weinberg
Will our troops get mired in Colombian-style combat over poppies?
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ENERGY POLICY PUTS THE BIG OWE BACK INTO ONTARIO by Ish Theilheimer
Nuclear choice, high hydro prices in North mean trouble for consumers and taxpayers.
Rez Solutions?
RENAMING COLUMBUS DAY by Stewart Steinhauer
In Venezuela, day is now known as Day of Indigenous Resistance.
Health matters
ELECTRICAL FIELDS CAN MAKE YOU SICK by Sarah-Kate Templeton, for The Sunday Times — Britain
UK joins Sweden in recognizing electrosensitivity as an impairment.
 Canadian Politics
TIME FOR BC LIBS TO TALK TO TEACHERS by Bill Tieleman
Campbell and colleagues should look in the mirror for the real culprits in this stand-off.
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Communities, rights and change
RIGHT-EYED VISION OF QUEBEC by Reuel S Amdur
New Quebec manifesto favours the wealthy.
 Workplaces
LAKESIDE PACKERS STRIKE by Mike Martin
Tyson's terrible record only one reason that governments should intervene.
Watershed ways
ENERGUIDE TOOL HELPS HOMEOWNERS by Janet McNeill
Energy efficiency good for wallet as well as environment.
 Consumers
ARE HYBRID CARS WORTH THE COST? by James McLaren
Do the math: high prices counterbalance fuel savings.
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SPECIAL COUNSEL'S WEBSITE
SG readers might recognize Patrick Fitzgerald's name from a previous Hot Web Rumour item. The buzz is growing that the US federal Special Counsel, who has spent two years investigating how Valerie Plame was publicly named as a CIA operative, will issue indictments by Oct 28. Informed sources say the indictments are likely to include Karl Rove (George W Bush's Chief of Staff), Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and, very possibly, Vice President Cheney himself. When the Special Counsel does announce the results of this investigation, get the Straight Goods on what he said at his very own website.
See: www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc
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World beat
 GERHARD SCHROEDER'S LONG GAME by Gwynne Dyer
Giving up Chancellorship a shrewd strategic move after German election ends in tie.
AFGHANISTAN EDITOR ARRESTED ON BLASPHEMY CHARGES by Golnaz Esfandiari
Arrest highlights difficulties facing journalists.
Hot Web Rumours
INDICTMENTS THIS WEEK? by Jan Frel
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald expected to issue indictments of key Bush officials.
Hot headlines
COLOR COPIERS LEAVE SIGNATURE by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post Staff Writer
Sleuths crack tracking code in tiny yellow dots.
FEMA AT FAULT, SAYS CHERTOFF by Mary Curtius, Times Staff Writer
Homeland Security Chief refuses to blame Louisiana or New Orleans officials.
DOWD ON MILLER by Maureen Dowd, for the New York Times
"Woman of mass destruction" jeopardizes NY Times Columnist.
Take action!
PRESSURE KLEIN TO HELP RESOLVE LAKESIDE STRIKE from the Alberta Federation of Labour
Government has options to end bitter standoff.
Feedback from our readers
THE NEW PANDEMIC from Dr Robert C Dickson, Calgary AB
TB, AIDS, malaria already killing millions.
Humour
A CANADIAN SENSE OF HUMOUR from the internet
Follow the signs...
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