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Posted: December 13, 2005
Updated: December 16, 2005
UNVEILING SG'S ELECTION 2006 COVERAGE! 
Featuring news, polls, discussions, and links to keep you informed and empowered during the campaign!
 Editorial
What Americanization of health care really means by Kathy Eisner and Ish Theilheimer
Insurance companies truly drive every aspect of "care".
ONE DEAD INDIAN SG exclusive — background and questions prepared by SG staff
Q & A with author Peter Edwards about the Ipperwash Inquiry.
CHILD WELFARE NOT IN LIB OR PC PLANS by Linda McQuaig
For-profit centres need to be kept at bay.
STILL DEVASTATED by Mary Beth Appel
Report from the lower ninth ward in New Orleans.
LIFTING THE TRITIUM LIMIT from Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County (Ontario)
Environmental groups incensed by action of nuclear regulator.
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BUZZ OFF — IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES by Mel Watkins and Ish Theilheimer
SG readers can actually do something to combat the strategic voting virus.
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BEYOND PRODUCTIVITY by John Jacobs
Tax cuts aren't a panacea for prosperity.
Faith speaks
POVERTY TOP ISSUE: BISHOPS from the Catholic New Times
CNT urges readers to get involved with the election.
Health matters
SMART REGULATION by Janice Graham
Will the government's strategy work?
 Canadian Politics
SAME-SEX WILL BE HARPER'S UNDOING by Bill Tieleman
Paul Forseth, MP, an example of why the Conservatives will lose.
CANADA DID JOIN STAR WARS by Richard Sanders
Liberals announced rejection but participated anyway.
NEW PUSH ON NUCLEAR POWER from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA)
Ontario Power Authority recommends up to 24 new reactors.
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Ipperwash? "Smart" regulations? 20 new nuclear plants?
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Workplaces
CAW OVERSTEPS by Mike Martin
Unions are supposed to add workers' voices to the political process.
 Watershed ways
SOLAR WATER HEATER by Janet McNeill
Rooftop panels let homeowners save up to half the cost of heating water.
Media files
TORSTAR BUYS PART OF BELL MEDIA by Bernard Simon, in Toronto, for the Financial Times (FT.com)
Sale brings top Canadian media families into play, potential conflict.
World beat
 ROY SESANA'S SPEECH AT ALTERNATIVE NOBEL PRIZE from the Survival International website
Recognized for "resistance against eviction from their ancestral lands."
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Hot headlines
BUSH DISSES CONSTITUTION by Doug Thompson, founder and publisher of Capitol Hill Blue
President screams, "It's just a goddamned piece of paper."
POLLUTANTS IN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD source: EWG analysis of tests of 10 umbilical cord blood samples conducted by AXYS Analytical Services (Sydney BC) and Flett Research Ltd (Winnipeg MB)
Environmental Working Group reports alarming results from first-ever screening for toxins.
GREATER MONTREAL AREA by Van Ferrier, for the Dominionpaper.ca
Surrounding communities wanted to be de-merged but instead will be submerged.
INJURED WORKERS DEMONSTRATE by Chen Chekki, for Chronicle Journal.com
Dec 9 demonstration in Thunder Bay for increased benefits.
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TELL MCGUINTY: NO NEW NUKES! by Ziggy Kleinau, Coordinator for CFRE — Citizens for Renewable Energy
Ontario should at least explore conservation, renewable energy sources.
Feedback from our readers
HARGROVE — MERELY OPPORTUNISTIC from Jim Ronson, Perth ON
Labour supporters are loyal.
Humour
THANK YOU ALL from the Internet
My life has been saved by email chains.
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