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Posted: April 12, 2006
Updated: April 14, 2006
CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT, NOT VALUES by Linda McQuaig
Conservatives won because Liberals defeated themselves.
THE FARMERS ON THE HILL by Robbie Anderman
This year's crop in peril if farmers cannot afford seeds.
COUNTING THE HOMELESS by Cathy Crowe
There are 67,041 reasons not to.
 Faith speaks
A THREAT FROM WITHIN by Yakov M. Rabkin
New book describes a century of Jewish opposition to Zionism.
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Editorial
 THEY'RE OFF, AS IT WERE by Ish Theilheimer
Lots of sizzle but where's the beef in the Liberal leadership race — and where's the NDP protest as the Harpocrites take over?
Pesach and Paska a topical cartoon from Jim Kempkes of union-art.com
Let's get this holiday rolling.
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ENTRANCES AND EXITS by Geoffrey Stevens
For leaders, there is an art in knowing when to get in and when to get out.
RAID INFORMATION DEMANDS QUESTIONS — AND ANSWERS by Bill Tieleman
BC's biggest political scandal grows even more mysterious.
 NEW ONTARIO CABINET from Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 06-A
Gerard Kennedy's leaving triggers Cabinet shuffle.
Gordon's corner
 WHAT IF HARPER IS DOING IT ON PURPOSE? by Charles Gordon
Maybe the PM's inexplicable behaviour is really intended to help the media file their stories.
Consumers
FAKING IT from CBC Marketplace
Some stores are selling electrical products with counterfeit safety labels.
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BACK TO THE PAST by Mike Martin
Buzz's vision for the future.
GOING POSTAL by Dylan Kome
Frank Mailly's deadly rage was obvious long before he killed his family and himself.
SEARS AGREES TO REHIRE EMPLOYEES WHO LED UNION DRIVE from the United Food and Commercial Workers
UFCW brings charges before Ontario Labour Relations Board.
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Communities, rights and change
 NEW DIET RULES ENDANGER THE DISABLED by Reuel S Amdur
Ontario Disability Support has, in effect, struck many illnesses from eligibility for special diets.
 Watershed ways
WHY NOT WOOD? by Ole Hendrickson
Finland burns wood chips to power heat grids in 200 municipalities.
Rez Solutions?
 CIBC AND ME: THE SAGA CONTINUES by Stewart Steinhauer
The bank's 2002 Aboriginal policy undermined existing loans to businesses on the rez.
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Hot headlines
IF IT TAKES MY LIFE... by Rob O'Flanagan, for The Sudbury Star
Sudbury woman goes on hunger strike to protest low Ontario welfare rates.
SCOTIA BANK BOWS TO US PATRIOT ACT from the Jamaica Gleaner
Canadian bank discontinues US $ accounts for Cuban embassies.
THE HUMPING-DOG FACTOR by Claire Wolfe
Why America feels more socialist than capitalist.
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SUPPORT QUEBEC PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS from Labourstart
Anti-union Bill 142 restricts collective bargaining.
Feedback from our readers
CANADA HAS NOT BEEN THREATENED BY AFGHANISTAN from Mary McEachern, in Lethbridge AB
So the justification to send over our troops is... ?
Humour
THE SUBSTITUTE ORGANIST from the Internet
Ingenuity lends a hand.
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