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Posted: April 19, 2006
POLICE NEED THE GUN REGISTRY by Linda McQuaig
Police use the registry more than 5,000 times a day.
CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS from the Earth Day Network
Ten things that you can do right now.
INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE FRAZEE by Phyllis Gordon and Heidi Lazar-Meyn
Former Ontario Human Rights Commissioner talks about OHRC reform.
 Health matters
WILL THE TRUTH MAKE MEDICINE FREE? by Helke Ferrie
Recent research scandals may inspire mainstream medicine to shake free of Big Pharma.
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Editorial
HARPER'S LAW 'N' ORDER AGENDA by Ish Theilheimer
Should the BQ be allowed to get away supporting the Regressive Conservatives on crime and the environment?
 Gordon's corner
GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT by Charles Gordon
Movies and musicals ask audiences what they want; maybe politicians should too.
Canadian Politics
AN UNAPPEALING SLATE by Bill Tieleman
Top Grit leadership candidates are truly torture.
WANTED: NEW LIBERAL LEADER by Geoffrey Stevens
Never mind the bad press the Liberals have been getting think of it as an opportunity!
 THE KENNEDY FACTOR from Inside Queen's Park
Despite recent shuffle, Ontario Cabinet has high degree of stability.
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Communities, rights and change
DEFENDING MEDICARE by Reuel S Amdur
Insiders tell Ottawa meeting how cost-cutting jeopardizes public health care.
 Workplaces
WORKER POWER IN FRANCE by Mike Martin
Major media report street protests as anarchy, when really they are part of asserting a social contract.
INJURIES UNDERCOUNTED by Jordan Barab
US drastically undercounts workplaces injuries and illnesses: journal article.
Watershed ways
BURNING ISSUES by Ole Hendrickson
Reviewing the changing forestry landscape.
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 Consumers
GENTLE TO THE SKIN AND EARTH from Greenpeace Canada
Consumers want environmentally- friendly tissues, Greenpeace finds.
Media files
SPOTTING FAKE NEWS ON TV from PR Watch
Many US TV stations play Video News Releases as straight news.
World beat
LYING FOR THE JIHAD by Gwynne Dyer
Zacarias Moussaoui's bid for glory reminds us what sad sacks the terrorists are.
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LFE for LIFE
There is more to Canada's plan for meeting our Kyoto Accord commitments than the One Tonne Challenge. For starters, about 700 "Large Final Emitters" or LFE's account for almost half of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. And 80 or 90 of these LFE's are responsible for 85 percent of all LFE emissions. Learn more about how Canada plans to rein them in, at "Project Green", at:
www.climatechange.gc.ca/kyoto...
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Hot headlines
IRAN: THE NUCLEAR OPTION from The Progress Report
Bush administration muses aloud about bombing Iran to prevent it from building nukes.
INGRAINED WISDOM by Hillary Lindsay
New Brunswickers can eat locally milled multigrain bread.
FEAR AND FAVOUR from Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
FAIR's sixth annual report finds advertisers gaining overt influence on the news.
BEDLAM AT BABBLE.CA from Halifax Live
Rabble fires forum moderator by email - forum members call for boycott.
WOMENOMICS from The Economist
"Women are now the most powerful engine of global growth."
Take action!
REPUBLI-CONS PLAN TO RE-OPEN GAY MARRIAGE from Canadians for Equal Marriage
Poll shows two-thirds of Canadians don't want to start debate again.
Feedback from our readers
Minister of Offence by Larry MacKillop
Fighting in Afghanistan won't make Canada safer from terrorists.
Humour
HIS AND HERS from the Internet
How do you compute gender?
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