Posted: April 26, 2006

HARPER'S FLIP-FLOPPERY by Geoffrey Stevens
  PM's inconsistencies point to a deeper malaise.
 

GONE DIGGING by Linda McQuaig
  Linda McQuaig's column will return May 10.
 
 

MINE DISASTER AVERTED by Gary Schoenfeldt
  Seventy miners didn't die, because their union ensured they had safe refuges.
 
 

ACCOUNTING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE by Dean Neu and Duncan Green
Public accounting is both a business and a public service.

STANDOFF AT CALEDONIA from Six Nations Support website
  Six Nations Support group recounts background to standoff in southern Ontario.
 

Editorial
WHY AN AVERTED DISASTER IS NEWS by Ish Theilheimer
  Ask my injured neighbours and friends why what happened at Esterhazy is important.

AGAINST THE PROPOSED OHRC REFORM compiled by SG staff
  Advocacy groups oppose Liberals's changes to the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

KILLING IN HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA by Matthew Behrens
  Canadian students can now earn credits (and cash) learning to shoot machine guns.
 

Health matters
MONEY AND MEDICINE by Gordon Guyatt
  In for-profit health care, profits that go to investors are lost from patient care.
 

Workplaces

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION by Mike Martin
  Leadership races may draw more members to union meetings.
 

FROM WORKPLACE MOURNING TO ACTION from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
  National Day of Mourning followed by National Health and Safety Week.

Communities, rights and change

FIGHTING BIGOTRY IN JAIL by Reuel S Amdur
  Prison psychologist finds ways to reach young offenders.
 

Rez Solutions?
THE ABORIGINAL HEALING FOUNDATION by Stewart Steinhauer
  Reclaiming indigenous languages could be the key to recovery from generations of sexual abuse.
 

Canadian politics

188 DEAD IN BC by Bill Tieleman
  Workplace fatalities should be unacceptable.
 

"THIRD WAY" HEALTH CARE DEFEATED from Friends of Medicare
  Public opposition forces Alberta government to retreat from privatization plan.

DONATION LIMITS MAKE SENSE by Aaron Freeman
  Supreme Court decisions have already upheld limits on political funding.
 

TAX CUTS COME WITH A PRICE by John Jacobs
  Nova Scotians may find that reducing taxes for small businesses costs too much in infrastructure.

WATCH $1200 BECOME $199 from CUPE Nova Scotia
  CUPE does the clawback math on the childcare/family allowance scheme.
 

Consumers
CANCERSMART from the Labour Environment Awareness Society
  Blood tests reveal an average of about 90 toxic chemicals in each person's body.

Media files
JOURNALISM BECOME DANGEROUS by Rudy Sabga
  A record number of journalists died on the job in 2005, and the trend continues for 2006.

Hot headlines
SWEDEN GOES GREEN, WHILE NORDIC COUNTRIES MULL ENERGY FUTURE by Simon Johnson, for Reuters
  Sweden plans to phase out nuclear power, emphasize conservation.

THE TEN WORST CORPORATIONS OF 2005 by Russell Mokihber and Robert Weissman
  Multinational Monitor nominates the ten greediest, most anti-social corporations of the year.

HARPOCRITES SLASH GLOBAL WARMING PROGRAMS by Scott Brison
  New government has already cut 40 percent of green programs: Brison.

CHINA SETS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS from the Xinhua News Agency
  Ten day sandstorm has government alarmed.

READY FOR ANOTHER KATRINA? from Reuters News Service
  Experts say global warming behind record 2005 hurricane season.

Take action!
A NOBEL FOR STEPHEN LEWIS? from the Internet
  Sign petition recommending Stephen Lewis for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Humour
IF RESTAURANTS FUNCTIONED LIKE....
  There's a difference between service and support.