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Posted: May 17, 2006
 CANADA'S BEST MILITARY ROLE by Linda McQuaig
Surely we can spare 600 of our 18,000 troops to do what we do best — peacekeeping.
THE SHAME OF NEEDING STREET NURSES by Cathy Crowe
Despite all the valuable work they do, Street Nurses should be obsolete.
U OF T'S BIO-MED BACKTRACK by Paul Weinberg
Pact with Pentagon player fizzles. Do protests have anything to do with it?
 REVIVING ARCTIC CLAIMS by Stephen Leahy
Canada and Denmark co-operate to define Arctic land mass, sovereignty claims.
 FATAL MISINFORMATION AT IPPERWASH by Kate Harries
Ontario Provincial Police based their actions on exaggerated reports of belligerence.
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CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REVEALED by Ish Theilheimer
Canada's caring, efficient, health care system contrasts sharply with the US system's cost/benefit emphasis.
Gordon's corner
OBSERVING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY by Charles Gordon
Award went to the fired editors of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
 Faith speaks
VANCOUVER WINS FOOL'S GOLD by Leslie Kemp
Faithful Fools present tongue-in-cheek awards.
Health matters
ANALYZING THE KIRBY REPORT compiled by SG staff
Senate committee calls for national mental health strategy, funded by tax on liquor.
ACROSS GENERATIONS from the Environmental Working Group (EWG)
The chemical pollution mothers and daughters share and inherit.
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Peacekeeping? Street nurses? CEO Salaries?
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 Canadian Politics
GRANT'S LAW NEEDED TO STOP GAS AND DASH by Bill Tieleman
Big oil companies should pay to make workplace safer for all employees.
THE "MAPLE LEAFS" OF POLITICS by Geoffrey Stevens
The Liberals' greatest years are buried in the past.
 DRILLING DOWN FOR POLITICAL ADVANTAGE Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 09
Tories meet, Kennedy hangs on, Inco gets shafted.
PROTECTING THE SASKATCHEWAN FOREST by Joys Dancer
Above the Prairies, half the province is covered by Boreal forest.
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Communities, rights and change
THE CORPORATE TROUGH by Reuel S Amdur
Excessive CEO salaries distort the economy.
 Workplaces
GETTING THE PUBLIC SERVICE WE DESERVE by Mike Martin
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) campaign delves into the real costs of privatizing public services.
 ON TRACK TO END CHILD LABOUR from the International Labor Organization
ILO report shows marked decline in child labour worldwide.
Consumers
KEEPING TRAVELLERS IN THE DARK by Sue Lott
Culture of secrecy shields Transport Canada from those concerned about safety.
 World beat
AMNESTY: ARMS TRADE OUT OF CONTROL from Amnesty International UK
Growing network of arms brokers and transporters fuelling killings, rape and torture.
 MALARIA AS HARMFUL AS HIV/AIDS by Lynn Dickson and Dr Bob Dickson
Canada needs to step up and expand Africa's meagre disease-fighting means.
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EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL by John Hoey, MD
Former CMAJ Editor discusses recent upheavals at the journal.
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JOIN THE MILLION FACES CAMPAIGN from Amnesty International
Face up to the urgent need for arms control.
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THE ICEMAN COMETH from John Chuckman, unspecified email address
Canada's new Prime Minister, Stephan Harper, starts governing.
Humour
DEAD RABBIT from the Internet
Twice-dead rabbit.
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