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Posted: June 07, 2006
 CANADA'S SUPPORT OF APARTHEID- LIKE SITUATION by Linda McQuaig
Union drawing attention to Israeli injustice.
THE STEALTH MAN COMETH by Paul Weinberg
Stephen Harper keeps his real agenda under wraps.
 SAME SEX DIVERSION by Geoffrey Stevens
Bush and Harper trying to duck important issues by attacking gays and lesbians.
 HOMELESS DISASTER GAINS URGENCY by Cathy Crowe
UN declares homelessness in Canada a "national emergency".
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WHEN SKEPTICISM IS NEEDED, MOST MEDIA OUTLETS LET US DOWN by Ish Theilheimer
Security sting of terror suspects seems a bit too pat and may well be.
Gordon's corner
SPELLING B's by Charles Gordon
Abbreviations are taking over.
 Rez Solutions?
"POST" colonialism by Stewart Steinhauer
We're still at it, and this is what it's like.
Canadian Politics
 PROVING CLIMATE CHANGE by Bill Tieleman
Former president candidate Al Gore on a new mission.
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 CNIB THINKS COLLABORATION by Reuel S Amdur
A coalition of disability groups will work out how $30 million should be spent.
 Workplaces
NEW HOPE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR by Mike Martin
Three Japanese carmakers lured to Ontario.
Watershed ways
SOLAR HEATING FOR EVERYONE by Lynn Jones
Affordable passive solar collector can replace fossil fuels to some extent.
Media files
OLBERMANN vs O'REILLY from Crooks and Liars.com
NBC's Keith Olbermann eviscerates Fox TV's Bill O'Reilly.
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World beat
Satire brings criminal charges by Brian Whitmore
"Phallic" case threatens internet freedom in Russia.
Hot headlines
ACADEMIC "DEATH WATCH" list from CBC News
Cape Breton U professor vents against "whacked-out leftist chicks".
 WAS THE 2004 ELECTION STOLEN? by Robert F Kennedy Jr, for Rolling Stone Magazine
Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted — enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.
 FEMALE PUNDITS COULD USE HELP WITH HATE MAIL by Heidi Schnakenberg, for Women's Enews
The letters started with "sweetie" and descended into expletives.
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HEIGHT OF SUMMER
What day is also known as Alban Heflin, Alben Heruin, All-couples day, Feast of Epona, Feast of St. John the Baptist, Feill-Sheathain, Gathering Day, Johannistag, Litha, Midsummer, Sonnwend, Thing-Tide, and Vestalia? Answer: June 21 and 22, summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Learn many different ways to celebrate the solstice at:
www.religioustolerance.org/summer_solstice.htm
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BLOCK EQUAL MARRIAGE REPEAL from equalmarriage.ca
Tell your MP NOW that you support equal marriage.
Feedback from our readers
"FRAMING" EXPERIENCES from Mary McEachern, in Lethbridge AB
Do we now need labels to explain common sense and experience?
Humour
FATHERS THEN & NOW from the Internet
What's old might one day be new again...
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