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  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Happy Labour Day: Brace yourselves for an anti-labour onslaught
    September 6, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    Get ready for a propaganda onslaught against unions by fake-grassroots weeds cultivated in the corporate grow-ops of the "conservative movement."
  • amjohal's picture
    BC ART ATTACK: Interview with PAARC President Keith Higgins
    September 4, 2010
    | By
    Am Johal
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    A post-Olympic hatchet job to arts funding by BC's Liberal government has many organizations on the brink of collapse.
  • tyler.mccreary's picture
    Review Panel of Enbridge Gateway Pipeline Initiates BC Meetings by Disrespecting First Nations Protocol
    September 4, 2010
    | By
    Tyler McCreary
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    The Joint Review Panel's lacking knowledge of First Nations traditions demonstrates fundamental problems with their role in evaluating the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Ted Morton's astonishing sales tax admission: not just his secret wish
    September 4, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    In a spectacular blooper, Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton admits he'd consider a sales tax.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Time to get the NDP house in order and vote with the Liberals on the rifle and shotgun registry
    September 3, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    Fighting to save the rifle-and-shotgun registry -- without which undoubtedly lives will be needlessly lost -- is a political hill worth dying on.
  • The Media Consortium Blog's picture
    Weekly Mulch: Vermilion 380 explosion reignites drilling fears
    September 3, 2010
    | By
    Sarah Laskow
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    On Thursday, a manageable explosion on a Gulf Coast oil rig reignited fears founded by the BP spill and revived calls for a reassessment of the country's drilling policies.
  • MVK's picture
    Teachers must support public water
    September 3, 2010
    | By
    Meera Karunananthan
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    When asked about their investments in private Chilean water utilities, the Ontario Teachers' Pension told the Canadian Press, Chile was a democratic country.
  • statica's picture
    G8/G20 Communiqué: Another class action lawsuit launched against the G20 police
    September 3, 2010
    | By
    Krystalline Kraus
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    Another class action lawsuit has been launched against the police and RCMP because of their alleged conduct during the G20 Summit in Toronto which include civil liberty and constitutional violations.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Has Alberta's sly old fox been outfoxed? Don't bet on it!
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    Don't rule out the possibility Ken Kowalski, Speaker of the Alberta Legislature, may yet have a lesson or two to teach the Wildrose Alliance.
  • Aalya's picture
    Oh baby! Reproductive excess versus the realities
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    Aalya Ahmad
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    What's up with the cultural obsession with women having massive numbers of children?
  • Council-of-Canadians's picture
    Public statement urges reform of international investment regime
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    Stuart Trew | trade campaigner
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    Academic experts on investment arbitration are proposing large-scale reform of current investor protections at the WTO and in trade agreements. The Canadian government should listen.
  • Council-of-Canadians's picture
    Hundreds of petitions signed by Toronto teachers
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    Brent Patterson
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    Ontario Teachers Pension Plan invests heavily in Chilean private, for-profit water companies.
  • The Media Consortium Blog's picture
    Weekly Diaspora: The high cost of cheap labour
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    Catherine A. Traywick
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    Rather than displacing American workers, immigrant labour actually makes our economy stronger.
  • statica's picture
    G8/G20 Communiqué: The French connection
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    Krystalline Kraus
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    Hundreds of Franco-activists (and more than 500 Québéc police officers) came to Toronto to protest the G20 Summit.
  • tyler.mccreary's picture
    Hundreds protest Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline in Kitimat, B.C.
    September 2, 2010
    | By
    Tyler McCreary
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    Hundreds of northern residents gathered in Kitimat, B.C., voicing their opposition to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    On hitching our wagon to Prime Minister Harper's favourite 'star'
    September 1, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    The time has come to think seriously about the "stark choice" Mr. Harper's media echo chamber presented us with today and get rid of these so-called Conservatives before the lights go out in Canada!
  • The Media Consortium Blog's picture
    Weekly Pulse: DIY abortions on the border, Pawlenty screws Minnesota on sex ed
    September 1, 2010
    | By
    Lindsay Beyerstein
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    Women along the U.S.-Mexico border are buying black market Misoprostol to induce abortions.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Science won't shake Alberta's government -- but tourist boycotts might
    August 31, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    Alberta has only three instinctive responses to bad news from scientists about oil extraction from the Athabasca tar sands: deny, deny and deny.
  • The Media Consortium Blog's picture
    Weekly Audit: Why do deficit hawks hate Social Security?
    August 31, 2010
    | By
    Zach Carter
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    Arguments for cutting Social Security aren't really about economics or the deficit. They're all about waging war on social services.
  • statica's picture
    G8/G20 Communiqué: Post G20 -- arrests, intimidation and ongoing resistance
    August 31, 2010
    | By
    Krystalline Kraus
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    Community legal and political update by the Community Solidarity Network.
  • melanieredman's picture
    They say corn is king
    August 30, 2010
    | By
    Melanie Redman
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    The film "King Corn" brings enlightenment to the issues surrounding commodity corn production.
  • statica's picture
    G8/G20 Communiqué: Toronto police search for the G20 worst of the worst
    August 30, 2010
    | By
    Krystalline Kraus
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    Toronto police have released yet another G20 Most Wanted list, claiming this list contains the profiles of the worst of the worst G20 offenders.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Court documents reveal more details about Networc dispute with AHS
    August 29, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    The private surgical clinic fiasco illustrates two things: health care belongs in the public sector and the Wildrose Alliance's intentions for health.
  • shmeen's picture
    Sorry! We forgot to put out a suggestion box for all your ideas to smash the state!
    August 29, 2010
    | By
    Sharmeen Khan
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    When reflecting on the G20, there is a lot of "shoulda coulda woulda." Here is a list of my favorite suggestions.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Question for the Wildrose Alliance: Where's the evidence of Networc deal?
    August 28, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    Danielle Smith's campaign to bail out a bankrupt private surgical clinic is her first major blunder since becoming Wildrose Alliance leader.
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Coalition talk, Alberta style: Tories helping Liberals? Holy Cowtown!
    August 27, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    Calgary Herald gobsmacked by news of Tory aide's help for Liberal mayoral candidate.
  • The Media Consortium Blog's picture
    Weekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the world
    August 27, 2010
    | By
    Sarah Laskow
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    Joe Miller, Sarah Palin's choice candidate for one of Alaska's Senate seats, does not believe in climate change.
  • amjohal's picture
    The census and civil liberties: Interview with Micheal Vonn
    August 27, 2010
    | By
    Am Johal
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    The debate over the long form census continues. If the Conservatives choose a voluntary survey and access information through other means, what will the civil liberties implications be?
  • djclimenhaga's picture
    Notes from the 'New West' -- Electrical storm brews in premier's riding; Alberta Party makes a move
    August 26, 2010
    | By
    David J. Climenhaga
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    That noise you hear is the sound of rock-solid Tory voters from Vegreville yelling "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!"
  • statica's picture
    G8/G20 Communique: G20 in the courts
    August 26, 2010
    | By
    Krystalline Kraus
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    Toronto Media Co-op's reportback from the G20 courts in Toronto.
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