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Previous Issue • March 30 to April 12, 2006  •  No 135

Drugs

Helping those who can’t help themselves

By Alex Tegart

The safe injection site in the downtown eastside must turn away those who, by physical disability, cannot safely inject themselves.

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Oil

The rise of the petroeuro

By Dan Adleman

US sabre-rattling at Iran has less to do with global security and everything to do with keeping the US dollar the medium of exchange in oil markets

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Conservatism

The numbing origins of modern conservatism

By Michael Nenonen

The influx of so much preconcious information through electric media may be at the root of popular conservatism and it’s urge to turn away

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This City

Root out those who trust the market

By Kevin Potvin

The market dictates that we destroy what remains of socially responsible housing in the downtown eastside. But that’s not what our consciences dictate

             

Urban planning

Conference on housing reveals dull imaginations

By Kevin Potvin

Rather than show us new ideas, the developer community only pushes for the City to give up the one power it has

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Nukes

Thank goodness for nuclear proliferation

By kevin Potvin

It is only the spread of nuclear arms that has stopped US aggression, and Canada ought to welcome proliferation

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Shipping news

Word at the café is . . .

By Kevin Potvin

Naturally there will be much speculation swirling around the sinking of the Queen of the North. So let’s begin . . .

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Quotes of the week

Our diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning. . . . The start date for the military campaign was now penciled in for 10 March.
David Manning, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s foreign policy advisor, in a secret memo in early January 2003 more...

             

 

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