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Current Issue •December 7 to January 3, 2006  •  No 153

GHG Emissions

Celebrate Egypt, not Rome this year!

By Kevin Potvin

A message from the publisher I am pretty sure is unlike any other publisher’s messages you will read in the coming weeks.

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Olympics 2010

Five Ring Circus a highly revealing film

By Dan Adleman

Conrad Schmidt’s work in progress exposes the myth of the Green Games and looks at the real price of the Olympics

Religion

Vancouver winter brings on a near death experience

By Michael Nenonen

And the author realizes all of life is but one big near death experience

Dion

Dion should champion personal carbon trading

By Kevin Potvin

The national scheme works on many levels, without raising taxes, government spending, or increasing regulations

Greenhouse gas emissions

The National Personal Carbon Trading System at a glance

By Kevin Potvin

It's simple!

Letter from America

The selling of the American soul

By Phil Rockstroh

The numbed response to war dead is the result of having sold our souls for the gains of empire

Status of Women

Libertarianism inspires neo-liberal cuts to essential programs

By Michael Nenonen

Women suffer as a result of drastic funding cuts to Status of Women offices, perpetuating a pattern of subjugation

 

They said What?

It’s not completely a joke to say Fort McMurray is the second-largest city in Newfoundland.

Philip Cross, Statistics Canada, on the phenomenon of so many Newfoundlanders working in the oil sands of Northern Alberta

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Letters

Turner's movies

Boudu Sauvé des Eaux

À Nous la Liberté

 

Iran

Troubled Iran steps into the cloning age

By Amir Azizmohamadi

It isn’t just nuclear science where Iranian technicians are excelling. Bio-sciences are also taking off, even though serious questions remain

Film

Bobby

By Junius

We hardly knew ya

 

 

In the news

News briefs

By Kevin Potvin

The Canadian Childrens’ Hospital of Palestine?

Bilderberger lacking real meat

Flying blind at the helm of the free world

Don’t talk

 

 

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Contributors in this and recent issues

Bruce Alexander, Dan Adleman, Toby Alford, Kevin Annett, Santo Barbieri, Bob Broughton, Mike Bryan, Stephen Buckley, Matthew Burrows, Maria Calleja, Ron Carton, Chad Christie, Joshua Corber, Dan Crawford, Gail Davidson, Eric Doherty, Joe Donaldson, Lorena Jara Patty Ducharme, Shadia Drury, Taivo Evard, Reed Eurchuk, Farnaz Fassihi, Thomas Feakins, Anthony Fenton, Reza Fiyouyzat, Andrew Gordon Fleming, Ryan Fugger, Sasha Gagic, Matt Goody, Guy Hawkins, Spencer Herbert, John Irwin, Nick Istvaniffy, Junius, William Kay, Mike Keep, Kate Kennedy, Donald Kropp, Chris LaVigne, James Lindfield, Brian Lindgreen, Karen Litzke, Keith MacKenzie, Michael McLaughlin, Sonya McRae, Rafe Mair, Sonia Marino, Jennifer Matsui, Michael Millard, Isaebel Minty, Michael Nenonen, Wendy Nylund, Derrick O’Keefe, Stephen Osborne, Sean Orr, Evan Augustine Pederson III, Stephen Peplow, Kim Peterson, Kevin Potvin, Mary Rawson, Andrea Reimer, Erin Riley, Phil Rockstroh, Becky Scott, Jason Scott, Chris Shaw, Jeff Steudel, Alex Tegart, Scott Turner, Elbio Grosso Trentini, Patrick Vert, Chris Walker, Sean Wilkinson, Brad Zembic

 

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