from The Sudbury Star
City councillors must reject Vale's plan to house workers at its mines and industrial sites in Greater Sudbury, the United Steelworkers said Tuesday…
Nov 172012
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Nov 172012
from Al Jazeera
The assault on Gaza does not constitute, as Israel claims, "retaliation" for an anti-tank missile fired by Palestinians.
Nov 172012
from The Ottawa Citizen
Three days before the May, 2011 federal election, Elections Canada confronted the Conservatives with concerns about calls misdirecting voters.
Nov 162012
Rediscovered audio interview with Republican strategist Lee Atwater spells out connections.
by videonation
In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina's most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronald Reagan's White House when he was interviewed by Alexander Lamis, a political scientist at Case Western Reserve University.
In this audio, made public for the first time ever, Atwater lays out how Republicans can win the vote of racists without sounding racist themselves. Listen to the full audio and read Rick Perlstein's analysis here: http://tnat.in/ffHKS
Warning: Contains explicit racial epithets.
Nov 162012
from the Hamilton Spectator
VANCOUVER –A letter from municipal employees in Montreal says they understand residents' anger over recent revelations of corruption.
Nov 162012
from The Nation
Remember when Joe Walsh, the Republican congressman from Illinois, claimed a ban on abortion needs no exception to save the life of the woman? “With modern science and technology, you can’t find one instance,” he said, in which a woman’s life could have been saved by abortion. Well, how about this instance: In Ireland, where abortion is strictly forbidden, doctors allowed 32-year-old Savita Halapannavar to die of septicemia after days of horrendous suffering, because her 17-week-old fetus, which she was in the process of miscarrying, still had a heartbeat. Never mind that there was no way this fetus could have survived. Never mind that technically, Ireland’s abortion ban permits an exception when there is a “real and substantial risk to the life of the mother.” The doctors let Savita die, as she and her husband pleaded for them to end the pregnancy. “This is a Catholic country,” one doctor explained. The always cogent and knowledgeable Jodi Jacobson explains it all here and here.
Nov 162012
from the Edmonton Journal
Environment Canada research that indicates contaminants from Alberta’s oilsands projects are travelling further than expected should be a wake-up call for the province to act immediately to impose tougher air quality standards, the NDP’s environment critic said Wednesday…
Nov 152012
from The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
VANCOUVER — A new study warns that BC’s water and hydroelectric resources are at risk of being depleted by industrial users, thanks to lax reporting requirements and extremely low water prices.
Nov 142012
from Al Jazeera
Palestinians fear they will lose their homes as illegal settlements swallow the occupied territory…
Nov 142012
from The Independent
A series of strikes and protests are getting under way across Europe as workers demonstrate against austerity measures and economic reforms…