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July 6, 2006 Business

The Gold Standard

Pascua-Lama_fp.jpgChileans worry the Pascua Lama mine will pollute their water and destroy their way of life. Rob Maguire learns that Canada is involved.

Chileans fight to protect their environment from Canada's Barrick Gold

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July 6, 2006 Canadian News

Uncertain Futures

waitingroom_fp.jpgGaining access to publicly funded abortions in New Brunswick has never been easy. Chris Arsenault discovers it's now more difficult than ever.

Gaining access to publicly funded abortions is not easy in New Brunswick

July 5, 2006 International News

"There is Death in them thar' Pits"

Barrick_fp.jpgTracy Glynn investigates a recent rash of violent deaths around a Tanzanian mine owned by Canada's Barrick Gold.

Canada's Barrick Gold in Tanzania

July 3, 2006 Media Analysis

Embedded Edits

embedded_fp.jpg Canadian journalists are embedded with soldiers in Afghanistan. But, Dru Oja Jay asks, are there other threats to accurate coverage?

Is news coverage of Afghanistan straight from the source?

July 1, 2006 Labour

Pepsi vs. Folk

Blocked_Truck_fp.jpgA St John's bottlers' strike has revived an age old debate: who benefits from new technology? Jacob Fergus investigates.

St. John's bottlers' strike revives age old debate: who benefits from new technology?

June 29, 2006 Accounts

City Lights Not So Bright

slum_fp.jpgBen Sichel and Jenny Peirce talk about poverty with people in suits at the World Urban Forum.

Discussing the future of slums in the opulent setting of the World Urban Forum in Vancouver

June 28, 2006 Food

Weed To The Wise

dandelion2_fp.jpgMoira Peters exchanges her gardening gloves for a pair of salad tongs, finding the pickings for a summer salad in unlikely places.

One gardener's enemy is another's dinner

June 26, 2006 Literature & Ideas

July Books

julyreview_fp.jpgTrafford, Hart, Simmers and Besner review new works by Mérot, Hage, Bowling and Friesen.

June 22, 2006 Original Peoples

Corporate SLAPP

KIprotestors_fp.jpgThe Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has been hit with a $10 billion damage suit for refusing drilling rights on territory they say is their own.

Citizens Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation walk to Queen's Park in the face of a corporate SLAPP suit

June 19, 2006 Accounts

What's Yours Is Mine

MiningProtest_fp.jpgCyril Mychalejko reports from Ecuador on local resistance to Canadian mining operations.

Ascendant Copper Corporation Meets Resistance in Ecuador

June 17, 2006 Labour

Business Without Boundaries

Atlantica1_fp.jpgBusiness leaders in Atlantic Canada say they've found an answer to the region's economic woes. Atlantic Canadians wish somebody would ask them. Hillary Bain Lindsay investigates.

New initiative hopes to make Atlantic Canada an 'epi-centre' of international trade

June 10, 2006 Environment

Question Park

Kobau_sage_Fp.jpgHeather English wonders if one of Canada's most endangered ecosystems will receive National Park status.

Will one of Canada's most endangered ecosystems receive National Park status?

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June 6, 2006 Media Analysis

None of Our Business

HugoChavez_fp.jpgDru Oja Jay reads the business section, and finds the news that non-investor Canadians rarely see.

Canada's role in the world and the business press

June 5, 2006 Arts

A Novel Cause

north911bg_fp.jpgMacdonald Stainsby reviews David Bernans' first book: a novel about war, racism, and hysteria - and the people who fight against them.

"North of 9/11" is a book about war, racism, and hysteria - and the people who fight against them

June 1, 2006 Canadian News

No White Is Illegal?

Fredericton_fp.jpgFredericton police are accused of racism after arrests at a "No One Is Illegal" march. Chris Arsenault investigates.

Fredericton police are accused of racism after arrests at "No One Is Illegal" march

June 1, 2006 Features

Deport Injustice

NOII1_fp.jpgProtesters across Canada demand status for all undocumented people. Sarah Rogers finds out why.

Protests across Canada demand status for all undocumented people

May 29, 2006 Original Peoples

The Indian Act's Corrupt

tobiqueriver_fp.jpgKim Peterson finds the People of Tobique First Nation resisting corruption, and tracing the problem back to the Indian Act.

Resisting the roots of corruption in Tobique First Nations

May 26, 2006 Arts

Strong Nudes

ds_saul_food_fp.jpgMax Liboiron explores sexuality and disability through Belinda Mason-Lovering's photographic essay Intimate Encounters.

Sexuality and Disability

May 25, 2006 Labour

The Square Tomato Capital of Canada

Leamington_fp.jpgLeamington, Ontario was chosen as the "best place to live in Canada" by MoneySense Magazine. Van Ferrier asks, 'For who?'

Leamington, Ontario: "The Best Place To Live" For Who?

May 24, 2006 Literature & Ideas

June Books

JuneReview_fp.jpgHenderson, Trafford, Taylor and Besner review new works by McCluskey, Sanger, Babstock and Starnino.

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