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Wednesday Night #1336: TAR SANDS
October 10, 2007, 5 Comments

Tar Sands At one time, the supply of fossil fuels appeared virtually endless. It was probably Marion King Hubbert who, i ...

Jim Heffernan on Hillary Clinton's Iran policy
October 9, 2007, Comments Off on Jim Heffernan on Hillary Clinton's Iran policy

The author, James Heffernan, is Professor of English Emeritus (Dartmouth) and a friend of Diana Nicholson since undergra ...

John Ciaccia OWN: Health Update
October 8, 2007, 1 Comment

From Paula Pedicelli August 28th, John was in Quebec City being interviewed live in the National Assembly for “Mem ...

Robert Galbraith: Dispatches from the front
October 7, 2007, 1 Comment

A glowing – and well-deserved tribute to Robert Galbraith by Beryl Wajsman (see excerpts below), who has just left ...

Letter from Yangon: forwarded by David Kilgour
October 6, 2007, Comments Off on Letter from Yangon: forwarded by David Kilgour

29 September 2007 We live in a quiet neighbourhood a good 15 minutes taxi ride from the downtown area of Yangon. The mar ...

Wednesday Night #1335
October 3, 2007, 1 Comment

3 October 2007 We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Dir ...

Guy Stanley OWN News
September 29, 2007, Comments Off on Guy Stanley OWN News

From: Guy Stanley [mailto:guy.stanley@sympatico.ca] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:56 AM Hi Diana, Always sorry t ...

Wednesday Night #1334
September 26, 2007, 1 Comment

26 September 2007 This is National Biotechnology Week which we would have expected to produce great chest-thumping from ...

Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs Barbara Yaffe column
September 22, 2007, Comments Off on Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs Barbara Yaffe column

This is perhaps interesting, but is only one perspective on many topics in the book. David Kilgour Symbiosis: We have en ...

Wednesday Night #1333 – Montreal Protocol & ICAO
September 19, 2007, 1 Comment

19 September 2007 While Montreal lives up to its aspirations as an international city this week with two major conferenc ...