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Interview: Israeli journalist Gideon Levy
“Netanyahu deserves the Israeli people, and they deserve him.” Those are the words Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy used to describe the results of the recent... -
Flight of the passenger pigeon
What Passenger pigeon, or wild pigeon, aka Ectopistes migratorius. Not to be confused with the rock dove (the bird known to urban dwellers as flying rats).... -
Forest fight above Toronto
On Thursday and Friday (August 28 and 29), protesters will make a pilgrimage from the corner of Bayview and Hillsview in Richmond Hill to Queen's... -
John Bacher on the inevitable next flood
When governments fall captive to sheer stupidity, the last hope for the sane voices of civil society sometimes becomes the courts. On December 9, the... -
John Bacher on Wild West sprawl wrecking Ontario parks
Those who love Georgian Bay and its tributaries are getting accustomed to bizarre schemes threatening its sanctity. First there was Dump Site 41 in Simcoe... -
Science no quick fix for global warming
Is it time to get a cease and desist order against all discussions aimed at solving climate change via geo-engineering? [rssbreak] This isn't a great... -
Why we need jack
Dawn of Dion : Sex, booze and pamphlets Rating: NNNNNLet's celebrate: the election of Stéphane Dion as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada helps... -
This blockade’s for us all
Rating: NNNNNIt's intriguing that while six nations demonstrators sleep in cold tents, pelted by rain and the epithets of angry Caledonians, Dalton McGuinty's office is... -
Future tense
The Weather Makers: How We Are Changing The Climate And What It Means For Life On Earth by Tim Flannery (HarperCollins), 356 pages. $34.95 cloth.... -
Gaia engaged
The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock (Penguin), 177 pages, $35 cloth. Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNN Given that James Lovelock is now 86, The Revenge... -
Pacifism’s power spots
Rating: NNNNNFlame of peace (1, 2, 3) Peace Garden, City Hall (100 Queen West) Continually reconsecrated by activists and their rituals of non-violence around its... -
King of comedy
A Short History of Indians in Canada by Thomas King (HarperCollins), 232 pages, $24.95 cloth. Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNN The great delight of Thomas King's... -
Eyeing the storm
Hurricane Hazel: Canada's Storm of the Century by Jim Gifford (Dundurn), 104 pages, $19.99 paper. Rating: NNN Rating: NNN With Hurricane Katrina hammering home the... -
Bonaventure bonus
Rating: NNNNNPerce rock, Quebec - The Bonaventure Island wildlife sanctuary lies in the shadow of the iridescent Percé Rock. It takes us 26 hours and... -
Hertz so good
The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing World by Noreena Hertz (Harper Collins), 257 pages, $34.95 cloth. Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNN Rarely do...
