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Dump sight
Strike opens our eyes to the awful levels of waste we produce
Mike Smith

They call it a work stoppage, but almost anyone can take it as an excuse to slow down and think.

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A fair country
Stop the whitewash – all we aspire to we’ve learned from natives
Robert Priest

I’ve always had a little trouble celebrating Canada Day.

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Jamie Kennedy conspiracy
Celeb chef’s local-fare empire cooked by our export-first ag policy
Wayne Roberts

I read about chef Jamie Kennedy possibly going broke in the front-page news (not a bad profile for someone who’s not a banker or carmaker getting bailed out) at the same time that I got an invite to see the preview of Food, Inc., a doc by Robert Kenner.

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The Jackson five
Five stages of mourning for Michael Jackson online
By Joshua Errett

In reacting to Michael Jackson’s death, the Internet went through its own five stages of grief.

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