Hope Takes A Beating
SASK. PARTY FUNDING YANK PUTS INNER-CITY COMMUNITY PROJECT IN PERIL
By Meshon Cantrill
Planet S, Saskatoon
On 20th Street in Saskatoon, an ambitious project that many see as an excellent example of the “hope beats fear” mantra used so prominently by the Sask. Party in the 2007 provincial election campaign has been stopped dead in [...]

Spiegel Online

The scenes in Haiti have been dramatic. Gunfire on the streets in the capital Port-au-Prince; thousands parading through the streets; and 9,000 United Nations peacekeepers powerless to stop the violence and the widespread looting. Five people have been killed in the violence since last Thursday, according to unofficial reports. Even an impassioned plea by the Caribbean country’s President Rene Preval on Wednesday failed to restore order. “The solution is not to go around destroying stores,” he said. “I’m giving you orders to stop.”

Haitians, though, are reacting to problems that cannot simply be wished away. Food prices across the globe have been skyrocketing in recent years. Rice prices in Asia have spiked as has the price of bread in Egypt, milk products in Europe and pasta in Italy. The result has been unrest in a number of countries and many more concerned that a mass protest is but a price hike away.

On Mar. 26, when he confirmed that the Saskatchewan Party government would not honour a previous funding commitment made by the former NDP government of $8 million for the Station 20 West mixed-use development in Saskatoon, Finance Minster Rod Gantefoer said when his new government took a look at the project, “there were a number [...]

via Making the Links Radio
 
A small claims court today heard that Percy Schmeiser and Monsanto had reached a settlement on Percy Schmeiser’s claim.
 
The terms of the settlement were  a major victory for Percy, and farmers fighting the power of large agri-business interests.
 
Key points achieved were:
 
1. Percy has maintained his freedom to speak out - no gag [...]

NOTICE: CANADA AND QUEBEC ARE ORCHESTRATING A COUP USING THE SQ TO REPLACE OUR CUSTOMARY CHIEF AND COUNCIL WITH A DISSIDENT GROUP IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH OUR FIRST NATIONUrgent Request-March 13, 2008
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We are known as the Algonquins of Barriere Lake (also known by our Algonquin name, “Mitchikanibikok Inik”) [...]

The B-List is your monthly media supplement of 7 recommended readings from beyond the Briarpatch.
1. The Next Slum: Suburbia?
By Christopher B. Leinberger
Atlantic Monthly
March 2008
“A structural change is under way in the housing market—a major shift in the way many Americans want to live and work. It has shaped the current downturn, steering some [...]

By Sungur Savran
The Bullet

The celebrations by the Albanian people of Kosovo upon the declaration of an “independent and sovereign” state were aired on television extensively. Two flags were waved during these celebrations. One was the familiar U.S. flag. And the second one? This flag with a double-headed black eagle on a red background, which country might that belong to? Better not to be too rash and say that it is the flag of the newly “independent” state of
Kosovo, for that would be misunderstanding the true nature of what has happened. In the newly “independent” state of Kosovo, the people celebrating on the streets were waving the flag of another country. This was the flag of Albania!

“Yes We Can” vs. “Gonna Be Wars”

Press release
Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
Feb. 19, 2008

In a travesty of justice, AAFN Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months incarceration and crippling fines amounting to $50,000 for upholding Algonquin law within our homeland. An additional sanction of $2,000 per day will be imposed for every day that Bob continues to obey our law rather than the court order. In addition, our community was fined $10,000 and Chief Paula Sherman $15,000, and our statement of defense was struck out, which means that we are forbidden from challenging the constitutional validity of Ontario’s Mining Act. The court made it clear that First Nations’ laws do not exist in Canada’s legal system and anyone who tries to follow First Nations law will be severely punished.

Call and Write Governor General Michaëlle Jean:
Demand that She Refuse Royal Assent to Secret Trials Bill

BRIEF BACKGROUND AND ACTION ITEM
February 12, 2008 — Following the shameful passage last week in the House of Commons of a new bill that will perpetuate secret trials, two tier justice, indefinite detention without charge, draconian house [...]