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Is Ottawa Bedding Down With Crooked Bankers? (Letter)

Dear Editor, Crooked bankers of the world, rejoice!  Wikileaks has revealed that negotiators from 50 countries, including Canada, have been meeting in back rooms, cooking up ways of making it even easier for these financial titans to fleece their customers, everywhere! It's all part of the ('til now) super-secretive "Trade in Services Agreement" (TISA), a massive deal that would affect the way the big banks are allowed to do business, world-wide. According to the confidential draft text, TISA would "further deregulate global financial services markets."  Not only that, it would prevent these nations, including Canada, from ensuring that sensitive customer data remains in the country of origin! I'm no financial whiz. But, if we want to keep our precious banking records secure, this can't be good! Why is all of this happening? According to the text, "To assist the expansion of financial multi-nationals – mainly headquar

Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths Must be Banned, Scientists Say

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CBC News Neonicotinoids, fipronil linked to ecosystem damage in new report. Full story here. PLT photo.

See What Yes Is Doing (Video)

'The Ground's Wet Enough Without My Tears:' Rain Keeping Farmers From Seeding

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Winnipeg Free Press Good weather for ducks. PLT photo. MELITA, Man. - Up to 400,000 hectares of farmland could go unseeded in Manitoba this year because soggy conditions and relentless rain are making it impossible for farmers to get on their fields. Details here.

US Administration Takes Steps to Aid Bees

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New York Times: The White House announced new initiatives on Friday to promote the health of honeybees and other pollinators, which have suffered enormous losses in recent years. Details here.

So Much Polar Ice Has Melted That Maps Have to Be Redrawn

Care2 When people discuss immediate victims of climate change, they list endangered species and island dwellers… yet never cartographers. WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CARTOGRAPHERS? Full story here.