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The Conservative Caucus of Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, ‘Horrifically Depressed’ About Senate Expenses Scandal.

The Hill Times online Brand Takes Big Hit, Say Tories, but add  they won’t be down indefinitely. Details here.

The New US Farm Bill is an Economic Disaster

Heidi Moore - The Guardian Just when you think Congress can't get any dumber, it crafts a $1tn farm bill that harms the poor and promotes unhealthy food. Full story here. PLT: Thank goodness there are still some people in mass media who tell it like it is!

Millions March Against GM Crops

the guardian Organisers celebrate huge global turnout and say they will continue until Monsanto and other GM manufacturers listen… Details here.

Anti-GM Rally in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Video)

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Chile Fines Barrick Gold $16m for Pascua-Lama Mine

BBC News Chilean authorities have fined the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp. of CANADA, more than $16m for environmental offences. Details here. PLT: A fine, Canadian "role-model" for the world - poisoning Earth for profit and bling!

Terracide and the Terrarists

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TomDispatch Courtesy of Common Dreams Destroying the Planet for Record Profits. Full story here.

You Need Phosphorus to Live—and We're Running Out

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Mother Jones Pesticide sprayer on a farm in Manitoba, Canada. PLT photo. Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil. Details here.

Hungary Won't Tolerate GMO Seeds, Burns 1,000 Acres of Corn

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MSN A GMO crop in Manitoba, Canada. PLT photo. Think you can plant genetically modified seeds with your crop and no one will notice? Better not try it in Hungary, where agriculture officials literally took a scorched-Earth approach to GMO seeds... Details here.

Toronto Star Investigation: Drugged Canadian Horses Slipping Through ‘Inadequate’ Food System

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thestar.com The horse “passport” Canada relies on to keep toxic meat off dinner tables around the world is open to fraud and error, a Star investigation has found, confirming the findings of an international audit. Full story here. PLT photo.

Suzuki Reveals Shifting Sands of Alberta Fight

an editorial by John Fefchak As I watched one of David Suzuki's TV programs,"The Nature of Things," I became very upset at what was taking place in northern Alberta with the Tar Sands and what was happening to the land, the animals, the fish, the environment and the people who make their home there. It seemed, surely this can't be taking place in Canada. This has got to be a spoof from a horror film. But it wasn't a spoof. This was and is reality.    It has motivated me to submit this letter, for I also believe we must change our ways and take much better care of our one and only planet that we live on.

We Must Stop Monsanto (Music video)

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