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My personal experience and take on native issues‏… by Shelly Wilde

Aug 20th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Local Folks, Politics
As a 36 year old North American Native woman, I would love to share what knowledge I have learned over the past few years regarding certain native issues.  There are so many issues going on in today's society, it's very difficult to narrow them down to one or two in ... Full Story

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Hidden in the language of Bill C-36… Over Food & Natural Health

Aug 7th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Environment & Health, Politics
Over Food & Natural Health by Dee Nicholson Co Executive Director National Health Federation of Canada   Hidden in the language of Bill C-36, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, is a clause which makes Canadians "subject to the dictates of foreign authorities", which are undefined but could mean anything from a foreign ... Full Story

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Shawn Buckley Calls Bill C-36 A “Trojan Horse

Aug 7th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Environment & Health, Politics
Note:  We at the National Health Federation of Canada applaud the publishing of Mr. Buckley's article in the Calgary Herald explaining that there is much more than meets the eye involved in the disappearance of thousands of nutrients from the Natural Health marketplace: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Natural+health+products+safer+than+pharmaceuticals/3335301/story.html             Full Story

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G20 class-action suit launched

Aug 6th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Politics
This ran on the Toronto Sun......... comments invited below By MICHELE MANDEL, Toronto Sun Sherry Good is launching a $45-million class action lawsuit against Toronto Police and the RCMP on behalf of 800 people detained by police during the G20 weekend. "It was a very frightening and disturbing experience," said the office administrator ... Full Story

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G20 summit was like twilight zone ( by Chad Casarin)

Aug 6th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Opinion, Politics
This ran under Opinion in the Cambridge Times... comments invited below  Putting down protesters and being proud of police tactics at the G20 couldn’t be any closer to the twilight zone. I was there, I even rode my bicycle all the way there. It was a staged media deception by allowing ... Full Story

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Province addicted to cash

Aug 5th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Politics
Opinion Cambridge Times......... comments invited below    When it comes to gambling, the Ontario government is our biggest addict. It loves the billions of dollars in revenue. In turn, it has created thousands of individual addicts. The social damage is real but little talked about. People have lost their jobs over it. Addicts have resorted ... Full Story

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NDP demands ministers resign over OPP raid

Aug 5th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Politics
This ran on the Hamilton Spectator... comments invited below August 05, 2010 Keith Leslie The Canadian Press TORONTO (Aug 5, 2010) New details regarding the extent of a corruption probe into three Ontario government ministries prompted the opposition yesterday to demand the resignations of three cabinet ministers. The OPP's anti-rackets division raided the ministries of ... Full Story

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Deficit control A message for governments

Aug 4th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Politics
This ran on the Windsor Star........ comments invited below Europe's top central banker, Jean-Claude Trichet, has added his voice to those who are warning industrialized countries to begin reining in their spending and address growing deficits. His message is fairly straightforward: Either make some difficult decisions on spending now, or face the ... Full Story

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The truth will be out there: Smitherman

Aug 4th, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Politics
This ran in the Toronto Sun........ comments invited below By JONATHAN JENKINS, City Hall Bureau George Smitherman is getting ready to reveal the truth. “We’re just about let our own volunteers know that it exists,” Smitherman spokesman Stefan Baranski said Tuesday, of the new website The Truth About George Smitherman. “It’s brand new ... Full Story

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re consumer goods and natural products–why we are fighting C-36–last 5 paragraphs most significant‏

Aug 2nd, 2010 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Opinion, Politics
A  Question of Balance.. by Richard  DeSylva,  RH  DNM Someone asked the other day,  if I saw the average man or woman on the street affected by the natural health product ( NHP) regulations, or even the recently  introduced Bill C36 – The Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act. With the latter,  most people ... Full Story

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