Angel >> Coal miners and farmers who refuse to give up the fight The facts are hard to ignore: the Cape Breton coal mines are as good as dead and the era of the family farm in Canada probably won't last much longer. The real issue is that the federal government, after decades of subsidies and support that led these people to believe they still had a future on the farm or in the mines, now thinks it can just walk away, leaving whole communities virtually bankrupt--no pension, no retraining, nothing. The feds bought their way into the problem; they'll have to buy their way out.

Insect >> The federal government, for airlifting weapons-grade plutonium fuel over Canadian soil The MOX fuel sample crossed the U.S.-Canada border via land transport to Sault Ste-Marie last Friday, then travelled by chopper to the nuclear facilities in Chalk River, Ontario. Activists believe they airlifted the radioactive cargo to avoid protests and blockades. And for what it's worth, U.S. law prohibits MOX plutonium flights over its territory because of the risks associated with an air crash. Thanks for denying our democratic rights--and gambling with armageddon in the process.