Angel >> Remembering executed soldiers Veterans Affairs Minister Ron Duhamel this week added to the Book of Remembrance the names of 23 Canadian soldiers who were executed during the First World War on charges of cowardice and desertion. The move acknowledges that the men volunteered to fight for their country, but doesn't pardon them for breaching military discipline. Duhamel said that the soldiers, had they served today, would have received better treatment, which today's peacekeepers and even WWII soldiers enjoyed. Veterans groups are hoping for an Act of Parliament that would officially pardon the soldiers, victims of an unforgiving time.

Insect >> CanWest Global With a heavy-handed fiat imposed from its offices in Winnipeg, the country's largest media chain will be running identical editorials in 12 of its largest Southam dailies, including the Montreal Gazette. The first was published on Thursday, calling for lower taxes and less government spending. Gazette reporters, who protested the attack on editorial independence by removing their bylines for two days last week, were quickly ordered to put them back on. To read their open letter, and to see a list of reporters who signed it, go to http://gazreporters.tripod.com.