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Cyclists stage a bicycle die-in October 17 at Bank and Somerset Sts. to protest construction of Highway 416. Auto-Free Ottawa and the Green Party, cosponsors of the die-in, claim that the highway will destroy rural communities and add to environmental and traffic problems. They say the provincial subsidy for the highway would be better spent on improving freight and passenger rail and public transit service. Photo: Margaret Jensen.

• Readers React
  • Urban Transportation Under Debate from Sivasambo Sriskanthan
• Coalition Report
  Article by Darrell Rankin
• Hello Volunteer!
  Hazel Jack by Mark Fettes
• New From Octopus
  The Inuit and their Land Reviewed by Andrew Neale
• Book Review
  • Kitchen Handbook Stresses Waste Reduction Reviewed by Marti Mussell
  • "Miracle" Agriculture Critiqued Reviewed by Soophia Ahmed & Mary Roufail
• 5 R's Update (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Reject)
  Article by Hazel Jack
• Activist's Notebook
  Article by Mike Kaulbars
• Dangerous Women: Profiles of Activists
  Jillian Skeet:Planting Seeds for Change by Julie Lalande

  Did You Know? Water needed to produce 1 pound of wheat: 25 gallons. Water needed to produce 1 pound of meat: 2,500 gallons. Source: Diet for a New America by John Robbins.

• International
  • El Salvadoran Peace Accords: the Aftermath by Alan Dixon
  • Human Rights Heroine To Visit Ottawa PEN staff writer
• Forum Positive on Environmental Bill of Rights PEN staff writer, with files from Carol Grant
• November 11: Remembering Canada's Role in the Vietnam War by Robin Collins
• Weapons Conference Protest Planned by Richard Sanders
• Men March to End Male Violence by Tim Donais
• Romero Explores Priest's Work for El Salvador Poor PEN staff writer
• Petro-Canada Boycott Scheduled PEN staff writer
• Peacekeeping Dedication Examined by Robin Collins
• Forum Shows Support for Wallis House By Richard Sanders
• Biodiversity and Climate Change: What Canada Can Do by Marlene Catterall
• Campaign Launched to Protect the Ozone Layer PEN staff writer
• Groups Push for Ban on Puppy Mill Imports PEN staff writer
• Ecotourism: Travelling with a Social Conscience by Irene Brownstein
• Region Develops 3 R's Study
• Controversy Continues on Outouais Incinerator by Tom McKegney
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