News and Headlines for Oct 7/2010

• Prison guards in Ottawa band together to protest wage cut backs at the time the federal government just announced a 156 million plan to expand prisons. The protesters stated the expansion coupled with a tougher criminal crowd would increase over-crowding; making prison's more dangerous for both inmates and workers.
• Rick Salutin, a left-leaning columnist of 20 years standing, has been fired from the Globe and Mail. A look at the recent censorship of one of Canada's largest papers.
  
• A rabble thread looks at recent cases of police violence and mistreatment of first nations persons. In Canada, the incarceration rate for First Nations.
• A backgrounder report from the Office of the Correctional Investigator on the over representation of Aboriginal and First Nations people in the Canadian Prison System.
  
• A link to the MissingJustice campaign; organized out of Montreal. The campaign calls for official action on over 500 cases of missing or murder Aboriginal women filed since 1980 that have never received full investigation nor attracted attention or priority from media or police.
  
• Canadian government launches a mind-boggling campaign to spin Global Warming as a good thing for Canada. The campaign is funded by the Suncor corporation.
• The Shameless blog takes on the shamelessly sexualized "I like it" breastcancer meme.
  
• This Magazine rounds up 7 private member bills they hope pass. Bills include a right to housing, and accountability for mining companies.