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Environment | U.S. says climate change 'high risk' to federal assets, Canada has no infrastructure adaptation plan | Jun 12 2013 | Elizabeth May | In Canada we have no carbon reduction plan and no infrastructure adaptation plan. Without both we are headed for new and unprecedented threats to our future, our economy and our infrastructure.

Environment | US Politics | Environmental groups turn up the heat against Keystone XL pipeline | Jun 12 2013 | Lauren McCauley | Green groups have mounted an aggressive attack against TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by filing a lawsuit in U.S. federal court Monday.

Feminism | Feminism, ecology and Maroon the Implacable | Jun 12 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | There is only one political prisoner in the United States who openly identifies as a feminist and ecosocialist. His name is Russell Maroon Shoatz.

LGBTI | Nova Scotia extends health care coverage for gender reassignment surgery | Jun 12 2013 | Mercedes Allen | The Nova Scotia government has promised to extend health care funding coverage for gender reassignment surgery.

Media Matters | The best way to get the 'best of rabble' is as our 'thanks' (and at our parties) | Jun 12 2013 | rabble staff | Order a copy through us, or buy a copy at a book launch, or better yet get one as our 'thanks' for supporting rabble.ca

Media Matters | Why millennials don't need to read newspapers | Jun 12 2013 | Andreas Krebs, Suzanne Gallant | There are, it turns out a few obvious and good reasons why no self-respecting millennial would be caught dead with a newspaper.

Politics in Canada | Canada's lessons in democracy for Egypt and Turkey | Jun 12 2013 | Gerry Caplan | In some countries, those who disagree with their government's policies are vilified, demonized, accused of being unpatriotic and operating under the influence of malign foreign influences.

Politics in Canada | Alberta Health Services Chair to Health Minister on executive bonuses: 'Drop dead, Fred!' | Jun 12 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne can fire the chair of Alberta Health Services. Or he could not fire him. Either way he's going to look bad.

Politics in Canada | How jazz explains Harper's tone deaf damage control | Jun 12 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | The fact is, though, that the Conservative strategy these days is to quite deliberately obscure the underlying melody, and try to play out the clock.

Technology | Secretive spying on Canadians: Weekly news update from OpenMedia.ca | Jun 12 2013 | Arielle dela Cruz Yip | Here is Arielle with your Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca, filling you in on the latest privacy threats for Canadians.

Arts & Culture | Toronto Japanese Film Festival invites Toronto to experience Japanese culture | Jun 11 2013 | Lindsay Presswell | The Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TorontoJFF) runs from June 13 to June 28 at the Japanese Canadian Culture Centre, with a mission to promote "friendship through culture."

Civil Liberties Watch | Video: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in his own words | Jun 11 2013 | rabble staff | Journalist Glenn Greenwald interviews NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Film by Laura Poitras.

Civil Liberties Watch | Video: Digital Blackwater, the NSA and the surveillance state | Jun 11 2013 | rabble staff | As the Justice Department prepares to file charges against Edward Snowden for leaking classified documents about the NSA, the role of private intelligence firms has entered the national spotlight.

Civil Liberties Watch | Politics in Canada | Technology | Civil liberties, pro-democracy, privacy rights, and open Internet groups call for answers on secret government spying program | Jun 11 2013 | OpenMedia.ca | Groups are rallying Canadians after revelations that the government has been spying on individuals’ private lives for years