Articles from Western Standard (October 23, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'The world's best' weatherman: quirky Alberta weatherman Bill Matheson always gave the weather for Baker Lake, Nunavut. Dead at 80.	Olivier, Victor		708
5 rules for silver investing.	Morgan, David		447
Agenda driven: will putting gay politics into B.C.'s public school curriculum push parents to go private?	O'Neill, Terry		2382
Badly bitten: DDT's vindication may end 30 years of callous neglect of African children.	O'Neill, Terry		366
Big Bar Gold is an intriguing Arizona copper story.			243
Buzzwords.			218
Carved in stone: do human beings all have a common moral code imprinted on their hearts?			634
Digger troops, nancy-boy nation: Canada's soldiers are excellent killers, but Canadian politicians, the media and large swathes of the public prefer to think of them as victims.	Stevn, Mark		1407
Drug war: what is it good for?	Cosh, Colby		151
Excellon's silver project continues to expand.	Frederick, Josh		213
Feedback.	Tarplett, Bob; White, Willis J.; Stupnyckyj, Zenon; Lupton, John F.H.	Letter to the editor	459
From Napolean to nobody.	Cosh, Colby		116
Is it illegal to pray in public in Canada?	Steel, Kevin		279
It's good to be King: the Last King of Scotland peaks inside the terrifying charisma of a madman dictator.	McLennan, Neal		550
It's lonely at the top.	Steyn, Mark		1219
Lifting the blackout.	Doll, Cyril		501
Long past the best-before date: no matter how bad Alberta's Tories get, its Liberals can always do worse.	Dolphin, Ric		1257
Me work? Nor-way!	Cosh, Colby		117
Painting with a steel guitar: prairie painter-musician Steve Coffey blends a gallery opening with a CD launch.	O'Meara, Dina		693
Peter pan and Wendy in love: too many young couples put off until tomorrow what they fear to do today. And it costs them their tomorrow.	Woodard, Kathy		694
Planning the counter-revolution: how can the debate over same-sex marriage be done when its damage to society continues to multiply?	Warren, David		691
Poison pen.		Cartoon	2
Pots calling kettles irrational: postmodern western culture can't handle militant Islam, because in a self-serving way, it's just as irrational.	Byfield, Ted		703
Publisher's picks.	Levant, Ezra		109
Silver Quest focused on undervalued, advanced-stage projects.	MacDougall, Deise		272
Situation normal: the 'unexpected' cost overruns for Vancouver's 2010 Olympics are no more than expected.	O'Neill, Terry		1033
Soccer's Owen and only: Calgarian Owen Hargreaves now ranks as one of Canada's top professional sports exports.	Cosh, Colby		715
South of two borders: the election of a conservative president in Mexico promises new business opportunities for Canadians.	Stuart, Matthew		656
Standard candles in the wind.	Cosh, Colby		456
Sterling Mining aims to become a mid-tier silver producer by 2008.	Frederick, Josh		132
Sun, fun and wisdom: the second annual Western Standard cruise in mid-January promises great stories and distilled insights in world affairs.	Levant, Ezra		669
The gentle giant and the little guy: an anti-Wal-Mart campaign by North American poverty advocacy groups may damage a real friend of the poor.	Luik, John		697
The longer gathering storm: Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert recounts how the great British leader saw the dangers of Muslim fundamentalism as long ago as 1897.	Soupcoff, Marni	Interview	995
Through rain, snow or competition.	Cosh, Colby		114
Very funny, dad.	Cosh, Colby		165
War, the Canadian way: the war against terror in Afghanistan can be won, and Canadians may be just the soldiers to win it--if the home front is willing.	Steel, Kevin		2071
We take care of our own: Canadians would rather see others suffer than make their own sacrifice.	Libin, Kevin		741
Where's the (Canadian) beef? European protectionism perpetuates quaint production practices, but hurts primarily European consumers.	Verboven, Will		679