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Articles in December, 2001 issue of Report Newsmagazine, The

• A hill for the climbing; An 86-year-old fitness trainer inspires the elderly to keep active.(Brief Article)
  by Hiebert, Rick
• Christmas in hiding; As religious persecution intensifies, Christians feel they are being called to spiritual battle against the powers of darkness.
  by McLean, Candis
• Criticism equals assault; Homosexual activists demand censorship in the wake of the murder of a gay Vancouverite.
  by O'Neill, Terry
• Letters to the Editor; A trim and a passport.(Letter to the Editor)
• How slippery the slope; Two ethicists debate the new reprotech law, but neither thinks it should go very far.(new laws against cloning sought)(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Joanne
• Much ado about Muhammad; Muslim prayer rooms remain the rule in Toronto public schools.(Brief Article)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Ottawa's amazing bylaw; If city counsellors can wipe out smoking, why not try them on illegal drugs?(smoking regulations)(Brief Article)
  by Cohen, Lynne
• Letters to the Editor.
• Opening Shots; Manly today, brute tomorrow.(Brief Article)
  by Bunner, Paul
• Guest Column; Why (apart from self-interest) does the UN cry alarm about 'overpopulation'?(Brief Article)
  by Roney, Stephen
• Who killed Gary Meier?A small-town businessman is murdered, leaving police a wealth of suspects.(Brief Article)
  by Ko, Marnie
• Cleaning up window washers; Vancouver joins Toronto in the tricky fight against 'squeegee people'.(efforts to control panhandling at street intersections)(Brief Article)
  by O'Neill, Terry
• Westview; Journalist Margaret has hit another milestone: she's discovered our educators can't educate.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Ted
• The men from the boys; Bull riding is dangerous, irrelevant and a rare expression of old-style masculinity.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Joanne
• Empty the prisons; Elizabeth Fry Societies continue their tax-funded crusade against all female incarceration.
  by O'Neill, Terry
• The Right Eye; Let's hope the fainthearted don't prevail--our future too is at stake in this war.(Brief Article)
  by Hunter, Ian
• THE RECORD--National edition.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
  by Olivier, Victor
• Business Analysis; Red tape strangles a gutsy wildcatter.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Mike
• Fighting fire with fire; All but four Alliance MPs vote with the Liberals to suppress civil rights and free speech.
  by Grace, Kevin Michael
• Up Front.(various notes)
  by Cosh, Colby
• Breeding in the sewers?A boy in Saskatchewan is attacked and chewed up by a huge rat.(Brief Article)
  by Ko, Marnie
• Silent scourge; Forget anthrax--we are more often affected by another kind of spore: it comes from the mould found increasingly in homes, offices and aircraft.
  by McLean, Candis
• She just had to do it; An accused child-napper, captured in Mexico, is declared not guilty of abducting her triplets.(Carline VandeNelsen)
  by Ko, Marnie
• Up Front.(Statistical Data Included)
  by Cosh, Colby
• Westview; There are lessons for us in the ignominious failure of American Middle Eastern Studies.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Ted
• Orthodoxy; Our improbable friend from back in the '50s, for whom the Bethlehem story was just too much.(Brief Article)
• Wanted in Thailand; A Canadian criminal accused of chopping up his Asian wife may face the death penalty.(Brief Article)
  by Ko, Marnie
• Preston loses control; Calgary Southwest constituents resoundingly reject his 'joint candidate' proposal.(Canadian Parliament member Preston Manning)
  by Byfield, Joanne
• The Home Front; Of errant beach balls and warning labels: are we really so dumb, and so litigious?(safety in playing)(Brief Article)
• Not peace, but a sword; 'Crusade' was one of the most overtaxed English words. Now it's being fitted for the Memory Hole.(use of word crusade in relation to War on Terrorism)(Brief Article)
  by Cosh, Colby
• Convicted by blood; Despite the absence of motive, a B.C. mechanic is sentenced for a triple rangeland murder.(Thomas Alexander Turcotte)(Brief Article)
  by Ko, Marnie
• The ethnic rebellion of '01; Four Liberal MPs may force Chretien to gut C-36 or a Grit U-turn on immigration.(anti-terrorism legislation; immigrant civil rights protection)
  by Grace, Kevin Michael
• 'Banned in Ontario'; The usual 'free expression' outrage greets the censoring of a sexually violent film.(Brief Article)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Numbers.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Mike
• The war; News on the Terrorism Front.(Brief Article)
  by Grace, Kevin Michael
• Faith and Politics; Prayer saved Rene Metacat, and he hopes it can save the Dene Tha.(political activist's efforts to end corruption in management of Native American territory)(Brief Article)
  by McLean, Candis
• Brave New World.(brief notes)
  by McGovern, Celeste
• Home is where the smarts are; A think tank researcher finds home-schooled kids perform better socially too.
  by Byfield, Joanne
• Trial by exhaustion; Free speech always loses when faced with Canada's oppressive human rights machinery.(Brief Article)
  by O'Neill, Terry
• Soup that saves the soul; A Vancouver couple find ample reward at the venerable UGM.(charitable organization Union Gospel Mission)(Brief Article)
  by Smithson, Carla
• The Record.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Dr. Rude; A physician's suspension signals a growing refusal to put up with professional arrogance.(Brief Article)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Eclectica; Kevin Michael Grace.(Brief Article)
• Looking for trouble; 'Peaceful' protestors again march with anarchists and vandals in the war against capitalism.(demonstrations during Group of 20 conference in Ottawa, Ontario)(Brief Article)
  by Cohen, Lynne
• Writers; Optimism on immigration. (book review)
• Orthodoxy; It's a long stretch, but liberaldom is working hard to blame the Christians for the big bombing.(terrorist attacks against World Trade Center and Pentagon)(Brief Article)
• Glorified park-sitters; Mounties do what wardens did, and the wardens watch them do it.(Royal Canadian Mounted Police entrusted with patrolling of parks)(Brief Article)
  by Ko, Marnie
• Jobs for Quebec; The Liberals' drawn-out helicopter-replacement plan looks increasingly expensive.(includes other notes)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Parenting, round two; Millions of aging seniors must now bring up their children's children.
  by Hansard, Pat; McLean, Candis
• Enterprise.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Mike
• The Right Eye; Lord Black tells us an ugly truth about ourselves.(Brief Article)
  by Hunter, Ian
• The Record - BC Edition.(Brief Article)
  by Hiebert, Rick
• Offensive tactics; An Ontario girl is suspended, but won't stop wearing a sweater for life.(student Lisa Klassen is suspended for wearing sweatshirt with anti-abortion message)(Brief Article)
  by Ko, Marnie
• Numbers.(brief notes and statistics)(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Mike
• Eclectica; By Kevin Michael Grace.(brief notes)(Brief Article)
• Opening Shots; Stockwell Day's comeback tour.(2001 Official Opposition Leader's Dinner)(Brief Article)
  by Bunner, Paul
• The Record--BC Edition.(brief items)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Brave New World.(brief items)
  by McGovern, Celeste
• Judgment Day.
  by Carpay, John
• Can they at least say 'Merry Christmas'?The Canadian military forbids its padres to utter Christian references in public ceremonies.(Brief Article)
  by Stock, Peter
• Opening Shots; If medicare is to be 'saved,' it must be shrunk.(Brief Article)
  by O'Neill, Terry
• Wiebo's back; Ludwig's supporters mark his release from prison with an ominous communique. (book review)
  by Byfield, Joanne
• The dying dollar; Conservative economic reforms offer hope to a nation that's losing faith in its future.(Canada)
  by Byfield, Mike
• Just another 'great Canadian'; A Quebec minister continues to be haunted by relationships with questionable characters.(Alfonso Gagliano)(Brief Article)
  by Stock, Peter
• When enemies celebrated together; It could not last, but it stood as a bright spot in a disastrously pointless war.(Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce)(Brief Article) (book review)
  by Byfield, Virginia
• We wish you a phony festival; 'Kwanzaa' was invented by a black criminal in California.(Brief Article)
• A night on the town; From the Misty Moon to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, a bizarre legal affray took a decade to settle.(Brief Article)
  by Cosh, Colby
• Letter From the Publisher; Of bagpipes, boys, barbarism and Christmas.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Link
• The Record.(rest in peace)(Obituary)
  by Olivier, Victor
• On to Ottawa!A conservative Christian university establishes a beachhead in the national capital.(Trinity Western University to found Laurentian Leadership Centre for promotion of Christian values in politics)(Brief Article)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Guilt by association; Gun clubs at the University of Toronto face the axe after a volunteer runs afoul of the law.(Brief Article)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Letter from the Publisher; This country needs a revolution.(military chaplains censored language)(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Link
• Opening Shots; There is a good reason the Grinch is green.(Brief Article)
  by O'Neill, Terry
• The first human clone--again; The company that says it created a human life made the same claim two years ago.(Brief Article)
  by Byfield, Joanne
• Entitlements, yes; taxes, no; The federal court orders Ottawa to provide $777 million in retroactive CPP benefits to reserve Indians.(Brief Article)
  by Schuster, Eli
• Wedded to the taxpayer; B.C. finally follows Alberta's lead on welfare reform, especially for single moms.(British Columbia)(Brief Article)
  by O'Neill, Terry
• The Record - Alberta Edition.(People)(Obituary)
  by Olivier, Victor
• A buzzer-beating donation; NBA star Steve Nash rescues a youth basketball program in his home province.(Brief Article)
  by Hiebert, Rick
• Judgment Day.(notes on trials and police investigations)(Brief Article)
  by Carpay, John
• Three steps sideways, two steps back; As the Alliance nation council dithers on, the party's leadership candidates begin unofficial campaigning.
  by Grace, Kevin Michael