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Cites the working paper from the `Expert Committee on AIDS and Prisons' commissioned by the Correctional Service of Canada which recommends homosexuality among prisoners should be condoned and condoms made freely available to limit the spread of the AIDS virus. Other recommendations regarding sterilization of contraband needles; AIDS a serious problem in federal prisons; Thoughts on whether or not sexual behavior alters sexual orientation.

Reports on two dogs being beaten to death with an aluminum bat in Edmonton, Alberta. Daniel Herman Kohut and Michael Paul Melmoth charged with killing a domestic animal without a lawful purpose; Why they were not convicted; Justice Canada circulating a discussion paper among humane societies for revamping laws on animal abuse.

Discusses the supposed antagonism that the `Edmonton Journal' feels toward the Reform Party in Alberta, Canada and how that was shown in the October 1998 Senate election. The paper's series of articles encouraging voters to spoil the Senate portion of their ballots; When the `Journal' started their campaign to discredit the Reform party; The effect of the articles that promoted the spoiling of ballots.

Discusses the wiretaps placed on the phone lines of three Edmonton journalists by police. Leak to the reporters of a paper linking a police commissioner to organized crime; Views of one such reporter, Janice Johnston; Why the reporters were wiretapped; How police obtain permission to wiretap.

Discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the use of hemp. Hemp as used for cloth, paper and oil for thousands of years; Hemp as banned in Canada since 1923; Modern uses for hemp; Comments from Amanda Stewart of the True North Hemp Company, Edmonton; Reasons for decline of hemp industry; Problems with hemp usage.

Examines economic views of church denominations in Canada. Anglican, United and other large Protestant denominations as issuing anti-capitalist manifestos; More conservative churches as proponents of free markets; `Faith and Economics,' a working paper from the Presbyterian Church in Canada (PCC), and its cautions against economics as the answer to life; Comments from Philip Lee, chief author, addressing the societal imbalance of unrestrained greed; The pope's pronouncements on the topic.

Informs that the `Edmonton Sun' newspaper of Edmonton, Alberta bailed out Marilyn Tan, the woman accused of stabbing Edmonton photographer Con Boland, and then was granted an exclusive interview with her. Boland's lashing out at the paper because of this; Response of `Sun' editor Paul Stanway to Boland's remarks.

Discusses a proposal released in a discussion paper in August 1996 that tradesmen in Alberta inspect their own work and insure themselves against liability. Concern by private home inspector Moe Madsen, owner of Madsen Technical Services Inc., of substandard construction should the idea of loosening building inspection become policy; The number of Albertans that oppose the privatization of safety code inspections.

Discusses the gaps in the paper trail from the federal inquiry into the 1992-93 Canadian Airborne expedition to Somalia. Alteration, destruction, and withholding of Somalia related documents; Chief of Defence Staff General Jean Boyle's admission of responsibility; Minister of National Defence David Collenette and retired vice-admiral Dan Mainguy's support of Boyle.

Opinion. Calls for a review of fetal status in Canadian criminal law because of news that Albertan women may be able to receive tax-funded partial-birth abortions. Availability of dilation-extraction (D&X) abortions in the United States and in Alberta; Which Criminal Code provisions render illegal certain abortions; About the Morgentaler decision by the Canadian Supreme Court; About the paper `Crimes Against the Fetus,' by the Law Reform Commission.

Considers ownership changes at several Alberta newspapers. Impending sale of Toronto Sun Publishing Corp., the company that runs the `Calgary' and the `Edmonton Suns'; Other ownership changes in May 1996; The fact that the papers that most Albertans read are owned by a few big chains based outside the province; Opinions about the importance and impact of out-of-province ownership.

Describes Alberta Liberal leader Grant Mitchell's policy paper asserting what public health is really about, including personal hygiene, garbage disposal, proper nutrition, proper housing and adequate income.

Relates that Alberta's `Calgary Herald' and the `Edmonton Journal' newspapers, owned by Toronto-based Southam Inc., are cautiously edging their left-leaning editorial policies toward the right. The `Herald' admitting in September 1995 that many readers feel that the paper's editorial views were out of touch with its home community; Job changes for Southam editor and editorial writer Catherine Ford and Linda Goyette; Satya Das; Other changes.

Comments on the artwork of Shelley Ouelett, from Calgary, Alberta, who created an upside-down sculpture of Mount Rundle renedered in 6.075 toilet-paper tubes. Her job as director of Calgary's Stride Gallery; Display of the sculpture at the Nickle Gallery until April 19, 1995.

Announces that in Canada, Alberta Energy Minister Pat Black demands an end to preferential treatment of a provincial regime and suggests the province end its overarching control of electric rates and let competition push down prices across Alberta. Who the current energy regime is governed by; Who Alberta Power serves; What the discussion paper demands.

States that the long-awaited social policy paper released by the federal Liberals does not suggest privatizing a single federal program and to many in the Alberta government this severely limits Ottawa's options. Social Services' signed contract with Community Care Options (CCO); Why CCO was founded; What CCO provides.

Discusses the July 1994 sending of Southham paper "Life" columnist, Liane Faulder, on a Canadian army sponsored trip to the war-torn former Yugoslavia. Images of conflict; Criticism of editor's judgment; Parity; Editor Murdoch Davis's position; New approach; Toronto columnist and veteran war correspondent Peter Worthington's opinion.

States former `Edmonton Journal' publisher Donald Babick, Linda Hughes, Tom Barrett and the paper's owner Southam Inc. of Toronto were all found guilty of criminal contempt by Justice Alexander Andrekson of the Court of Queen's Bench. Andrekson ruled that a 1990 front page story graphically describing the heinousness of Albert Stewart's murder of his common law wife interfered with his right to a fair hearing. Courts becoming increasingly severe; Recent bans; Details.

Examines the ways in which the new Canadian federal cabinet are working to establish their green credentials. Prime Minister Jean Chretien would turn B.C.'s Clayoquot Sound into a national park; Environment Minister Sheila Copps announced Ottawa would review the environmental impact of all federal taxes, subsidies and grants; Finance Minister Paul Martin's 1992 paper on redirecting national economies toward environmental sustainability through taxes; Details.

Cites the paper `Federal Government Relations With Interest Groups: A Reconsideration,' that argues the current lack of public input raises questions about whether a funded group is truly representative of Canadian society. Author William Stanbury (University of British Columbia), and three others; Four alternatives by which individual Canadians can take part in the allocation of their money; Opposition to government funding to special interests.