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Examines Alberta's shiny new paper mills which are expected to cash in when prices for pulp and paper rebound next year. Shipments of pulp and paper component down; Alberta Newsprint Co. of Whitecourt breaking even by deferring depreciation costs; Campaign of then-Premier Donald Getty to lure international investors to Alberta's largely unallocated forests; Cost to taxpayers; The long-term.

Reports on the increased pricing for waste paper. Waste management proponents' views on the activity; Factors in the price increase; Negative effect of the phenomenon on the profitability of public recycling programs.

Looks at the deal between paper companies Grande Alberta Paper Ltd. (GAP) and Manning Diversified Forest Products Ltd. (MDFP), over a supply of timber from northern Alberta. Each company's concern of bankruptcy, if it did not get the lumber; The compromise, which was supported by the government.

Informs that paper company Millar Western is buying back the 60 percent of its paper mill in Whitecourt, Canada that the Canadian government owns. The sale being for much less than the government spent for the mill; The number of jobs created by the mill; Details of the government's relationship with the mill; Other government-industry partnerships in Canada. INSET: Who's next?..

Considers the game `A Forest for All,' introduced by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association at its regional conference in Edmonton. Designed for junior and senior high school students, the game is one of several distributed by the CPPA. Charge the game is an attempt to manipulate public opinion; School material published by green lobbyists; Comments on the debate.

Comments on a report released in October 1995 by green-leaning scientists that warned that Alberta (Canada) is running out of trees and no new forestry projects should be launched. Recommendations in the report; Grande Alberta Paper Ltd.'s proposed project; The views of Environmental Protection Minister Ty Lund; Comment by Liberal forestry critic Nick Taylor. INSET: Log-nappers beware (illegal logging and smuggling), by G.K..

Discusses how Canada's Alberta pulp mills want to streamline the enviro-reporting system. Proposal to merge data collection for Environment Canada and Alberta Environment; Each has different reporting forms and different data; New Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act doesn't address duplication problem.

Reports on the upcoming opening of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University in British Columbia. Programs that the institute will offer; Comment on the Bible as history; The graduate program in biblical studies; Description of the scrolls; The Great Isaiah Scroll; The `Jesus Seminar'; More. INSET: High-tech tools of the trade, by J.W..

Discusses the current status of the Grande Alberta Paper (GAP) mill. Actions of former premier Don Getty; Moves by Finance Minister Paul Martin; Cost considerations related to the GAP; Role of the Alberta Forests Products Association.

Mentions Canmore, Albertan Cyndi Foster's use of animal dung in her handmade papers. Colors and textures of Poop Paper; Her comments about using herbivore dung; Public reaction to the paper.

States that an article in the Fall/Winter 1994 issue of `Research,' a magazine about the academic work being done at Ontario's University of Guelph, ask why do we still use paper money, a currency that has no intrinsic value. How paper money was once used.

Reports that two multinational wood-product firms are responding to boycotts by changing some of their logging practices. Success of the Friends of the Lubicon campaign against Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd.; Details of the Lubicon campaign; Ruling that the Friends defamed Daishowa; Success of Greenpeace's efforts against clear-cutting by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., British Columbia; Economic impact of not clear-cutting.

Examines the campaign of the Communications, Energy, and Papermakers Union of Canada to organize western Canadian rig hands in Alberta. CEP's ads in the Calgary and Edmonton `Sun' newspapers; Possible certification by Alberta Labour Relations Board; Pros and cons over whether or not conditions have improved in the fields; History of CEP's efforts to organize the provincial workforce.

Focuses on the corruption and lack of accountability of officers in the Canada's officer corps. Efforts of Dave Krayden, former public affairs officer at a British Columbia military base, to get the military reformed; Scandals within the Department of National Defence at National Defence Headquarters; The issues of political correctness and quotas for women in the military; Allegation of cover-ups in the Somalia and Croatia inquiries.

States that Toronto, Ontario-based newspapers are descending into British-style sex and sleaze. The need for increased circulation and subscription; The hostile takeover bid of Torstar Corp. for the Sun Media Corp.; View of Chris Dornan, director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, on the viability of the Canadian Press wire service; Suggestion that Southam Inc.'s `National Post' is doing well on the newsstand; Mention of Conrad Black, majority owner of Southam Inc.

Reports on the litigation of Esther Neuman for violations of the Alberta Animal Pedigree Act. Alleged failure to provide customers with pedigree papers of poodles; Fines to be charged upon conviction; History of Neuman's breeding operation.

Pictures Brad, 25, and Monique Flickinger, 26, publishers of the `Cardston Chronicle Globe' and winners of Alberta's young entrepreneurs of the year award. The Flickingers are the sixth recipients of the annual Federal Business Development Bank award. How they turned the paper into a moneymaking venture.

Probes allegations that documents exist authorizing the Canadian National Archives to buy former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's letters, memos and notes for $1.3 million. Frenzied hunt for the alleged documents; Denial from government officials of an agreement to buy the Mulroney papers; Report by Arthur Drache, publisher of `Canadian Taxpayer'; His comments on the story.

Looks at the assertion by University of Ottawa criminologist Julian Roberts that hate crime is rampant in Canada. Roberts' figure of 60,000 hate crimes per year, of which two-thirds go unreported to police; Other work on hate crimes that Roberts has undertaken for federal Justice Minister Allan Rock; Criticism of Roberts' statistical methods.