Six In The Morning

1 WE HAVE TO BUILD A NUKE PLANT. HAVE TO. I MEAN COME ON, GUYS Cameco's Jamie McIntyre says Sask's gotta go nuclear. The uranium company's vice-president of environmental leadership, speaking at a Regina Chamber of Commerce meeting, says Saskatchewan's uranium is too important not to develop. "In fact, nuclear power may be the quintessential sustainable development technology,'' the Leader-Post quotes him as saying. Editorial comment: you know, more than a few people whose companies DON'T stand to make money from the Saskachewan government's atomic boner have different ideas on that "sustainable" stuff.

2 NURSES AGAINST NUKES The province's nurses don't want a nuclear reactor and they've got the research to prove it's a bad idea. But they also don't want an isoptope reactor, which I'm not sure is a wise political position. "Our concern is for Saskatchewan, and let other countries take on that development," said Rosalie Longmore, head of the Saskatchewan Union Of Nurses. A little too NIMBY for my tastes. (CBC)

3 CONTROVERSIAL UNION LIKES CONTROVERSIAL LAW The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) gets behind Bill 80. (The StarPhoenix)

4 CITY CENTRE PLAN ON PARADE The City's Centre Square scemes will be unveiled today in Victoria Park. The public is invited to attend the viewing, which goes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the park's east side. The Leader-Post has a two-sentence story on its website about this here--in case you think I'm LYING and you want verification. (Also a nice lady e-mailed me a press release, so it's all for true--for reals you guys!) now hopefully the event won't be crashed by gangs, assholes or other hyper-testosteroned malcontents. (CJME)

5 IRAN CLUSTERFUCK SHAMBLES ALONG And onward march the thugs and thiefs. They're killing prostestors. They're arresting political opponents. They're even scapegoating soccer stars. Plus, a report I heard on CBC this a.m. but can't find a link to at the moment said the government is bringing in a notorious torturer--implicated in the case of a raped and murdered Canadian journalist a few years back--to extract "confessions" from demonstrators. See? See? Supreme Leaders and religious governments ARE ALWAYS A BAD IDEA.

6 BUSINESS IS BOOMING Canada is a top supplier of ecstacy, says the United Nations (Globe And Mail). And apropos of that, here's Lily Allen's thoughts on drugs, from the awesome album It's Not Me, It's You: