Seven News: Principles & Purposes - 7 News’ statement of principles, adopted in 1978.

Norm Browne leaves Seven News - Long-time editor Norman Browne departs. (November 20, 1976).

Seven News news - Staff and board changes. (November 20, 1976).

Preparing for Retirement - The time to prepare for retirement is when you are working. (December 4, 1976)

More than one way to cover an election - City Dweller newspaper carries biased reporting to new heights. (November 20, 1976).

Bain Co-op hit by rent strike - Minority of residents launch rent strike while majority pursues co-op ownership. (February 12, 1977).

Bain Co-op OKs evictions - Residents refusing to pay their full rent are to be served eviction notices. (February 26, 1977).

He who pays the piper... - Community groups have become dependent on government money resulting in an erosion of their community base and their independence. (July 1977)

This book explains why things don’t work (book review) - There a lots of guides explaining how things work. This one explains how they don’t -- and why they don’t. (August 1977)

Make the Don a Museum of Horrors - The true horror of the Don Jail is not the ancient, decrepit, but guiltless building on Gerrard Street, but rather the philosophy it represents. (December 1977)

Democracy loses out - The people can say what they want, they can vote how they want, but the bureaucrats make the decisions. (November 4, 1978).

Seven News: Principles & Purposes - 7 News’ statement of principles, adopted in 1978.

Legal decisions threaten press freedom - Press freedom in Canada has been significantly undermined by a series of recent legal decisions. (March 1979)

Memories of Depression - Remembering the Great Depression, as seen from the decks of a lake freighter. (October 1979)

The Canada Metals Story: A chronology - The ongoing struggle against lead pollution in South Riverdale. (February 1980)

The people behind 7 News - Profiling the people behind Seven News. (May 1980)

STOL lands again - The proposal for a major commerical airport on the Toronto Islands appears to be back on the agenda.. (December 1980)

Toronto's finest - Too many cops seem to enjoy intimidating people and smashing things. (February 1981)

Why vote? - What difference will voting make?. (March 1981)

The police vs. the law - In a democracy the police have to obey the law. In a police state, they don't. (September 1981)

The Bomb won't go away on its own - Our task is to break out of this closed self-justifying system by depriving governments of the passive populations they need, by refusing to accept the choices we are offered and instead becoming active participants pressuring them to accept our proposals. (June 1982)

Foggy fireworks don't flop - A special evening watching fireworks in the fog. (June 1982)

Toronto’s ravines — our to preserve - Toronto's ravines are a treasure; it's up to us to preserve them. (July 1982)

Marguerite has come a long way - Literacy student writes her own story. (April 1984)

Teaching adults to read - Becoming literate is an important way for people to gain more control and power over their lives. (April 1984)

150 Years of Dirty Water - Toronto’s water has been polluted pretty much since the city was founded — but that doesn’t mean we should put up with it. (April 1984)

Soil Removal a Possibility - It may be necessary to remove lead-contaminated soil in the South Riverdale area. (May 1984)

Chemicals in Your Water - There is reason to be concerned about the increasing amounts of chemcials in our water. (June 1984)

Community branch bank closes doors - Royal shuts down experiment in presenting a friendlier, more accessible face. (July 1984).

Worthington provokes election controversy - The Committee to Defeat Peter Worthington stirs things up in the Broadview-Greenwood election campaign. (August 1984).

Politics of Illusion - Elections have become a contest to determine who is the best actor. (August 1984)

The Capital Punishment Debate - The cold-blooded killing of a human being is horrifying. The existence of capital punishment make us all complicit in killing, and degrades us as a society. (Nov. 1984).

 

Does OHC care? - Ontario Housing Corporation policies threaten long-term tenants with eviction.

 

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For more information contact former Seven News editor Ulli Diemer:
Phone: 416-964-1511.
www.diemer.ca