Canadian Charities have been warned by the federal government. Stick to charity -- not proselytizing -- or risk losing your charitable status. Is this a much-needed reform, or an attack on institutions we all depend on?

Essay: My Lethal Love    Bill Smart with the story of his love for his one-and-only chainsaw.

For  related links and information about music in this hour...

Thomas Walkom's Columns for The Toronto Star

Tzeporah Berman's web site.     

Malcolm Burrows, Bank of Nova Scotia  

Music in Hour 1: 
Bird's Assurance by Mark Eisenman, Jimmy Cobb and Pat Collins
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra directed by Jeanne Lamon
I'm Still Lovin' You by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings with Amy Helm
Black Mountain Rag by Doc Watson
Famous British Marches, Medley by Fairey Band conducted by Kenneth Dennison