On the Cover

CASCA Soap Box

• From the Editor
• From the President

Features

• Bringing the heavens down to Earth by Peter Calamai
• Let's keep referees / Continuons avec des arbitres par Jacques P. Vallée et Rachid Ouyed
• The Square Kilometre Array by Russ Taylor and Sean Dougherty

Reports

• Galactic & Extragalactic Panels of the Canadian Time Allocation Committee for Overseas Telescopes Semester 2008b by Gregg Wade
• Panels Galactique et Extragalactique du Comité Canadien d'Allocation de Temps sur les Télescopes d'Outremer Semestre 2008b par Gregg Wade

News

• An Alma Update by Chris Wilson
• Events at NRC's HIA (2008 Mar.-June) / Du neuf à l'IHA du CNRC (mars-juin 2008) by Jacques P. Vallée
• News from the Canadian Gemini Office / Nouvelles du Bureau Gemini Canadien par Stéphanie Côté

Briefly Noted

• An Update on the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 by André Martel
• JWST Update by John Hutchings and Rene Doyon
• Spectrum Protection Update by Ken Tapping
• Link to IYA poster supplied by Jim Hesser

In the Classroom

• Using the WorldWideTelescope in a Classroom Setting by Heather R. (Scott) Theijsmeijer
• Education Notes by Heather R. (Scott) Theijsmeijer
• Learning about the Sun by Fabiano Micoli and John Percy