Articles by Andrew Macleod.

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Frank magazine challenges CanWest

By Andrew Macleod
The defendants in a lawsuit brought by CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. over a Vancouver Sun parody got support this week from a magazine editor who knows much about satire and getting sued.
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News Features | Feature Articles

Cruise on down to our dumping ground

By Andrew Macleod
Vancouver has wooed the Mercury away from Seattle this year, becoming the 1,900-passenger ship's home port for the 2007 Alaska cruise season. On May 4, the Mercury will make its first visit of the year to Vancouver, passing under the Lions Gate Bridge, slipping through Burrard Inlet, and tying up at the pier under Canada Place's fake sails.
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News Features | Feature Articles

Cruise on down to our dumping ground

By Andrew Macleod
Vancouver has wooed the Mercury away from Seattle this year, becoming the 1,900-passenger ship's home port for the 2007 Alaska cruise season. On May 4, the Mercury will make its first visit of the year to Vancouver, passing under the Lions Gate Bridge, slipping through Burrard Inlet, and tying up at the pier under Canada Place's fake sails.
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Straight Talk

Be our guest at public-private diners

By Andrew Macleod
You should have been there—after all, you were paying.
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Straight Talk

Huge expenses claimed

By Andrew Macleod
An executive with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation has been reimbursed by B.C. taxpayers after enjoying a $17.50 glass of Dun Eideann, a fine single-malt Scotch whisky. It was quaffed during a stay at the $360-a-night Sydney House, in the Chelsea area of London, England.
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Features

Selling the school

By Andrew Macleod
Recruitment practices fined in the U.S. are just fine in B.C.
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Commentary

Did Post-9/11 Bill Give Cops Too Much Power?

By Andrew Macleod
Like so many stories these days, this one starts with commercial passenger planes flying into buildings on the east coast of North America on September 11, 2001. In the months that followed, while Americans were taking steps to prevent further acts of terrorism, the Canadian Parliament rushed through Bill C-36, our own Anti-Terrorism Act.
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Features

Trying to Keep Public Eye on Private Education

By Andrew Macleod
"I'm sure you guys have heard about Harvard," Cyril Okoye told nine MLAs on the province's Select Standing Committee on Education in December 2001. "I'm sure you've heard about Stanford University. These are all private universities. If I tell you that they are leaders in research and development, would you believe me? Why can't we have the same thing here? That's my key question."
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