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Stephanie Ryan: Surrey could learn from Vancouver Cities Summit

Stephanie Ryan: Surrey could learn from Vancouver Cities Summit

By Stephanie Ryan | February 10, 2012
Last September, the Surrey Regional Economic Summit just about dominated national news headlines—but for all the wrong reasons.
Caitlyn Vernon: Gitga’at people singing for their lives in face of Enbridge pipeline threat

Caitlyn Vernon: Gitga’at people singing for their lives in face of Enbridge pipeline threat

By Caitlyn Vernon | February 10, 2012
First Nations and nonaboriginal communities from across the north came together to show their support to the Gitga’at, to say no to the Enbridge pipeline and tankers.
Reasonable Doubt: To exclude or not to exclude evidence from trial

Reasonable Doubt: To exclude or not to exclude evidence from trial

By Nancy Seto | February 10, 2012
In my last article, I began writing about when and why a trial judge throws out evidence in a criminal trial.
Why Stephen Harper is probably incapable of recognizing the reality of climate change

Why Stephen Harper is probably incapable of recognizing the reality of climate change

By Charlie Smith | February 10, 2012
The prime minister has several characteristics in his past and in his personality that make him a prime candidate to be a climate-change denier.
Troy Speedie and Jeff Gau: McNab Creek gravel mine threatens all of Howe Sound

Troy Speedie and Jeff Gau: McNab Creek gravel mine threatens all of Howe Sound

February 9, 2012
An Alberta-based company has proposed a large-scale gravel mining and crushing facility at McNab Creek that will set back rehabilitation efforts, especially for local salmon populations.
Celia Brauer: First Nations’ right to stop a pipeline: A watershed moment for all of us

Celia Brauer: First Nations’ right to stop a pipeline: A watershed moment for all of us

By Celia Brauer | February 9, 2012
It is an understatement to say the First Nations are opposed to the pipeline and tanker port.
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Gwynne Dyer: The Syrian opposition’s great mistake

Gwynne Dyer: The Syrian opposition’s great mistake

By Gwynne Dyer | February 9, 2012
President Bashar al-Assad and his Baathist regime know how to destroy armed resistance.
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Jeffrey McPeanne: Why is Burma taking the democratic route?

Jeffrey McPeanne: Why is Burma taking the democratic route?

February 7, 2012
It seems that the Burmese military regime is taking the easy way out, after 50 years of brutal rule, and implementing political change instead of waiting for its citizens to rise up or the western nations to get involved.
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David Suzuki: Canada must do more to protect its oceans

David Suzuki: Canada must do more to protect its oceans

By David Suzuki | February 7, 2012
It’s been 20 years since Canada’s East Coast cod fishery collapsed, and we still have no recovery target or timeline for rebuilding populations.
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Corinne Lea: Why won't Christy Clark put jobs first at East Vancouver's Rio Theatre?

Corinne Lea: Why won't Christy Clark put jobs first at East Vancouver's Rio Theatre?

By Staff | February 7, 2012
Maybe you haven’t heard of The Rio, but it’s the only single screen theatre left in East Vancouver.
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Lawyer for Ken Denike and Sophia Woo issues threat—even though school-board debates are privileged

Lawyer for Ken Denike and Sophia Woo issues threat—even though school-board debates are privileged

By Charlie Smith | February 7, 2012
Woo and Denike have alleged that the other trustees have defamed them, though this claim hasn't been proven in court.
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Vancouver–Point Grey voters should never forget how Christy Clark mistreated the Rio Theatre

Vancouver–Point Grey voters should never forget how Christy Clark mistreated the Rio Theatre

By Charlie Smith | February 6, 2012
An East Vancouver business is on the precipice because the premier is too busy pandering to voters in B.C.'s Bible belt.
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Thom Corbett: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is the pension pig he once mocked

Thom Corbett: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is the pension pig he once mocked

February 6, 2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and I have something in common.
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Alex Sangha: I wouldn’t be surprised if Stephen Harper resurrected the death penalty

Alex Sangha: I wouldn’t be surprised if Stephen Harper resurrected the death penalty

By Alex Sangha | February 6, 2012
There are many reasons why I am against the death penalty.
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Min Reyes: Stephen Harper government is in contempt of Canadians

Min Reyes: Stephen Harper government is in contempt of Canadians

February 6, 2012
If democracy is a system that first and foremost requires an informed citizenry, we could argue that, in order to become informed, citizens require access to reliable information from as many sources as required.
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