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Fauzia Rafique: This 'free speech'? No thanks!

Bestselling authors Margaret Atwood and J.K. Rowling are among the dozens of celebrities, writers, and academics who signed a letter that appeared on the Harper's Magazine website...

Mark Nykanen and Howard Breen: Full frontal hypocrisy—Canada's UN failure

Justin Trudeau didn't impress the world's diplomats when he refused to criticize the Trump administration's attempt to torpedo the all-important Treaty on the Prohibition of...

Bill 22: Proposed involuntary treatment raises more questions than answers for youth who use drugs

Involuntary care in the absence of ready access to voluntary services raises more questions than answers.

Dave Demers: How do we strike a balance between the right to shelter in parks and green spaces for everybody?

A Vancouver park commissioner says there's a need for accessible-to-all green spaces, especially in a pandemic.

Kylie McMullan and Paul Nixey: Facebook needs to change. Here’s why agencies need to play a role

The principals in two communications agencies say they're committed to putting their dollars where their mouths are.

Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Multifamily rentals remain the best bet for investors

Two agents who specialize in apartment sales draw on lessons from 2008 and 2009 to explain why they're feeling optimistic about the future.

Mitzi Dean: Pride 2020 reimagined but not forgotten during COVID-19

June is Pride month, an event steeped in history that carries with it joy, pain, anger and profound importance for so many people in B.C. each year.

In Surrey, defunding police means defunding the RCMP and the municipal force

Questions of funding for the RCMP also need to grasp the extent to which the RCMP is layered throughout our communities..

Khalid Zaka: Racial injustice at centre of George Floyd protests, but let's not overlook the class dimension

A Surrey social-justice activist argues that many things combined to produce the angry outburst following the killing of George Floyd, especially poverty.

Grindr removes ethnicity filter amid complaints

In what the company calls a show of support for Black Lives Matter, the gay dating app is dropping a feature allowing users to filter other users based on race