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Jason Forsyth: Urban planning without planners

Why the mayor of Vancouver’s “new plan” for False Creek South is a recipe for disaster and how First Nations, residents, and the city planning department can save it.

Spencer van Vloten: With intellectual disabilities, we all have a part to play in inclusion

Let’s embrace our similarities, celebrate our differences, and aim for a fully inclusive B.C.

Michael Multan: Why physician assistants can help revolutionize healthcare in B.C.

There are currently three Canadian university physician-assistant programs offered by the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and the University of Manitoba.

Robert Renger: The City of Vancouver’s False Creek South development—still a model community after over 40 years

New statistical information has shed more light on the types of people living in leasehold properties.

Helen Boyd and Melissa Lem: Fairy Creek land protectors must be protected

Solutions are urgently needed before fatalities and injuries, mental and physical, ensue from the ongoing conflict.

Friba Rezayee: The collapse of freedom

The executive director of Women Leaders of Tomorrow reveals what went through her mind as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.

Mauro Francis: Housing, addiction, and mental health issues need to be addressed to strengthen communities

I want my community to grow stronger, to give more opportunities to young people, and to care for those in need.

Breen Ouellette: Every child matters in Vancouver Centre in this election

NDP candidate challenges Dr. Hedy Fry on abstention to end punitive litigation tactics against Indigenous children after 215 unmarked graves were found on the site of the former...

Chris Beesley: It’s time for income security for people who have a disability

Let’s use this federal election to implement a disability benefit to pull persons with disabilities out of poverty once and for all.

Spencer van Vloten: For B.C.’s complex learners back in school, it’s not just about vaccines

The focus on vaccinations for students returning to school takes away from other critical issues about students with complex needs.