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#20ReasonstoBike: Your kids will thank you for it

A 2016 parent survey showed that only 25 percent of Canadian children now walk or bike to school, while 58 percent are driven.

Anita Ansari: Overcoming the bias

An engineer and candidate for the New Westminster school board reflects on why women sometimes feel a need to make qualifying statements to establish their credentials.

Doug Elford: We don't need a referendum on a Surrey police force

Law enforcement has become the hottest issue so far in the Surrey municipal election campaign.

Ian Campbell: As mayor of Vancouver, I would triple the empty-homes tax and speed up permits for new housing

The man at the top of Vision Vancouver's slate says that this is not the time to elect a mayor who's never been on a construction site.

Mazen Maurice Guirguis: Dignity is priceless, appeasement is not…

Justin Trudeau's charm offensive has come to nothing, according to Kwantlen Polytechnic University philosophy professor Mazen Maurice Guirguis, and now is the time for a...

Daniel Thompson: Plastic as a dystopian invention

As technology injects new products and materials into our world, the list of things that we don’t need seems to have grown while the list of things we do need has stayed the same.

Bob D'Eith: Voting for change will empower the people

An NDP MLA argues that switching to proportional representation will help engage young people in the democratic process.

Jorge Salazar: Who are you bringing to the table in Vancouver politics?

A social justice activist says the democratic process needs diverse voices to come on board to change systems and practices in electoral politics.

Paul Ratchford: Paying tax is not a privilege!

A West Side resident makes the case that nothing good will come from the divisiveness of pitting neighbour against neighbour, landlord against tenant, employer against employee,...

Is North America's honeybee-population decline really catastrophic?

You often hear in the news that the honeybee population in North America is declining and that this negatively impacts our environment because honeybees play a key role in the...