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Linda Nowlan: “Just Is” ≠ Justice, especially when it comes to climate

Close to one quarter of cumulative fossil fuel CO2 emissions over the past 250 years came from the USA, compared to just 2.8 percent from the whole continent of Africa.

Jennifer 麻衣子 Bradshaw: The failure and opportunity of False Creek South

What has resulted is the exact opposite of the stated goals—a whiter, richer neighbourhood that houses few families.

Charlotte Dawe: Biodiversity crisis—a tragedy of the commons or merely a symptom of capitalism?

An environmental campaigner calls for collective action to protect nature.

Jeff Shantz: The Vancouver Police Foundation and the class footings of policing

Questions have been raised by critics about the nature of Vancouver Police Foundation spending on police.

John Muscedere: Why healthy aging must be the upshot of the COVID-19 pandemic

Older Canadians are an economic pillar, one that will crumble in the absence of supports for healthy aging.

Evelyn Forget: It’s time to transform our society with a basic income

Many B.C. support programs now require desperate people to navigate complex bureaucracies.

Mitchell Demeter: Tesla’s move into Bitcoin could have ripple effects on Vancouver’s startup community

Vancouver is a hotspot for fintech and as venture capitalists and investors look to make bets in the space, more innovation and ventures will follow.

Jeff Shantz: Same as the old boss—new Surrey police leadership mostly former RCMP

Getting rid of the RCMP in Surrey and replacing them with a more expensive force is another example of public money going into policing and not community-based forms of care.

COVID-19: The pandemic has exposed our devaluation of the lives of seniors and those with dementia

Care homes and their residents were used as a human shield to protect the rest of the health system, governments, and society.

Gurkamal Brown and Dr. Joy Masuhara: Let's rename Gladstone secondary after iconic Rosemary Brown

Of the 18 secondary schools in Vancouver, not one is named after a woman