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Idle All the Time – Opinion

There is a clear disconnect between much of what the Harper Government does and much of what the Harper Government says or bothers to acknowledge
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Sandy Hook Silence

In the immediate aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, conversations north and south of the border quickly fixated on two issues: access
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Hard Sell: Making Music in Canada

There’s a fairly romanticized notion of the working musician or band touring the country and partying it up, carefree – without a worry over tomorrow.
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Eby Enters the Fray

Game on — let the campaigns begin. That was the tenor last night at St. James Community Square Hall in Kitsilano, where local BC NDP supporters
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FIPA Foreshadows in Foreign Workers Dispute

The central issue over whether to allow 201 temporary foreign workers at a Northern BC metallurgical coal mine has grown into a complex web of
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Translink’s Evasive Measures

Translink is raising its rates and implementing new payment collection and enforcement methods in an attempt to curb fare evasion, offset its budget shortfalls, and
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Canada Creeps, America Votes

As Americans went to the polls on Tuesday to elect their next president, a distracted Canada crept closer to the kind of low-regulation, low-environmental-standards landscape
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FIPA-China Could Shackle Canada

The Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement between Canada and China will slip suddenly into law any day now, without parliamentary ratification or debate. The
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Bottom-line Higher Education

The recent labour disputes between the support staff and administrations of various BC universities and colleges raise questions about the effective use of ever-increasing tuition
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Local Pipelines to Global Disaster

Recent speakers tour makes clear that, with its many proposed tar-sands-enabling pipeline projects, BC is the new front line in the global fight against climate