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OUR VIEW: People need more options for buying cannabis

OUR VIEW: People need more options for buying cannabis

B.C. is getting its first-ever “cannabis professor” – which seems like a natural progression after Canada legalized pot last month. The newly created position at the University of B.C.
PREST: Otter plays it koi while we pray for Madonna

PREST: Otter plays it koi while we pray for Madonna

As of this writing, it is unclear whether or not Madonna has been eaten alive, her bones left to rot in a small, ornate pool of water in downtown Vancouver.
Letter: First past the post unleashed Doug Ford

Letter: First past the post unleashed Doug Ford

Editor: The most principled argument for proportional representation is the unfairness of first past the post. FPTP was designed for a two-party system, as (political columnist) Andrew Coyne incisively argues in Common Ground.
BLOG: Here's why our kids need more time to play

BLOG: Here's why our kids need more time to play

On a visit to the small Texas town of Amarillo last year, I attended the World Championship Ranch Rodeo - a global gathering of the nation’s best working ranch cowboys, and as I strolled through the sea of competitors and their families, something st
Letter: Proposed rate hike should come with New West utility review

Letter: Proposed rate hike should come with New West utility review

Editor: Re: New Westminster approves hikes to utilities for 2019 – and ponders change to electric utility rates , NOW online, Nov.
Healthwise: Battling your false sense of self

Healthwise: Battling your false sense of self

What might be the root cause of the great problems of the world: poverty, homelessness, crime, violence, war, racism, discrimination, hunger and global climate change? I contend that it is a case of mistaken identity - a false sense of self.
I got lost in the New West crime map rabbit hole

I got lost in the New West crime map rabbit hole

I’m a crime buff. So is my mom. We watch a lot of crime shows, especially British ones like Vera or Silent Witness. I haven’t been able to entice her into Mindhunter, but I digress.
Letter: Ridership bragging ignores SkyTrain's 'dystopian nightmare'

Letter: Ridership bragging ignores SkyTrain's 'dystopian nightmare'

Editor: Re: Transit ridership beats 2010 Olympics record: TransLink , NOW online, Nov.
Letter: Rate hikes for New West utilities are 'frustrating'

Letter: Rate hikes for New West utilities are 'frustrating'

Editor: Re: New Westminster approves hikes to utilities for 2019 , Record online, Nov.
OUR VIEW: Be careful who you listen to in the electoral reform debate

OUR VIEW: Be careful who you listen to in the electoral reform debate

Premier John Horgan and BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson recently went head to head in a televised debate over the ongoing referendum on electoral reform.