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OPINION: Pro-PR must keep it simple for B.C. residents

OPINION: Pro-PR must keep it simple for B.C. residents

The campaign on whether or not to change B.C.’s voting system is officially underway, but it looks like a tricky race to handicap. The vast majority of the public simply does not spend a lot of time thinking about voting systems.
OUR VIEW: Transit should be a safe place for everyone

OUR VIEW: Transit should be a safe place for everyone

When you take transit in the coming months, you’ll see a consistent message on SkyTrain and buses. The message is about stopping sexual offending, particularly on transit. Being a woman on transit can be an ugly experience.
BLOGS: Sometimes parents just have to get out of the way

BLOGS: Sometimes parents just have to get out of the way

Caution: image can be disturbing to some readers
BLOGS: This is what happens when you get arrested at a Kinder Morgan protest

BLOGS: This is what happens when you get arrested at a Kinder Morgan protest

“I was convicted yesterday.
LETTERS: U.S. newspaper attack a sign of how our society is becoming more violent

LETTERS: U.S. newspaper attack a sign of how our society is becoming more violent

Editor: “They were doing their bit for local journalism. Day in, day out. Night in, night out.
OPINION: David Eby is navigating some tricky roads

OPINION: David Eby is navigating some tricky roads

David Eby hasn’t even been on the job for a year, but is already establishing himself as perhaps the most dominant figure in B.C. politics (aside from Premier John Horgan).
OUR VIEW: Fixing casino money laundering in B.C. isn’t enough

OUR VIEW: Fixing casino money laundering in B.C. isn’t enough

When the BC Liberals were first elected to run the provincial government in 2001, one of their campaign planks was to “stop expansion” of gambling because of its associated problems. Once in power, however, that didn’t happen.
BLOGS: Working parents, don't sweat the summer months

BLOGS: Working parents, don't sweat the summer months

Kids running barefoot through grassy meadows and sandy beaches, with dirt on their faces and half-dead butterflies clasped between their tiny hands.
LETTERS: Russia is electric with World Cup fever

LETTERS: Russia is electric with World Cup fever

Editor: (This letter was submitted by a resident who is in Russia for the World Cup.) In all three games (I have watched live) the energy has been electric.
OPINION: B.C. fish farm plans too confusing

OPINION: B.C. fish farm plans too confusing

The BC NDP government has unveiled what obtaining the “consent” of First Nations for resource development projects is supposed to look like and things are as confusing as ever.