FRASER INSTITUTE – Feds’ per-person spending among highest in history
By JASON CLEMENS and MILAGROS PALACIOUS The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER – Much has been made of the federal government’s ramp-up in spending, particularly its [Continue]
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MacFADYEN – Professional sports leagues confront homophobia
“STICKS AND STONES may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” So goes the adage we all learned as children – usually taught to us by protective parents [Continue]
SPORTS – The sports world’s TV-fed money pipeline is drying up
By BRUCE DOWBIGGIN CALGARY, Alta. – The Toronto Blue Jays are nearing a point of decision on a number of their highly-paid players. Will the 2017 edition of the club be [Continue]
POLITICS & BUSINESS – Sinking the myth of dangerous West Coast oil tanker traffic
VICTORIA – The expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline system, to ultimately move Alberta crude oil by tanker through the Port of Vancouver, was a [Continue]
ECONOMY – China offers a lesson on financing infrastructure
AS MEMBERS of a developed western economy, Canadians think we know all about capitalism. And, obviously, we believe our way of doing things is the best – we have nothing to [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians want federal government to deliver on protecting door-to-door mail service
Most Canadians like the idea of changing mail delivery from 5 to 3 days a week The latest from the Angus Reid Institute, released today, May 25, 2017: With a decision on the [Continue]
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