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SUZUKI – Research sheds light on dark corner of B.C.’s oil and gas industry

May 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

WE’VE LONG KNOWN extracting oil and gas comes with negative consequences, and rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, increases the problems and adds new [Continue]

ELECTION – ‘Basic income’: Do B.C. politicians think we believe in Santa?

May 2, 2017 // 1 Comment

By ROSLYN KUNIN DO THE POLITICIANS seeking British Columbians’ votes on May 9 think we’re all under five years old and believe in Santa Claus? The public conversation [Continue]

MacFADYEN – New York leads a rebirth of liberal values in the U.S.

May 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

IN AREAS as diverse as criminal justice reform, education and gun safety, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking steps to show that it’s possible to advance a liberal agenda [Continue]

MURPHY – Eighty years ago, a disputed election spurred the Spanish Civil War

April 30, 2017 // 2 Comments

ON APRIL 26, 1937, German planes bombed the Basque town of Guernica, killing around 1,000 people. Undertaken as part of Germany’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War, the [Continue]

TRADE – This time, Canada must secure new softwood markets

April 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

By NAOMI CHRISTENSEN Senior Policy Analyst Canada West Foundation HERE WE GO again. Canadian softwood lumber exports are once again subject to a U.S. countervailing duty. In [Continue]

SUZUKI – The grisly truth about British Columbia’s grizzly trophy hunt

April 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

GRIZZLY BEARS venturing from dens in search of food this spring will face landscapes dominated by mines, roads, pipelines, clearcuts and ever-expanding towns and [Continue]