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EDITORIAL – Let’s take the Queen out of Canada’s Oath of Allegiance

November 5, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NINETEEN WORDS are being added to the Oath of Allegiance. A bill is working its way through the Parliamentary process that would add [Continue]

LETTER – First past the post, electoral college were designed for the 1800s

November 5, 2020 // 6 Comments

Re: U.S. electoral college has similar advantages to our FPTP WELL, I’VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO MEL for standing tall on his support for both the US Electoral College and BC’s [Continue]

U.S. ELECTION – Trump takes a leaf out of autocrat playbook with victory claim

November 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

By NATASHA LINDSTAEDT University of Essex In the months leading up to US election day, it was predicted that Donald Trump would not accept the results if he lost, would cast [Continue]

BEPPLE – If Joe Biden wins, he must turn American anger into positive change

November 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

WHEN I WENT TO BED on Nov. 3, the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election was uncertain. By the time I awoke, the only thing that had changed was that incumbent President [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Close U.S. election result might be the worst possible result

November 4, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. COULD THERE HAVE BEEN a worse possible outcome from last night’s U.S. election? The civil unrest has already begun. What everyone had [Continue]

SUZUKI – What do we lose when the caribou herds disappear?

November 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

ONE CARIBOU HERD in Jasper National Park is gone. The two remaining are on the brink. Regrettably, the story is not particularly new; almost every caribou herd in Canada has [Continue]