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April 16 2012 Left Bank There will be protest: Big Oil set its sights on BC
Two years ago this month, a massive oil spill at a deep sea BP operation shocked the world. Workers were killed, and the environment and coastal communities around the Gulf of Mexico were devastated.…
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April 16 2012 Issues & Ideas Canada’s electoral boundaries are set to change
Canada’s electoral map is going to change.
Every 10 years, Canada’s electoral boundaries are reviewed and redrawn to account for movement and growth in the population. That time has come.
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April 16 2012 Columns Our Crab, the Protector
Photo by Denis Bouvier
The stainless steel fountain sculpture of a crab by George Norris is a frequently …
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April 2 2012 Columns Vancouver: open, but not so open
What brought me to Vancouver is neither poverty nor the hope for a better life or even solid projects. Nope, boredom did.
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April 2 2012 Columns NDP – Aiming for government
The members of the New Democratic Party’s have made their choice and opted for Québec’s Thomas Mulcair. Winning after a four day voting spree, the Outremont MP now has the task of preserving not…
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April 2 2012 Letter to the Editor Letter to the Editor
Upon reading a recent article about the active Syrian community (as there are many who are not active) and Sawsan Habbal, [I’d like to make] several inferences. One of those is that the people of …
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April 2 2012 Columns When a B.C. Spring finally comes, youth will be helping lead the way
On March 22, Montreal had almost 200,000 people protesting in solidarity with students in Québec who are facing big tuition increases at the hands of the Charest Liberal government.
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April 2 2012 Columns Community Portrait: Eyes of the World
© Jan Hilario
We hardly ever look at each other as we stroll down the wet streets of Vancouver. Head hung low, …