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Budget 2018: On Track or Wrong Track?
For those that feared that the Saskatchewan government would continue the punishing austerity they laid out in 2017, this year’s budget came as a mild…
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We’re short on time for Reconciliation, but not on hope
“Our greatest source of hope is in the youth of today, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. They recognize and understand that injustice is unacceptable.” “Reconciliation cannot be…
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Fast Facts: He Had a Dream
Fifty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray was convicted, but as Angela Davis…
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It’s time to stop dehumanizing Canadians with disabilities
“Colonialism, racism and ableism have intersected throughout Canada’s history to the detriment of our individual, community and national health.” “I worry about aging, my ability…
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Easy Water: Time bombs, fracking dams and the rush for H2O on private farmlands
The number of unlicensed and potentially dangerous dams built in recent years in northeast British Columbia is nearly double what has been reported, according to…
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Damming the information flow: BC government officials button lipped on potentially dangerous dams
Early last spring, provincial civil servants cut off virtually all communication about what the government knew about a sprawling network of potentially dangerous and unregulated…
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Does BC need a UK-style Minister of Loneliness?
A British Cabinet Minister, Tracey Crouch, has been given the task of coming up with a national strategy to combat an epidemic of loneliness in the UK.…
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Ontario budget throws down the election gauntlet
In its waning days before a June election, with the opposition breathing down its neck, the Ontario government threw down the gauntlet with what is…
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