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Mayors Robertson, Corrigan: Stay out of resources debate
Robertson in Vancouver, Corrigan in Burnaby opposing pipelines, tankers, coal exports It is a curious phenomenon for those who watch municipal elections in the Lower Mainland to see resource...
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Islam in fight for its very soul, West picks right side – Crowley
Conflict “chiefly a civil war for control of Islam” Who speaks for Islam? You might think this is a question for that faith’s adherents to work out, and in normal times that would be the correct...
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Government waste is inevitable, get over it already
Don’t spend more reducing government waste than you’re wasting - Ellenberg Tales of government waste make for excellent news headlines. Bev Oda’s infamous $16 orange juice probably got more media...
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Fracking a force for environmental, economic good
Fracking is not an evil to be banned, but a social good to be embraced, says Kerr What if you heard that there was a new technology – hint: think fracking – that could significantly lower energy...
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Disclose everything: Media and the new transparency
Disclose, disclose, and then disclose some more, says blogger Duncan Kinney Remember when the reputations of two of Canada’s most well known journalists, Rex Murphy and Peter Mansbridge, were...
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Ottawa shootings statistically more likely work of madman
Too many rushing to judgement in midst of Ottawa shootings As I write this, roughly five hours have elapsed since this morning’s Ottawa shootings, when a gunman shot and killed a Canadian reservist...
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Canada is not ‘at war’ with Radical Islam
…and Canada was never “innocent” and will respond appropriately to recent attacks Across the land today, editorialists are opining that Canada has lost its innocence, that the deaths of two soldiers at...
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Anti-intellectualism alive and well in Alberta, BC
Anti-intellectualism thrives in religion-based schools Recently, I was forwarded an article entitled “Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US.” In the piece an author, Isabel Allende, explains how...
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Castle doctrine law for Canadian home owners?
Castle doctrine part of English common law, concept of “an Englishman’s home is his castle” Too many times we hear a homeowner is charged by the police after a criminal home invasion. The home owner...
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Anti-vaccine movement: One example of misunderstood science
Clear scientific evidence vaccines are safe, but anti-vaccine proponents not listening The anti-vaccine movement likes to claim it has science on its side. Does it? Beacon News asked Dr. Glen Armstrong...
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