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Opinion: How Canadians lie – and how we justify telling untruths

Opinion: How Canadians lie – and how we justify telling untruths

This is the first of three columns that explore Canadians' relationship with the truth, based on polling from Research Co. and Glacier Media
Opinion: We must fix our failure to fight online hate and harassment

Opinion: We must fix our failure to fight online hate and harassment

For seven years, Jody Vance’s world was turned upside down, inside out, scrambled, stalked, shattered and scarred.
Rob Shaw: B.C. has 11 days left to spend all of its unprecedented surplus. It likely can't

Rob Shaw: B.C. has 11 days left to spend all of its unprecedented surplus. It likely can't

The B.C. government has embarked on an unprecedented spending spree over the past four months, shovelling billions of dollars of an unexpectedly large budget surplus out the door to community groups, transit organizations and municipalities.
Keith Baldrey: Trudeau holds strategic edge over Poilievre in poll

Keith Baldrey: Trudeau holds strategic edge over Poilievre in poll

Conservative Leader “lags in likeability, while his party lags in must-win areas,” Angus Reid notes in its analysis.
Most North Shore readers think bullying in schools is worse than ever

Most North Shore readers think bullying in schools is worse than ever

In a recent poll, more than 60% of readers said bullying is getting worse, not better
Letter: Let's start a naming contest for the broken-down bus at Cypress Mountain

Letter: Let's start a naming contest for the broken-down bus at Cypress Mountain

How about renaming the mountain Bus Chillin’ Ski Hill?
Rob Shaw: For Premier David Eby, doling out cash isn't rewarding

Rob Shaw: For Premier David Eby, doling out cash isn't rewarding

In using his nearly $6 billion budget surplus, Eby expected more of a political payoff
Letter: Cyclists have a right to safe streets

Letter: Cyclists have a right to safe streets

“I have a right to a form of transportation that is good for my health and for the planet”
Rob Shaw: Surplus spending not yet moving the needle on crises – or BC NDP’s popularity problem

Rob Shaw: Surplus spending not yet moving the needle on crises – or BC NDP’s popularity problem

How much support can $6 billion buy you? It’s a question Premier David Eby must be asking, after shovelling a good chunk of that cash out the door recently in a bonanza of feel-good announcements – yet largely failing to see any resulting
Opinion: Canadians' support of capital punishment for murder ticks up after several years of stability

Opinion: Canadians' support of capital punishment for murder ticks up after several years of stability

Over the past couple of years, discussions about the death penalty have carried on in some countries. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union (EU) precipitated a debate on the reconsideration of capital punishment.
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