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Editorial: These factors have brought family-doctor system to brink of collapse

Editorial: These factors have brought family-doctor system to brink of collapse

Throughout B.C., about 700,000 people do not have a family doctor.
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More than half of North Shore readers polled say house assessments up more than average

More than half of North Shore readers polled say house assessments up more than average

Just over 14 per cent of North Van and West Van residents responding said they don't own property – and the current sky-high assessment values are a factor
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Opinion: Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest 'freedom convoy' protesters?

Opinion: Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest 'freedom convoy' protesters?

Canadian police have been sued for failure to protect victims of crime in the past. Is the situation in Ottawa different?
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Opinion: Trudeau should have withdrawn Canada from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after reports of Chinese residential schools

Opinion: Trudeau should have withdrawn Canada from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after reports of Chinese residential schools

The similarities between ongoing settler-colonialism in China and the history of settler-colonialism in Canada are frighteningly similar
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Opinion: Valentine's Day is a painful reminder for Canadians with disabilities

Opinion: Valentine's Day is a painful reminder for Canadians with disabilities

"Love has been legislated to be incompatible with financial survival."
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Bad table manners are recipe for soured romance: poll

Bad table manners are recipe for soured romance: poll

More than one in four Canadians would consider breaking up with a partner over offensive eating habits, poor oral hygiene, survey finds.
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Les Leyne: B.C.'s opioid failure — 42.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021; it was six 10 years ago

Les Leyne: B.C.'s opioid failure — 42.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021; it was six 10 years ago

“I am so sorry that now in the seventh year of this public health emergency, the updates are still so tremendously devastating.”
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Opinion: Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Opinion: Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Regardless of a given leader’s shortcomings, in some instances structural elements may also significantly influence the fate of party leaders in Canada and abroad
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Opinion: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

Opinion: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

The multigenerational memoir laid the groundwork for graphic memoirs to become an essential form for remembering the Holocaust and communicating its legacy of trans-generational trauma
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Opinion: How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti-vax messages and conspiracy theories

Opinion: How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti-vax messages and conspiracy theories

Stories build powerful emotional attachments. We root for heroes, boo their opponents and get anxious for the fictional problem to be solved. Facts have very little to do with it
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