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Opinion: Majority of survey respondents say Canada should boycott Beijing Games

Opinion: Majority of survey respondents say Canada should boycott Beijing Games

59% of Canadians remain adamant that this country should stay away from the2022 Winter Olympics, up three points since December.
Opinion: Public and cultural services may play critical roles in a city's resilience

Opinion: Public and cultural services may play critical roles in a city's resilience

Preliminary research suggests cultural and social services retain or attract employees hard hit by plant closures in other communities. Preserving them may help cities withstand future crises
Opinion: My Syrian refugee friend became a citizen. So why was I barred from the ceremony?

Opinion: My Syrian refugee friend became a citizen. So why was I barred from the ceremony?

Four years ago, a small group of British Columbians helped a friend flee war in Syria. As the former refugee became a citizen, one friend was barred from witnessing the ceremony.
Opinion: How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future

Opinion: How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future

Some children and youth find the effects of climate change are traumatic. Taking a trauma-informed approach to education can nurture resilience.
Opinion: Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care

Opinion: Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care

Although demanding, disruptive and violent patients are a major contributor to physician burnout, solutions to address this increasing problem are not a priority.
North Shore residents say pandemic hasn't changed how much booze they drink

North Shore residents say pandemic hasn't changed how much booze they drink

'Dryuary' is almost over. But how has the pandemic changed our overall drinking trends?
Opinion: The death of caremongering: Canadians are tired and most believe getting COVID-19 is inevitable

Opinion: The death of caremongering: Canadians are tired and most believe getting COVID-19 is inevitable

After Premier Doug Ford announced “positive news,” I think about the widening inequality in our province, who the news is “positive” for and the death of caremongering.
Letter: West Van senior thanks community for 'so much kindness in one day'

Letter: West Van senior thanks community for 'so much kindness in one day'

Strangers go out of their way to help a grateful senior on a recent visit to the mall
More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

Perceptions of economic outlook are gloomier now among Canadians than they were on eve of global financial crisis of 2008, poll finds.
Editorial: The end of COVID testing – as we know it – is a jarring change

Editorial: The end of COVID testing – as we know it – is a jarring change

The strategy may be changing, but our brains are already rewired