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Mario Canseco: Fewer Canadians see homelessness as a crisis, according to poll

Mario Canseco: Fewer Canadians see homelessness as a crisis, according to poll

Mental health support, zoning reform, and housing investment remain popular, even as encampment fatigue grows
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Opinion: Car tires are polluting the environment and killing salmon

Opinion: Car tires are polluting the environment and killing salmon

Tires are complex chemical products. When they wear away, they release additives into the environment that can poison wildlife.
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Check out these scenic, soul-soothing live music options on the North Shore

Check out these scenic, soul-soothing live music options on the North Shore

Live music in North Vancouver and West Van comes with good vibes and great scenery, writes columnist Jackie Bateman
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Rob Shaw: From free IUDs to funded IVF, BC NDP delivering on reproductive health

Rob Shaw: From free IUDs to funded IVF, BC NDP delivering on reproductive health

Two major programs are driving demand and positioning B.C. as a national leader
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Editorial: Transparency suffers another hit from Metro Vancouver

Editorial: Transparency suffers another hit from Metro Vancouver

If the mistakes that doomed the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant to this fate are being repeated with other megaprojects today, we need to know about it now.
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Rob Shaw: Eby vows to fix secret drug panel as B.C. pleads for experts with compassion

Rob Shaw: Eby vows to fix secret drug panel as B.C. pleads for experts with compassion

British Columbians sided with dying girl Charleigh Pollock over a faceless committee for a reason
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Opinion: Dealing with wildfires requires a whole-of-society approach

Opinion: Dealing with wildfires requires a whole-of-society approach

Reducing risk and managing beneficial fires require co-ordinated action from governments, communities and individuals.
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Kirk LaPointe: Metro Vancouver skirts transparency by pausing probe into sewage plant

Kirk LaPointe: Metro Vancouver skirts transparency by pausing probe into sewage plant

Officials shut down an independent review into the $3.9B North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, citing lawsuits they’ve known about for years
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Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

A fresh hike in anti-dumping fees threatens to finish the job, but the real damage came from government stalling
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Letter: Thanks to all who helped my husband after a nasty fall in West Vancouver

Letter: Thanks to all who helped my husband after a nasty fall in West Vancouver

Many people stepped in to help after a scary fall at Argyle Avenue and 14th Street, this letter writer says
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