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NDP admits it will be tough to kill the HST
NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston says that untangling the HST isn’t as simple as some might think.
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Vancouver Kingsway riding heats up
Federal Liberal Wendy Yuan is already sounding a warning to incumbent NDP MP Don Davies that Vancouver Kingsway “belongs to the Liberals”.
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UBC professor Patrick Condon suggests relocating PNE to seawall area
Landscape architect Patrick Condon is suggesting the Pacific National Exhibition’s annual fair and Playland amusement park be moved to Vancouver’s seawall area.
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On-line Chinese Canadian history exhibit created
A Web-based national exhibit dedicated to Chinese Canadian history will be officially launched on August 28.
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Land-use yammering gets in the way of education
When will Judy Williams’s vapid, pot-induced delusions about UBC land use cease?
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Madge is a sexual dullard in comparison to Lady Gaga
When Madonna announced recently that she would have her adopted Malawian son circumcised, she confirmed herself as a sexual dullard.
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Ideomotor responses have been generated in the past
Although I find Hélène Gauchou’s recent research using a Ouija board highly commendable in demonstrating ideomotor processes to connect with the unconscious mind, this line of work has its predecessors.
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Artists didn't do photo murals in the 1930s
Although there have been experiments with photo murals since the beginning of photography, the type of work that Laurence is undoubtedly referring to was pioneered by artists around the world in the 1970s.
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Just say no to Australia's inhumane refugee policy
I am appalled that Canada would consider Australia a role model in dealing with refugees.
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NPA’s Ian Robertson, Peter Ladner rule out Vancouver mayoral runs
Fresh from a summer vacation, Dunbar-based park board commissioner Ian Robertson has ruled himself out as potential Non-Partisan Association mayoral candidate in November 2011.
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Faroe Des Roches: Paddling to stop a tar sands pipeline in B.C.
For my fellow kayakers and me, our journey of 900 kilometres will begin with a single paddle stroke.
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Vancouver drivers urged to ditch cars for Crazy Sustainable Commute
Campaign mastermind Steve Unger plans to take his canoe to work on August 27.
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B.C. Liquor Stores taking donations for Pakistan flood relief efforts
British Columbians can now pick up a six-pack of beer or a bottle of wine and, at the same time, help the people of Pakistan deal with the epic floods ravaging their country.
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Norquay Village development threatens Vancouver's 2400 Motel
Purchased by the City of Vancouver in 1989 for investment purposes, the 1.4-hectare landmark is at a crossroads.
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Marc Emery: U.S. federal prison blog #11—Letter to Jodie
This past week we were locked down for 36 hours because one of the inmates' stash of alcohol hooch was discovered.
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Gwynne Dyer: Bush administrations follies continue to hurt the people of Somalia
The U.S. decision in 2006 to send Ethiopian troops into Somalia was one of the stupidest moves in a very stupid decade. This week, some of the chickens spawned by that decision came home to roost.
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B.C. Conservative Party director's resignation letter cites HST differences
I have lost confidence in the leadership of the party and the direction it has chosen to follow.
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David Suzuki: Biomimicry offers hope for sustainable future
Sometimes a new science emerges that not only offers hope for our continued survival as a species but that also makes obvious how little we have really learned in our relatively brief time on Earth.
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B.C. sea-lice, closed-containment aquaculture projects receive funds
More than $638,000 from the federal government will be available to six aquaculture industry initiatives in the province.
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Gordon Campbell not in conflict of interest on missing women inquiry, Libby Davies says
Davies sat on Vancouver city council during Campbell’s stint as mayor and police board chair from 1986 to 1993, around the time that women began disappearing from the Downtown Eastside.
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