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Let Hummingbirds Restore Your Faith in Human Goodness
Rehabilitating damaged birds is a many-tiered process. The most seriously injured must be fed, bathed and coaxed back into flying with gentleness and patience. Baby hummingbirds who have lost their ...
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Standing Up to Conservative Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Conservative campaign chair Jenni Byrne and leader Pierre Poilievre have both attacked policies to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. Byrne photo by Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press.
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An Inquest Is Shedding Light on CLBC’s Failures
An RCMP officer testified he was ‘haunted and troubled’ by the starvation death of Community Living BC client Florence Girard, at right with her sister Sharon Bursey. Photo submitted by Sharon ...
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As Living Costs Rise, Good Public Transit Can Help
Ximena González is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and Jacobin. For people who opt to use public transit, warm and dry stations, like ...
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If You Use Stimulants, Talk to Your Doctor about Heart Health
This page requires Javascript. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off. Please enable JavaScript before you proceed. The authors of a ...
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‘We Need to Take Care of Our Own Children’
Tracy Sherlock is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Vancouver. She is the editorial lead for the Spotlight: Child Welfare project. ‘Indigenous people across the country ...
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A Reminder That Our World Is Still Beautiful
It occurred to me the other day, while walking down one of Vancouver’s main shopping streets, that there was a distinct lack of colourful clothing in this city. Most people, and I count myself ...
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The Magic of Gathering
This January, Sting’s lead guitarist will perform in Vancouver for the first time. Yeah, I’m talking about the 30-year-old nerd card game of spells and shiny cardboard. But over the past year ...
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The Case of the Marijuana Museum
To get into the Vancouver School of Drug War History and Organic Cultivation, would-be cannabis buyers had to first answer a skill-testing question that showed they had taken part in a one-hour ...
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Are Household Pets a Human Flaw, or an Act of Hope?
This page requires Javascript. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off. Please enable JavaScript before you proceed. On Monday ...
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To Address Bird Flu, Reform Chicken Farming
The spread of avian flu is being fuelled by large-scale poultry farming, writes the author. But we can help industry and society move toward food production models that won’t invite disease.
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The Pros and Cons of BC’s Rural Health-Care Retention Initiative
Some small rural communities are included in BC’s Provincial Rural Retention Incentive. Others, such as Cranbrook and Kimberley, are not. It’s unclear why. Image via Google Maps. Lisa ...