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Fuel supply tight? Make transit free
Jason Kenney is building a “war room”. B.C. needs a wartime mindset of its own During World War II motor fuels were strictly rationed across North America. Everyone pitched ...
Why I want the right to vote
Guest blog post by Nahira Gerster-Sim My name is Nahira and I was adopted from China. Because of the one child policy, my biological parents felt they were not ...
Canada’s Green New Deal starts here
How do we save 20,000 jobs and kick-start a green economy? Posties and auto workers have an idea Auto workers at the GM plant in Oshawa, on the shore ...
Mayday, mayday
Will Big Oil’s lobby succeed in reversing Trudeau’s North Coast tanker ban? At first it was refreshing, uplifting and hopeful. The come-from behind election campaign which caught pollsters and ...
When mines poison B.C. waterways, taxpayers swallow the costs
Outdated laws, weak enforcement leave the public on the hook for cleanup The scale of the Mount Polley mine disaster is difficult to comprehend. We’ve read that Imperial Metals ...
Wilson-Raybould shows us how power really works in Ottawa
SNC-Lavalin held 89 meetings with government. Guess how often oil companies lobby Trudeau? I, like many Canadians, sat in awe during the testimony of former Attorney General and Minister ...
Burnaby offers a winning recipe for the Left
House people, attack billionaires, dance, fight racism. Repeat. When aging McGill debate club bro Justin Trudeau first busted out the baggy pants and Bhangra moves, a certain segment of ...
SNC-Lavalin tentacles reach deep into B.C.
Banned internationally, jailed in Quebec, controversial in Ottawa — but it’s business as usual in B.C. It isn’t a surprise to anyone familiar with the company that SNC-Lavalin is ...
Are you ready to vote on Monday?
Your guide to the election in Burnaby South Do you live in Burnaby? Is your home near the Burnaby Hospital, Deer Lake, Burnaby Lake, Metrotown or Marine Drive? If ...
