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Straight Issues

Calls for domestic probe into 9/11

By Carlito Pablo
Drew Noftle and other Vancouver-based 9/11 truth seekers are heading east, holding rallies in different cities before linking up with other crusaders from across the country for a march to Ottawa.
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South Delta parents oppose power lines

By Matthew Burrows
A Tsawwassen group of parents doesn’t relish the prospect of B.C. Transmission Corporation power lines being “six metres” from the library at the town's only high school.
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Transgender rights still unenshrined

By Carlito Pablo
Campaigners say that while the B.C. Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation, it doesn’t protect transgender people.
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Downtown Eastside seeks new lease on life

By Matthew Burrows
NPA mayoral hopeful Peter Ladner confronts Vancouver's socioeconomic underbelly before council looks at reports on the area's “economic revitalization”.
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Beach smoking ban moves closer

By Carlito Pablo
Do you favour a smoking ban on beaches?
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Tri-Cities cyclists squeezed

By Matthew Burrows
Cycling is increasingly important as a viable means of transportation accessible to many members of society, but advocates say real investment in improvement projects is needed.
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Development as colonialism

By Carlito Pablo
Richmond councillor Harold Steves says that the continuing attempt to develop the 55-hectare Garden City Lands is a classic example of why Native peoples should be vigilant about in their dealings with the government.
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Accident kills cyclists on diabetes fundraising ride

By Charlie Smith
A Quebec cyclist who left Stanley Park with his two children less than three weeks ago on a fundraising ride has been killed in Manitoba.
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Multiple ways to tax carbon

By Carlito Pablo
Carbon taxes are old news in Europe, but in Canada provincial and federal politicians are still wrangling about the cost of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in order to abate global warming.
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Vancouver mayor's powers questioned

By Carlito Pablo
Vancouver has grown from a very small West Coast city into a major one that needs to evaluate whether or not its existing governance system remains relevant to its needs.
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Non-Partisan Association has "a fighting chance"

By Carlito Pablo
The Non-Partisan Association wasn’t exactly looking for a crushing victory over the opposition this fall when it selected Coun. Peter Ladner over incumbent Mayor Sam Sullivan as its mayoral candidate.
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Jenny Kwan wants PM to back off supervised-injection site

By Charlie Smith
The NDP MLA for Vancouver–Mount Pleasant has introduced a member’s bill to have Insite designated as a provincial health facility, so that the federal government wouldn’t be able to shut it down without a messy court fight.
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Liberal gag law linked to 2005 vote

By Carlito Pablo
What’s your take on Bill 42?
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TransLink ads "frustrating"

By Matthew Burrows
According to light-rail advocate Malcolm Johnston, any transit authority that encourages people to do anything but take transit in the age of high gas prices is “incompetent”.
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Taser boss invokes Star Trek

By Carlito Pablo
Taser International Inc. chair Tom Smith told the Braidwood Inquiry that his company's weapons aren’t entirely risk-free, but stressed that the stun gun actually prevents other injuries and even deaths.
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Is Bill C-51 a crackdown on natural health?

By Matthew Burrows
A former New Democrat MP says the Conservative government’s proposed amendments to the Food and Drugs Act come from big pharma lobbying.
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B.C. lags in Asian education

By Carlito Pablo
According to a study, secondary-school students in the province are not learning enough about Asia, a part of the world that is a major source of new immigrants to Canada.
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Is B.C. ready for peak-oil refugees?

By Matthew Burrows
If Kitsilano-based strategic planner Richard Balfour's predictions are correct, “20 to 30 million people” could be living in the Georgia Basin in the next 15 to 20 years.
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Global warming hits home

By Matthew Burrows
Big-box stores may not be popular with some Van­couverites, but Hadi Dowlatabadi thinks they could play a critical role in helping the elderly survive climate change.
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Metro Vancouver homeless count hides many

By Carlito Pablo
As a volunteer in this year’s homeless count, Michelle Patterson didn’t expect to find a lot in her assigned section in Vancouver’s West End. But she found four homeless men.
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By 2010, Mayor Sam Sullivan’s Project Civil City aims to cut homelessness by 50 percent. Is this a pipe dream?

By Carlito Pablo

By 2010, Mayor Sam Sullivan’s Project Civil City aims to cut homelessness by 50 percent. Is this a pipe dream?

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Gold rush on B.C. rivers stalled

By Matthew Burrows
Despite the denial of a power line placing seven run-of-river projects in the Upper Pitt River region on hold, B.C.'s rivers remain the subject of an energy gold rush.
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What happens when the B.C. Hydro power-purchase agreements with independent producers expire?

John Calvert, Elisha Moreno, Michael Sather, and Randy Hawes offer their opinions.
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Stoking B.C.'s abortion rate

By Pieta Woolley
Part of the reason this province’s abortion rate is so high is that parents are under tremendous financial pressure, said the Vancouver-based leader of Canada’s national pro-choice lobby coalition. About 15,000 B.C. women per year have an abortion, according to Statistics Canada.
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If Parliament focuses on abortion again because of Bill C-484, what should that debate be about?

By Pieta Woolley
Cristina Alarcon, Ujjal Dosanjh, Stephanie Gray, and Joyce Arthur give their opinions.
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