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Gwynne Dyer: France proposes pooling ballistic missile-firing submarines with Great Britain

By Gwynne Dyer | March 19, 2010

If Britain and France insist on maintaining these patrols, then they have to realize that one submarine cannot provide cover for both countries.

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Stuart Parker: The NDP won't let me be a candidate because of my Facebook comments

March 18, 2010

Given that I made only three Facebook posts mentioning the NDP since being vetted, there is little mystery as to what made me so dangerous to the NDP.

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Bill Siksay: Security certificates have failed Canada

March 18, 2010

With court cases challenging their constitutionality and evidence mounting that they have been abused, it is time for Canada to eliminate the ill-conceived security certificate process.

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Lana Popham: B.C. premier Gordon Campbellâ��s new bike clothes

Lana Popham: B.C. premier Gordon Campbell’s new bike clothes

March 18, 2010

With the imposition of the HST, this government is creating a new disincentive to cycling.

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Anne Murray: A tale of two fish in B.C.

By Anne Murray | March 18, 2010

How much do we Canadians really care about wild fish?

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David Suzuki: Brain over brawn is the key to human survival

By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola | March 16, 2010

Technology can provide great benefits, but unless we learn to use our heads in applying our technologies, we will also go the way of the dinosaurs.

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Antony Hodgson: Task force should help Vancouver gain power to choose voting system

March 16, 2010

Securing us our right to choose our voting system should be the Local Government Elections Task Force’s top priority.

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Gwynne Dyer: Israel holds the whip hand

By Gwynne Dyer | March 16, 2010

The very public row over the Israeli government’s humiliation of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden has led to excited speculation that the U.S. government might actually defy Israel this time. Don’t hold your breath.

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Natasha Patterson: Struggle for womenâ��s equality continues around the world

Natasha Patterson: Struggle for women’s equality continues around the world

March 15, 2010

Despite arguments to the contrary, the women’s rights movement is as relevant now as ever—even vital.

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Brian Bonney: Give business back the municipal vote in B.C.

March 15, 2010

Up until 1993, B.C. small businesses could vote in municipal elections. The decision to rescind the business vote was a historic mistake that must be corrected.

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Gwynne Dyer: Will Nigeria survive?

By Gwynne Dyer | March 12, 2010

A struggle for power at the top, a struggle for land at the bottom, both defined as Muslims versus Christians: it sounds like a formula for breaking Nigeria in two.

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Ned Jacobs: 22-storey tower at 1401 Comox Street would degrade livability in West End

March 11, 2010

A big building that would cast big shadows across Gordon Neighbourhood House and its plaza is unacceptable.

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David Suzuki: Budget time offers a glimpse into the future, but how far?

By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola | March 9, 2010

This budget continues to pin our hopes, our future, and our economy on rapidly dwindling and highly polluting resources while much of the rest of the world creates jobs and new opportunities with green energy.

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