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Opinion: Evolution trumps creationism for Canadians, poll finds

Opinion: Evolution trumps creationism for Canadians, poll finds

Across Canada, 38 per cent of respondents believe creationism has a place in the classroom – down six percentage points since last year.
Opinion: The political opportunities and challenges of Canada's new $9.1B climate plan

Opinion: The political opportunities and challenges of Canada's new $9.1B climate plan

Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by only one per cent between 2005 and 2019. A new climate plan charts the path to deep cuts in carbon emissions in only eight years.
Opinion: B.C. NDP needs directions to nearest off-ramp on over-taxation highway

Opinion: B.C. NDP needs directions to nearest off-ramp on over-taxation highway

All the government's housing taxes since 2018 have been cash grabs with no effect on affordability, speculation or availability.
Brentwood upgrades will make this Burnaby's best SkyTrain station. It needs it

Brentwood upgrades will make this Burnaby's best SkyTrain station. It needs it

More than $32 million will be spent on a station that can't handle the volume anymore.
Jack Knox: Float plane sent to remote island to pick up one mandated COVID test; heads shake in astonishment

Jack Knox: Float plane sent to remote island to pick up one mandated COVID test; heads shake in astonishment

Government agency: “Whether they reside in urban or rural sectors, everyone has a right to receive the same quality of services.”
Bedbugs made Burnaby rental ‘uninhabitable’ but tenant still punished in RTB ruling

Bedbugs made Burnaby rental ‘uninhabitable’ but tenant still punished in RTB ruling

Exterminator didn't arrive for several days, but landlord still wins case.
Opinion: Support for mandatory childhood vaccinations falls 13 points in four years, poll finds

Opinion: Support for mandatory childhood vaccinations falls 13 points in four years, poll finds

Survey suggests lasting harm from debunked and retracted study in 1990s.
Les Leyne: B.C. is paddling in different directions on reconciliation

Les Leyne: B.C. is paddling in different directions on reconciliation

Action plan is described as first of its kind. It commits to 89 steps to be undertaken in the next five years.
Opinion: Is carbon the 'new' staple in our contemporary economy?

Opinion: Is carbon the 'new' staple in our contemporary economy?

With the tragedy of events unfolding in eastern Europe, once again the notion of Canada as an energy supplier beyond North America’s borders is finding traction in a way that foregrounds the country’s resource economy..
Opinion: Here's how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis

Opinion: Here's how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis

A global treaty on plastic pollution must incentivize a make-take-reuse waste management system and include quantitative targets based on geography-specific emissions.