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Bleat, flay, loathe ... one man's search for God on a Cineplex screen
The other night, I was weeping on the marble-tiled floor of my bathroom in my 4,000-square-foot suburban home with oak floors and granite kitchen countertops and four-car garage and in-ground swimming...
Business
With taxes, levies, fees and restrictive rules adding nearly
$80,000 to the cost of an average new home in Metro Vancouver, it's
easy to finger governments as the bad guys in driving housing costs
sky-high.
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B.C.'s populist fight against the harmonized sales tax took
an unexpected twist last week, one that could pose a challenge for
the Harper Conservatives.
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Everybody's Business
For 30 years, Harvey Enchin has been studying Canadian economic and political issues...
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View from the Ledge
Vaughn Palmer Vancouver Sun's provincial affairs political columnist has covered...
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The Search
Although he was raised in a family of staunch atheists, Douglas Todd has gone on...
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Think Tank
Daphne Bramham looks at the most pressing issues affecting the people of British...
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Stumbling Liberals can blame themselves for Vander Zalm's success
Anti-tax champion Bill Vander Zalm was always a man of the people when the people were with him. It was a different story when they turned against him.
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Happy 100th to a Vancouver institution
The year 1910 doesn't stand out like some years in history, but there were some significant developments nonetheless.
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When the West leaves Afghanistan, the savagery will stay
Death by stoning. That's the Taliban's response to adultery. And for fleeing a forced marriage, you get your nose cut off.
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Conservatives must retreat on changes to bawdy-house law
While prostitution has never been a particularly safe profession, there is abundant evidence that it is much safer when practised indoors.
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Pakistan: The duty to care
The news out of Pakistan is heartbreaking. Uncounted numbers who have clambered or walked to safety, awaiting rescue, are now dying slowly of starvation, dehydration and water-borne disease.
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It's everyone's responsibility to prevent forest fires
After months of low cloud cover and plenty of rain, we deserve some warm weather and clear skies. And there's no doubt we've had plenty of warm weather this summer. But the skies haven't been all that clear of late, with a haze hanging over us, one that can even cause burning eyes and breathing problems.
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Migrant ship is a distraction from the bigger issue
The arrival of the MV Sun Sea carrying what are reported to be nearly 500 Tamils seeking asylum in Canada created a dramatic backdrop for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to talk tough.
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Remedies for economic inertia prove elusive
Some economy watchers are predicting a lost decade in the United States -- periods of weak growth interrupted by intermittent recessions. It's not the worst-case scenario, which would be a deflationary spiral, but it is not exactly good news either.
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Conservatives should heed advice, change course on census
According to Statistics Canada, one of the agency's main objectives is to develop and evaluate public policies and programs, and to improve public and private decision-making through the provision of statistical information and analysis. And one of the most important tools StatsCan uses to fulfil that objective is the census, and more particularly, the mandatory long-form census.
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Recovery waning but Canada, B.C. can still build their economies
Canada may have emerged from the recession faster than other developed nations, and its recovery may be more vigorous than in other countries still burdened by deficits and debts.
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Fighter jet purchase is part of Canada's obligation to allies
When there is peace, generals and politicians more often than not are excoriated for planning and equipping their countries to fight the last war.
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Come rain or shine, let there be light
There are many stories about the origin of fireworks, but the most common recounts that a Chinese cook accidentally invented them about 2,000 years ago. Legend has it the cook discovered that a mixture of sulphur, saltpetre and charcoal exploded upon being compressed in a tube and ignited.
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More proof we must fix our refugee system
It is not entirely a compliment to Canada that it ranks first among G8 major industrialized countries in the number of refugee status claimants per capita of population that it has attracted of late. Canada is indeed a prosperous country, a land of rights and freedoms, of economic opportunity and world-class social services. But as much, if not a more enticing draw, has been the country's dysfunctional refugee-processing system that has made it difficult to weed out bogus claimants and left it open to flagrant abuse.
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Victoria hangs problem gamblers out to dry
If you have doubts about the popularity of online gambling, consider this: Shortly after the British Columbia Lottery Corporation launched its casino-style Internet gambling website, the site was overwhelmed by traffic and was shut down. This occurred even though BCLC had planned for increased traffic.
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Extremist symbols
French MPs passed a law banning Islamic face veils last week, just as Canada's minister for the status of women, Rona Ambrose, announced the Canadian government is considering adding honour killings to the Criminal Code.
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