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By Adam Pez, Today

The Big Download Whacks Cities

As feds and province keep cutting, 86 BC mayors meet to share their pain.

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The Future of Education Is Here...

It's just not evenly distributed. Canada needs to wake up to competition.

By Michael Geist, Today

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A Tyee Series

Should We Subsidize Work?

Government wage top-ups could spell the end of the working poor. Last in a series on anti-poverty policy ideas.

By Katie Hyslop, Today

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North Island College Cutting Down on Face Time

Two satellite campuses shut down in rural BC in favour of online learning.

By Katie Hyslop, Today

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SFU economist Krishna Pendakur
A Tyee Series

What About Just Guaranteeing Everyone a Basic Income?

Doing so for all Canadians could almost erase poverty, or dry up labour sources, depending on whom you ask.

By Katie Hyslop, Yesterday

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Rose Valley reservoir

Feds Not Standing on Guard for Canada's Water: Experts

As threats mount, lack of science and legal recourse 'cripple' officials.

By Chris Wood, Yesterday

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Gov't Moving to Keep Farm Disease Outbreaks Secret

Changes to Animal Health Act, said to protect public, slammed by NDP, privacy commissioner.

By Andrew MacLeod, Yesterday

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TIME Magazine article about breast-feeding

I Breast-fed My Preschooler. Big Whoop.

Time magazine tackles attachment parenting and its vitriolic haters. Is this a necessary war?

By Marcie Good, Yesterday

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Ingrid Rice cartoon on Enbridge pipeline

'Cagey' Clark's Pipeline Prevarications

Premier won't take position on Northern Gateway but calls NDP concerns 'goofy' and 'gobbledygook.'

By Bill Tieleman, Yesterday

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A Tyee Series

Is the 'Living Wage' Enough?

Fair wages bring equality to workers. But what is fair? And what about people who can't work? First in a Tyee Solutions Society series on tackling poverty.

By Katie Hyslop, 14 May 2012

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Shirley Bond

Couples 'Mediation' Sounds Friendlier but Can Be Dangerous

Advocates say method can put abused women at risk, urge restoring legal aid cuts.

By Meghan Murphy, 14 May 2012

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BC Hydro HQ

BC Hydro Management Process Flawed: Internal Audit

Crown corporation not sure whether money was lost as a result.

By Stanley Tromp, 14 May 2012

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John van Dongen, MLA

Van Dongen No Hero to Me

Pundits celebrating BC Lib defector's Railgate statements should dredge up his fish farm file.

By Rafe Mair, 14 May 2012

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A Tyee Series

Vancouver's Underground Music Lab

Inside Nite Prison studio, where cross-genre bands breed the city's newest sounds.

By Sarah Berman, 12 May 2012

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Tired mom

Celebrating the Difficult Mother

A salute to tired, mercurial, fierce moms like mine. Plus, a poem for this weekend.

By Fiona Tinwei Lam, 12 May 2012

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Politicians with Hair on Their Faces

Beards once conveyed wisdom, then became dirty, but now Tom Mulcair tops polls. Combing the political history of facial hair.

By Iain W. Reeve, 12 May 2012

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Love for bikes

Seven Ways to Help Folks Fall in Love with Cycling

TYEE LIST #14: Wheels got you reeling? Notes on pedaling's softer side.

By Christine M. Grant, 12 May 2012

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Jen's Kitchen in DTES

A Night Shift at Jen's Kitchen

Working odd hours, Vancouver's survival sex workers often miss the city's free meals. Enter this roaming delivery service.

By Colleen Kimmett, 11 May 2012