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The Vancouver Plan, in Seven Minutes
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Don’t Blame Everything on Climate Change
We must lower emissions. But let’s not overlook other causes of, and solutions for, environmental destruction.
Please Advise! Is Vancouver’s Oldest Municipal Party Imploding?
Coupar’s just the latest to bolt. Why does NPA seem to stand for No People Around?
Cumberland’s Chinese Heart
While the Comox Valley village carries few traces of its history now, the community, still strong, reunites annually.
Environmental Group Wins as Defamation Case Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Law
But Qualicum council approved the controversial housing development at the centre of the suit.
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When it comes to race, too many reporters fall back on tropes.
Provincial Crews Save House in Danger of Falling in Nicola River
‘In the end the process was no big deal. It was simply drowning in bureaucracy.’
What Kylie Jenner’s Private Jets Say About Us
It’s not a good look.
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As wages lag behind inflation, private and public sector unions seem ready to reclaim militancy.
Celebrate 15 Years with Read for the Cure
Raise money for cancer research while attending showcases of award-winning novelists and musicians.
Foraging for City Fruit on Bike Routes and Up Trees
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On East Hastings, We’ve Been Abandoned
Governments and political leaders need to invest in real solutions to a human rights crisis. Here’s where they’ve fallen short, and what we need now.
Black Velvet, If You Please
‘You could run it through the washing machine!’ An excerpt from Geist.
Counting Sheep, Before BC’s Bighorns Disappear
In Churn Creek, the herd has lost four-fifths of its members due to disease tied to farmed sheep. Solutions exist, say advocates.
After the Blob Came for Kelp, the Sea Urchins Followed
Why do heat waves affect some kelp forests more than others? Coastal BC holds clues.
Skeena Sockeye Returns Are Surging — But Big Concerns Remain
Four million sockeye, twice the average for the last decade, are expected this year.
Under the White Gaze of Today’s Media
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Reported Elsewhere
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4 in 5 people who died last year while receiving child welfare in Alberta were Indigenous
(via CBC)
Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts
(via CP24)
Senegal's government accuses Canadian police of 'savagely' beating Ottawa embassy diplomat
(via CBC)
Fund could help cities buy low-cost housing that's being snapped up by investors: Victoria council
(via the Times Colonist)
Teacher exonerated at Mount Cashel abused kids in BC until at least 2009, lawsuit alleges
(via CBC)
Global heating means almost every sea turtle in Florida now born female
(via the Guardian)
Noelle O’Soup’s family denied answers, accountability from Ministry of Children and Family Development
(via Global News)
‘It’s like a renoviction from a doctor’: Victoria doctor's monthly retainer raises questions of two-tier health care
(via the Capital Daily)
Missing Saskatchewan woman and son found safe in US
(via the Toronto Star)
'Very profound': Hundreds of residential school photos found in Rome archives
(via CTV News)
Culture
A Long Time Love
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What Kylie Jenner’s Private Jets Say About Us
It’s not a good look.
Black Velvet, If You Please
‘You could run it through the washing machine!’ An excerpt from Geist.
Can We Build Utopia in a Hellscape?
In a time of climate crisis, Bill McGuire’s ‘Hothouse Earth’ makes the stakes plain.
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Picture a Citywide Community Garden
(click to read in context)
Imagine a Vancouver with a fruit tree in each of the roundabouts and a culture of neighbours working together to care for and harvest these trees.
Or linear orchards along boulevards, especially areas targeted for densification like the Broadway Corridor. It would be interesting to see a plan for this and to see how it would change our culture over time.