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Opinion: My Syrian refugee friend became a citizen. So why was I barred from the ceremony?

Opinion: My Syrian refugee friend became a citizen. So why was I barred from the ceremony?

Four years ago, a small group of British Columbians helped a friend flee war in Syria. As the former refugee became a citizen, one friend was barred from witnessing the ceremony.
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Cartoon: Supply chain issues

Cartoon: Supply chain issues

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Poll: One third of qathet region respondents use sea walk frequently

Poll: One third of qathet region respondents use sea walk frequently

Just under 45 per cent walk the popular trail occasionally
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Editorial: Ferry fortunes

Editorial: Ferry fortunes

Crewing issues just another aspect to ferry-dependent life on the coast
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Opinion: How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future

Opinion: How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future

Some children and youth find the effects of climate change are traumatic. Taking a trauma-informed approach to education can nurture resilience.
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Opinion: Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care

Opinion: Patient aggression and physician burnout: The makings of a human resources crisis in health care

Although demanding, disruptive and violent patients are a major contributor to physician burnout, solutions to address this increasing problem are not a priority.
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Opinion: The death of caremongering: Canadians are tired and most believe getting COVID-19 is inevitable

Opinion: The death of caremongering: Canadians are tired and most believe getting COVID-19 is inevitable

After Premier Doug Ford announced “positive news,” I think about the widening inequality in our province, who the news is “positive” for and the death of caremongering.
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Letter: Majority needs to be heard on name change

Letter: Majority needs to be heard on name change

Public consultation has been promised but the only public consultation that would truly satisfy the question would be a referendum. ~ Jerry Eskes
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More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

More than half of Canadians rate economy as “bad” or “very bad”

Perceptions of economic outlook are gloomier now among Canadians than they were on eve of global financial crisis of 2008, poll finds.
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Opinion: We are facing a settler colonial crisis, not an Indigenous identity crisis

Opinion: We are facing a settler colonial crisis, not an Indigenous identity crisis

Indigenous Nations have always maintained their citizenship orders. We know who we are
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