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Letter: Assent voting preferred

Letter: Assent voting preferred

The goal is to have a referendum for the possible renaming of Powell River
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Opinion: Valentine's Day is a painful reminder for Canadians with disabilities

Opinion: Valentine's Day is a painful reminder for Canadians with disabilities

"Love has been legislated to be incompatible with financial survival."
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Bad table manners are recipe for soured romance: poll

Bad table manners are recipe for soured romance: poll

More than one in four Canadians would consider breaking up with a partner over offensive eating habits, poor oral hygiene, survey finds.
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Les Leyne: B.C.'s opioid failure — 42.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021; it was six 10 years ago

Les Leyne: B.C.'s opioid failure — 42.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021; it was six 10 years ago

“I am so sorry that now in the seventh year of this public health emergency, the updates are still so tremendously devastating.”
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Cartoon: So much to be upset about

Cartoon: So much to be upset about

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Opinion: Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Opinion: Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Regardless of a given leader’s shortcomings, in some instances structural elements may also significantly influence the fate of party leaders in Canada and abroad
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Opinion: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

Opinion: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

The multigenerational memoir laid the groundwork for graphic memoirs to become an essential form for remembering the Holocaust and communicating its legacy of trans-generational trauma
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Opinion: How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti-vax messages and conspiracy theories

Opinion: How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti-vax messages and conspiracy theories

Stories build powerful emotional attachments. We root for heroes, boo their opponents and get anxious for the fictional problem to be solved. Facts have very little to do with it
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Opinion: Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it

Opinion: Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it

A tax credit for companies that invest in carbon capture technology would divert financing away from cheaper and safer climate solutions
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Les Leyne: In throne speech, Horgan uses artful phrasing to highlight how we've 'pulled together'

Les Leyne: In throne speech, Horgan uses artful phrasing to highlight how we've 'pulled together'

The NDP government used some artful phrasing Tuesday to sidle by the dismaying behaviour on display by people who are apparently losing their grip over the pandemic restrictions.
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