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What If Each of Us, for One Night, Were Equally ‘Foreign’? Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour invites us to hear what we have in common. By Leah Siegel. Monday, May 13, 2019. How to Fight Online Hate, and Protect Free Speech As Trudeau heads to a Paris conference on the problem, here are six global lessons for Canada. By Zak Vescera. Monday, May 13, 2019. I’m Trying to Catch a Kamloops Trout with a Hall of Fame Fly Fisher. No Pressure EXTREMELY BC: Mo Bradley is hauling them in. What’s his secret? By Mark Hume. Monday, May 13, 2019. Business Has Hijacked Mother’s Day. We Need to Take It Back Hallmark and friends have turned a day that was supposed to be about activism into a cash bonanza. By Sarita Srivastava. Friday, May 10, 2019. Dora Ng Just Wanted to Dance Like a Lion A new generation of women and gender non-binary performers are reviving a Chinese tradition. By Emma Renaerts. Friday, May 10, 2019. In Awe of the Fragile Free Press At a major journalism conference, my peers told their stories of hard work in hard times. I left inspired. By Andrea Smith. Friday, May 10, 2019. Traditional Economics Has Absolutely Screwed Us UN’s biodiversity crisis report screams for new ways of natural accounting. By Mitchell Anderson. Thursday, May 9, 2019. We Should Touch Each Other More. Here’s How to Do It Right In my culture, touch is healing, caring and part of life. Sometimes Canada seems very cold. By Abeer Yusuf. Thursday, May 9, 2019. The Fight for Equal Marriage, with No Help from Jason Kenney Even in 2005, he was sowing division. But he couldn’t stop us. Excerpt from Libby Davies’ 'Outside In.' By Libby Davies. Thursday, May 9, 2019. Bob Joseph Is Back with Tips for Making ‘Reconciliation a Reality’ Bestselling author wants to help readers do a better job relating to Indigenous people. By Katie Hyslop. Thursday, May 9, 2019. For Afghan Expats in Vancouver, Inability to Vote Is ‘Deeply Frustrating’ ‘It is hard when you see that you are deprived of your right to play a role in your country’s political future.’ By Aria Nasimi. Thursday, May 9, 2019. English Is a Dead Tech Language Centuries-old technological words still pervade our discourse. We’re basically speaking in Betamax. By Crawford Kilian. Wednesday, May 8, 2019. ‘Solo Shows Are Such a Weird Thing to Do’ No man’s an island, except for Jayson McDonald and his one-man show 'Magic Unicorn Island,' coming to Vancouver’s new Hunch Festival. By Leah Siegel. Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Greens’ Dramatic Byelection Win Reveals Much about October Vote What it means for the Liberals, Conservatives and New Dems. By Paul Willcocks. Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Could BC’s New Anti-SLAPP Law Help #MeToo Survivors? Legal experts say it remains to be seen, but south of the border, examples are emerging. By Isabel Ruitenbeek. Tuesday, May 7, 2019. I Was Determined to Not Have Kids. Then I Heard Wajahat Ali Speak His global facts got to me, but so did his appeal to absurdism. By Andrew Seal. Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Facebook Senior Staff Knew about Privacy Busting ‘Bug’ Five Years Ago Tyee has 2014 email on ‘sniper-targeting’ that runs counter to company’s denials. By Bryan Carney. Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Why Do Trudeau’s Liberals Keep Succumbing to Corporate Pressure? Most recently, firms lobbied to weaken powers of a new corporate watchdog. Looks like it worked. By Charis Kamphuis. Tuesday, May 7, 2019. |
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