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Opinion: Managing food allergies and dietary restrictions during the holidays

Opinion: Managing food allergies and dietary restrictions during the holidays

A plate of freshly baked cookies, a glass of perfectly garnished eggnog. For many, these images may conjure up warm memories and the anticipation...

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Kirk LaPointe: What John Rustad's leadership cost British Columbia

Kirk LaPointe: What John Rustad's leadership cost British Columbia

John Rustad’s long-sought resignation Thursday as BC Conservative leader marks the end of one of the strangest chapters in modern British Columbia...

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Kirk Lapointe

Les Leyne: From remarkable breakthrough to humiliating departure for Rustad

Les Leyne: From remarkable breakthrough to humiliating departure for Rustad

Thirteen months of seething tension and raging arguments within the Conservative Party of B.C. caucus and membership culminated in John Rustad...

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Opinion: The future of work — according to Gen Z — is purposeful, digital and flexible

Opinion: The future of work — according to Gen Z — is purposeful, digital and flexible

As Generation Z — those born between 1997 and 2012 — enters the workforce in growing numbers, Canadian employers are encountering a cohort whose...

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Les Leyne: Those providing involuntary care need a rock-solid legal basis

Les Leyne: Those providing involuntary care need a rock-solid legal basis

When Premier David Eby finally committed to apprehending people in addiction and mental-health crisis and treating them involuntarily, he needed...

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Les Leyne

Opinion: From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters

Opinion: From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters

A fault line in Canada’s Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault,...

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Les Leyne: Addictions workers push back against involuntary care

Les Leyne: Addictions workers push back against involuntary care

Some of the addiction health workers the NDP says it is trying to protect objected Monday, pledging to refuse to implement the “violent expansion...

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Les Leyne

Opinion: Young Canadians need more action and less tokenization

Opinion: Young Canadians need more action and less tokenization

Youth engagement is critical in the fight for a just and sustainable future. And creating opportunities for young people is a vital part of a just...

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Kirk LaPointe: B.C. had to know Home Share wasn't working. A review confirms it

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. had to know Home Share wasn't working. A review confirms it

The test of any government program ought to be whether you’d want to use it if you needed it.  By that measure, British Columbia’s Home Share...

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Kirk Lapointe

Opinion: Pacific Northwest birds are becoming more common in the mountains as the climate warms

Opinion: Pacific Northwest birds are becoming more common in the mountains as the climate warms

We know that climate change is affecting animals and habitats across our world, but figuring out how isn’t always easy. In fact, for years, I told...

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