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COVID Has Spread to White-tailed Deer, Say Researchers
A new study awaiting review bolsters concerns wild animal ‘reservoirs’ could let the coronavirus mutate and reinfect humans.
Unvaccinated People Drive Up COVID Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths
They’re 46 times more likely to die, new BC modelling finds.
West Van School Club Centres Neurodivergent Black and Indigenous Youth
The group may be the first in Canada to put a racial lens on neurodivergence and disability.
A surplus of denied claims: Doug Ford’s WSIB giveaway will hurt injured workers
By rejecting injury claims, Ontario’s workplace compensation board has saved billions — which will now go to employers
INVESTIGATION: RCMP misled public about pepper spray incident at Fairy Creek
The RCMP said they had to pepper spray a crowd to evacuate an injured officer. An exhaustive review of the available evidence shows that was not true.
Why Are Union Leaders Letting Doug Ford Off The Hook
It was always clear the worst of the pandemic would be forgotten and swept under the rug, but for it to happen so quickly and so definitively is truly rotten.
Alec Baldwin and Hollywood’s Gun Problem
Gun violence has steadily increased in movies for decades as the arms industry pays for ‘product placement.’
BC’s FOI Changes Widely Condemned, Called ‘Morally Bankrupt’
NDP’s legislation would introduce fees and fail to improve a broken system, say critics.
Confining Rental Homes to Busy Roads Is a Devil’s Bargain
Why Vancouver should allow more rental buildings on quiet, local streets.
How Canada Fought the Vietnam War
The pull of Washington and arms profits has long enticed our leaders, a new book shows.
Wet’suwet’en First Nation Pleads for Boosters as COVID Strikes Elders
In a region struggling with low vaccine uptake, small Indigenous communities are suffering the consequences.
Critics Aren’t Buying BC’s New Climate Plan
Measures include increasing the carbon tax, pushing zero-emission vehicles and public transit and reducing industrial methane emissions.
The Gitxaala Nation Is Suing the Province Over Mining Claims
Dozens of claims have been staked on ‘sacred’ Banks Island, yet the nation has never been notified, it says.