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No, a CBC call-in show did not commit treason

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We are living through an age of betrayal

20.02.2025 10

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This was the weekend that Canada dominated the zeitgeist

18.02.2025 30

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History is Now: The Movie

14.02.2025 10

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If Canadians have to ride the tariff rollercoaster, we can at least boycott U.S. travel

12.02.2025 10

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A powerful documentary provides important context to Trump’s musings on Gaza

05.02.2025 10

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Mr. Poilievre goes to synagogue

03.02.2025 10

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We need CanLit right now – and CanLit needs us

31.01.2025 20

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From this week’s news, you can choose your own horror show

29.01.2025 10

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At Auschwitz, there was no why

24.01.2025 10

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With a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal so close, can we dare to hope?

16.01.2025 5

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The worst kind of politics at the worst possible time

15.01.2025 10

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How the Vancouver Art Gallery wasted time, effort, goodwill – and money

10.01.2025 20

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Why did a holiday panto that poked fun at Vancouver’s mayor change parts of its script after it opened?

As we head into the post-holiday period, a reflection on something that is a highlight of the festive season for many Vancouverites and marked the...

03.01.2025 3

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Times are tough, but a few good things happened in 2024

Canada's Summer McIntosh became a household name with her gold medal in the 200m women's individual medley final during the 2024 Summer Olympic...

27.12.2024 40

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It’s beginning to look a lot like an unhappy GST holiday

A customer stands at a check out counter displaying a sign noting the temporary HST/GST freeze at the Adonis grocery store in Mississauga, Ont., on...

19.12.2024 5

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Selina Robinson’s new book is a tell-all about her exit from the BC NDP

Selina Robinson during a news conference at legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 21, 2022. CHAD HIPOLITO/The Canadian Press The sting of...

13.12.2024 5

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The abrupt shutdown of an important Vancouver cultural institution says a lot about our priorities

Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., on Apr 16, 2019. JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press It feels early, but some good holiday vibes cannot...

21.11.2024 4

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The Giller Prize has been overshadowed by ugliness

Anne Michaels, one of Canada’s finest writers, won the Giller Prize on Monday night. She had been shortlisted twice before, and her winning novel,...

19.11.2024 2

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Trump, Musk and Gaetz: Looking for light at this dark moment in history

The world is a riddle. Donald Trump, 78, convicted felon, insurrection inspirer, liar, vengeful man-baby and wannabe autocrat wins a second term as...

15.11.2024 20

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What happened in Amsterdam is antisemitism

Amsterdam police officers clash with protestors during a demonstration on Dam Square on Nov. 10, which took place during an emergency ordinance and...

12.11.2024 3

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The election hurts more when viewed through an unbroken glass ceiling

The glass ceiling remains intact and women’s reproductive rights are still in peril. To be a woman in America right now … man. Young women in the...

07.11.2024 3

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Historian Timothy Snyder has an important warning on Trump’s threat to global democracy

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North...

04.11.2024 5

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A Trump presidency would be bad for women (and men)

A supporter of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump stands outside the Bucks County Administration building voting on demand and ballot drop...

31.10.2024 5

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Trump’s MSG rally was a horror show on its own – no Nazi comparisons necessary

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York on Oct....

29.10.2024 5

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We can do better than calling each other Karen

You know when there’s a perfect term to describe something – a linguistic shortcut that can communicate a more complicated idea with efficiency and...

25.10.2024 5

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As the B.C. election results remain uncertain, we must reflect on the wisdom (or lack thereof) of the electorate

There’s a message people hear again and again from get-out-the-vote advocates: every vote counts. No kidding. British Columbia has once again...

21.10.2024 4

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Vancouverites deserve a city that’s safe from random attacks

A police officer uses a phone at a crime scene outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, on Sept. 4. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press On...

18.10.2024 3

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We should not consent to policies that make it harder for kids to learn about consent

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to bring in legislation that would require parents’ permission for their child to receive lessons about human...

17.10.2024 5

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John Rustad flirts with the truth - a troubling pattern among politicians these days

During the televised British Columbia Party Leaders’ debate this week, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad told voters that he had just witnessed...

11.10.2024 2

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A year after October 7: Grief, fear and uncertainty

A year can feel like forever and it can go by in a flash. This has been a forever year. With a grim anniversary upon us, an end to what has made it...

07.10.2024 5

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In terrible times, live art is good for the soul

People gather in front of the stage awaiting the Imagine Dragons concert on July 7, 2023, at the Quebec Summer Festival in Quebec City. Jacques...

04.10.2024 3

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Politicking Pierre can do better than silly sloganeering

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 25. Blair...

26.09.2024 3

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Trudeau on ‘Colbert’ might have given U.S. voters something to think about

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, flanked by entourage and security, waves as he arrives to the CBS studios for the filming of The Late Show with...

24.09.2024 2

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The massive trucks flooding our city streets should be subject to different parking rules

Pedestrians walk between vehicles stuck in rush hour traffic in the intersection of Jarvis Street and Front Street East in Toronto's downtown core...

20.09.2024 10

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Seeing the forest through the dead trees at Stanley Park

A cyclist rides through in Stanley Park in Vancouver, Oct. 2, 2020. Parts of the park are being logged because of an outbreak of the hemlock looper...

19.09.2024 40

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Opinion: Russians at War is an exceptional documentary and needs to be seen

Protesters gather outside the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) screening of 'Russians at War', a documentary about Russian troops...

13.09.2024 2

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Look what you made her do: Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris can’t be shaken off

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 7, 2023. Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press Taylor Swift must...

12.09.2024 3

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Canadians must be allowed to see what’s in the Deschênes Report

Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Sept. 22, 2023. Patrick...

10.09.2024 2

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Benjamin Netanyahu, you have the power to stop this horrific war

Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents, and sisters Orly and Leebie of killed US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose body was recovered...

03.09.2024 3

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Studies show the obvious: Smartphones don’t belong in classrooms

In this 21st century we are blessed (and cursed) with the ability to find any fact at the drop of a hat – or rather, the tap of a phone. Contrary...

29.08.2024 2

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Dressew’s closure has Vancouverites asking hard questions about social problems’ impact on business

Police officers block off the road at the scene of a police-involved shooting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, on July 30, 2022. DARRYL DYCK/The...

28.08.2024 10

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The Blake Lively conversation about It Ends With Us is the wrong one

Actress Blake Lively (R) poses for a photocall during the premiere of the movie It Ends With Us in Copenhagen on Aug. 9. NILS MEILVANG/Getty Images...

16.08.2024 3

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Kamala-la Land

Kamala Harris has transformed the U.S. presidential election race, as demonstrated through both metrics and something less tangible: a...

14.08.2024 2

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I’m skipping Vancouver’s Pride parade

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt the Toronto Pride Parade on June 30. Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press The intersection of the LGBTQ and Jewish...

02.08.2024 10

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Can protesting the Giller Prize really help end the Gaza war?

Protesters are escorted out of the Four Seasons Hotel by the police after interrupting the Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony in Toronto, on Nov. 13,...

25.07.2024 2

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A trip to George W. Bush’s museum could make you pine for a normal kind of bad leader

Inside the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In the museum, visitors to an...

24.07.2024 5

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