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Comment: Raise legal age to buy cigarettes by a year annually

Comment: Raise legal age to buy cigarettes by a year annually

We need to create a generation of non-smokers.
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Letter: Burnaby Mountain trail plan 'ignores' need for new washrooms

Letter: Burnaby Mountain trail plan 'ignores' need for new washrooms

This Port Moody letter writer says a Burnaby trail plan "ignores the evidence of open urination and defecation."
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Canadians’ confidence in health-care services hits a six-year low, says poll

Canadians’ confidence in health-care services hits a six-year low, says poll

Survey shows Canadians frustrated with health care, Poilievre may seize opportunity
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Les Leyne: Could the upstart B.C. Conservatives swallow BC United whole?

Les Leyne: Could the upstart B.C. Conservatives swallow BC United whole?

Starting from nothing just 14 months ago, John Rustad now has four MLAs and a wide lead over BC United in the polls
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Baldrey: Splits happen. It'll 'almost certainly occur' in B.C.'s 2024 election

Baldrey: Splits happen. It'll 'almost certainly occur' in B.C.'s 2024 election

Columnist Keith Baldrey explains why it's not unheard of for a B.C. political party to win the most seats in the legislature, but not the vote.
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Rob Shaw: MLA Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives in stunning blow to BC United

Rob Shaw: MLA Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives in stunning blow to BC United

Move marks potential turning point in B.C. politics ahead of fall election
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Opinion: B.C.'s EV aspirations may fall victim to anti-China trade policy

Opinion: B.C.'s EV aspirations may fall victim to anti-China trade policy

A steady stream of economical electric vehicles flowing into the Canadian market appears unlikely
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Claire Nielsen: Our psyche and media violence

Claire Nielsen: Our psyche and media violence

Columnist Claire Nielsen shares her views on the increasing violence in media.
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Sunday Night Read: 'Museum of Anthropology and Grandmother’s House'

Sunday Night Read: 'Museum of Anthropology and Grandmother’s House'

This short story series submission is from Deborah Stephan of Burnaby.
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Trevor Hancock: Ecosystems sustain societies that create economies

Trevor Hancock: Ecosystems sustain societies that create economies

It’s is a simple prescription, but in practice, we try to make it work the other way around
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