The Georgia Straight - News And Views
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TransLink's move to New Westminster might cool down Royal City complaints
TransLink expects to save $430,000 per year in leasing costs.
Gwynne Dyer: Tony Blair and the great Islamic threat
People often wind up believing their own cover story.
Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid to parents: You play key role in students' success
As your child heads back to school this year, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the important role you, as parents, play in the success of all the children and young people in our education system.
Metro Vancouver staff put Surrey line ahead of rapid transit to UBC
The Evergreen Line to Coquitlam remains the top priority.
One more theory to explain Finance Minister Colin Hansen's handling of the HST
B.C.'s finance minister's credibility took a beating, but what if he never knew that the HST was in the cards before the 2009 election?
Was Mayor Gregor Robertson a victim of McCarthyism?
Beware of outlandish claims made by unnamed sources.
Carole James: Call an inquiry into the Pickton investigation with a broad, yet focused mandate
The NDP leader says nothing less than this will address the public's unanswered questions.
John Ince: No sex for me; I want to be a judge
What judges sexually restrain in themselves, they will naturally try to restrain in the culture.
DFO must ensure B.C. fish farms well monitored, says salmon activist Alexandra Morton
Morton said more mechanisms are needed in the draft regulations to help gauge the impact fish-farm operations have on wild salmon populations.
Lindsay O?Donnell: For sharks? sake, just say no to tuna
Seventy-three million sharks are killed every year. But you don?t eat shark-fin soup, so it?s not your problem, right? Not quite.
Anne Murray: Farmland loss remains critical issue in B.C.?s Lower Mainland
For the last few decades the ALR has stemmed the flow, but not without constant battles.
J.P. Ellson: If you play Canadian artists? music, you should pay
While Bill C-32 is imperfect as written, it presents an opportunity for frank and reasonable discussion on copyright reform, and for the passage of a modern and balanced law in Canada.
Vancouver protesters slam Taseko?s proposed Prosperity gold mine near Williams Lake
A local activist is urging Taseko Mines not to proceed with its proposed Prosperity gold and copper mine that would turn Fish Lake, near Williams Lake, into an impoundment reservoir for toxic waste-rock.
What the Vancouver park board isn't telling you about its smoking ban
There's evidence that nicotine provides relief for people with serious and chronic mental illnesses.
B.C. ?dead last? in country on minimum wage, says Jim Sinclair
New Brunswick's rate has climbed to $9 while B.C.'s is stuck at $8.
