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Canada appears to be dragging its heels in responding to a demand from a United Nations human-rights panel.
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Even for the best-prepared, migration to Canada is a potentially disruptive and stressful experience.
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Veteran sex worker Susan Davis wants people to know that her “clients aren’t the bogeymen they are made out to be”.
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A student union at the University of British Columbia is asking the United Nations to appoint an independent expert or special rapporteur to look into human-rights violations in Canada.
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HandyDart's drivers began striking on October 26, less than 10 months after TransLink contracted out the 27-year-old service to the for-profit MVT Canadian Bus Inc., affecting nearly 30,000 users.
The Georgia Straight This week's print issue features holiday fashion and food, serious games, immigrants and depression, women's rights, Blind Pilot, and Norma. http://www.straight.com/
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According to his Web site, veteran heavy-metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.
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For most 13-year-old boys, having Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings play your dad in the epic science-fiction movie The Road would be a dream come true, but Kodi Smit-McPhee may be one of the few kids on the planet who didn't know anything about Viggo Mortensen until recently.
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In a major blow to the B.C. treaty process, two First Nations are withdrawing from negotiations with the federal and provincial governments, according to Grand Chief Stewart Phillip.
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It’s time we started looking at the true value of our forests, fields, farmlands, and other natural and managed ecosystems beyond just the resources that we take from them.
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Rather than a long-form improvisation where the cast gets all its information upfront from the conversation with the guest, The Life Game is presented as a series of vignettes.
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Freshly Pressed. A new record review every weekday at 11:01 a.m.
Richmond-based Stork Craft recalls 2.1 million drop-side cribs after four infant deaths | Straight.c
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Richmond-based Stork Craft Manufacturing is recalling more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs, including more than 968,000 units sold in Canada.
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After demolishing the B.C. Lions 56-18 in November 22's East Final, the Montreal Alouettes have been installed by a variety of bookmakers as early nine point favourites to get their hands on the big trophy on November 29 in Calgary.
