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Needle exchange scare stories don't wash

I run the needle exchange service in the Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood of Vancouver. Vancouver Coastal Health provides a variety of health services to the community...

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Tory budget an environmental disaster

We don't often look to the federal budget to gauge a government's environmental bona fides, but there is no better place to separate reality from rhetoric.

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Cut immigration until job market improves

Industry Minister Tony Clement has bemoaned the fact that Canada's unemployment figures are at an "unacceptable level" and claims that job creation is a top priority of the federal government.

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Olympics show NHL the way to better hockey

For most sports, the Olympics aren't much different from any other elite competition: same world-class competitors, same rules, just with a whole lot more attention.

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Time to resolve the industrial-tax morass

The B.C. government's announcement this week of a review of major industrial property assessment and taxation is good news for the province and Vancouver Island.

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Ottawa's Toyota hearings should be a low-key affair

In the U.S. -- dramatic testimony at Congressional hearings, culminating in profound apologies from the head of the world's largest automaker to families who lost relatives in accidents in Toyota cars.

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Thanks, Canada

Comments about Canada and the Olympics from the blog of Brian Williams, NBC's anchor:

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VKA-LeCandace Lester with her son Michael Patterson, who was born with cerebral palsy and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Lester will be carrying the torch in the Paralympic Torch Relay tomorrow.ster1.jpg

Why I'll be carrying the Paralympic torch

For many Canadians, the 2010 Winter Games ended with the gold-medal hockey game and a flash of fireworks last Sunday night.

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Grant loss will afflict Parkinson's patients

The services offered by the Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre are an invaluable necessity for those who suffer from these diseases. The Vancouver Island Health Authority's cut of its small grant of $28,700 to the centre after 17 years of service to our community is a detrimental blow to the well-being of victims and families.

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$200 tax break bad policy

The budget's $200 tax break for northern and rural homeowners is such bad public policy it's amazing it saw the light of day.

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History should make us wary of euthanasia

Twenty years ago, University of Victoria historian Angus McLaren wrote a fascinating book on eugenics in Canada in the early 20th century, Our Own Master Race.

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Keep Games fun alive

For two weeks, throngs of people have made downtown Vancouver an energetic, friendly place to be. We can thank the Olympics for that -- but the fun doesn't have to end when the Games draw to a close.

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New flights bring opportunity

Every year, Victoria International Airport becomes more important to the economy of southern Vancouver Island as new flights create additional ways for people to get in and out efficiently.

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Get the facts straight on Order of Canada

The Times Colonist editorial "Order of Canada far too narrow" (Jan. 10) contained inaccuracies and misinformation that did the order a great disservice.

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Quote/Unquote

"He has not responded to any of my letters or calls. In fact, it is like talking to the Gestapo when I call his office."

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Cutting social services won't pay benefits

An economist with one of Canada's big banks commented to media last month that health-care spending is the budgetary equivalent of Pac-Man, "eating everything else in people's budgets."

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White-collar crime pays

Despite having defrauded 158 clients of $50 million, ruining many of them, Earl Jones could be out of jail in less than two years.

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