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Whatever Voting Systems Wins, BC Needs to Make Politicians More Accountable


As long as parties tightly control elected members, democracy is thwarted.

The Real Solution to Vancouver’s #CouncilSoWhite

Just changing the electoral system isn’t the solution. It starts way before the vote.

A Symphonic Tribute to War and Grief that Demands You ‘Shut Up and Listen’

For Remembrance Day, the VSO honours music’s role in mourning.

A Canadian Icon of War Heroism, or Futility?

At 10:58 on Nov. 11, 1918, Private George Lawrence Price sealed his strange, famous fate.

Labour Code Review Leaves Precarious Workers Out in the Cold

The government announced one positive change today, but more could be done to help workers exercise their right to bargain collectively.

On Ecological Amnesia

It’s why we forget the passenger pigeon, the reign of the buffalo. But not all of us suffer it.

Please Advise! Why’s the ‘Blue Wave’ Making Me Feel So Blue?

Is it because one Republican won while being quite dead? No. (RIP, though.)

It Rains a Lot. That Doesn’t Mean We Can Take Fresh Water for Granted

For those behind the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, the stakes are simple. But very, very high.

Tony Clement: From Moralizing Minister to Frail and Fallen

Into ‘treatment’ goes the politician who led a Tory drive to jail drug users.

Why the US Midterm Elections Solved Nothing

A polarized society and a rigged system create a broken democracy.

Are Thousands of New Nuclear Generators in Canada’s Future?

Ottawa is pushing a new smaller, modular nuclear plant that could only pay off if mass produced.

Why We Can’t Do the Welfare Food Challenge This Year

Skyrocketing rents in British Columbia mean that participants would face starvation.

How Has Pro Rep Worked for New Zealand’s Māori?

And would changing BC’s electoral system do anything for Indigenous representation?

So Kennedy Stewart Truly Loves ‘The Growth Side of Things’

If that’s what he’s ‘most looking forward to,’ did the new mayor hear Vancouver’s voters?

Goodbye Apu, Here’s What You Meant to Us

The storeowner in ‘The Simpsons’ may be leaving Springfield, but what he signified sadly remains.

A Wake Up Call to Hit the Sack

Matthew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep’ shows that when you snooze, you win.