Opinion: Higher ferry tolls put an unfair burden on island residents
Applying a tough user-pay approach to residents of Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the North Coast and Haida Gwaii while heavily subsidizing transportation for the mainland actively discriminates against some British Columbians based on where they live.
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Opinion: Canada has more to offer the world than oil
Are we the kind of people who will force the risk of catastrophe on dozens of unwilling communities? Are we the kind of people who want to gamble our salmon rivers, our coast and all that they provide?
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Flag braces for possible shutdown
If no budget deal is reached in Washington before midnight tonight, many of the 180 workers at Flagstaff’s United States Geological Survey campus will be prohibited from checking e-mail, and using work phones or computer or vehicles.
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