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Opinion: Poll gauges views on matters of morality in Canada

Opinion: Poll gauges views on matters of morality in Canada

More than two-thirds of Canadians see contraception, divorce, sex between unmarried people and having children out of wedlock as morally acceptable, survey finds.
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Jack Knox: Victoria's Ukrainian Cultural Centre becomes a de facto refugee centre

Jack Knox: Victoria's Ukrainian Cultural Centre becomes a de facto refugee centre

Money from the Times Colonist Christmas Fund is helping groups that are helping Ukrainian refugees.
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Les Leyne: New museum will be a monument to Indigenous reconciliation

Les Leyne: New museum will be a monument to Indigenous reconciliation

If there’s one project where Victoria’s track record of arguing everything to death needs to stop, it’s this one.
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Opinion: Public health suffers when pro sports goes all in on gambling

Opinion: Public health suffers when pro sports goes all in on gambling

On this issue I am prepared to be called a prude, a fogey and a knuckle-dragger.
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Letter: Port Moody voters need to look 'below the surface' of civic politicians after the Coronation Park debate

Letter: Port Moody voters need to look 'below the surface' of civic politicians after the Coronation Park debate

I urge voters to look below the surface and decide if this is who they want to represent them in the coming election, writes Port Moody resident Mark Ransom after the Coronation Park vote.
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Opinion: Canadians spending less time cooking as pandemic wanes

Opinion: Canadians spending less time cooking as pandemic wanes

Fewer people abiding by Canada’s Food Guide recommendation to “put away distractions like the TV or electronics” while eating: poll.
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Les Leyne: $25 billion spent, thousands of new hires, B.C.'s health care still falls short

Les Leyne: $25 billion spent, thousands of new hires, B.C.'s health care still falls short

B.C.'s health-care workforce has grown to 223,000 in 2022 from 184,000 in 2018.
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Editorial: Are you a winner or a loser from high gas prices?

Editorial: Are you a winner or a loser from high gas prices?

If you think you're out of pocket from soaring gas prices, you might be wrong about that.
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Les Leyne: Some reasons why gas prices in B.C. are so much higher than in Alberta

Les Leyne: Some reasons why gas prices in B.C. are so much higher than in Alberta

Alberta is taking direct action to trim the price of gasoline. B.C. is taking a different approach.
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Opinion: I fell for a filthy moving scam in Burnaby. Here’s how to not end up like me

Opinion: I fell for a filthy moving scam in Burnaby. Here’s how to not end up like me

Some movers will hold your stuff hostage until you pay an extra fee they didn't tell you about.
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