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Letter: 'Talk to your kids about the George Floyd killing,' writes 10-year-old girl

Letter: 'Talk to your kids about the George Floyd killing,' writes 10-year-old girl

The Editor: Dear Parents, My name is Penelope Zaitsoff-Choy. I am 10-years-old and going into sixth grade. I am here to talk about racism, more specifically, the killing of George Floyd.
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Opinion: Washington makes masks mandatory. What’s stopping B.C.?

Opinion: Washington makes masks mandatory. What’s stopping B.C.?

Big news from our friends just south of the border as Washington state will require people to wear facial coverings in public settings, under a statewide public health order announced by Gov. Jay Inslee due to COVID-19.
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Letter: I put off seeing my friend when the pandemic hit — now it’s too late

Letter: I put off seeing my friend when the pandemic hit — now it’s too late

The Editor: I received some sad news over the weekend that my friend Greg Winlaw passed away earlier this month. I'm upset with myself because the last time I saw Greg was three years ago on his 53rd birthday.
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Opinion: Crisis could mean new form of 'guaranteed income'

Opinion: Crisis could mean new form of 'guaranteed income'

“You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” That’s what Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff to then-incoming U.S. President Barack Obama, once said during the 2008 recession. A crisis allows an opportunity to do things not thought possible before.
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Opinion: A tax on the 'super-rich' is within reach

Opinion: A tax on the 'super-rich' is within reach

Canada needs a wealth tax on the super-rich to rein in extreme inequality and contribute to crucial public investments in the wake of COVID-19.
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Geoff Johnson: Pandemic a chance to rethink education

Geoff Johnson: Pandemic a chance to rethink education

The COVID-19 restrictions in B.C., which seem to have restricted the spread of the pandemic, have also created a kind of “time out of time” for educators and students.
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Jack Knox: Dad is not quite Tom Hanks nor Peter the Great

Jack Knox: Dad is not quite Tom Hanks nor Peter the Great

The good news, dads, is you are not the worst father ever. You are not the Kentucky man who was sprung from prison to donate a kidney to his ailing son, but took off to Mexico instead.
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Lawrie McFarlane: Social services need more funding — but not from police budgets

Lawrie McFarlane: Social services need more funding — but not from police budgets

In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of four Minnesota policemen, protests have broken out across the U.S., many of them violent. There have also been demonstrations in Canada, though most were peaceful. Floyd was unarmed.
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OPINION: Pandemic prompts many to embrace the idea of growing local

OPINION: Pandemic prompts many to embrace the idea of growing local

Thinking global and acting local has been a phrase and concept that has been around for a while but I do not recall it being as relevant as it is now. The COVID-19 pandemic has shut borders, and that is something to seriously consider.
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Coquitlam's movie theatre won't require masks. Should it?

Coquitlam's movie theatre won't require masks. Should it?

Cineplex Inc. – which operates SilverCity in Coquitlam - says it's sticking with COVID-19 safety policies that leave it up to moviegoers to decide if they wear a face mask inside their theatres.
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