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Patti Dawn Swansson: Gay men still face stigma here

The blues jam on Sunday afternoon at the Strath was running at a full-throated gallop when my friend Brian, glancing at the group gyrations on a crowded dance floor, leaned toward me. “I haven’t quite worked up the nerve to get out there,” he confessed.

On health, wind power blows away the alternative

David Suzuki, wind power

Freedom to make our own decisions is vital

Assisted suicide, Kavorkian

Our view: Our post-Afghan role will change

July 5 isn’t likely to leave a lasting mark on history. However, the end of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan is a historic moment for our nation. The book is closed on our decade-long involvement and it will take at least as much time before we’ll truly understand what our soldiers were able to achieve.

Printing pros, cons of union debate laudable

Unions, Canada Post, CUPW strike, lockout

Awareness-raising not related to self-promotion

Kevin Neish, activism, Gaza flotilla
B.C. VIEWS: Nisga'a treaty no panacea

B.C. VIEWS: Nisga'a treaty no panacea

There were high hopes and harsh words in 2000 when the provincial and federal governments signed Canada’s first modern-day treaty with the Nisga’a people of northwestern B.C.

Reverting from HST is step in wrong direction

B.C. HST

Neish a ‘gentle soul’ doing important work abroad

Kevin Neish, Gaza flotilla

Neish’s activism in Gaza is ‘one-sided’

Kevin Neish, activism, Gaza flotilla