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Kate Heartfield: Boycotting Bangladesh isn鈥檛 the answer

Kate Heartfield: Boycotting Bangladesh isn鈥檛 the answer

The pictures of Joe Fresh labels amid the rubble of a collapsed factory complex in Bangladesh have caused many Canadians to think about their place in the global supply chain. As well they should.
Iain Hunter: There鈥檚 nothing healthy about aging

Iain Hunter: There鈥檚 nothing healthy about aging

People my age shouldn鈥檛 be upset by the amount of time our political leaders spend talking about child poverty during this election campaign.
Comment: Poverty carries a high cost to everyone in sa国际传媒

Comment: Poverty carries a high cost to everyone in sa国际传媒

We all know poverty results in suffering and puts innumerable pressures on sa国际传媒 families, and that alone should be reason enough to do something about it.
Monique Keiran: Pet disease spreading to sea mammals

Monique Keiran: Pet disease spreading to sea mammals

A neighbour鈥檚 cat adopted me last year. When she鈥檚 bored and I鈥檓 home, she visits. She gets a lap to nap on. I get a cat without kitty litter, cat food or hair on everything.
Geoff Johnson: Fight obesity in kids with 鈥榗onscious eating鈥

Geoff Johnson: Fight obesity in kids with 鈥榗onscious eating鈥

There were few if any overweight kids in my elementary school. There was sometimes blood on the playground but few 鈥渉efty鈥 kids, mainly because there was British bulldog before school, soccer at recess and rugby football at lunchtime.
Comment: Hospital funding needs to have strings attached

Comment: Hospital funding needs to have strings attached

As provincial government revenues stagnate with the sluggish economy, provinces are turning their eye to hospitals as a very obvious target for reductions in spending growth. Provinces spend more than $60 billion a year on hospitals 鈥 about $7.
The Middle Way Problem

The Middle Way Problem

North American Buddhism must return to the basics if it is to have real staying power as a religious option. All over the Americas there are Buddhist groups in trouble.
Shannon Corregan: One person鈥檚 graffiti is another鈥檚 art

Shannon Corregan: One person鈥檚 graffiti is another鈥檚 art

There鈥檚 a covered bus stop that I pass every day on my way home from work. It鈥檚 on Fort Street, just past the turnoff to Craigdarroch Castle.
Naomi Lakritz: Sorry, women don鈥檛 care about naked guys

Naomi Lakritz: Sorry, women don鈥檛 care about naked guys

Good morning, Don Cherry. Welcome to Women鈥檚 Studies 101. Today, we are going to answer the age-old question: 鈥淲hat do women want?鈥 by explaining to you what women don鈥檛 want.
Comment: Long-term funding needed for the vulnerable

Comment: Long-term funding needed for the vulnerable

Most British Columbians would say they care about children. Not just their own. We鈥檝e agreed, as a society, that when children and youth need help and their families can鈥檛 provide it, it鈥檚 up to us. Sadly, we鈥檙e not doing a good enough job.