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LETTER: Namegans Nation draws attention to important issues around housing

LETTER: Namegans Nation draws attention to important issues around housing

I have followed the news media concerning Namegans Nation over the past few months and visited in the summer to bring supplies. I have many questions about how things have unfolded, but most importantly I want to lend my support to the members of Namegans Nation, who have endured unbearable levels of harassment and discrimination for taking an unwavering stand against the crisis of homelessness in our region.
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LETTER: It’s time to develop empathy towards homeless

LETTER: It’s time to develop empathy towards homeless

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EDITORIAL: Voters across Greater Victoria embrace progressive ideas, new course in regional governance

EDITORIAL: Voters across Greater Victoria embrace progressive ideas, new course in regional governance

Election results also reveal regional fissure between core and outer communities
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B.C. VIEWS: Residents have had enough of catering to squatters

B.C. VIEWS: Residents have had enough of catering to squatters

Media myth of homeless victims offends those who know better
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GUEST COLUMN: B.C.’s proportional representation vote is dishonest, misleading

GUEST COLUMN: B.C.’s proportional representation vote is dishonest, misleading

Veteran of 2005 Citizens’ Assembly urges rejection of new voting systems
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Mommy’s Inside Voice: Stop telling me to enjoy motherhood

Mommy’s Inside Voice: Stop telling me to enjoy motherhood

A new weekly column
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LETTER: Do your research before voting Pro Rep

LETTER: Do your research before voting Pro Rep

Historically, referendums that ask citizens to choose between first-past-the-post and proportional representation have failed when voters have been provided with a clear comparison between the two. For example, the first referendum on proportional representation in BC won 57 per cen support. But only 39 per cent voted in favour in the second referendum, when the public received details about how our voting system would actually change.
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LETTER: Truck wedge indicates dangers of map database-based driving

LETTER: Truck wedge indicates dangers of map database-based driving

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LETTER: Cost of not eliminating poverty outweighs cost of addressing it

LETTER: Cost of not eliminating poverty outweighs cost of addressing it

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Robert Barron column: Glad straps no longer used in schools

Robert Barron column: Glad straps no longer used in schools

You would have to hold out your hands, palms up to expose the most sensitive parts
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