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Opinion: Beijing's scant snow offers a glimpse at the uncertainty — and risks — of future Winter Olympics

Opinion: Beijing's scant snow offers a glimpse at the uncertainty — and risks — of future Winter Olympics

An analysis of 21 former Winter Olympic venues found that only one of them would be suitable and offer safe racing conditions for athletes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise
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Opinion: Silence is golden? Olympic athletes' freedom of speech muted by Games organizers

Opinion: Silence is golden? Olympic athletes' freedom of speech muted by Games organizers

Can the Olympic industry survive the damage that calls for a Winter Olympics boycott are doing to its brand?
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Kirk LaPointe: Challenge of mending party rifts among tasks facing new BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon

Kirk LaPointe: Challenge of mending party rifts among tasks facing new BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon

Keeping party together will be a challenge for former deputy premier after controversial campaign.
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Opinion: B.C.'s wildfire strategy is leaving whole communities behind

Opinion: B.C.'s wildfire strategy is leaving whole communities behind

Again, in 2021, record-breaking wildfires burned in British Columbia, fuelled by the heat dome, drought, wind and excessive forest fuels.
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John Ducker: How B.C. got rolling again after floods

John Ducker: How B.C. got rolling again after floods

Gratitude should go to the professionals and crews still slogging away out there
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Opinion: Firing of O’Toole deepens rifts in damaged, divided Conservative party

Opinion: Firing of O’Toole deepens rifts in damaged, divided Conservative party

O’Toole’s experimental feats ultimately proved alienating to the rest of the ensemble and inaccessible even to the dyed-in-the-wool supporters
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Opinion: What is a bomb cyclone? An atmospheric scientist explains

Opinion: What is a bomb cyclone? An atmospheric scientist explains

A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center, weather fronts and an array of associated weather, from blizzards to severe thunderstorms to heavy precipitation.
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Opinion: Fish on acid? Microdosing zebrafish with LSD shows its potential benefits for humans

Opinion: Fish on acid? Microdosing zebrafish with LSD shows its potential benefits for humans

Growing interest in psychedelics has spurred new research decades after hallucinogenics were tested in Saskatchewan in the 1950s. And an unassuming common fish is proving a useful test subject
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Opinion: Large majorities of Canadians continue to support vaccine passports, mask mandates

Opinion: Large majorities of Canadians continue to support vaccine passports, mask mandates

Pandemic still seen as “real threat,” even as public rates governments’ COVID-19 response lower, poll finds.
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Opinion: 'Freedom convoy' rolls through Ottawa encouraging the participation of Canada's far-right

Opinion: 'Freedom convoy' rolls through Ottawa encouraging the participation of Canada's far-right

At a time when the nation should be fighting against structural violence, resources and attention are being given to a cause that doesn’t deserve it
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