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Enbridge Pushes Oil Tanker Safety Strategy (in News)

Syndication Date: Thu, 2010-03-18

Kitimat critics unconvinced by double hulls, super-tugs and fast response spill promises.

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Don't Write about Me Just Because I'm Disabled (in Mediacheck)

Syndication Date: Thu, 2010-03-18

When reporters can't see past a person's disability, they can miss the real story.

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LEED Accused of 'Conspiracy to Monopolize' (in News)

Syndication Date: Thu, 2010-03-18

Corporate group says US Green Building Council and eco-certifier FSC keep too much North American timber out of green market.

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Bring on Medical Tourism, Says Private Provider (in News)

Syndication Date: Wed, 2010-03-17

Locals would have to be able to buy their way to front of queue, too, says private clinic director.

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What's Canada's New Mission in Afghanistan? (in Opinion)

Syndication Date: Wed, 2010-03-17

And why aren't our politicians talking about it?

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Wood War Sprawls to IRS, Fortune 500 (in News)

Syndication Date: Wed, 2010-03-17

Can an industry-created nonprofit meet test for a public-interest charity?

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Queen of North Captain's Firing Justified: WorkSafe BC (in News)

Syndication Date: Tue, 2010-03-16

On day criminal charges are laid against officer, doomed ferry's captain loses chance to keep his job.

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In Search of 'Communist' Vietnam (in Opinion)

Syndication Date: Tue, 2010-03-16

Notes from a quick, guided visit to Saigon, er, Ho Chi Minh City.

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Why Car Dealers Love the Latest BC Budget (in Opinion)

Syndication Date: Tue, 2010-03-16

Arts, disabled groups got run over, but not auto dealers, who got tax policies they wanted after giving BC Liberals $500,000.

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Amazon, Friend to Canadian Authors? (in Mediacheck)

Syndication Date: Tue, 2010-03-16

Online bookseller restrictions are about limiting competition, not enhancing culture.

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BC Eco Group's Trade Complaint Targets US Wood Certifier (in News)

Syndication Date: Tue, 2010-03-16

ForestEthics charges that SFI's 'vague' standards mislead consumers.

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Israel's Apartheid

Syndication Date: Mon, 2010-03-15

By Murray Dobbin - 8 March 2010

...[T]here is absolutely no doubt that the system of separation of Arabs and Jews can be compared with the apartheid system in South Africa. Indeed, many experts on how the apartheid system was run claim that Israel's system of hafrada, or separation, is far more brutal and deliberately humiliating than anything devised by the racist regimes of Pretoria.

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