War

Must we honour the fallen soldiers

By Kevin Potvin

The actual moral obligation we do have is to vigorously contest the government’s war policy

Drugs

Inside Insite

By Tavis W Dodds

The author pays a visit to Vancouver’s supervised safe injection site in search of a fresh perception of this misunderstood issue

Foreign affairs

The forgotten Canadian military occupation

By Roger Annis

A new book about events in Haiti opens eyes to what our government is doing there

America

Root causes of the real September 11

By Kevin Potvin

Calling the real perpetrators of the crime simply evil or insane is just as poor an explanation as that offered by war mongers who blamed evil islamists

War

Iran’s real position

By Michael Nenonen

Before the bombing begins, let’s at least know some truth about where everyone stands

Drugs

The battle over Insite

By Leah Martin

The science is clear and the benefits are real. So why is the debate over the future of the injection site perpetuated?

Drugs

Choose your poison

By Kevin Potvin

The Conservative’s promised crackdown on marijuana could unleash a great deal more harm than what it intends to address

Quotes of the week

The thing about any relationship is, the more you say about it, the less effective it is.

Michael Ignatieff, deputy leader, federal Liberal Party, his relationship with party leader Stephane Dion

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Du hast gesagt dass Du mich liebst

La France

Course

The absent critic

By Kevin Potvin

The Republic will begin to review and critique cultural products, but not in the way that anyone is familiar with

Children

Brittney Spears’ kids and the future of young families

By Tavis W Dodds

The abduction of Brittney Spears’ children bodes ill for children everywhere

Course

A voice from Afghanistan that Stephen Harper doesn’t want you to hear

By Derrick O’Keefe

Malalai Joya, banned Afghan parliamentarian, is visiting British Columbia

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