Activism

Religion by other means

By Michael Nenonen

Recent tumult in the local activist scene reveals the potential pitfalls of becoming politically active

Activism

CIA mind control in Canada

Tavis W Dodds

We can assume they’ve infiltrated everywhere

Sports

No benefit playing weaker teams

By Kevin Potvin

The NHL’s elite struggle in their own divisions

Film

Can you spot the difference?

By Reed Eurchuk

The big money required to run for office produces candidates who respond to the demands of big money

Media

It could get deliciously ugly

By Kevin Potvin

With Vancouver’s power brokers split over who to endorse, their scrapping could go public

War

What a strange little war it is

By Brian Engler

What does winning the war in Afghanistan mean?

Film

Turner's Movies

In Bruges

Double Indemnity

Letters

Environment

Saving the world one egg at a time

By Andrew Teasdale

It is possible to keep to the small things and still make a difference

Quotes of the week

Up to three billion sets of eyes will be focused on that torch as it crosses your country and your province and enters the stadium.

Gordon Campbell, premier of British Columbia, on the 2010 Olympics torch ceremony

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Past Issue •
January 31, 2008
to February 13, 2008  •  No 181

History

Black and blue, life and death

By Lani Russwurm

Part One of a two-part examination of Black history in Vancouver, exclusive to The Republic

Science

The start of LHC, the end of science

By Kevin Potvin

The level of investment in the current cosmology rivals the depth of investment that left pre-Renaissance science stricken for so long

Vancouver

All municipal choices converge to one

By Reed Eurchuk

And there’s no longer any place for true opposition

Mythology

Story telling is what we do

By Michael Nenonen

And the biggest most gripping story is the one about the magician, currently played by technology

Art

They’re in the wrong line of work

By Kevin Potvin

Video realism drops in the lap of two now ex-journalists, paralyzed by protocol

Housing

How about a Lower Income Housing Land Reserve?

By Kevin Potvin

The Agricultural Land Reserve works, more or less, and the same legislation could inexpensively guarantee adequate housing at all levels for the city

Film

Turner's Movies

The Orphanage

Arsène Lupin

Letters

Sport

NHL purists and innovators both blowing smoke

By Kevin Potvin

Neither the three-point game or the old-fashioned tie would produce significantly different standings than what we see today with the extra point for overtime losses

Economy

Phew, finally recession rides to the rescue

By Kevin Potvin

There’s something different about this otherwise typical down side to the economic cycle. This time, it’s welcomed

Quotes of the week

You have a generation of self-created men and women, who have children and don’t want to burden them with massive amounts of wealth.

Salvatore LaSpada, chief executive, Institute for Philanthropy

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