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1.

My Brushes With Fame

 by John Hatch
Posted: August 23, 2008
At around 10 years old, my friend Jaime and I used to play a simple game of bouncing a rubber ball off a blank wall and taking... Full story »
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2.

I Was At The Pemberton Music Festival

 by Jaime Lord
Posted: July 29, 2008
Young adults, scantily clad, the men in board shorts and bare chests, the women in anything from self-constructed, denim, crotchless... Full story »
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3.

The Nanaimo 50-Kilometer Holiday

 by David Stanley
Posted: June 24, 2008
GoNanaimo.com announces the creation of the Nanaimo 50-Kilometer Holiday with seven self-guided tours within a 50-kilometer radius of Nanaimo, British... Full story »
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4.

Mr. McCain Goes to Ottawa

 by Wyatt McIntyre
Posted: June 20, 2008
Facing criticisms from the campaign of his principle rival, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, for going abroad to talk policy, rather than staying home and... Full story »
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5.

Talking NAFTA

 by Wyatt McIntyre
Posted: June 11, 2008
With the Democratic Primaries now over and the speeches shifting from the debates between New York Senator Hillary Clinton and... Full story »
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6.

F1 - Canadian Grand Prix: Kubica Wins After Hamilton Error

 by Sir Stephen
Posted: June 9, 2008
Robert Kubica took his and the BMW Sauber team's first Formula One victory in a dramatic Canadian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton crashed out in the pits.... Full story »
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Stolen National Treasure: Break In At The Museum Of Anthropology

 by Anthony Shelton, director of Vancouver's UBC Museum of Anthropology
Posted: May 27, 2008
The Bill Reid pieces, particularly the Golden Box, are transcendental. Bill Reid is considered to be one of the major Northwest... Full story »
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8.

Justice Will Prevail

 by Trisha Baptie
Posted: April 20, 2008
The walk was borne out of her deeply committed activism concerning “The Highway of Tears” www.highwayoftears.ca, a lonely... Full story »
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9.

President George W. Bush Issued Orders To Assasinate Me, Lori Zarlenga-Blaquiere

 by Lori Zarlenga-Blaquiere
Posted: April 5, 2008
My name is Lori Zarlenga- Blaquiere. I was born on September 14, 1961 in the state of Rhode Island. I am writing to you for your... Full story »
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10.

Toronto Approves Afrocentric School for 2009

 by Kobina Wright
Posted: February 5, 2008
The Toronto District School Board has approved the 2009 opening of a school aimed to address the 40 percent dropout rate among... Full story »
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11.

I'm A Groupie For Shane Koyczan And Dan Mangan

 by Ashley MacDonald
Posted: January 29, 2008
I became a groupie as soon as I heard Shane Koyczan's voice. That's all it took for me. Couple that with the acoustic performance... Full story »
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12.

Canada: Proceed With Caution

 by Meaghen Ng
Posted: January 25, 2008
I set about planning 10 luxurious days on the cheap. My research was heavily supplemented by the advice of two close friends who... Full story »
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13.

Most Hated Canadians

 by Janice Markus
Posted: December 21, 2007
Brian Mulroney Even after 15 years of being out of office, there aren’t too many corners in this country that former prime minister... Full story »
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14.

Humpty Dumpty Economics

 by Josh Sidman
Posted: December 12, 2007
We must, in one way or another, pay the costs of the excesses we have indulged in over the past decades, and any form of “emergency... Full story »
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15.

Polish Embassy "Extremely Shocked" At Taser Death

 by The Polish Embassy
Posted: November 16, 2007
Since the 14 October 2007 incident at the Vancouver International Airport, which resulted in the death of the citizen of Poland,... Full story »
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Passenger Tasered At Airport: "The Terminal" Meets Kafka

 by Russ Brown
Posted: November 15, 2007
What is known about Mr. Dziekanski's final hours before his death at police hands is this: He had flown to Vancouver from Poland... Full story »
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17.

From No Man's Land To Fragile Peace: Building Democracy In The Balkans

 by Kinia Adamczyk
Posted: October 18, 2007
Working within broader international organizations, they are building the foundations of necessities taken for granted in Canada:... Full story »
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18.

Colin Angus: Around The World By Human Power

 by Colin Angus
Posted: September 24, 2007
COLIN: What did we do? We traveled around the world entirely by human power and there were several objectives for this trip – one,... Full story »
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19.

Mr. Chill On The Off Ramp

 by "Mr. Chill," a.k.a. Kelly Hoppe
Posted: July 23, 2007
When I was around 10 or 11 years old, my school did aptitude testing on all the kids. My scores were very high in music. At the... Full story »
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20.

Sexual Predators in Canada's Judicial System

 by Hazel Main
Posted: July 2, 2007
On Friday June 8th, 2007 Provincial Court Judge Michael Hubbard acquitted Officer Paine on two criminal counts; luring a child... Full story »
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21.

1985 Air India bombing : Shocking Revelations

 by Shyamal Barua
Posted: May 15, 2007
In a dramatic testimony sometimes from behind curtains, witnesses testified recently that Canadian authorities had been informed... Full story »
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22.

David Suzuki: If I Were Prime Minister

 by David Suzuki
Posted: February 22, 2007
The "If YOU Were Prime Minister" tour has been great so far. Canada is a big country and it's very cold. We're going across the... Full story »
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23.

Losing Your Rights And Freedom, If Only For One Day

 by Leslie Benisz
Posted: January 13, 2007
A 7 p.m. curfew was even announced on the news along with a requirement of identity cards which would soon be issued for all... Full story »
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24.

Citizen and Refugee

 by Donna Kay Kakonge
Posted: November 27, 2006
As the end of the year draws near and the death of former President of Uganda, Milton Obote passes, it brings back memories. Memories... Full story »
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25.

Why I Came To Canada

 by Linda Solomon
Posted: September 11, 2006
I had just dropped my five-year-old son off at school when I heard the first blast. I was talking with a group of moms and noted... Full story »
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