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Bold Performance Takes Centre Stage at the Warrior Festival
Featuring theatre, dance and poetry, the annual event celebrates how artists contribute to global conversations about power and justice.
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(via Castanet)
Trump's latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada
(via NBC)
BC considers expanding black bear hunt in Lower Mainland amid crop damage concerns
(via CBC)
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(via Chek News)
BC daycare providers warn they may leave $10-a-day program if forced to cut wages
(via Vancouver Sun)
What Alberta separatist leaders are telling supporters at secession petition events
(via Richmond News)
RCMP applicants endured 'improper and invasive' medical exams for years, lawsuit alleges
(via CBC)
Police warning prompts fear in Kamloops’ queer community as Mounties continue homicide probe
(via Castanet)
Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola
(via CBC)
Greater Victoria School District board switching to ward system
(via CHEK)
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High-Stakes Stickhandling
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“Elbows up is not the best option in dealing with Trump on tariffs. Sounds good but is not effective when dealing with the elephant in the room. Evidence of that is Trump’s current rant and the 10 per cent threat.
“To ‘stick’ with the hockey metaphor, I think Carney is playing it smart. Stick handling rather than elbows up is a better approach in dealing with the Trump dynasty that will, as time goes by, lose the game of public opinion in the U.S. As has been stated before, ‘No deal is better than a bad deal.’ Human instinct to deal abruptly with discomfort will at times fail to produce the desired outcome.”