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Does ‘playing guns’ make boys violent? Remembrance Day
“Let’s go play guns.” That’s how my young male friends and I would kick off yet another round of mock combat in the bushes behind our house at 29th and Prince Albert Street in east Vancouver. Sometimes...
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London, Toronto, Vancouver undergoing “unconscious segregation”
Immigration is much more openly discussed in Europe than in Canada. Yet there are many shared immigration trends between Europe and North America, especially in “gateway” cities such as Toronto, Metro...
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Should we inform on our ethnic or religious group?
“Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” – Elie Weisel, Holocaust survivor “Mmm, that dirty, double-crossin’ rat.” – James...
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Multiculturalism ‘incompatible’ with Canadian norms, say two of three
A leading Canadian race relations group has discovered a “troubling schism” among Canadians in regards to the country’s official multicultural policy. While many Canadians are positive about...
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Men and suicide: The silent epidemic
It’s a hidden danger in divorce. Karen and Dieter Holman tried to support their son as he underwent what he experienced as the sadness, shame and isolation associated with separating from his wife,...
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How immigration issue will help Labour win the May British election. What...
Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron is in the fight of his life in this May’s election. But he’ll probably lose to Labour. And that’s not because Britons are returning to the ideals of...
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“What Canadian culture?” Part Two
“It’s a lot like people who believe they talk with no accent…. I know I don’t!” S.L. – Canadian-born resident of White Rock The idea that Canadians are...
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Nine of 10 Vancouver residents don’t want population growth
More than 9 of 10 Metro Vancouver residents do not want more people moving into the city, according to a poll. The results are likely to spark conversations among the many delegates attending this...
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Most Canadians believe Western and Islamic societies “irreconcilable:” Poll
Most Canadians think “irreconcilable” differences exist between Western and Muslim societies, according to polling to be revealed at this week’s Metropolis conference in Vancouver. Whether it’s the...
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Angus Reid revels in new freedom to ‘s— disturb’
“There’s more to life than economics.” So says a Canadian who is extremely good at economics, particularly at turning a profit. Angus Reid, founder of the new Angus Reid Institute for public-interest...
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Mixed unions: The ideal? Or ‘brownwashing?’
Ethnically mixed couples — involving whites, blacks, Japanese, Hispanics, Chinese, South Asians or others — were heralded not long ago as the wave of a tolerant, open, non-racist future. National...
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Election: 55% of active Christians rejected Conservatives
Given all the effort Stephen Harper’s party put into wooing evangelicals, it’s impressive that 55 per cent of active Canadian Christians did not intend to vote for the Conservatives toward the end of...
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