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Opinion: Inhaled vaccine for COVID-19: The pandemic accelerated decades of research leading to jab-free vaccine now in human testing

Opinion: Inhaled vaccine for COVID-19: The pandemic accelerated decades of research leading to jab-free vaccine now in human testing

An inhaled COVID-19 vaccine would go directly to where the body would use it: the mucosal surface of the airways. This could mean less waste and more benefit, lower costs and reduced side-effects.
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Opinion: Will the bicycle help us address pressing social issues?

Opinion: Will the bicycle help us address pressing social issues?

The bicycle’s capacity to respond to pressing social issues has inspired both intrigue and optimism, especially in the context of COVID-19.
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Opinion: U.S. gun culture seeping north

Opinion: U.S. gun culture seeping north

It is creeping into our own country where some folks hold to the notion that owning a gun is a right. It isn’t.
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Opinion: U.S. chooses guns over kids

Opinion: U.S. chooses guns over kids

Gun violence is out of control in the United States because of the well-funded lobby of the arms industry on all levels of the American government.
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Jack Knox: Baseball offers respite of calm in a tense world

Jack Knox: Baseball offers respite of calm in a tense world

Find spiritual sustenance by going to a baseball game
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Les Leyne: Decriminalization test a full retreat from 'war on drugs'

Les Leyne: Decriminalization test a full retreat from 'war on drugs'

It’s a three-year trial, but given the energy B.C. officials put into winning it, there’s a good chance it will be permanent
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Opinion: Calls for ‘ethical oil’ are pushing Canada to become a petro-state

Opinion: Calls for ‘ethical oil’ are pushing Canada to become a petro-state

Calls to export Canadian oil and gas to Europe are repackaging ethical oil rhetoric. But Canada and Russia share similarities in energy policy making.
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Baldrey: BC NDP digs itself into political hole with museum scheme

Baldrey: BC NDP digs itself into political hole with museum scheme

Nearly $1 billion price tag, eight-year time span to build new Royal B.C. Museum raises questions about political priorities, planning.
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Opinion: Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let's do the same for fossil fuels

Opinion: Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let's do the same for fossil fuels

The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use.
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Opinion: 'Every child matters': One year after the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops

Opinion: 'Every child matters': One year after the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops

As the number of unmarked graves found will likely only increase over the months and years to come, we can’t forget that every child matters.
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