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Over the last decade, almost 100 young Indo-Canadians have lost their lives in gang-related events. Explanations as to why this has occurred are multifaceted and include a lack of confidence of our youth in two social institutions - "police" and "family" - and a gap in perception by parents about what police are doing to enforce the law around gang violence and to help parents in dealing with youth and drug activity. Can the gap be bridged?
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A century ago I would have looked around the caucus table and seen men, Caucasian men of privilege who owned property. Had I been there as a woman, I would have been there to cook or to clean or, perhaps in the most extreme circumstance, I might have aspired to be a secretary.
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As we sift through the aftermath of Gomery's second report, the public could be forgiven for thinking the ethical issues surrounding political parties financing have been resolved. Nothing could be further from the truth. While Justice John Gomery has provided some useful advice for the new government accountability package, when it comes to political parties, the report is silent. By design, Gomery's mandate was limited to zero in on the murky world of advertising but, more than $80 million later, there are still so many loopholes that another breach could occur in a nanosecond.
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With the 2006 provincial budget going to be presented in the House on February 21, I asked Finance Minister Carole Taylor on Tuesday about what we could expect and what our economy looked like.
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Dhaliwal's campaign manager Al Payne said this week that according to Anne Davis, Assistant Returning Officer for Newton-North Delta, when the ballots were counted and the results were phoned in by the supervisor at one polling station, they had incorrectly stated a number of "492" for Nancy Clegg, the NDP candidate. When the results were validated, it was discovered that that number should have been "192."
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Umendra Mital, who will be stepping down as Surrey's City Manager on March 31 after eight years, will be known as the man who took Surrey from being a small town that was the butt of jokes in Vancouver to one of the fastest growing cities in Canada with a strong financial base that is all set to overtake Vancouver as B.C.'s top city.
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#1. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
#2. THE PRESSURES OF IMMIGRATION
#3. U.S. LOOKING FOR ITS OWN INTEREST
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British Columbia's fertile lands produce some of the world's highest quality agricultural and food products and the Indo-Canadians who proudly help bring in the $648 million worth of fruit and vegetables each year are becoming major players as owner-operators.
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February is Auto Crime Month in British Columbia. During this month the provincial government, police, and ICBC are working together to reduce auto crime through a number of innovative initiatives, says RCMP Cpl. Tim Shields, Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (IMPACT).
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Premier Gordon Campbell unveiled a comprehensive $3-billion plan to open up the province's transportation network on Tuesday in Vancouver. The plan includes a new Pitt River Bridge, the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge, including the largest investment in cycling infrastructure in the province's history and expansion of public transit across the Port Mann Bridge for the first time since 1986, and a new South Fraser bypass route from Delta Port to Highway 1 in Surrey.
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ICBC: INTERIM BASIC INSURANCE RATE INCREASED
MAJOR INITIATIVE TO REDUCE SURGERY WAIT TIMES
NDP: PREMIER FALLS SHORT ON WAITLIST REDUCTION
SURREY'S LIBERAL MLA'S MOCK NDP HEALTH IDEAS
WORLD RELIGIONS CONFERENCE AT VICTORIA
SURREY: PARK PATROL SOLUTION
SURREY ADOPTS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY BY-LAW
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION: BILL GRAHAM
BLUEBERRIES REACHING FOR THE BLUE SKY
VARIETY SHOW OF HEARTS TELETHON
SURREY LITERACY GRANT
HIGHER INCOME POSSIBLE FOR THOSE MOST IN NEED
NDP: GOVERNMENT SAYS TOUGH LUCK FOR THE REST
JAMES WANTS CAMPBELL TO PROTECT CHILDCARE SPACES
CHOPPER FOR ABBOTSFORD IN THE WORKS
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR ORDER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
VANCOUVER: CONSULTATIONS ON CITY BUDGET
RICHMOND: SPIRIT OF BC COMMITTEE
AWARD HELPS STUDENTS TRANSFER IN POST-SECONDARY SYSTEM
AUTHORS OF TRAGIC TALES TOP SHORT LIST
COPEMAN CLINIC IN VIOLATION OF CANADA HEALTH ACT?
STANLEY PARK WALK RAISES $55,000 FOR ALZHEIMER'S
NEW DEGREES GIVE STUDENTS MORE OPTIONS
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(This is from The VOICE of January 5, 2005)
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