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Letters: We need a crackdown on illegal ride-hailing in Richmond

Letters: We need a crackdown on illegal ride-hailing in Richmond

A Richmond News reader believes more can be done to put the brakes on illegal ride-hailing in the city
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Column: Working together won’t be enough to tackle climate or reconciliation if inequality persists

Column: Working together won’t be enough to tackle climate or reconciliation if inequality persists

We are living in perilous times — the trifecta of a pandemic, climate change and a war involving superpowers surely qualifies — and making it through is going to require fortitude, resilience and love.
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Jack Knox: Float plane sent to remote island to pick up one mandated COVID test; heads shake in astonishment

Jack Knox: Float plane sent to remote island to pick up one mandated COVID test; heads shake in astonishment

Government agency: “Whether they reside in urban or rural sectors, everyone has a right to receive the same quality of services.”
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Editor's column: It’s not ‘open season’ on Russians here

Editor's column: It’s not ‘open season’ on Russians here

Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds cautions against the vilification of Russian people amidst that country's continuing invasion of Ukraine
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Opinion: Support for mandatory childhood vaccinations falls 13 points in four years, poll finds

Opinion: Support for mandatory childhood vaccinations falls 13 points in four years, poll finds

Survey suggests lasting harm from debunked and retracted study in 1990s.
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Les Leyne: B.C. is paddling in different directions on reconciliation

Les Leyne: B.C. is paddling in different directions on reconciliation

Action plan is described as first of its kind. It commits to 89 steps to be undertaken in the next five years.
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Opinion: Is carbon the 'new' staple in our contemporary economy?

Opinion: Is carbon the 'new' staple in our contemporary economy?

With the tragedy of events unfolding in eastern Europe, once again the notion of Canada as an energy supplier beyond North America’s borders is finding traction in a way that foregrounds the country’s resource economy..
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Opinion: Here's how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis

Opinion: Here's how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis

A global treaty on plastic pollution must incentivize a make-take-reuse waste management system and include quantitative targets based on geography-specific emissions.
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Opinion: National Indigenous Languages Day: Keeping languages thriving for generations to come

Opinion: National Indigenous Languages Day: Keeping languages thriving for generations to come

This National Indigenous Languages Day, let’s celebrate the community-led initiatives that focus on building capacity and sustainability for future generations.
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Chak Au brings accountability, integrity, and trust to Richmond city council

Chak Au brings accountability, integrity, and trust to Richmond city council

The three-term city councillor has devoted most of his adult life to public service
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