Congratulations to the staff and students at Britannia Elementary School on Vancouver’s east side! From a previous school ranking by the Fraser Institute of 2.8 a number of years ago, this year they made in on the honour roll with a 7.5 out of ten. Well done!
What an inspiring example of what can happen when everyone involved [...]
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Is Canada doing too much to accommodate visible minorities? According to a poll commissioned by the Globe and Mail and CTV News, 61% of Canadians as a whole, and 72% of Quebeckers, answer in the affirmative. This figure is higher among rural as opposed to urban dwellers, people over fifty, and those who [...]
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It seems that as soon as we swallow the last mouthful of turkey for Thanksgiving at the end of November, we rush to prepare for Christmas or, if we are Jewish, Hanukkah. Between these two events, though, is a holiday about which most North Americans know little but which is widely celebrated in other countries: [...]
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