*Note: there isn't a Satire category, so Opinion will have to do.Stephen Harper (Conservative Party, current Prime Minister)Stephen loves kittens. So does his wife, Laureen, and the rest of his family. In fact, Stephen’s family has adopted two foster kittens...
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"Take public to the streets, by all means except the motor We are the world that we imagine, and our vision can be made realThe Age of the Bicycle will be upon us! as we move Towards Carfree Cities. The choice is...
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Over the past weekend, thieves made off several pieces of solid gold jewelry from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Museum of Anthropology. Twelve of the pieces were fashioned by the late Bill...
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It makes me all warm and gooey inside knowing there are still rich, eccentric adventurers out there."Russian Fedor Konyukhov completed the first solo circumnavigation of Antarctica in his 26m craft, throwing down...
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I realized something today - it has been more than one full year since I began posting to NowPublic. If there is one thing that remains certain here, it is that many great (and not so great) contributors have come and gone, but few have stayed.That said, instead of...
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Back in February, I first read about the proposed M.Sc. degree accreditation in Science Education from the Institute of Creation Science of Texas. Last December, education officials approved the plan, and it...
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Sadly, the price of 2007's world's most popular drink may be on the rise.There were a number of reports by Canadian news outlets yesterday (and, according to Google news, New Zealand outlets as well) that,...
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Flying over British Columbia, or even driving through the interior of the province, will reveal a blight spreading throughout the province's forests. Hectares of pine trees have died and turned red,...
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Finally, someone has done it (and published it in a prestigious journal like PNAS).Apparently, current models of information spread online have assumed the "viral" form (i.e. information spreads like an epidemic,...
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"Drug rings have occasionally sold cocaine mixed with candy powder, but investigators said the new product was significantly more sophisticated and lucrative. Cocaine cut with an added flavoring is less potent,...
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According to the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Metro Transit officials feel it is within their guidelines to taser riders who refuse to pay for public transportation: in 18 months, the taser was used 10 times. ...
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Health Canada has become the first regulatory body worldwide to officially state the worries and potential dangers surrounding Bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is widely used in plastic production - polycarbonate in...
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It isn't surprising that this has become an issue - companies making claims of sustainable, environmental, or "green" practices when, in fact, they may be doing no such thing.""It's an area in which we are...
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I, and many of my friends, always thought we could tell what was what (or at least, so I'm told).A group of 700 heterosexual participants in Durham, England were shown images of the opposite sex, and asked how...
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Michael Tippet (NP co-founder), Rachel Nixon (NP Global News Director), Alfred Hermida (UBC Journalism Professor), and myself (user, or citizen, or participant, or whatever you want to call me) are interviewed...
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