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- Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts we’ll replace fossil fuels in 20 years http://www.straight.com/article-203800/futurist-ray-kurzweil-predicts-we%3F%3Fll-replace-fossil-fuels-20-years 2 comments
- Wonder what Laura Robinson is thinking? https://www.straight.com/article-323639/vancouver/link-between-hockey-rape-studied 69 comments hockey
- New rainbow crosswalk at West Vancouver police station vandalized with tire marks https://www.straight.com/living/new-rainbow-crosswalk-at-west-vancouver-police-station-vandalized-with-tire-marks 6 comments nottheonion
- Economist Arjun Jayadev describes Narendra Modi's fiscal policy as remarkably poor in wake of COVID-19 pandemic https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/political-economist-arjun-jayadev-describes-narendra-modis-fiscal-policy-as-remarkably-poor 24 comments india
- Vancouver Canucks release somewhat vague plan to pay arena employees during stoppage https://www.straight.com/news/1372586/vancouver-canucks-release-somewhat-vague-plan-pay-arena-employees-during-stoppage 6 comments hockey
- Extinction Rebellion Vancouver, Canada, succeeds in taking over Burrard Bridge and blocking vehicle traffic https://www.straight.com/news/1311006/extinction-rebellion-vancouver-succeeds-taking-over-burrard-bridge-and-blocking-vehicle 23 comments worldnews
- Sarah Leamon: For the good of the planet, we all need a legal right to repair our damaged cellphones https://www.straight.com/news/1221501/sarah-leamon-good-planet-we-all-need-legal-right-repair-our-damaged-cellphones 344 comments technology
- CEO of crypto exchange QuadrigaCX dies, freezing access to investors' $250 million https://www.straight.com/tech/1197591/ceo-crypto-exchange-quadrigacx-dies-freezing-access-investors-250-million 4 comments technology
- The richer the neighbourhood, the more homes are empty, Vancouver tax report finds https://www.straight.com/news/1172201/richer-neighbourhood-more-homes-are-empty-vancouver-tax-report-finds 847 comments worldnews
- Kamloops woman sues B.C. Cannabis Stores claiming mislabelled pot messed up her study session https://www.straight.com/cannabis/1172326/kamloops-woman-sues-bc-cannabis-stores-claiming-mislabeled-pot-messed-her-study# 4 comments nottheonion
- Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland doubles down on support for women's rights in Saudi Arabia https://www.straight.com/news/1112876/canadian-foreign-minister-chrystia-freeland-doubles-down-support-womens-rights-saudi 186 comments worldnews
- U.S. reportedly issuing lifetime travel bans for anyone even remotely connected to Canada's legal cannabis industry https://www.straight.com/cannabis/1101001/us-reportedly-issuing-lifetime-travel-bans-anyone-even-remotely-connected-canadas 5572 comments worldnews
- Toronto joins Vancouver in recommending Canada decriminalize all drugs https://www.straight.com/news/1100301/toronto-joins-vancouver-recommending-canada-decriminalization-all-drugs 707 comments worldnews
- UBC researchers find 100 percent of study participants using illicit opioids test positive for fentanyl https://www.straight.com/news/1027966/ubc-researchers-find-100-percent-study-participants-using-illicit-opioids-test-positive 9 comments science
- B.C.'s highest court rejects mandatory minimum sentence for marijuana grower https://www.straight.com/cannabis/1012326/bcs-highest-court-rejects-mandatory-minimum-sentence-marijuana-grower 85 comments worldnews
- On Vancouver visit, Portugal’s renowned drug czar says fentanyl should be declared a national emergency https://www.straight.com/news/961186/vancouver-visit-portugals-renowned-drug-czar-says-fentanyl-should-be-declared-national 4 comments europe
- This song kills fascists: Woody Guthrie (songwriter of "This Land is Your Land" vs. Old Man Trump http://www.straight.com/music/818681/song-kills-fascists-woody-guthrie-vs-old-man-trump 9 comments politics
- Anal bleaching on the rise in Vancouver http://www.straight.com/life/515311/anal-bleaching-rise-vancouver 13 comments nottheonion
- Adolf Hitler admirer upset Capilano University turfed him as Buddhist meditation instructor http://www.straight.com/news/518581/adolf-hitler-admirer-upset-capilano-university-turfed-him-buddhist-meditation-instructor 3 comments nottheonion
- Forget peak oil; We've reached peak everything http://www.straight.com/news/818136/gwynne-dyer-forget-peak-oil-weve-reached-peak-everything 20 comments worldnews
- "The Interview" Co-Director Evan Goldberg on the Sony hacking scandal. “For two seconds it was the North Koreans, and then the younger guys in our office who know way more about computers were, like, ‘No way. You’d have to know Sony’s network, it has to be somebody on the inside.’" http://www.straight.com/blogra/788776/evan-goldberg-wonders-if-sony-hack-was-inside-job 71 comments worldnews
- Fukushima's radioactive soil sparks fights, exposes the enormity and hopelessness of clean-up task http://www.straight.com/news/680196/fukushimas-radioactive-soil-sparks-fights-exposes-enormity-and-hopelessness-clean-task 8 comments worldnews
- Canada Busted Covering Up Spikes In Fukushima Radiation: Falsely Stated That There Were No Unusual Radiation Levels. The governments of Japan, America and Canada have covered up the severity of the Fukushima crisis ever since it started in March 2011. http://www.straight.com/news/543126/government-research-shows-fukushima-radiation-spike-over-southwestern-british-columbia-2011 29 comments worldnews
- Just a few things for Torts before he starts with the Canucks... http://www.straight.com/files/styles/article_main/public/car_sports_2386.jpg 7 comments hockey
- Canucks coach Vigneault wasn't told he was fired until after it had leaked. http://www.straight.com/blogra/384886/canucks-coach-alain-vigneault-wasnt-told-he-was-fired-until-after-word-had-leaked 5 comments hockey
- Green Party: The Party of Independent Thought http://www.straight.com/article-837391/vancouver/daniel-tseghay-and-andrew-weaver-greens-demonstrate-power-independent-thought-politics 3 comments politics
- Regarding 9/11 and Our Response as a Nation http://www.straight.com/article-448641/vancouver/gwynne-dyer-osama-bin-ladens-strategy-behind-911-attacks 7 comments politics
- Mom tries to bring 2-week old into age-restricted show, claims it violates her human rights and blames the venue for being against breastfeeding. http://www.straight.com/article-435441/vancouver/breastfeeding-mom-claims-discrimination-bard-beach#comments_here 5 comments reddit.com
- Government of the people, by the corporations, for the corporations. "Those who violate the law and put the lives of...at great risk...get let off scot-free or receive a slap on the wrist, while those who use civil disobedience to challenge this imbalance are hit with the full force of the law." http://www.straight.com/article-414446/vancouver/david-suzuki-government-people-corporations-corporations 14 comments politics
- Best article I've read about the Vancouver riot (and our sick society that caused it) http://www.straight.com/article-399635/vancouver/vancouver-hockey-riot-symptom-larger-problem 3 comments sports
- a canadian extradited to the usa, convicted and imprisoned for mailing seeds. marc emery's blog: http://www.straight.com/article-366702/vancouver/marc-emery-us-federal-prison-blog-22 14 comments politics
- Morally bankrupt and no longer even trying: When you read about the complete collapse of the Atlantic bluefin tuna population and its eventual extinction in a few years from now, remember that it was Canada (aside from Japan), that was responsible http://www.straight.com/article-298885/vancouver/morally-bankrupt-and-no-longer-even-trying-canada-opposes-ban-endangered-bluefin-tuna 341 comments worldnews
- If you're wondering about the black armbands worn by some of the athletes in the Olympics opening ceremony... http://www.straight.com/article-289460/vancouver/georgian-athletes-will-wear-black-arm-bands-olympic-opening-ceremony 3 comments reddit.com
- Study shows a stunning gap between U.S. rich and poor: The gap between the top one percent of income earners and the bottom 90 percent is greater than at any time since 1928. http://www.straight.com/article-259929/study-shows-stunning-gap-between-us-rich-and-poor 65 comments politics
- An open letter to author Elie Wiesel regarding Gaza http://www.straight.com/article-194722/open-letter-elie-wiesel-regarding-gaza 12 comments politics
- Comedian Roseanne Barr calls Israel a "Nazi" state http://www.straight.com/article-178410/comedian-roseanne-barr-calls-israel-nazi-state 19 comments politics
- Studies show nice guys finish first | Straight.com http://www.straight.com/article-143870/studies-show-nice-guys-finish-first 2 comments reddit.com
- Scientists Worry that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Is Downplaying Global Warming http://www.straight.com/article-131206/climate-change-panic-begins-in-the-trenches?# 4 comments politics
- Kellie Pickler is *not* smarter than a 5th grader http://www.straight.com/article-121106/kellie-pickler-is-not-smarter-than-a-5th-grader 3 comments reddit.com
- Israel thrives, Gaza suffers http://www.straight.com/article-96202/israel-thrives-gaza-suffers 2 comments reddit.com