Re: “No, #NotAllMen”

With respect to the intentions of the writer, the opinion piece "No, #NotAllMen" is a great example of a frustrating phenomenon for women* who...

Patients need to come first

Doctors are not slaves — they have rights, freedoms, and opinions just like anyone else. But they don’t have the right to deny care...

Choose life, not your cell phone

Would you risk your life for your cell phone? I wouldn’t, but there are those who would. American media website CNET reported July 20 that...

Bill C-36 does nothing for sex worker rights

The federal government has recently taken steps to introduce a new piece of legislation regulating prostitution. After the Supreme Court deemed previous prostitution laws...

Doctors require the right to refuse treatment based on beliefs

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) is currently reviewing its policy which accords doctors the right to refuse to treat a...

Israel/Palestine: one state solution

It is easy to label the erupting crisis in the Israel-Palestine corridor as a meaningless tragedy; in many ways, this is correct. What began...

Religious, irreligious, whatever

I suppose I am what we call irreligious, or perhaps a humanist, maybe even an atheist. I bring this up now to stress that I...

Instagram’s nudity policy is an insta-no

  Considering Instagram’s conception and birth happened in modern society, it baffles me that their nudity policy is archaic and works hard to strengthen classic...

New anti-spam laws aren’t all they’re cracked up to be

For Canada Day, our country’s Parliament gave Canadians a birthday present: an anti-spam legislation that would ensure electronic users have the option to free...

Nanaimo city council violates Canadian rights

Just over two months ago, Nanaimo’s city council made a decision, the controversy of which was only matched by the lack of reporting on...