July 1, 2018

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Economy

THE WAR ON THE WEST COAST

Garish wealth. Scarce rental housing. A government that sees the middle class as stinking rich. No wonder Vancouverites are at each other’s throats. By Joe Castaldo15 min

National

THE MARIJUANA NIGHTMARE

Meddling senators, confusing laws and troubling new health research—Justin Trudeau’s legacy legislation legalizing weed is happening, but it won’t be pretty By JOHN GEDDES13 min

International

Beep-boop, you're under arrest

They’re already patrolling malls and airports— watching, recording. But what will happen when our lives are truly in the hands of robot police officers? By ALLEN ABEL10 min

Nicholas Kohler’s article misrepresents the criticism levelled at Jordan Peterson’s followers, creating a smokescreen that allows for their failings to go unquestioned (“Jordan Peterson’s people,” Culture, June 2018). No, Peterson’s following is not made up entirely of white, alt-right men.

NATIONAL NOTES

The private lives of pandas

An itch of the throat, maybe; a tingle in the chest, it might’ve been, but not when the noise came from this bear, Er Shun, a diplomatic investment from China for whom the affliction was documented at 16:00 on Feb. 2, 2017, and investigated by zookeepers who took blood samples, considered listening to her lungs and were prepared to sedate her to examine her gastrointestinal tract. By MEAGAN CAMPBELL6 min

NATIONAL NOTES

The loneliness of elder orphans

To have nobody means to have no children, spouse or friend still alive. It is to have no church group to belong to, no neighbour to eat a sandwich with or sibling to come over. If someone has a mailman or even a hydro meter reader who says hello, that greeting is a connection, but when somebody has nobody, the option is 911. By MEAGAN CAMPBELL5 min

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