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Fran Yanor a legislative journalist, and the editor and founder of Northern Beat.

David Eby on public drug use, being an activist and what won’t…

Profile

Written By Fran Yanor
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“There is a perspective among some … that people [should be] allowed to use anywhere they want in community with no standards, accountability or oversight – I just disagree with…

Eby government stance on medical ‘safer supply’ at odds with reality

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Fran Yanor
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Deflecting criticism for funding a drug user group with known involvement in the illegal narcotics trade, the BC NDP government firmed its position on hard drugs this month, pledging to…

The Moral Case Against Equity Language

Column / Op-Ed

Written By George Packer, Special from The Atlantic
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“It isn’t the job of writers to present people as they want to be presented; writers owe allegiance to their readers, and the truth.” The Sierra Club’s Equity Language Guide …

BC NDP MLAs told of illegal acts a year before government cut…

News Feature

Written By Fran Yanor
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For two weeks, B.C. Premier David Eby and his ministers have been adamant – their government severed ties with a Vancouver-based drug user group immediately upon learning it was involved…