| In 2009, Vancouver police shot and killed a man staying at a homeless shelter. The inquest into his death heard the police officer involved did not have adequate training in mental health issues.
| One of the casualties of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2012 budget was the CBC. The network faces a 10 percent cut in funding over the next 3 years.
| An innovative multimedia projects documents the life of a female grizzly bear in Banff National Park. The story of Bear 71's life is illustrated with web cam images of wildlife in the park.
| The University of Guelph has been doing research into a genetically modified pig since the mid-1990s. The Enviropig would have produced waste lower in phosphorus than a regular pig.
| Christy Clark launched a comprehensive review of the province’s justice system two months. A new report prepared for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says this review won't fix what's broken.
| Democracy usually refers to a form of governance for a nation state. However many modern social movements have grown in explicit rejection of this kind of democracy.