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It’s time for Prime Mininster Stephen Harper to stop muzzling government scientists, says Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart. See page a5
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The Independent Investigations Office is now looking into an incident involving Burnaby RCMP Wednesday, after a man was hospitalized.
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a.m. “There was men … yelling and excitedly. And then right away the cops came.” She said it sounded like the yelling was happening as the men were running up the street and involved someone they knew. When she finally looked out the window Wenschlag saw a “shirtless guy and [the police] made him sit down on the sidewalk.” There were three young Chinese men walking down the street with two police officers, she said. Please see rESidEnt, a3
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Peter Julian’s once filibustered in the House of Commons for 13 hours. A non-profit research group that strives to improve political participation said the Burnaby-New Westminster MP uttered 226,027 words in Parliament last year. But now Julian’s been forced to limit his questions and criticisms to 140 characters or less. That’s because the Conservative government has decided to prorogue Parliament, shuttering the House of Commons for an extra month until Oct. 16. To keep alive the debate that normally happens during the daily question period when members of the government answer questions from the opposition, the federal New Democratic Party launched a virtual question period on Monday, posing their questions to ministers via Twitter. Julian said distilling his thoughts to 140-character bursts isn’t easy. Please see QuEStion pEriod, a3