March 22, 2013 A first-person shooter game depicting a B.C. high school has been criticized for being insensitive in the wake of incidents like last year's Sandy Hook elementary shooting. Continue reading... | | | SHEILA MUXLOW | | | Chilliwack Water Issues Could Bring Broader Movement | | Our home waters -- as the First Nations that share these lands are acutely aware -- face grave threats. The transportation of heavy bitumen from Alberta's oil sands through the Trans-Mountain pipeline presents serious risk; the pipeline crosses 98 streams and cuts across our drinking water aquifer. Continue reading... | | | KYLE BACHAN | | | Will Conventions Stop Using Breasts to Attract Males? | | If you've ever been to any sort of male-heavy convention, such as comic book/sci-fi or tech ones, then you've probably seen the anachronistic phenomenon known as booth babes. For the uninitiated, booth babes are women who are dressed in as little clothing as possible for the sole purpose of attracting more attendees to their vendors. They're essentially signposts with boobs. That this advertising model is cheaper and easier to deploy than traditional ones, has led to its inclusion on convention floors around the world. Still, it hasn't come without its criticisms and some have chosen to leave this practice in the past altogether. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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