Smoking ban to return in British Columbia eateries
Chetwynd Echo reports BC Supreme Court overturned the ban on a technicality but calls for renewed WCB consultation leading to a reinstated smoking prohibition in restaurants and pubs. The piece cites health impacts of second hand smoke, economic concerns for business owners, and options to quit with government and cancer society programs.
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Reporting municipal trash tale of waste data secrecy
Doug Symington argues Canadians avoid sharing exact waste totals and compositions, questioning the perceived value of secrecy. He notes waste is a service to households, with ecological reality refuting "throw it away" myths and citing archaeologist Bill Rathje’s early 1990s media attention on uncovering buried waste.
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