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Tuition Hikes Eating Into Student Budgets pg 4
Port Moody’s Golden Spike Days
Campfire Ban in the Coastal Regions pg 5

Dispatch From Suburbia

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opinions
Why Do We Wait for Canada Day? pg 6
Would You Like Poutine With That? pg 7

Patriotism is Just Another ‘Ism’
Rethinking the Warped Rules of the Parliamentary System pg 8

FROM Science Matters pg 9

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Hello Douglas College, A Romantic Conversation pg 10

Wow, things sure look different from this section of the

Canadian Jokes

Fatt I can see the pares sea pul i names of our Word Search pg 11
dedicated and talented Other Press gang; I can see the table A Bear Robbed Me At Gunpoint

Top Reasons for living in Canada, province by province pg 12
You Know You’re Canadian ir... pg 13
Oh Canada pg 14

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Thurber’s thought-provoking eltccommelommm orien CeleKyen mentale!
Colin Miley’s hilarious and informative article on
Canadian sports; and oh look! The Other Press Submission

Guidelines, why not take a moment to read them and then

fire off some scintillating copy to one of our Setnrel eterats
section editors?

This is my first issue as Managing Editor and I’ve been

so excited that I haven't been able to sleep for a month. oo Celebs fied -

Okay, perhaps I’m exaggerating, but I did have trouble get- :

ting back to sleep after hitting the snooze button for the What's On Around Town 2 pg 18

third time on the day before we went into production. What's On Around Coquitlam

That's just how excited I’ve been. And you should be excit- This Month in History pg 19

ed too. After all, we've gota humdinger of an issue for you Half Baked

eee ae ; ; Sparta: Just a Bunch of Vancouverite Wannabes pg 20
It's July and you know what that means: Canada Day. Rocking the Vote the Sparta Way

Here at the OP we've been waxing patriotic like you Photographic pg 21

wouldn't believe. Barb in Features has set up a Canadian Matt Good Live pg 22

flag facepainting booth in the office, and enol coved ese) Tay

Angela Blattmann has been single handedly reenacting the
entire first season of Degrassi Jr. High in the concourse. eA Ui OES

Good times.

Ninstints: The Haida Totem Poles of Anthony Island pg 24
Woodlands at the Qayqayt pg 26

We hope that this year as you celebrate your country
with backyard barbecues, campfire sing-a-longs, drunken
bush parties, and national elections—that you will be kind
enough to invite us along with you. Pick us up and pass us
on to others (the paper not the staff), and don't forget that sports

we always love hearing from you. So drop us a line, or bet-

ter yet apply for one of our vacant positions. C’mon, we Where We Stand: A Canada Look at Canadian Sports pg 28
could use a little fresh meat. | mean new blood. Happy The Road to Wellville pg 29
Canada Day everyone! The Soccer News pg 30

Oh, and to those punks who keep vandalizing our fancy The BC Highland Games pg 31

new Other Press box at the foot of the stairs in front of the
school—I know who you are, and I will seek my revenge. san
Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for

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get why I was seeking revenge in the first place.

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