Wheat from the Chaff

The Georgia Straight on Post-Secondary Spending in the Valley

The Georgia Straight, and its online version, the straight.com, are useful sources for news, investigative journalism and media criticism. Amid its pop culture pap and racy personal ads, the Straight can deliver articles of surprising quality on topics rarely seen in BC's corporate media.

Here's a recent article on the imbalance of spending on post-secondary institutions on the south side of the Fraser River compared to the north. It's amazing what a little bit of research and empirical analysis can do:

http://www.straight.com/article-354726/vancouver/region-faces-education-gap