Vancouver monument decays amid indecision

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Vancouver's Peace Flame Monument sits in limbo War drags on in Ukraine, nearly two years since Vladimir Putin’s Russian army invaded. There is also no end in sight for the Israel-Hamas war, sparked by the Oct. 7 massacre, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Xi Jinping has not ruled out invading self-governing Taiwan. China’s navy and air force have threatened the Canadians and Americans helping guard transportation routes around the democratic island. At Christmastime 2023, peace on Earth seems further away than ever. The atomic scientists who keep the Doomsday Clock set it to 90 seconds to midnight....