Phillip Jeffrey is always working on something – and terminal cancer hasn’t stopped him. Five years after his initial diagnosis, he is busy starting the Creators with Cancer website. In three months, Jeffrey raised almost half of his $5,000 goal to fund a three-month trip to interview artists living with cancer in Canada and showcase [...]
Many cancer patients try to continue living like they did before their diagnosis. Derek Miller is a 41-year-old terminally ill artist who maintained his lifestyle during his battle. Derek Miller is a local Vancouver writer and part-time musician. Doctors diagnosed Miller with colorectal cancer in January 2007 and revealed it was terminal three years later. [...]
Video may have killed the radio star, but then the Internet went ahead and killed the glamorous Hollywood star too. Case in point: the Justin Bieber fever infecting the cover of Vanity Fair. In one of the oldest most high-class magazines that once featured stars such as Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor, is now the [...]
Last week, yet another classic appeared across Canadian movie screens after years of waiting from eager fans. The film was the 1954 version of A Star is Born and it was shown at the Scotia Bank Cineplex as part of The Classic Series. The monthly series since September has showcased some of Hollywood’s best motion [...]
A determined group of residents in Vancouver’s West End have taken to the streets in protest every Saturday since October. They are concerned that plans to address the city’s acute rental shortage in the area will undermine the neighbourhood’s character. On one particular Saturday, members of the West End Neighbours marched across Vancouver’s Davie Street armed [...]
What is STIR? A time limited (2.5 year) program that responds to the market rental shortage in Vancouver Provides incentives to encourage the development of new market rental housing Why did the city start STIR? Fifty-two per cent of Vancouver households are renters Only about 6 per cent of new market development has been for [...]
The spark of candles cast a hazy purple blur over a downtown Vancouver park as waves of mourners arrived to commemorate the rash of North American suicides of gay youth from homophobic bullying. Ryan Clayton, 23, climbed a large rock draped with a rainbow flag and rallied the crowd of more than 500 at Emery [...]
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