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Grant Burns holds a MA in History from the University of Victoria, in addition to a BA Honours from the University of Guelph. He has published articles in the Victoria Times Colonist and written for various student publications, The Ontarion and The Ubyssey, about music and sports. Grant interned for CBS News during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, allowing him to dabble in television production. A keen observer of politics and public policy, Grant is interested in stories about civic affairs and political representation. He also has something of an obsession with cricket.

Urban farms struggle to provide low-cost food

in East Vancouver is part of a larger project to provide locally grown food in . However, it is finding it hard to grow produce at a cost that is affordable to the people in the area. The farm is only able to offer only six jobs to Downtown Eastside residents, and none of its [...]

March Madness: the IPL, Twenty-20 and the state of international cricket

It’s that wonderful, weekend-wasting, well-worth-watching time of the year again: March Madness! And it’s in India! This is confusing, no doubt. usually evokes , and . The phrase refers to the and connotes the single-elimination excitement and purity of competition of one of sports’ most highly-regarded (and , ) tournaments. But this spring, a high-profile [...]

Cricket at UBC: A league of their own

In elementary school, my classmates and I played glove baseball. Since we (sensibly) weren’t allowed to bring bats to school, we created a with what we had available: gloves. Lots of gloves. Home plate was a glove. The bases were gloves. Most importantly, our bats were gloves. We swung them just like they were bats. [...]

Looking for cricket gear in Vancouver? Good luck

rabbit hole on youtube full movie Like every sport, cricket requires specialized equipment: bats, balls, wickets, padding and helmets. Finding that equipment in Vancouver is a challenge. Vancouver’s oldest sporting goods retailer, Abbie’s Sports Shop, does not carry cricket equipment of any kind. Chris Collins, Abbie’s owner and manager, said he tried stocking the gear [...]

Connaught Cricket Clubhouse: Visiting the Meraloma Athletic Club

What’s a Meraloma? According to the Metro Vancouver Cricket League, it’s the name of a cricket team. But after visiting the team’s clubhouse and talking to their president and vice president, I discovered that the team is not named after a person or a place. Meraloma is a portmanteau. The Meraloma Athletic Club was established [...]

Foreign students in Vancouver face housing challenges

In a city known for its high quality of life, high costs force some international students to compromise their standard of living. Grant Burns, Ursula Diaz and Michelle Ha investigate. watch yip man 2 film movie direct download

More high-rises set to mar Vancouver's skyline

The City of Vancouver is proposing to build as many as four new skyscrapers – including the city’s tallest building – in the downtown core, threatening its famous mountain views. The tallest of these buildings would top the Living Shangri-La at 213 metres.  The planning department will bring their recommendations to the city council chamber [...]

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