Related: Vancouver’s air pollution bylaw bypasses odour The best instrument to measure odour is right in front of you. Your nose. Some jurisdictions in the United States and Europe rely on human testers to monitor industrial odours. Testing is done through a controlled measurement procedure called olfactometry that determines relative concentration and unpleasantness. The process [...]
One of the Vancouver’s most vibrant and colourful shopping areas, the Punjabi Market in south Vancouver, is struggling as businesses and customers move to Surrey. High rents, a shortage of parking and shoppers switching their allegiance to outlets in Surrey have combined to put a strain on the ethnic businesses in the area. The Punjabi [...]
For the past six months, Mehernosh Panthaki has been earning 40 per cent less than his fellow construction workers at Woodward’s, a marquee housing and commercial project in downtown Vancouver. When the project opens in January, he will be out of a job. Panthaki, 32, a temporary worker who emigrated from Mumbai, India, two years [...]
Vancouver restaurants are bracing for a major increase in their operating costs in 2010. The average 100 seat Vancouver restaurant use to pay $485 per year as a seat tax. That same restaurant will now be paying $800 for those seats – a 63 per cent increase. The city pushed for the tax increase in [...]
Eight-month-old Gaïa De Jong chewed on a foam toy happily. Nearby, toddlers screamed and laughed as they played with plastic trains, Lego, and Play-Doh in the basement of the West Side Family Place. “I think it’s mostly for the other children that I came here, so that Gaïa can be surrounded by kids,” said Gaïa’s [...]
Despite the 2010 Olympic buzz, the BC resort of Whistler is feeling the effects of the recession. Young workers were once in high demand. But not anymore. Produced by Kate Allen, Josh deHaas, Jesse Kline and Magally Zelaya.
Fast Track Asia is a Chinese-language newspaper’s answer to fast cash. Sing Tao Daily is targeting a specific clientele with their new service. The idea is to create a one stop shop for Asian business news. They’re attempting to attract business executives across North America. The concept is simple. Business happens in Asia while we [...]
The economic downturn is hurting workers on Vancouver’s cash corner, the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Ontario Street where workers spend hours waiting to get hired for day jobs. Cash corner used to offer lots of jobs in construction, but that industry has been hit hard. The competition for what’s leftover is pitting born Canadians [...]
Shelina Virani folds a black sari in her colourful shop and recalls the times when the street was filled with pedestrians and parking was scarce in Vancouver’s Punjabi Market. Business was booming when Virani opened Roshan’s Saree Centre in 1980. Today, the market has fallen on hard times. “I don’t see much of a future [...]
1858: The first Chinese immigrants come to Vancouver from California. 1885: Thousands of Chinese immigrants arrive to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway. They are forced to settle around 1st Avenue in Vancouver because of discrimination. 1971: Chinatown is declared an historic area. 1970-80: With an influx of wealthy immigrants, the Chinese population begins to [...]
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