Slideshow: Running for Parkinson’s research

By Hassan Arshad and Claudia Goodine

Feb 8 2011 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Slideshow: Behind the scenes at roller derby

By Kate Adach, Laura Kane and Rukmagat Aryal

Feb 8 2011 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Slideshow: Learning salsa in Vancouver

By Dana Malaguti and Kendall Walters

Feb 8 2011 | Posted in Life | Read More »

UBC students dinged by meal plan fine print

More than a thousand students living on the University of British Columbia campus are paying as much as $280 more a year for food because of a little-known loophole in the meal plan. First year students living at Totem Park and Place Vanier residences must purchase a meal plan, which includes a 31 per cent [...]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Kitsilano’s dogs run free of the bylaw

Lisa Dow lets her yellow Labrador retriever, Finnegan, off his leash to play at Connaught Park as often as she can. She’s new to the area and knows she isn’t allowed to do that, but other dog owners have told her people do it anyway. “I guess everybody says they just watch for the white [...]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Monster homes grow unchecked in Vancouver’s rural heart

Jennifer Maynard is on a mission to protect some of Vancouver’s last agricultural land. Maynard is a long-time resident of the Southlands, a unique rural area in the heart of Vancouver. She is fighting to stop the encroachment of luxury homes in a part of the city that still has horses sharing the roads with [...]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Artisans hindered by cheese rationing rules

Cheese is an art form to the Benton brothers. Since opening their first store in 2007, Andrew and Jonah spend as much time teaching customers about cheese as they do selling it. There is a lot that customers don’t understand. “People think, Oh, you own a cheese store, you must get to go to France [...]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Feature story,Life | Read More »

Vancouver’s dogs and the bylaws they bark by

Related: Kitsilano’s dogs run free of the bylaw Vancouver has a reputation as a dog-friendly city. Canines are everywhere. Dog owners lead them down city streets, let them run in dog parks and, lots of times, unleash them places where they shouldn’t. Read on to find out more about Vancouver’s dog population and how it’s [...]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Comparing Canadian universities’ meal plans

Many Canadian universities have mandatory meal plans for students living in first year residence. Some of them also include an overhead charge and many of these provide discounts to students purchasing food through their plans, but they do not all follow the same structure. Related: UBC students dinged by meal plan fine print Same charges [...]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Life | Read More »

Fields of rotting vegetables devastate Richmond farmers

Bill Zylmans abandoned three-quarters of a million dollars worth of his crops, now rotting in the ground. His barns, overflowing with potatoes last year, are almost empty. “You just walk in and out of your barns and you go, ‘These aren’t going to get filled. These aren’t going to get filled this year,’” he said. [...]

Oct 28 2010 | Posted in Life | Read More »
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