News, analysis and commentary by UBC Journalism students
Imtiaz Popat was over the moon when his boyfriend popped the question last fall. They had been together a while and Popat was madly in love. He rushed[…]
A special program that coaches students who speak English as an additional language is closing on April 27.
Chinese media outlets in Vancouver are scrambling to run public accounts on WeChat, China’s hugely popular mobile social-media network with 800 million users, to reach the region’s growing[…]
John De Villa was desperate for a solution. The 46-year-old had suffered a dozen severe epileptic seizures over eight months in 2015 and had already swallowed every pill[…]
Vancouver’s hugely successful car-share sector will take a hit when Uber arrives in the province, says a consumer-behaviour expert at the University of B.C’s business school. “It’s naive[…]
No sport is more deeply engrained in the culture and tradition of indigenous people than lacrosse. Kwantlen First Nation elder Lekeyten says it even lives in the stone[…]
Isolation and abuse among senior immigrants a rising concern in Metro VancouverNovember 27, 2016
New artworks exhibit the power of artists with intellectual disabilitiesNovember 23, 2016
Mandarin tutoring services boom for UBC Chinese studentsNovember 23, 2016
Members of the newborn UBC Free Speech Club battle “political correctness” on campusNovember 23, 2016
Every year, Metro Vancouver produces 79 million pounds of textile waste. More than half of this is apparel. While designers continue to create new clothing out of second-hand garments,[…]
When Yahya Abdi-Hadi began setting up the booths for Islam awareness week on the University of B.C. campus in the last week of March, he knew this year would[…]
Samuel Pinheiro carries nine footvolley balls in the trunk of his car. He looks for spot at English Bay beach and sets his net. He’s dressed in a grey[…]
Powdered kratom leaves can be purchased online. In a city ravaged by drug overdoses, some Vancouverites have turned to a plant they say mimics the effects of opiates[…]
In Olivia Jim’s deep memory, there’s a garden where her grandmother grew plants. “My late grandma used to make her own medicines out of the dandelions out of[…]
Skateboarders are pushing to ensure that the internationally renowned skatepark they’ve created isn’t lost with the removal of Vancouver’s 50-year-old viaducts next year. They say the new skatepark[…]
The founders of Vancouver’s first zero-waste grocery store are changing the way people shop, taking “reduce, reuse, recycle” to a whole new level. Shoppers at the Zero Waste Market[…]
Almost a year has passed since a Vancouver animal-rescue organization took responsibility for Canada’s largest animal rescue, when it took in 584 parrots left homeless after their[…]
William Alan Thomas was one of the first self-published authors in the province to hustle down from his home base in Chilliwack to submit his book to the[…]
While many British Columbians will throw down a few dollars for a coffee to wake up in the morning or to take advantage of free WiFi, an overwhelming[…]
