Local designers are slowing down fashion to reduce waste
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,[…]
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Vancouver’s LGBTQ Muslims create safe spaces to reconcile religion, sexuality
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[…]
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Muslim students reach out like never before to fight Islamophobia
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[…]
Vancouver’s newest import from Brazil: Footvolley
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[…]
Kratom: the exotic plant helping Vancouverites battle pain and addiction, despite risks
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[…]
Indigenous people include Chinese medicine for traditional healing
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[…]
Vancouver’s viaduct removal means skateboarders will lose their cultural hub
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[…]
Bring your own bags, jars and containers: The Zero Waste Pop Up
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[…]
Local Chinese media flock to WeChat to attract new immigrants from mainland China
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[…]
Some budtenders entering Vancouver’s cannabis industry “painfully green”
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[…]
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