News, analysis and commentary by UBC Journalism students
Vancouver’s two-year-old program Safe Place, which offers support to individuals feeling threatened due to their sexual orientation or gender identity, is gaining traction outside of the city. Participating[…]
A local Vancouver startup company has found a way to save commuters travel time while potentially reducing their carbon footprint —all with a free phone app. Its founders[…]
Four months after a renowned Vancouver electronics retailer filed for bankruptcy, competitors have been quick to set up shop and capitalize on what they see as a golden[…]
It’s easy to accidentally walk past Black Medicine Tattoo on most days. Sandwiched between two Chinese bulk-food stores, the tattoo shop just off East Hastings Street in the[…]
Tuesday nights at a Victoria Dr. home, Christmas lights sparkle and the sound of Balkan music fills the air. Inside, a band of Canadian-born musicians play songs from[…]
Since 2015, Silverjay has run his own business. He pays binners for scrap metal they have reclaimed from the trash and refines it himself. The collectors earn set[…]
Existentialism may have faded from the public eye since its heyday, but its influential fingerprints can still be spotted in contemporary culture today. Vancouverites are taking steps, from[…]
With the highest concentration of artists per capita in Canada, Vancouver is full of talented people with high hopes of finding success. Through hard work, risk-taking and the[…]
Bells start ringing, chanting begins and smoke slowly rises in the air as second-year University of British Columbia student Akhil Jobanputra offers prayers to the goddess Saraswati on[…]
It’s Saturday night in New Westminster and Jamaal Parker is worried about showing up at work tomorrow. The morning’s breakfast sits unfinished on the kitchen counter next to[…]
