Car-sharing market threatened by Uber’s impending arrival
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[…]
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Bird sanctuary struggles for money after rescuing hundreds of parrots
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[…]
Women’s box lacrosse to be a first at North American Indigenous Games
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[…]
Indie authors’ books coming to library shelves this May
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[…]
Minimum-wage earners left in the lurch when B.C. residents skip the tips
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[…]
Vancouver park board to train staff on autism spectrum disorder
The Vancouver park board is about to begin training sessions to teach staff about autism spectrum disorder. It is the first municipal agency of Metro Vancouver to initiate[…]
UBC’s naloxone kits sit mostly unclaimed as students are reluctant to be seen as ‘high risk’ drug users
The University of British Columbia Hospital’s urgent–care centre now stocks the take-home naloxone kits being widely used in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to reverse drug overdoses. But some student leaders[…]
UBC students affected as professor’s visa-related absence disrupts the term
University of B.C. students in a Chinese politics and development course are wrapping up strange semester that included the abrupt disappearance of their teacher, the appointment of a teaching[…]
“Double culture shock” hits Chinese students who come to Vancouver young
The number of very young Chinese students arriving in B.C. is increasing and it’s creating a large new cohort of Chinese teenagers who are experiencing “double culture shock,”[…]
UBC AMS Safewalk sees progress after introducing a new suspension policy
VANCOUVER – Safewalk is back on track at the University of B.C. after the student society put new rules in place to stop people misusing the service. Safewalk, a[…]
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