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Vancouver music community tries to recover after wave of sexual assault callouts

  • November 20, 2017

After a wave of sexual assault allegations posted on social media and the death of a local DJ last month, members of Vancouver’s music scene are calling for[…]

Students shocked by sudden closure of English-support service

  • April 2, 2017

A special program that coaches students who speak English as an additional language is closing on April 27.

Women’s box lacrosse to be a first at North American Indigenous Games

  • March 29, 2017

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[…]

Underground Chinese take-out restaurants boom in Vancouver

  • November 27, 2016

Private unregulated Chinese “sichu” restaurants are on the rise in Metro Vancouver and authorities are at a loss as to how to manage them. Sichu is the Chinese[…]

New artworks exhibit the power of artists with intellectual disabilities

  • November 23, 2016

David Tribe is a man of few words but, when he does speak, he does so with a paintbrush. Tribe and nine other artists with intellectual disabilities are[…]

Vancouver’s Syrian refugees introduced to Canadian Christmas

  • November 23, 2016

Vancouver—Mohammed Alsaleh had no idea how Christmas was celebrated in Canada when he arrived two years ago. There are Christmas-like celebrations in Syria, a country that he fled[…]

Punk icon Joey Shithead handed Hall of Fame star

  • November 21, 2016

  Lit up by gaudy signage outside Granville Street’s pop fashion retailers, a crowd paid tribute Thursday to Vancouver punk hero Joe Keithley as he was awarded a[…]

Instagram photo group becomes a part of Vancouver promotions

  • November 21, 2016

VANCOUVER – When Glenda Ollero moved to Vancouver six years ago, she connected with like-minded people over a love of photography, through a then little-known app called Instagram.[…]

UBC professor returns to Doctor Who

  • November 27, 2015

A University of British Columbia professor has gone from being a fan of the iconic British television series Doctor Who to directing some of its biggest episodes in[…]

The River and the Road

On the road with aspiring Vancouver folk rockers The River and the Road

  • April 4, 2015

Far from the nearest major city, bands in Vancouver looking to break out have no choice but to take their shows on the road. One such aspiring group is[…]

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