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Asian International students receive warnings from their home countries to beware of their own stricter drug laws

October 25, 2018

Hundreds of students at the University of British Columbia celebrated the first day of cannabis legalization by lighting up outside the student union building on Oct. 17. But[…]

Rugby star grows the game with Indigenous youth

October 25, 2018

Phil Mack’s rugby resume speaks for itself. He is a two-time Pan American gold medalist, the first Canadian player to appear in 50 HSBC World Sevens Series tournaments,[…]

Chinese residents fight for representation in Richmond politics

October 25, 2018

Richmond saw more of its Chinese residents participating in municipal politics than ever before in the lead-up to the civic election last Saturday night, a change from the[…]

Jessie Reyez delivers fiery personal, emotional content to Vancouver

October 25, 2018

Pop-R&B singer Jessie Reyez brought her unique brand of raw vocal delivery and confessional songwriting to the Vogue Theatre recently, hitting an emotional peak with her #MeToo anthem[…]

East Vancouver undergarment shop fills gap in market for all genders

October 25, 2018

Owners of a gender-inclusive undergarment shop on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive are thrilled to pass the one-year mark as one of B.C.’s only specialty underwear retailers for the LGBTQ2S+[…]

Plastic-straw ban forces bubble-tea businesses to experiment

October 25, 2018

In anticipation of the ban on plastic straws coming to Vancouver in 2019, city bubble-tea businesses are grasping to find solutions so their customers can continue to slurp[…]

CMA president: Doctors must combat stigma of cannabis use

October 25, 2018

The president of the Canadian Medical Association says doctors need to help destigmatize conversations about cannabis use with their patients now that the substance has been legalized. “Legalization[…]

Some are skeptical dogs can die from toxic mushrooms but a vet says it can happen.

October 25, 2018

Residents remain unsure what led to the fatal poisonings of two dogs in North Vancouver’s Cates Park in the past month. Both the North Vancouver RCMP and the[…]

New documentary shows Tsleil-Waututh nation’s allies in pipeline resistance

October 25, 2018

Vancouver’s North Shore-based Tsleil-Waututh nation has been bolstered in its protests against pipelines by connecting with a continent-wide network of Indigenous activists resisting pipeline-expansion projects, reveals the director[…]

UBC slow to increase gender-neutral signs to washrooms in older buildings

October 25, 2018

Finding a gender-neutral washroom in an older building at the University of British Columbia can still be a daunting task for some on campus. The university has made[…]