Native youth magazine Redwire to go digital
Redwire Magazine, Canada’s first magazine for Native youth, is getting re-wired. The Vancouver-based publication stopped publishing in March because of…
Redwire Magazine, Canada’s first magazine for Native youth, is getting re-wired. The Vancouver-based publication stopped publishing in March because of…
One of the oldest artist-run centres in Vancouver has been forced to close its doors due to the provincial arts…
Roma Hall in Vancouver celebrates eight decades on May 8. The Hall was then known as Italian Mutual Aid Society…
I’ve recently been wondering: Can passion be globalized? In the same way as cheeseburgers, cars, and coffee, can feeling be…
Recently, my landlord both blessed and cursed my roommates and me when he bought us a brand new flat-screen TV…
I had some fantastic pupusas the other day. Hot, with delectable gooey cheese and tasty pork stuffed inside a thick…
If you haven’t already heard, Vancouver rock quintet Black Mountain played a free outdoor show on December 6, 2008. But it wasn’t just any free show. This particular concert was in support of Canada’s only safe injection site, located near the corner of Hastings and Main Street.
The political message was simple: “f*** Stephen Harper.”
(I’m not kidding—this exact phrase was shouted into the microphone repeatedly).
But during more tactful moments, these local musicians sought to warn the federal government that Insite saves lives on the streets of Vancouver. Organized by the Portland Hotel Society (PHS), the afternoon event also featured free burgers, stilt walkers, and sheets upon sheets of cold December rain.
Who says politics can’t be fun? Vancouver’s civic candidates let loose at the Creative City Cabaret on Saturday evening –…
1858: The first Chinese immigrants come to Vancouver from California. 1885: Thousands of Chinese immigrants arrive to work on the…
Mayoral candidates Peter Ladner (NPA) and Gregor Robertson (Vision Vancouver) both performed musical numbers at the Creative City Cabaret in…