Building bridges or burning bridges: the choice was yours

Cultural Harmony Awards 2011

From the burning down of oppressive governments by the “Arab Spring,” to the building of “Occupy” movements across North America, 2011 is the year of the collective individual grouping together to promote change. [Read more...]

Confessions of an Anglo-Montrealer

Métro Sherbrooke - Photo par Baptiste Michaud, Flickr

Languages are a passion of mine. I studied English literature at university and taught it for four years in a Montreal college. I’ve also taught English as a second language, both in Montreal and in my newly adopted home of Vancouver; and if I’m not studying or teaching English, there’s a good chance I’m reading an Albert Camus novel, watching a Montreal Canadiens hockey game, or trying to chat up some francophones… [Read more...]

2011, a good year for….

Prime Minister Stephen Harper

The year 2011 is coming to an end. It is customary for the media and perhaps for you as well, to look back at what has happened. [Read more...]

Spencie’s View

Spencie's View

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Palestinians continue to fight for their rights

Scene from a 2009 pro-Palestine protest in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Imagine this: Granville Island being closed off to the rest of the world with no means of getting out or bringing in food, water, and other humanitarian aid. Your living situation has become intolerable – in fact – Granville Island has become your prison. [Read more...]

Program helps immigrant and refugee youth adjust to life in Canada

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The Immigrant Youth Outreach Program (IYOP) supports immigrant and refugee youth aged 15 to 25 living in Surrey, North Delta and Langley. [Read More...]

Local environmentalists swing around with orangutans

Janie Dubman hangs out with Indonesian orangutans on the island of Borneo

Biruté Mary Galdikas is a professor at Simon Fraser University and the principal investigator of the world’s longest continuous study of a wild mammal. [Read more...]

Soul Reflection

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

Some people – like myself – have a tendency to think of many new glass towers around our city as structures devoid of the soul, mystique or spirit that a historic building or an old house might embody. [Read more...]

Vancouver author and journalist believes in the importance of accurate reporting

2000 bayonets

Aside from personifying the syndrome of the vertically challenged male, the Napoleon complex, Napoleon Bonaparte is believed to have also brought us the saying “four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” [Read more...]

Winter Harp festival set to celebrate the Christmas season with music and instruments

Lori Pappajohn

The Christmas season can often be long and tiring, especially with stores showing off their festive wares immediately after Thanksgiving. One way to get back in touch with the spirit of Christmas is to attend a world-class Christmas festival such as Winter Harp. [Read more...]