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I heard about the city of Vancouver long before I came here. Vancouver, “the warmest part of Canada,” we used to say scornfully, in my childhood home of Edmonton, Alberta. Vancouver seemed …
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February 5 2018 Columns Issues & Ideas: Blockchain, bitcoin, boggled?
Bitcoin uses blockchain technology. | Photo by Tiger Pixel
The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has seen a massive explosion in value, growing from $22 billion (CAD) at the …
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January 22 2018 Verbatim Anyone can fit in
Photo by Roy Wooters
I was eight years old when I knew that I would someday live in Canada. At school we were given an … -
January 22 2018 Columns The B.C. NDP’s honeymoon ended with Site C decision
For John Horgan and the NDP, the honeymoon is over. For many of the party’s long-suffering supporters, the euphoria felt last summer – after Horgan and Green leader Andrew Weaver cobbled …
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January 8 2018 Verbatim Vancouver: My new home
I was born and raised in Dubai, a multicultural city in the United Arab Emirates. Even though I grew up in Dubai, I couldn’t call it my home because it is impossible for expats to gain citizenship …
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December 4 2017 Verbatim Retrospective 1982
Dear younger friends, I will take you to a Vancouver you never knew! I was born in Quebec City and made my way very gradually to the “green city,” with a stop in Ontario for university studies, …
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November 20 2017 Verbatim In discovering Vancouver, I discovered myself
I was born on November 14th, 1990 in Belgium, a small, lovely country, where the highest summit doesn’t reach 2300 feet. My parents speak Flemish. It’s very close to Dutch, only the accent is …
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November 20 2017 Left Bank Modular housing is urgently needed in Marpole, and throughout Vancouver
Modular housing under construction in Marpole. | Photo courtesy of City of Vancouver
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November 6 2017 Verbatim No sense of home
My experiences of growing up in Vancouver are different from most people’s. For one thing, I am a Vancouverite, born and raised here. Also, my family has lived here for four generations. However, …
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October 23 2017 Verbatim An urban perspective
“When you first arrive in a town, you see streets in perspective. Rows of nondescript buildings. Everything is unknown, virgin territory. A day will come when you’ll have walked those streets, …