Politicians who ignore renters could face eviction from office
Apartment renting: dreaming the impossible dream. | Photo by Scott Johnson
There are more than half a million renters in …
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March 20 2017 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Spring through the looking glass
This fish eye mirror at Ocean Concrete on Granville Island enables drivers of the company’s cement mixers to see what’s behind them as they enter the premises. But it also transforms reality. …
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March 6 2017 Columns The impressions of a Tunisian in Vancouver
As soon as you arrive at Vancouver International Airport in Canada you are struck by the pleasant greeting of the customs and immigration officers. Be it timid and restrained or large and welcoming, …
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March 6 2017 Columns Whose side are they on?
Big money, big media and the coming B.C. election
It turns out B.C. politics may be even more corrupt than we imagined.
So-called “pay-to-play” political fundraising is so widespread it has …
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March 6 2017 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Getting a Lift
Most people probably just walk past this sculpture, paying it little if any notice. It’s located on the west side of the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) facing Hornby St. The King Edward VII Fountain …
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February 20 2017 Columns Please forget my accent
People are more than just an accent.
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February 20 2017 Columns Rich Coleman reveals true face of a government that has failed to help the poor
This month included a rare sighting at the provincial legislature in Victoria: politicians doing their jobs and actually debating in that underused public building. After Premier Christy Clark …
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February 20 2017 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Cabot Yerxa, Renaissance Man of the Wild West (1883–1965)
On a recent visit to Desert Hot Springs (DHS), CA, in the Coachella Valley, not far from the well-known Palm Springs, we discovered Cabot Yerxa’s Pueblo Museum. It’s a museum that also functioned…
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February 6 2017 Verbatim Everyone should live in Vancouver at least once
Photo par hans-johnson, Flickr
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February 6 2017 Left Bank Education is one of our best weapons against racism and hate
Crowd gathers at Jack Poole plaza for the vigil Saturday night.| Photo by Laura R. Copes.
This past weekend people from coast…