Please forget my accent
People are more than just an accent.
In Vancouver, everybody comes from somewhere else. I’ve always liked this aspect in a …
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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
I have been in Vancouver for a year and a half or so. I grew up in Shanghai, the biggest city…
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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.
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February 6 2017 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Burrard Bottleneck
This picture says it all – a chaotic situation generating no end of frustration for many drivers. Even the hold-up being on a bus is not pleasant. This $58 million upgrade is set to finish sometime…
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January 23 2017 Columns The prism effect
I still remember that one of my favourite childhood toys was a kaleidoscope. It is a tube that contains loose fragments of coloured glass that produce, through an interaction of light and mirrors, …
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January 23 2017 Columns No laughing matter: BC Liberals change tune after foreign media attention on fundraising methods
What a difference one New York Times article can make. In this remote northwest outpost known as British Columbia, sometimes it still takes some attention from national or international media to …
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January 23 2017 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier A “Chateau” for the Homeless
Located on Burrard near Robson, this was the 2016 site of the closed clothing store Le Château. Unfortunately, this is a very typical scene in Vancouver with people sleeping in doorways, and no one …
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January 9 2017 Columns Vancouver, the livable city
High gas prices a factor in transit use | Photo by Bob Cotter
My first months as a newbie in Vancouver were spent trying to…