The Canadian paradox
I landed in Vancouver a little over a year ago. Coming to Canada is not an obstacle course for a Frenchman. If you are under 35, you can apply for a Working Holiday Permit, which allows you to stay …
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May 7 2018 Verbatim From the Prairies to the Pacific
By the time I turned 18, I was desperate to escape. Growing up in the blistering cold of Prairie Manitoba, my life was sheltered. My parents built a loving home, my grandparents were within walking …
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April 23 2018 Verbatim On a tightrope
You, yourself, arrived in Vancouver three months ago, a year ago, ten years ago maybe. So perhaps you too have had that feeling of dancing in the rain, of walking on a tightrope.
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April 9 2018 Verbatim Here, no one fights with anyone
Everything smelled like cookies. It had been a week since I had slept in a comfortable bed. It had been a 48 hour flight and a two hour wait in customs. But, we made it from South Africa to Canada …
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March 19 2018 Verbatim A sense of belonging and tranquility
Vancouver’s multicultural scene can make you feel as if you’re walking around a foreign country for a few moments. As a Mexican immigrant who moved to Vancouver 13 years ago, I constantly find …
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March 5 2018 Verbatim Life in a bubble
On the first day of my journalism class, not only was I late but I was lost. My classroom was located around a corner, tucked away, nearly impossible to find. Unfortunately for me, everyone else …
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February 19 2018 Verbatim Ski culture
I come from a big resort in the Alps, and my curiosity and love for snowy mountains pushed me to travel to the west coast of Canada last fall. Having known the hectic lifestyle of the seasonal worker…
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February 5 2018 Verbatim The Canadian side of Vancouver
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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January 22 2018 Verbatim Anyone can fit in
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I was eight years old when I knew that I would someday live in Canada. At school we were given an … -
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 …