15 years after B.C.’s “summer of the migrants”
It was July 19, 1999, four months after Nunavut was declared Canada’s newest territory, and Jean Chrétien was prime minister. A boat arrived on the coast of B.C. from Fujian, China, the first of …
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August 25 2014 Local Howard Jang appointed Director of SFU Woodward’s Cultural Unit
Photo by Rachel LandoWith a decorated career in the arts, Howard Jang has enriched the lives of Vancouver’s communities …
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August 25 2014 Community SDC Blue Ribbon Foundation: Spreading compassion for disabled youth
Empowering children with learning disabilities is the backbone ideal to the SDC Blue Ribbon Foundation – a youth driven non-profit organization that uses integrative programs and activities to …
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August 25 2014 Local Shop Wrong makes right
Leave it to Shop Wrong to pick up where others may have – regrettably – left off. Tucked away within the only kink on Hasting’s long, linear stretch across Vancouver, the shop on the corner of …
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July 7 2014 Community A short history of Chinese farming in the Lower Mainland
King George Park Community Garden. | Photo by Audrey TungThe Chinese community of the early 20th century played an integral …
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July 7 2014 Community Women find guiding light in Shashi Assanand
Shashi Assanand (right), winner of the 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Community Building.Domestic violence is an …
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July 7 2014 Community Surrey’s Rakhi Project reaches across the Pacific
Karen Lipsett-Kidd, designer of the Rakhi bracelet.Until August 10, locals can support the City of Surrey’s work against …
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June 23 2014 Immigration Vancouver Community College’s ESL students left in the lurch
Signage from ESL Matters campaign. | Photo by Estefania Duran.The termination of federal funding for ESL programs could …
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June 23 2014 Community A year of chapulling: reflections on Gezi Park and beyond
Gezi Park Project’s First Tree at John Hendry Park. | by Simon YeeMembers of Vancouver’s Turkish-Canadian community came…
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June 9 2014 Community Happy Birthday to The Source: celebrating 15 years of bilingual reporting
Aging beautifully – The Source then and now. | Photo by Laura R. CopesFifteen years ago, on this month, Mamadou Gangué …