Local environmentalists swing around with orangutans
Biruté Mary Galdikas - Photo courtesy of Orangutan Foundational International
Biruté Mary Galdikas is a professor at…
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December 12 2011 Environment
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December 12 2011 Religion Places of worship provide free meals to all,
regardless of caste or religionWalking along an unassuming street in Mount Pleasant, you might find yourself wondering why people are lining up outside a Hindu temple on a Sunday afternoon.
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November 14 2011 Environment Trees: preserving ancient knowledge for a better future
Sisters Rita and Janie Dubman enjoy fallen leaves in Burnaby, British Columbia
Trees are as diverse, indicative …
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November 14 2011 Relationship Rebellious love in the time of communist rule
A young Yao Lan Chen and husband Vasiliy Tovarov - Photo courtesy of Kristina Tovarova
The story of Dr. Yao Lan …
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October 31 2011 Community ‘Little Saigon’ finds a home on Kingsway
[caption id=”attachment_970″ align=”aligncenter” width=”540″ caption=” Stores along Kingsway between Fraser and Nanaimo Streets will soon be part of "Little Saigon." …
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October 17 2011 Local Vancouverites search for their umbrellas
Scott King in his W. Broadway St. shop – Photo by Ric Moore
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October 17 2011 Community Shambhala centre teaches dignity
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, February 28, 1939–April 4, 1987 – Photo by Karen Roper, courtesy of Crazy Wisdom
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October 3 2011 Community Old names of familiar faces linger in Vancouver
[caption id=”attachment_692″ align=”aligncenter” width=”538″ caption=”Negro, Chinaman, Half-breed and Tramp are some words describing the mugshots of long dead people at Granville and Robson – Photo …
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September 20 2011 Community Metro Vancouver residents dial 211 to get community information
The numbers 211 are not regularly dialed on most people’s phones. Its better known cousin, 411, is so common that it’s become a phrase of its own: “Give me the 411.” But for more in depth …
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September 6 2011 Community Old West Vancouver neighbourhood infused with new world culture
Andrew Potter - Photo courtesy of Andrew Potter
Neighbourhoods in and around Vancouver’s lower mainland don’t look …