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 …
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…
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…
Crowd gathers at Jack Poole plaza for the vigil Saturday night.| Photo by Laura R. Copes.
This past weekend people from coast…
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…
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, …
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 …
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 …
High gas prices a factor in transit use | Photo by Bob Cotter
My first months as a newbie in Vancouver were spent trying to…
Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr
In just a few days, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the President of the United States. …