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January 25 2016 Columns B.C. Liberals defuse Kinder Morgan pipeline issue just in time for by-elections
An oil tanker in Prince William Sound. | Photo by rickzLong overdue by-elections are finally taking places to fill two …
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January 25 2016 Columns Haggling in India
It feels as though everyone in India is an entrepreneur. A fair assumption when travelling the country is that no product or service is too insignificant to bargain over. Even those already in …
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January 25 2016 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier A lot of bull!
Royal Sweet Diamond, a bronze sculpture by Canadian artist Joe Fafard, is the name of this life-size bull at the corner of Georgia and Richards Streets in downtown Vancouver. Viewing the bull, it …
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January 11 2016 Columns So many languages...
Who knew that a choice made at the age of 11 would impact my personal and professional life for many long years? French is my mother tongue, so what would I choose to study as a second language? I …
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January 11 2016 Columns 2016: Will developer profits keep trumping our right to affordable housing?
After four moves in the last four years, my family begins 2016 confident we’ve finally found a place to call home in Vancouver. It’s been a constant search to find decent sized and relatively …
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January 11 2016 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Gold Digging
This massive construction site along Howe St. and Pacific St. is not unfamiliar in Vancouver but it typifies the expensive building projects in the city. Luxury condos are enriching developers, …
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December 7 2015 Columns Musings from overseas
Photo courtesy of Brenna TempleLast October in Australia I fumbled over a ballot I ordered from overseas. Feeling …
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December 7 2015 Columns Spinning and fiddling as the world burns
Christy Clark shares the stage in Paris with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Canadian Premiers. | Photo courtesy of the …
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December 7 2015 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Bridging Vancouver’s Development
December 9, 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the opening of the current Cambie Bridge, built just before Expo ’86. This photo was taken in 1984 by our photographer Denis Bouvier. It depicts the …