As Above, So Below
Here we view the reconstruction of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s (VAG’s) membrane on Georgia St. It is part of the on-going maintenance we have seen around other parts of the gallery, as well as …
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August 24 2015 Columns “Multiculturalism is new to me”
Born in Zimbabwe to a white family in the 1980s, I was kept mostly separate from native, black Zimbabweans – albeit less so than a generation before. As I grew up and attended a racially integrated…
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August 24 2015 Columns Explore Trois-Rivières
From June 28 to July 31, I participated in the Explore program at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières. I studied French in an immersion environment with a no-English rule, where you risk …
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August 24 2015 Columns Earthquake shakes up debate on fracking in B.C.
Last week a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Fort St. John in northeastern B.C., just a few kilometres from a fracking site operated by Progress Energy. The company was forced to halt operations …
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August 24 2015 Street Photography by Denis Bouvier Musette Caffe
Musette may seem a curious name for a bike café unless you are into following bike races. In this case, a musette is a small lightweight cotton shoulder bag filled with food and drink for racing …
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July 6 2015 Columns A plateful of cultural diversity
Food from Vancouver’s House of Dosas. | Photo by Roland TanglaoAfter dropping my bags in a land unknown to me, the aspect …
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July 6 2015 Columns B.C. government AWOL on just about everything but LNG
Sometimes it feels like British Columbia doesn’t really have a premier.
Whenever there’s big news in this province, Christy Clark can’t seem to be found. Think back to the Mount Polley …
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July 6 2015 selected The Ferryman
Meet Tim Doyle, the owner/operator of Greylag Boat Tours running out of Cowichan Bay, B.C.. Tim had had a wonderful career as a shipwright, building and repairing boats for 40 years, mostly in the …
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June 22 2015 Verbatim Cultural riches
A smorgabord of different cultural cuisines. | Photo by Richard MasonesI was born in Vancouver, and both sides of my family…
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June 22 2015 Postcard Explore Quebec and learn French
A Scene at les FrancoFolies de Montréal | Photo by Katy ThompsonIt’s been a whirlwind of a journey so far! When I signed…