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The three by-elections that took place across the country on November 26, including one in Victoria, show two things: Prime Minister Harper’s troops are losing some battles, and yet he can still have a good night’s sleep. I know this might seem contradictory, so let me explain.
Last Friday’s front page of the Province featured photos of NDP leader Adrian Dix and B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, promising shocking revelations inside. What was the big news?
Gastown is Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhood. It is home to many bars, businesses, shops and restaurants. The diversity of the neighbourhood has contributed to it becoming a tourist’s delight as they search for souvenirs, art, and snap a quick picture.
Here’s some colour and inspiration for this dark time of year with short days and rainy weather. This is the “Multiculturalism Tree” placed in Robson Square from November 18–24. People were able to express their thoughts on how they live multiculturalism by writing on paper maple leaves attached to an actual maple tree.
At first, Vancouver, didn’t fit within my plans. Honestly, I’ve only been able to locate it on a map for about three years now, and it’s all thanks to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Let’s face it, Canada’s West Coast remains a mystery to most French people, whereas Quebec has a reassuring ring to it because they speak French, and we are “related”. My arrival to Canada was consequently via what some people call “our cousins’ province” and, more precisely, through Montreal.
In a previous column, I wrote that Obama sorely needed the votes of young Americans if he were to win the election. With sixty per cent of their votes favoring him, it happened. In fact, and we know this now, Obama got the highest score with pretty well everybody, except with men, whites and the elderly.
Justice is indivisible, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr.
Photographer Jan Hilario is somewhere in South East Asia. Before heading over the Pacific ocean, Hilario wrapped up her time in the Americas by hitting the beaches and streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
These pictures are meant to highlight polar opposite aspects of Brazil that make up one of the most diverse countries in the world.
A new world awaits when you walk through the door of Vancouver Olive Oil Company (VOOC). First you’re taken in by the beautifully arranged dark-stained shelves made of pine beetle wood and filled with cylindrical stainless steel containers called fustis. The fustis have spigots which dispense exotic olive oils and balsamic vinegars. Lower shelves contain tasting utensils and empty, labeled bottles waiting to be filled. The central table in this photo is made from reclaimed acacia wood and sits atop wheels from India. On the surrounding walls are framed photo prints by Robert Doisneau, a French photographer who took the famous 1950 photo of two lovers kissing near the Town Hall in Paris. The VOOC photos are of Italian villagers harvesting olives and producing olive oil.
Aa someone who grew up both in Canada and Russia, I have witnessed how children are viewed and treated in two very different societies – both as a child and now as an observant adult. I was 10 years old when I arrived to Canada from Russia, and a change seemed to have happened almost overnight.
In a few days, 240 million American voters will be invited to go to the polls in their respective states to elect their president.
