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I never tire of being reminded of the beauty of our city. And this picture just adds to my amazement. The man in the right foreground is truly standing on the edge of magnificence. How few cities in the world can move us to experience what is extraordinary in life and nature in such a unique way.[Read more…]
The Mount Pinatubo eruption of 1991 made headlines; made records for the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century and made a future in Canada a permanent reality for me. Swept in a stream of flowing lava, my sister and I landed on Vancouver’s doorstep. Ok, fine – we flew. [Read more…]
Next week-end, Canada’s New Democratic Party will be electing a new leader. The House of Commons will, by the same token, gain a permanent official opposition leader. [Read more…]
I’m writing this column on B.C. politics from New York City, the morning after spending a night in Zuccotti Park, the birthplace of Occupy Wall Street. I joined a few hundred occupiers who spent St. Patrick’s Day marking six months since the beginning of the movement that has reshaped political discourse across North America. [Read more…]
Located in the heart of Vancouver, False Creek is a short inlet, separating downtown from the rest of the city. One of the four major bodies of water bordering Vancouver, False Creek is spanned by three bridges: the Burrard Street bridge, Granville Street bridge, and Cambie Street bridge. [Read more…]
Overlooking the site of what will become another amazing Vancouver landmark is the mural on the Randall Building, for years the workplace of the building’s owner and renown jeweller, Tony Cavelti. [Read more…]
Life in a new country is never easy. Before coming to Canada, I really thought that I could live anywhere without making clumsy cultural mistakes. I was very wrong. [Read more…]
The opposition parties are relishing the latest controversy marring the Conservative Party and, therefore, the Harper government. The debate concerning the electronic calls designed to convey false information to Canadian voters is dominating the media landscape. [Read more…]
With flagging poll numbers and rumbling within her own party, Premier Christy Clark risks losing her job in an election expected to happen in May 2013. And the BC Liberal Party faces an existential crisis which could see the ascendance of a new right-wing party. [Read more…]
One of the oldest communities in Vancouver, the Downtown Eastside is the quintessential example of resilience through changing times. Its boundaries have shifted over the years, but the area is now generally accepted to be within the bounds of the Burrard Inlet to the north, Hastings Street to the south, Clark Drive to the east, and Main Street to the west. [Read more…]
The demolition of the Farmer Building (foreground of picture) at the corner of Robson and Granville has uncovered the past while making way for the future. Exposed on the Power Block Building beside it is a rare painted movie sign advertising the 1922 Harold Lloyd comedy Grandma’s Boy. [Read more…]
