Tibetan community embraces Resettlement Project for 1,000 Tibetan refugees
Tibetan Pemten Lama, owner of Himalaya Arts and Crafts on W. Broadway, immigrated to Canada from Nepal in 2005. Photo by Léo …
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February 18 2013 Health Language struggles overshadow learning disability symptoms in ESL students
Many learning disabilities may go unnoticed in ESL students. Photo by Darien Library, FlickrThe difficulties inherent in …
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February 4 2013 Sports Local Brazilians promote health benefits of jiu-jitsu
Students grapple at Gracie Barra Jiu-jitsu school. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is said to strike a balance between aggression and mutual …
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February 4 2013 Sports Sit-skiing frees wheelchair-bound snow lovers
Anya McRae (left front) with adaptive sports advocate Paul Speight and her instructors at Sun Peaks Ski Resort. Photo courtesy of Anya …
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February 4 2013 Local Vancouver society seeks help to raise money for male victims of sexual abuse
Photo by Steven Mileham, FlickrAndrew Bhatti, 33, was only nine years old when he was sexually abused by his Big Brother …
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February 4 2013 Community Latino organization digs into cross-continental opportunities
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February 4 2013 Local Marijuana organization continues to push benefits of cannabis use
Photo courtesy of BC Compassion ClubA year after the Liberal party approved a resolution for the legalization of marijuana …
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January 21 2013 Culture Aboriginal youth unite through social media
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January 21 2013 Local Digital literacy programs expand at B.C. library system
Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, FlickrThe Burnaby region of the B.C. library system will expand its free computer …
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January 7 2013 Social Eastern workouts pump body and mind
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