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When we enter the church on Pascha,” says Father Justin Hewlett, Rector for St John of Shanghai in East Vancouver. “I cry out ‘Christ is risen!’ cuing the response, ‘Indeed, He is risen!’”[Read more…]
What brought me to Vancouver is neither poverty nor the hope for a better life or even solid projects. Nope, boredom did. The fatigue from seeing my beloved France going back to its old demons, career prospects as empty as an ice field on a foggy evening, or a love life as exciting as a five hour documentary on stamp collecting in Victorian England. [Read more…]
The members of the New Democratic Party’s have made their choice and opted for Québec’s Thomas Mulcair. [Read more…]
Upon reading a recent article about the active Syrian community (as there are many who are not active) and Sawsan Habbal, [I’d like to make] several inferences. One of those is that the people of Syria don’t need freedom and democracy. [Read more…]
On April 5, the Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Diversity (IRD) is presenting a conference at UBC to discuss issues of equity, diversity and intercultural understanding.[Read more…]
On March 22, Montreal had almost 200,000 people protesting in solidarity with students in Québec. [Read more…]
The spectacular cherry tree-lined boulevards in the West End are the first signs of spring. And April is the month to celebrate the cherry blossoms. “For [the] Japanese, cherry blossoms are the symbol of new entrance and hope,” says Mari Honma, principal of Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall. [Read more…]
Polish-Canadians were one of the earliest settlers in North America. [Read more…]
We hardly ever look at each other as we stroll down the wet streets of Vancouver. Head hung low, probably to shield ourselves from the rain, we miss the opportunity to view the world through someone else’s eyes.[Read more…]
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…]
