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March 18 2019 EventsDon’t miss the Festival du bois’s 30th anniversary festivities.| Photo by Stephanie Lamie.Welcome to the spring season!…
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Captured Alive…Still Alive…Since the 18th Century
March 9 2019 CommunityHistory has value as long as it remains alive in people’s hearts, souls, minds and educational systems. It otherwise remains buried under the notes and papers of historians, in libraries, and in …
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How French was introduced into the English Language
March 4 2019 Cover StoryAn average speaker of English knows around 10,000 French words, even before they have learnt French as a second language. How is it that individuals know so much linguistically from a different …
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Discovering the Pacific Northwest
March 4 2019 VerbatimI remember running in the rain along the Arbutus Greenway – an old railway line converted into a pedestrian and bicycle path – and despite the pouring rain that had plagued the city for weeks, a …
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Making long term care multicultural
March 4 2019 CommunityCare for British Columbia dementia patients needs to improve, says Habib Chaudhury. Right now, he says, the main focus is on physical health, on keeping patients fed and pain-free. But a patient, …
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Truth or stories in the age of social media – a millennial approach
March 4 2019 LocalKids These Days: Media Representation vs Lived Reality, a talk by Katie Warfield, Ph.D., professor of communications and cultural studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), will be held on …
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Samson Young - It’s a heaven over there
March 4 2019 ArtPhotographs from It’s a heaven over there | Photo by Yoko Takei Do
Hong Kong artist Samson Young utilizes Centre A’s new … -
A story of incite and candor
March 4 2019 CulturePoet, short story writer, novelist, punk rock singer and mother; a series of occupations Yasuko Thanh fills on a day by day basis. Now, with the release of Mistakes to Run With, Yasuko Thanh will …
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Shamrocks & Shenanigans Improv, the Irish way
March 4 2019 CultureShamrocks and Shenanigans will celebrate Irish culture and traditions in the most hilarious way possible with green beer and lucky …
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Dialogue through dance
March 4 2019 CultureJeanette Kotowich in Eloise | Photo by Daniel Paquet
Vancouver International Dance Festival will take on the city with its …