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Connecting and being connected – Muslim style
November 2 2015 Cover StoryAs for any culture, creating a new reality from a more traditional, and sometimes stereotyped, community brings challenges and opportunities. Three Muslim Canadians, Khalil Jessa, Taslim Jaffer and …
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The #49 bus route and Vancouverites
November 2 2015 ColumnsBus #49 at UBC loop | Photo by Stephen Rees (via flickr)The most revealing experience of Vancouver’s cultural plurality …
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Turkish Republic Day made special in Vancouver
November 2 2015 CommunityConsul General Anil Bora Inan (centre) and guests at the opening ceremony of the Turkish Consulate in Vancouver. | Photo courtesy of …
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Ricepaper celebrates 20 years
November 2 2015 CultureAlliterAsian was released to celebrate the magazine’s anniversary | Photo courtesy of The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop …
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Delete this!: Notes on the B.C. government’s scandalous culture of cover-up
November 2 2015 ColumnsMost British Columbia voters breathed a big sigh relief last month, as the corrupt and discredited government of Stephen Harper was finally swept from office.
Now it may be time to set our …
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Helping Bolivians, helping ourselves
November 2 2015 InternationalGretchen Ferguson with members of an indigenous craft cooperative in Churicana, Bolivia. | Photo courtesy of Gretchen …
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Author explores the future and technology
November 2 2015 CultureWhat will the future look like? The 21st century has been a time of much technological advancement, so it is not difficult to imagine a technological nirvana in the future. Canadian author Hal …
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Comedic social study of refugees in Canadian culture
November 2 2015 CultureA scene from the 2013 premiere of Social Studies at the Prairie Exchange Theatre in Winnipeg. | Photo courtesy of Prairie Exchange …
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Sangja (Boxes): International implications in a human story
November 2 2015 ArtSangja (Boxes) – an emotional story. | hotos courtesy of ArtStage SANPangaea Arts (Canada) and ArtStage SAN …
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Sunya – the beginning of a new journey
November 2 2015 CulturePhoto by Michael Slobodian.Four dancers and three musicians will be offering an “energetic, sensual and poetic” …