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Bourani Banjan
September 20 2021 Recipe by Selma Van HalderThe first time one of my Middle Eastern friends cooked me dinner I could’ve sworn she made an entire bottle of olive oil disappear into the dish. To be honest I expected it to be greasy, heavy and…
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Cultural Calendar
September 20 2021 EventsWelcome to Autumn 2021 everyone. Another summer has come and gone, the Canadian federal election has just concluded and the fourth wave of COVID is going strong in parts of the country. It’s been …
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Advocates want more of B.C.’s - Black experience taught in schools
August 30 2021 Cover StoryPhoto courtesy of BC Black History Awareness Society
Calls to include British Columbia’s Black history in the public-school curriculum have grown over the past year. Many Black British …
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Cultural Spotlight: A dream come true
August 30 2021 CommunityIt was all a dream – literally. Rebecca Lyon was in the middle of pursuing her PhD in Indigenous studies when she had a dream about a jacket, unlike any she had ever worn.
“One of our …
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Confucius or Confusions - Addressing happiness and democratic freedom in contemporary Asian Studies
August 30 2021 LocalThe 2021 TAIWANfest aims to re-think Asia through the lens of Taiwan and Korea, and Josephine Chiu-Duke, PhD, will address the taboos around Confucianism and its theoretical legacy to 21st Century …
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How to bake a financier
August 30 2021 LocalBe whisked away on a European adventure full of class, elegance and dainty desserts all from the comfort of your own home. Betty Hung, co-owner and head pastry chef of the French-inspired Beaucoup …
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Ed Hill – asking the right questions through comedy
August 30 2021 Culture“What comedy brings is the ability to ask the right question. I don’t have the answers, I just have the stories, but I think people will find the answers through these stories,” says comedian …
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Karishma Deo: an upcoming artist
August 30 2021 ArtKarishma Deo, an Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter with more than 85,000 followers on TikTok, has captured many hearts through her soulful renditions of classic Bollywood songs as well as mashups of …
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What would it be like to live in the ocean?
August 30 2021 ArtCompassion for nature and self, and enjoyment of the underwater culture to bring out questions and discussions is what artist Paula Nishikawara hopes visitors will consider walking through her …
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Cultural Calendar
August 30 2021 EventsScotfestBC is held in a large, safe outdoor space. | Photo courtesy of ScotFestBC
September is here and it’s back to school, but not quite back to normalcy. With the fourth wave here and …