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By Simrin Purhar My mom’s reply to my Instagram story was quick and crystal clear: “Absolutely not”. I’d posted a picture of our former prime...
By Former CRAB Park Residents and Ayx Community Bus Members The City of Vancouver calls its new Downtown Eastside (DTES) Plan a...
Breathe easy and put down your credit card—you didn’t just get a speeding ticket unless, well, you did, likely after failing to talk your way...
The cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel should set off alarm bells across the continent. Love him or loathe him, Kimmel didn’t deserve to be axed by his...
By Dean Broughton As the son of a marine electrician, I know firsthand what the shipyards can mean to families in British Columbia. For 30 years,...
By Riley Hill A recent report presented to city council painted a bleak picture of what a long-feared megathrust earthquake—commonly known as...
The dramatic redrawing of the political landscape that occurred in the recent federal election is helping to push the BC NDP government and the...
Evidently, you can fight city hall. Or, more accurately, the airline industry, which is to say if you’ve ever been screwed over by a Canadian...
By Valerie Methot Have you ever had conversations that haunt you? In pursuit of finding a topic for Some Assembly’s new theatre project, I had...
Christopher Gusz is a volunteer with Movement. Metro Vancouver transit is at a crisis point. Buses are overcrowded, passengers getting left at bus...
Drew Young is a visual artist and arts entrepreneur. Planning to open an art studio in Vancouver? Three words: Brown bag it. Build your studios as...
Lucy Maloney is a City Council candidate with OneCity Vancouver. There are few things in life as unsettling as an eviction. I know. I’ve been...
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is often called Canada’s poorest neighbourhood, and it’s also a hub of supportive housing and social services. ...
Grade 5 was the first time I had a boy tell me he had a crush on me. Well, he didn’t exactly tell me. He sent me an email to my newly minted email...
In 1980, Victoria-based psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder published Michelle Remembers: a book documenting his patient (and later wife)’s recovered...