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Opinion: I lost my house to cancer. Sort of.

Opinion: I lost my house to cancer. Sort of.

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. I lost my house to cancer. Sort of.  It’s...

25.09.2026 5

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Annette Reilly

Is a Vancouver city councillor promoting a sponsored article as “commentary”?

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. The other day I stumbled upon a member of the...

16.09.2026 30

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From pilot to permanence: Why now is the time to deliver on Gastown’s Public Spaces Plan

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. Ask anyone who has lived in Vancouver long...

16.09.2026 30

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Elise Yurkowski

The flip side of Asian Canadian “firsts”

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. In my first week as a journalism teacher, I...

16.09.2026 30

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Why we still teach classical cooking techniques in 2026

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. “Stock is everything in cooking. At least,...

16.09.2026 50

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Rethinking pub(lic) spaces in Vancouver

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. There’s a widespread view in the hospitality...

16.09.2026 20

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Michael Pedersen

For immigrants, home is where the paperwork is

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. You expect big news to come with some fanfare:...

16.09.2026 30

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'Is Canada, like, hot again?': On the country's pop culture moment

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...

08.02.2026 80

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Simrin Purhar

Opinion: The DTES plan isn’t renewal; it’s erasure

By Former CRAB Park Residents and Ayx Community Bus Members The City of Vancouver calls its new Downtown Eastside (DTES) Plan a...

25.12.2025 70

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Text scam about speeding in school zones has arrived in Vancouver, and we almost fell for it

  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...

05.12.2025 70

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Jimmy Kimmel’s axing is about more than ratings; it’s about who controls the conversation

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...

19.09.2025 90

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