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Drew Young: How to survive opening an art studio

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...

21.03.2025 5

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Lucy Maloney: Vancouver has put renter protections in place. Now let’s enforce them

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...

14.03.2025 3

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Mayor Kim's plan might change the DTES, but it won't improve residents' lives

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is often called Canada’s poorest neighbourhood, and it’s also a hub of supportive housing and social services. ...

25.02.2025 20

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No, Vancouver is not that unsafe, actually

In 1980, Victoria-based psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder published Michelle Remembers: a book documenting his patient (and later wife)’s recovered...

05.01.2025 7

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Is Vancouver really about to invest in Bitcoin?

Vancouver city council voted today (December 11) to pass a motion examining the benefits of becoming a “Bitcoin-friendly city.” The motion,...

13.12.2024 4

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John Horgan: The man I knew

When the Covid pandemic was declared in March 2020, then-BC Premier John Horgan called me into his office at the provincial legislature. “I’m not...

15.11.2024 5

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The vibes are not immaculate: reflecting on the first two years of ABC Vancouver

“I’ve made a decision—live with it.” Two years into his term, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim sent that message to Green Party Councillor Pete Fry. It...

08.11.2024 2

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What do you mean Vancouver has a Chip Wilson Day?

October 3 may have flown right under your radar this year, but Vancouver’s retail and development kingpin Chip Wilson had the day proclaimed in his...

05.11.2024 1

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I worked at Elections BC this election season and it was a comedy of errors

I teach and perform improv comedy, but I was totally unprepared for the comedy of errors I found when I started working at an Elections BC district...

30.10.2024 2

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BC’s provincial election was a political earthquake, and the aftershocks are still coming

The aftershocks from the political earthquake that was the 2024 BC provincial election are going to be felt for quite some time yet, and they will...

30.10.2024 10

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Why functional mushrooms are your body’s secret weapon for optimal health

My journey with medicinal mushrooms began early. My father, Dr. Terry Willard, Ph.D., wrote the first western book on reishi mushrooms: 1990’s Herb...

02.10.2024 3