UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
Andrea Potter stood in front of a row of gleaming jars filled with small green cucumbers. She used her fingers to push down the cucumbers as she poured salty water over them. Elsewhere on the table, a tall beige pot held freshly shredded cabbage and apple, a mixture that will become sauerkraut after a few […]
The small strip of Broadway, from Main to 12th Street, was blocked on Saturday to celebrate the community’s sense of social responsibility by showcasing sustainable methods and by opening a street market for local small businesses. The Autumn Shift Festival was organized by the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area, to “create an endless summer party”, […]
The Vancouver School Board will close schools for 10 additional days next year in order to partially offset a $17M budget deficit. Longer holidays will hurt vulnerable families and further stretch community resources. Around 50 community members met Thursday to discuss education cuts at a town hall meeting hosted by Jenny Kwan, MLA Vancouver Mt. […]
The psychic hold that the sea has on a port town such as Vancouver – where the European exploration of the Burrard Inlet predated the city’s incorporation by more than 90 years – is evident in the circular wooden sign that greets visitors to Sailor Hagar’s Brew Pub. The emblem for the North Vancouver bar […]
From a block away you could see orange balloons bobbing over the heads of guests at the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival this past Saturday held at Slocan Park. Kids scurried around the playground with the balloons secured to their wrists while adults lounged next to the stage watching the rotating 20-minute performances. There were kids […]
A wall was covered with grass, fish and waves at the end of a literacy gathering Friday and Saturday at the Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House. Over 200 people crowded into a 400-square-feet room to discuss the community’s new literacy plan. The literacy gathering, “Sea of Change,” was organized by Joanna Lemay, facilitator for the Kensington-Cedar […]
The third race began with the smell of cigarette smoke and the earthy grass aroma of horse shit hanging in the damp night air. The bell sounded, and the announcer’s voice echoed down from the ceiling of the vaulted grandstand, hopelessly unintelligible at the rail. The five ponies pounded ahead, 20 hooves a muffled snare […]
Derek and Michael Ip spent their Monday baking ice cream-filled croissants out of a bright yellow school bus. The entrepreneurial brothers, 22 and 20, respectively, are part of a new street food pilot program that runs until April 2011 and is intended to cook up some international alternatives to Vancouver’s much-maligned street menu of hotdogs […]
Nine years ago, Meghan Gardiner wrote a ten minute script for her graduation project for her UBC acting degree. Over the following years, it grew into a 45 minute performance where Gardiner plays ten characters. She has now performed Dissolve, her one-woman show on sexual assault, over 450 times across North America. On a Tuesday […]
Residents of the Musqueam urban first nation have confronted dispossession and discrimination from the government over the last 130 years. These restrictions have shaped the current situation at the nation, where many face poverty and prejudice. Nonetheless, a number of Musqueam members have enhanced their employment opportunities at the Native Education College- a cultural sensitive […]
