UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
In an intimate gathering Friday evening, 14 seniors took turns performing music, spoken word and theatrical vignettes to each other within a cozy living room of the Barclay Manor. It was the West End Seniors’ Network’s first coffee house, an event that gave members the chance to showcase their creative talents and confront perceptions of […]
The 65th B.C. Oaks and Derby opened Saturday at the Hastings Racecourse to a bright blue sky and nine rounds of horseracing. In the first day of action, attendees were spoiled with five maiden and claiming races as well as four stakes races that amounted to a combined purse of $175,000. Regular track days at […]
At the intersection of Main and Powell streets stands the busiest firehouse in Vancouver, Fire Hall 2, distinguishable by the wall-sized mural on the building beside its parking lot that depicts different fire engines since Vancouver was incorporated in 1886. Today this station, which straddles Vancouver’s downtown, its desperate Downtown Eastside and its port, answers […]
The Fraser Street Market extends from 41st Avenue to 51st Avenue along the Fraser Street. No matter whether it’s a weekday or weekend, the market looks equally vibrant. Most, but not exclusively, the shopkeepers and customers here are Asian immigrants. On a September Saturday evening, the market was busy as usual. Most of the shops […]
A camper van with barber shop candy stripes was parked Saturday outside the Temple of the Modern Girl Boutique on Main Street. In front of the van, a sign read, “Trim ya locks fo whatever ya gots.” The Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Association was hosting a street party on Main Street between Broadway and 12th […]
False Creek Community Centre’s subsidized youth programs create access for youth with diverse economic circumstances, said youth worker Nathan Pope on Friday night. “There’s like a horseshoe of BC Housing around Granville Island and you know there’s also multi-million dollar units in the same area, so having kids next door to each other with different economic […]
Jack (the Bear) Latek seated himself at his spot along the boardwalk beneath the glowing red Granville Island sign. His left hand clutched a stack of white pamphlets that detailed his efforts as a social worker to turn discarded pins, watches and jewellery into construction projects for the city’s disadvantaged. “I collect things that people […]
Golfers quietly retracted balls from dispensing machines at the Musqueam Golf and Learning Academy. Minimum interaction among visitors was visible, and only a few women chatted in the cafeteria area. A lack of community foundation was blatant in this club. However, one charismatic foreign-born player assistant at the club challenged my perception on a Thursday […]
Rhizome Café filled all its seats, while others sat on the floor in celebration of the café’s fourth year of uniting practically all of Vancouver’s progressive organizations, ranging from social injustice, migrant workers, colored youth and queer community groups. Doors opened at 7, but there was already a line up of around twenty people in […]
Sarah Meli left her room early on Friday morning and walked to one of the common kitchens in her graduate residence to start cooking for the birthday party. She had sent an email three weeks earlier to inform over 150 residents of St John’s College that she was organizing a party for those born in […]
