UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
“If you want hear the cutting-edge of electronica music, you have to be here tonight,” said John Harris, a 36 year-old resident of Whistler, pointing to a ticket in his hand. Harris waited in line at Highlife Records and Music, a music store on Commercial Drive, one of the hippest districts of Vancouver. By “here,” […]
At the intersection of West Hastings Street and Hamilton Street across the road from Victory Square, the New Amsterdam Café had a constant flow of patrons despite the ominous clouds forming overhead. The midday air was replete with the pungent scent of marijuana, overpowering the crisp smell of the impending rain. Surrounded by various cannabis-related […]
Children’s screams reverberated from the Henry Anderson Elementary School on Monday afternoon as two large dogs ripped through the school playground. The children were playing outside during their lunch break when they saw the rottweilers racing toward them. Many children ran to the school while teachers and older students tried to chase the dogs off […]
UBC is no stranger to criticism over lack of consultation with students when it comes to campus development. But the design of the new Student Union Building is taking a revolutionary approach of engaging students’ input from the beginning. At least that’s the stated aim. Last Tuesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the AMS […]
The fedora on Dem Deane’s head nested a single white feather in its crown. Dripping from the rain still misting down, its brim overshadowed a face bracketed by two glass earring studs. Its plaid pattern matched that of the closed umbrella—an antique Burberry—he gripped as a cane in his hand. Despite displaying the trappings of […]
An afternoon in Queen Elizabeth Park accompanied by the leftovers of summer. Atop this particular hill: a stunning view of downtown Vancouver, Seasons in the Park and the Bloedel Conservatory. The conservatory is a curious building. Think Bio-Dome, circa 1995. Whatever happened to Pauly Shore? A West Coast Sightseeing bus unloads a bus full of […]
Condos are springing up all along Kingsway, introducing not only a new landscape to the nearby neighbourhoods but also new dynamics. Kingsway is a high-traffic road. The road is like an urban desert between 10th avenue and the northern tip of Collingwood. Despite the wealth of stores and services along the road, cars dominate the […]
It rained throughout Saturday night (Sept 18). At 10 a.m. on Sunday, when Dr Nitya Sharma was watching a TV show at his house at 54th and Main Street, he got a call from one of the tenants living on the basement floor of his house. Lucky Chauhan, the tenant, informed Sharma that the carpet […]
The tinny beep-beep-beeps and hydraulic sighs of heavy equipment drifted onto the porch where Bert Bjorndal stood over an eight-burner grill, scorching salmon filets. Nearby, cyclists in stretchy shorts and riding jerseys milled, having returned from a 100-km bike ride for the Mission to Seafarers, the charity headquartered locally in the old house beside Vancouver’s […]
A cruise ship leaving port from Canada Place is a moment of widespread awe for the denizens of downtown Vancouver. On a recent Saturday, people on the lower deck of the roadway lined the low concrete wall at its edge as though looking from at the mouth of a cave, and watched a towering white […]
