UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
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 […]
Sewer upgrade work has led to the closure of the road to 50th Avenue from Main Street for over a week. The intersection is the site proposed some two years ago for the construction of an India Gate to pay a tribute to the first Indo-Canadian community that settled in Vancouver nearly a century ago, […]
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 […]
‘For Rent’ signs were displayed in front of many stores, while a few stores were empty at Punjabi Market or the Little India of Vancouver along the Main Street. What could be the reason? Madan Dhingra, a fabric shop owner, said no new people want to open a shop here anymore because of high rents while […]
Joe is probably not the only homeless person in Vancouver. According to Streetohome Foundation, there are about 3,700 homeless people in Vancouver. On Sept 9 evening, when the hustle bustle at 47th and Fraser was reducing, Joe was sitting on a bench at a street corner, pleading with the passers-by “Any change, please?” Reluctant to […]
