UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
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 […]
Weavers are challenged by the popularity of low-priced items, said Barbara Heller, a tapestry weaver based on Granville Island. “People don’t want to pay what things are worth,” said Heller, 63, who stood behind a wooden counter at Fibre Art Studio on the island late Friday morning. “We’re so used to mass produced items from […]
An eye looked up from a large orange bin of slimy crushed ice— the eye of a sockeye salmon. Stephanie Arnold, who works for Organic Ocean Seafood, stood under a blue canopy Sunday afternoon selling sockeye on the False Creek Harbour Authority fish sales dock. The long and silver fish sold for $20 each or […]
Student made lunches are typically more synonymous with grilled cheese sandwiches and ramen noodles than the orange and yellow pepper soup, steak with vegetables, and pistachio cake offered by the students working Bistro 101 at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts. Although PICA instructors supervised the kitchen, students prepared, cooked, and served the meals. While the restaurant […]
Rubén Ortiz Torres tucked the collar of his black collared shirt into his rumpled black sport coat before crossing and uncrossing his arms. His sculpture, Museum Bench, was the top-billed attraction at Friday night’s Hot to Cold |Cold to Hot opening at the Charles H. Scott Gallery. The exhibition, held in coordination with the Consulado […]
Wood shavings lightly gathered on the concrete floor around Luke Parnell’s feet on Tuesday as he carved a small wood figure with its hands wrapped around its knees. A cool breeze entered the room through a partially opened bay door. Outside three words illuminated in red: Aboriginal Gathering Place. The gathering place recently opened and […]
Vancouver Police Department’s marine unit recovered a body from False Creek on Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m. The body is of an adult male, according to a police media release. The body was found in the water behind Emily Carr University of Art and Design on Granville Island. The university’s new Aboriginal Gathering Place directly faces the area […]
The hiss of discharged air from beneath the tour bus punctuated the low hum of traffic as vehicles traversed the dull grey Granville Street Bridge high above. Tourists stepped onto the brick and rail-lined street and gazed up at the Ocean Construction Limited concrete factory. A tall glass case outside the factory, surrounded on three sides […]
On a recent drizzly September Saturday, a group of teens clustered in front of the brick-coloured Net Loft on Anderson Street. They loudly talked among each other while milling about excitedly despite a lack of coherent direction. Each of them wore matching white t-shirts with a stylized “Shinerama” graphic on the front and a mosaic […]
