Food shows difference between North America and southeast Asia
Travelling the world is an experience that everyone should take advantage of. It gives people a chance to broaden their minds and open up…
November, 2014
What do your professors hate about you?
Just as any retail employee can tell you about customer behaviour that never fails to get under their skin, every university professor, no matter…
Water from the skies: here comes the rain
The satellite images brought an early warning last Wednesday that Vancouver had geared up for more rain. A cold front heading into the region…
They remember their loved ones every day
Agnes Ha started visiting the Valley View Funeral Home and Cemetery 10 years ago, after her husband’s death from liver cancer. She goes regularly…
Opinion: A powerful mode of communication
Photography first started to capture all the emotions and objects that are beyond the sight of a human eye. It seizes all the finest…
The Wine Journal: Getting the grapes into the bottle
The Pacific Breeze Winery in New Westminster is unique in British Columbia. New West is certainly no home to any prospering or bountiful vineyards…
UBC lacking in red, white and blue
While the University of British Columbia is considered one of the premier postsecondary schools in Canada, and perhaps North America, there are not many…
Recovering from mental illness through community, faith
Hapi’s battle with mental illness has been on of the hardest fights of his life. Hapi describes how his life began to turn around…
Opinion: Mark Hunt deserves his title shot
Dream vs reality: Sylor’s dream café
Sylor Zhang, a former international student who graduated from Douglas College two years ago, is working as a barista in a small café in…
Intro to Dogs: The controversy behind bully breeds
(photo courtesy of the American Dog Breeders Association) If you do an Internet search for news articles containing the words “pit bull,” the result…
Pencil, pen or a needle attached to a stick?
The art of tattooing, much like any art, has many different mediums and methods of creation. Tattoos may have been around for centuries; tattoo…
Softball City to undergo big renovations
Softball City, a multi-field softball park in South Surrey, is undergoing massive renovations that will completely affect the quality of games played on the…
Hepner, McCallum, Rasode square off in Surrey mayoral debate
While no one knows who Surrey’s next mayor will be, the only guarantee in the upcoming civic election is that Surrey will have a…
Sole Food: Creating community through agriculture
It’s the last thing you would expect in a place like Downtown Vancouver. Right below BC Place, somebody is growing organic vegetables. The same…