A Barbie for everybody
Meet Lammily. As her website states, she is “the first fashion doll made according to typical human body proportions to promote realistic beauty standards.”…
December, 2014
KPU Athletic Department expands athletic therapy resources
This past summer has seen big changes for Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s athletic departments. Among those is the expansion of KPU’s athletic therapy team. Open to Kwantlen’s…
A teacher’s troubled road: one man’s battle with Crohn’s disease
It is 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, and 25-year-old Neil Smithe is still hunched over his desk, working on the finishing touches for tomorrow’s…
Intro to Dogs: The positive effects of positive reinforcement
There are many responsibilities that come with being a dog owner and one of the most important is training. Whether you get an eight-week-old…
Afternoon tea: High or low?
These days, when you walk into a place that serves high tea, you’ll see Asian faces. Going to high tea is becoming a trend…
The four best things about the first weeks of the NBA season
It’s been just over three weeks since the NBA season tipped off. Here are the four best things about the season so far: 1….
Does the Lower Mainland need a regional police force?
Family and friends cried out to the police for help back in the early 1990s. Women were disappearing from the downtown east-side of Vancouver,…
Opinion: What ‘Nightcrawler’ says about the news
“Nightcrawler,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Dan Gilroy, follows a news stringer in modern Los Angeles. Lou, played by Gyllenhaal, finds his calling listening…
Opinion: Fashion Week is a landmark event
Vancouver has heard criticism about and praise for Vancouver Fashion Week, and this year was a testament to just how remarkable the event really…
From the feedlot to the show ring: Part I
Boon, a small chestnut horse, somehow found himself hours away from being loaded onto a livestock trailer bound for a slaughterhouse. Had he made…