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Volunteer groups dedicate time removing harmful plants

Gina Rogers Feb 27, 2020 0

By Max Leckie For Joi Mozuna, removing Himalayan blackberries from Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park reduces the stress from his day-to-day job as a sales rep. Helping preserve nature is an added bonus, said Mozuna, who volunteers for the…

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South Vancouver residents seeking safer crosswalk

Gina Rogers Feb 27, 2020 0

By Danauca Dory Residents living around Cambie Street and 39th Avenue say their complaints about a dangerous intersection have not been properly addressed by the city. Barry Jung, a resident in the area, said there have been several…

Campus

Anti-bullying celebrated on Pink Shirt Day at Langara College

Gina Rogers Feb 26, 2020 0

By Rui Yang Xu Wyn Daquigan is usually great at defending others from bullying but when a classmate made comments regarding her ethnicity in university, she didn’t know how to respond. A fourth-year criminology student at SFU,…

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Conventional taboo and zoonotic disease

Gina Rogers Feb 25, 2020 0

https://soundcloud.com/user-699402800/love-bug This week Gina Rogers and Anita Zhu speak with Dr. Paul Sunga, Langara instructor with the school's biology department. Dr. Sunga teaches human diseases and infectious diseases. We…

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Period products pilot for Burnaby residents

Gina Rogers Feb 13, 2020 0

By Liam Hill-Allan Burnaby residents in poverty could see widespread access to free menstrual products, pending the success of a recently approved pilot project for the city. At a city council meeting on Jan. 27, Burnaby…

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Richmond demands to shut down birth tourism businesses

Gina Rogers Feb 13, 2020 0

By Steven Chang The City of Richmond took its first step against birth tourism after city council voted 6-3 to ask the federal government to change the Immigration Act. Multiple public speakers attended the council meeting on Monday…

Arts & Life

Online dating apps a temporary fix for loneliness

Gina Rogers Feb 12, 2020 0

By Ryan Ng Langara student Jian Cuizon doesn’t recommend dating apps to end loneliness because he’s tried it — and it ended up just being a temporary fix. Cuizon, a first-year criminology student, abandoned dating apps after trying…

Campus

Sustainability studies not sustaining enrolment

Gina Rogers Feb 12, 2020 0

Langara’s environmental studies program has seen a decline in first-year course enrollment. This is not consistent with student reports of increasing concern for the environment.

Campus

Coronavirus Protocol on Campus

Gina Rogers Feb 12, 2020 0

By Max Leckie Correction February 13, 2020: A previous version of this story stated that the COVID-19 death toll was 2016. The actual death toll as of publication is 1115, according to the World Health Organization. Cases of COVID-19,…

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Langara Creates Scholarship Honouring Delaram Dadashnejad

Gina Rogers Feb 5, 2020 0

By Kristen Holliday A new scholarship fund has been opened in memory of Delaram Dadashnejad, the Langara food and nutrition student who died when UIA Flight 752 was shot down over Tehran. The disaster occurred on Jan. 8,…