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By Tyson Burrows Activists including Dakota Bear and Audrey Siegl gathered on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in solidarity with Mi’kma’ki. Many speakers addressed ongoing tensions in Nova Scotia surrounding Indigenous fishing treaty rights.…

By Emma Gregory Since the start of a petition by the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, local community members and organizations have stepped in after multiple Greater Vancouver Food Bank locations have closed due to the pandemic.…

By Danauca Dory and Kristian Trevena What used to be Vancouver’s largest landfill is now a biodiverse park enjoyed by families across the city. A large part of South Vancouver’s community, Everett Crowley Park was the Kerr Road…

By Rui Yang Xu Harinder Singh Toor hasn't slept much over the last few weeks, staying longer than usual in his grocery store to serve customers stocking up with supplies because of COVID-19. Toor, the owner of Punjab Food Center at…

By Danauca Dory Some businesses in South Vancouver neighbourhoods are being hit hard by the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and the fears it has created. Several businesses have said they’ve noticed a stark change in their customers…

By Jessica A. Froud Vancouverites are rushing out to buy COVID-19 emergency supplies — much more than earthquakes kits despite being the high ongoing risk of the “big one” hitting the West Coast.  Businesses across Metro…

By Max Leckie The results of a new study suggest that fewer than half of Canadians diagnosed with mental health conditions will enroll in post-secondary education by the age of 22. Michele Bowers, the head of counselling services at…

By Ryan Ng Local writers are gathering each week at the Historic Joy Kogawa House in Marpole to write using a technique named after a plastic tomato timer. Invented in the 1980s by Francesco Cirillo while he was a university student,…

By Lina Chung Students are getting stealthier at vaping in order to evade restrictions in Vancouver high schools, according to a district youth counsellor. Ted Holkestad is part of a team of youth counsellors at the Vancouver School…

By Danauca Dory One year after it was chopped down, a beloved century-old Kerrisdale sequoia tree now sits in storage at Magee Secondary School to be transformed into community benches by shop students. The tree, which was…