Vancouver

By THEA CATIPON The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has been saved from possible cancellation by new sponsors who stepped up to fund the 18-year-old event. Linda Poole, creative director and founder of the festival,…

By Roy Fang Langara College instructor Bradley Hughes and student Amaranta MacAllister were asking people in the A Building foyer to sign a petition on March 6 when a security guard asked them to stop and pack up their stand. Hughes, who…

By Emma Shular Buskers are increasingly realizing that social media handles are the new calling card. Many are working to build an online presence to earn recognition as professional artists and eventually get signed by a record label.…

By Emma Shular Piotr Jaskiewicz printed out a QR code on an 18-inch-square placard, set it next to the Vancouver Art Gallery steps, picked up his guitar and hoped for the best. Jaskiewicz, who started busking in Vancouver a year before…

By Thea Catipon Vancouver’s chess scene is making room for an unprecedented number of young players flooding local tournaments. The influx has dramatically changed the landscape of chess in Vancouver — with the number of tournaments…

By Samantha Holomay The Facebook group Are We Dating The Same Guy is mainly made up of women who have banded together to share bad online dating experiences. Group members say it serves as a safe space for people to flag…

By Cala Ali  The three Langara players who accepted an invitation to try out for Vancouver FC failed to make the grade.  Athos Michellepis de Siqueira, a second-year kinesiology student and winger for the Langara Falcons, was part of…

By Meharwaan Manak  The Langara Falcons women’s basketball team heads into the post-season PACWEST Championships on a high note, having won three of its last four games to cling onto sixth place in the league standings and earn themselves…

By Virender Singh Dismantling the taboo around drugs for immigrant communities in South Vancouver can help prevent overdoses.  While Indigenous people continue to be disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis in North America,…