By Christopher Cheung
How Vancouver dealt with two pandemics, a century apart
In 1977, historian Margaret Andrews found herself on the hunt for a Vancouver doctor who’d worked during the Spanish flu outbreak. It... Read More
The pandemic is reforming even sidewalks
“It feels like there are more people in the world!” The Lonsdale shopping strip in North Vancouver feels different to Amy Amantea, who... Read More
It’s complicated — our relationship with Instagram and nature
On a hike to Upper Joffre Lake near Pemberton this summer, I saw a dozen people frozen in the same pose. In one hand, they held out... Read More
Track to the future: Advocates want to passenger rail back to the Fraser Valley
A century ago, interurban rail service helped Fraser Valley communities develop — and it could do the same thing today, says a group... Read More
A window into making the city of glass greener and happier
Tea leaves won’t reveal the truth. Instead, study Vancouver’s windows and you’ll see that the city’s aspirations to be green and... Read More
Why New West Station’s Plaza 88 is one of a kind
You’ll lose your breath trying to describe Plaza 88. It wraps an elevated SkyTrain station with seven storeys of parking and two... Read More
Book Review: Vancouverism
Author: Larry Beasley (UBC Press, 2019) When friends from out of town visit and I tell them about Vancouverism, they all say they’ve... Read More
Chinatown in Colour, Before Condos and Coffee Bars
From sausage makers to seamstresses, a set of recently digitized photographs by Paul Yee reveal life in Vancouver’s Chinatown before... Read More
Redesigning Cities to Support Seniors Stuck in Suburban Sprawl
Rasiklal Joshi never took the bus. He always drove — until he reached his 80s and his doctor told him to stop. “I tried to persuade my... Read More
A Renegade Book Exchange, and Other Acts of ‘Urban Intervention’
On the southwest corner of Salsbury and Napier Streets, a block from Vancouver’s Commercial Drive, Penny Street and Stephen Holmes set... Read More