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A Vast Watershed in Vancouver’s Backyard Is Now a UNESCO Biosphere

The glass sponge reefs in the Pacific Northwest absorb as much carbon in two and a half days as a hectare of forest does in a year.

The Flying Seven Canadian women pilots

Our Favourite Vancouver History Stories of 2021

Looking back at a year of looking back.

Community

Can’t Get Over Your Ex? There’s a Bootcamp for That

Vancouverite Amy Chan helps women break their negative relationship cycles at a serene New York getaway.

Community

My Punk Cultural Education Began in the Record Shops of 1980s Vancouver

My parents had grown up in the Depression, which was why they stockpiled food. I grew up in Maple Ridge, and so I stockpile culture.

Community

Learn the Stories of Trees, Plants and Mushrooms With a Cowichan Elder and Botanist

A new book explains traditional Indigenous foods, materials and medicines.

Style

Part Thrift Store, Part Social Enterprise, My Sister’s Closet Celebrates 20 Years of Helping Women

For the curators of My Sister’s Closet, thrift shopping can be a force for good, from funding programs for women in crisis to slowing the flow of fabrics towards the landfill.

Community

Finding Stanley Park’s Mother Tree

How an author, an ecologist, and a climber helped me track down an elusive 1,000-year-old western red cedar.

Community

After a Century, a Coast Salish Pit Cook Rekindles a Tradition of Food and Community

An ancient way of gathering and eating nourishes a connection to the land.

Community

Excerpt: The Penthouse Nightclub Raids, and Other Stories of 1970s Vancouver Vice

In his new book, Aaron Chapman digs into a world of gangsters, corruption, and moral panic.