The connection between an individual’s health outcomes and their ability to access fresh fruits and vegetables are a no brainer. The easier it is to buy affordable healthy foods, the more likely people will do so, and the healthier they will be as a result. What is less of a no brainer is how to [...]
So just like someone who’s spent the entire winter hitting the gym and now wants to show their skin all summer long, we’re revealing our new look today! Things are still changing daily, and new content won’t be hitting the shelves for a little while, but we just couldn’t wait! In the meantime, feel free [...]
A great video has it the internets from a group called “Move Forward BC,” a group is made up of the Canadian Office & Professional Employees Union, Local 378.
The video is just classic, check it out! While I’m sure it’s all kosher, I hope COPE 378 has some killer libel lawyers on their payroll just [...]
Despite being a city of over 5 million, Santiago de Chile is nonetheless a welcoming city when it comes to community-based events. Every Sunday morning, the main downtown square– La Plaza de Armas– is set-up with dozens of two-seater tables, each containing a chess board and set. Although the tradition seems to draw a majority [...]
Every Friday and Saturday a population equivalent to the size of Port Moody descends on the Granville Street Strip. They drink, dance, and revel in the various clubs until 3am, when the whole rabble is unleashed on the street to battle for taxis and search for after-parties. This mass of liquored-up and stranded youth milling [...]
Since we launched Vancouver25 in November, we’ve had a lot of you write to us with articles, or just plain good ideas for the city. While it’s great to use the website as a place to discuss them, we, at Vancouver25 are rather more action-oriented.
While the organizers and writers of Vancouver25 fully intend to (and [...]
Did you know that in 1952 the Senate of Canada struck a special committee to investigate why Vancouver had a bigger illegal drug problem than any other city in the country? That in 1963 Dr. Robert Halliday started the first methadone program in the world to treat heroin users right here in Vancouver? That in [...]
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