Amanda was raised in suburban Toronto and completed her journalism degree at Carleton University in Ottawa before moving to a small Alberta town in the Canadian Rockies. She promptly forgot about her degree and learned to rock climb, snowboard and wait tables, with varying degrees of success. Eventually, she cycled back to wanting to share and write stories and began working at the local community newspaper. In 2006, she visited Smithers and never left, falling in love with northern B.C.’s lifestyle, landscapes and — especially — community.
Volunteers come together amidst frustrations about suspicious incidents and police response.
Pushback expected from Yaletown neighbours, but advocates say the site will save lives and reduce community problems.
Unions welcome campaign pledge; Green leader says NDP ‘tinkering around the edges’ instead of offering real change.
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It’s where I’m at, and let me tell you — women not giving a hot damn who they offend anymore is exactly what’s needed right now.
Poverty, housing, childcare, racism, climate — voters should press parties for real, ambitious plans to fix the problems laid bare by COVID-19.
The co-op began eroding its memberships’ voice years ago, which no doubt contributed to its troubles now.
We’re in a syndemic, when an illness and our broken society combine to bring terrible things. Here’s how we need to respond.
The political newcomer will try to take the North Island riding away from the NDP.
Painter David Wilson on his show ‘Close to Home,’ which captures a slippery Vancouver that never stops changing.
The latest roundup of COVID-19 findings gathered by Hakai Magazine.
She’s covered education, youth and housing issues for a decade now, and we’re lucky to have her.
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