Christopher Cheung
Stories by Christopher Cheung
‘The Millennials Who Elected Trudeau Can Also Boot Him Out’
A Q&A with Geoff Dembicki, author of ‘Are We Screwed? How a New Generation Is Fighting to Survive Climate Change.’
Homeless Meet Rich Cannibals in Vancouver Tale of Ultimate Class Divide
Graphic novel ‘The Dregs’ features struggling Downtown Eastside protagonist discovering the grisly fate of his missing friends.
How to Build Better Burbs to Ease the Housing Crunch
Transforming suburbs creates options for families priced out of city and creates better communities.
How Churches and Service Clubs Can Ease Housing Crunch
Growing number of organizations partner in property redevelopments to meet their needs, fill gaps.
Going Green Means Construction Job Boom in Canada: Report
Efforts to cut greenhouse gases could bring 4 million jobs, Columbia Institute study finds.
What Do We Mean By ‘Affordable Housing?’
If we’re to solve this crisis, we need to agree on what defines affordability, and for who.
No BC Charges in Mount Polley Disaster as Investigation Misses Deadline
Deadline for laying provincial charges will pass without a conclusion to the three-year probe.
How Vancouver’s Housing Crisis Is Harming Employers
As prices push out their prospective workers, job creators are scrabbling to adapt.
For Hong Kong Public Housing, It Takes a Village
Lessons in community building and development from the history of Hong Kong’s efforts.
A New Generation Embraces Its Chinatown Roots
How some globalized kids are reconnecting with old ways. Last in series, now share your stories!
Fighting to Belong: Chinese Pioneers of Vancouver’s White Neighbourhoods
When daring to live beyond Chinatown meant battling racist taunts and flying fists. Latest in a series.
In Post-War Chinatown, the Siren Call of Sinatra
Larry Wong strained to escape Vancouver’s Chinese enclave. Decades later, he strived to preserve its legacy. Third in a series.
Canada’s ‘Sea Turtles’: The Powerful Pull of ‘Home’ on Two Teens, 78 Years Apart
For children of Chinese immigrants reasons to go back are as old as the diaspora. Second in a series.
Growing Up Chinese Canadian: A Century of Stories
Voices from five generations explain how they forged identities as children of Chinese immigrants to the Vancouver region. First in a series.
Why the Struggle of Renters Is Canada’s ‘Ultimate Housing Problem’
Being a low-income renter is terrible. Here’s how it got that way.
Video: Mega-Mansions Threat to Farmland, Says Critic
Richmond’s new 11,000-square-foot limit won’t slow loss of agricultural land, warns councillor.
Unaffordable Cities, Look to Quality Public Housing in Vienna
Exhibit in Vancouver highlights possibilities when housing is considered a public good.
PHOTOS: See BC’s Election Night Seesaw
The cheering, breath-holding, and nail-biting in images from both the Liberal and NDP camps.
Where the Parties Stand on Six Hot Issues
Housing, education, climate, energy, jobs, and election processes. We’ve got your primers.
At Vancouver Debate, Candidates Split Over Government Role in Housing Supply
Green and NDP say government must step up; Liberal says market will do the job.
A ‘Priority Lane’ for New Affordable Housing?
Based on other cities’ experience, it could cut the time it takes to open doors in Vancouver by more than half.
Easing BC’s Housing Crunch: Where the Parties Stand
From tax credits to renter rebates, parties unveil strategies to increase affordability.
Coalition Pushing New Housing Solutions for BC
Landlords, non-profits, co-ops and allies unite to make housing an election issue.
Take a Video Tour of Vancouver’s ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Projects
Creative thinking, relaxed zoning inspire buildings that add density to neighbourhoods — without adding towers.
Housing ‘the Largest Single Commitment’ in Morneau’s Budget
But funding falls short of homelessness needs.
Should Developers Pay to ‘Ride’ the Benefits of Transit?
Where transit goes, land values rise. Should cities and the public get a share?
The Big Give: How Owners Got Rich, and Renters Didn’t
These nine graphs show how government widened the wealth gap between Canadians who rent, and Canadians who own a home.
Should Old Rental Buildings Be Saved — or Sacrificed?
A building boom decades ago is still housing half of Canada’s tenants. But time is running out on a generation of apartment buildings.
BC Landlords Group Wants Members to ‘Rent It Right’
New registry tests landlords on knowledge of tenants’ rights and their own obligations.
Should Developers Meet Quotas for Affordable Housing Units?
‘Inclusionary zoning’ has worked in US cities, but is tricky to get right.
Tracking the Changes on the Evergreen Line
The Tyee rides the rails to see how transit changes communities and lives.
Fleeing Million Dollar Vancouver? Your Suburban Life May Cost Just as Much
Urbanist Andy Yan’s latest study reveals the cost burden of transportation.
‘Rent Banks’ Offer Loans to Tide You Over
Municipalities and non-profits sponsor help for some when homelessness looms.
In Vancouver, a Teacher Helps Students Climb to New Heights
That’s how Trevor Stokes’s class reached the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.
The Key to a Family-Friendly City? Family-Sized Housing
Fully functioning cities need families too. Here’s how they can attract and keep them.
Documenting ‘The Peace in Peril’: A Q&A with Christopher Pollon
The story behind the story. Book launches this week in Vancouver.
‘They’re Angry Because We’re Failing Them’: Cities Share Tensions at Housing Summit
Experts from Toronto, San Francisco, New York say they need help from those up top.
Abandon the Dream Home, This Prof Says. You’ll Be Happier
UBC’s Nathanael Lauster urges city dwellers to shake off their ‘house addiction.’
The Future Is Cities. Can Countries Adapt?
UN conference born in Vancouver draws thousands to Ecuador to take another run at creating a ‘right to the city.’
In Praise of Chinese Food ‘Heroes’
What I learned in Brooklyn visiting Chris Cheung, my dumpling doppelganger.
Burnaby Boom: From Bedroom ‘Burb to Growing City
Vancouver’s neighbour finally evolving into its role at the geographic centre of the region.
Burnaby Boom: ‘Inevitable’ Redevelopment Leaves Renters Insecure
Mayor concedes affordable housing will be lost, but says he’s hamstrung by senior governments. Part one of two.
‘Faulty’ Towers? Battle Brews over Vibe of Commercial Drive
Coalition of 28 Vancouver groups want city to delay Grandview-Woodland community plan for more consultation.
‘Ethnoburbs’: The New Face of Immigrant Cities
Old settlement patterns have reversed, but old problems of adaptation remain.
Vancouver Is Home, Must I Leave?
Staying in the city where I grew up isn’t just about money, it’s about love.
Tyee Readers, You’re an Interesting Bunch
We thought we knew you. Turns out, you’re a life-saving, sheep-shearing, rather complex crew.
Special Video Feature: Meet a Dance Machine Master
At 15, Wayland Chin fell in heart-pounding, sweat-inducing love. With DDR.
Special Video Feature: Underground Chef Reveals All!
Spend some time with Ronsar Lo, whose basement is a 'pop-up eatery.'
Meet the Colorado Firefighters on Front Lines of Climate Change
Doc captures experience of facing bigger, hotter, more surprising infernos.
Experts Grade Premier's Forestry Teaching Moment
Clark 'educates' kids by threatening their families' livelihoods. Real educators say that's not how it's done.
Meet the Real Estate Duo Answering Vancouver Prayers
No, not housing prayers. These guys sell most of Metro Van's churches.
Vancouver's Hapa Festival, All Grown Up
From one generation to another, an identity conversation continues.
This Ain't Your Grandparents' Sunday Worship
Old god, new tricks? In Vancouver, plugged-in (even gluten-free) churches grow while Christianity declines.
'How Heavy Is Your Cannon?'
Tyee asks cosplayers what you've always wondered at Vancouver anime convention.
Cheap Rentals Near Transit Hubs Face Wave of Demolition
Metro Van density plans invite wrecking ball to three lower-income neighbourhoods.
Why Racism in Vancouver's Housing Debate Can't Be Ignored
In absence of data, Chinese blamed and shamed for affordability crisis.
In Vancouver's Port Land Makeover, Industry Takes a Blow
In the scramble for residential land, should industrial areas be sacrificed?
'I'm Extremely Lucky': Life as a Wildly BC Photographer
Meet Jeremy Koreski, who's built a career capturing the thrill of the outdoors.
'Is It Going to Help My Immigration?'
Buying a business was a fast track for foreigners into BC. Will it be again?
'Hot and Noisy': The Communal Power of Mahjong
In Vancouver's fast shifting Chinatown, an ancient game is open to all.
As Steveston's Japanese Community Shrinks, Its History Grows
Fishing heritage lives on at newly-reopened benevolent society museum.
In Shaughnessy, New Heritage District to Halt Character Home Demolitions
Elite neighbourhood first to protect pre-1940 houses.
Vancouver's Lively Street Market Has Big Expansion Plans
Downtown Eastside's busy bazaar is not without controversy, and the odd unusual ware.
