Houses of the Holy: The Cultural Relevance of Sports Arenas
Where we play and watch sports is far more important to the culture of a sport than we tend to give credit to.
The Fate of North America's Only Safe Injection Site

A battle wages over the legality of Insite, North America's only safe, supervised injection site, located in Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Friday, Sept 30th, the BC Supreme Court will deliver its verdict.
Ubuntu: A Look at the Open Source Operating System and its Community

Ubuntu is a free, open source operating system for your computer. It's an ethos. And a very large collaborative project. It also fosters community.
City Views: All Aboard the Apple iPod Express!

Should we or should we not sell our subway stations to corporate sponsors? You know the right answer.
City Views: A 'Tragic' Event Remembered

Oh, the city has gone mad. And I’m not referring to the riots that took place last week. That was last week’s madness. This is this week.
City Views: To be a hockey fan or a Canucks fan

Last night, there were riots in Vancouver. But before we got to that, there was an entire city that committed itself to a hockey team...
City Views: A City's Emerging sense of Itself
The city of Vancouver is often refered to as 'No Fun City'. While there is indeed lots of fun to be had here, there is also a sort of broad truth to the lable. Mostly, I think, it's because we are so insecure and afraid of ourselves that we rarely spend much time together as a city. This is changing.
The Roar of the Crowd
Density by any other name...
Coca Cola's Oh-So-Multicultural Ads for the Olympics
Postmodern values are implicit in these ads that prominently feature yellow and black people cheering along with the whites.
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