Sharleine Batusin-Isidro

For the past decade, Simon Beck has been decorating the Alps with his stunning mathematical drawings, created by running in snowshoes across freshly laid snow. Each image takes him up to 11 hours to make and covers an area about 100m x 100m, requiring him to travel up to 25 miles as he marks out […]

What would a world-class, multi-modal public transit hub — fully integrated with a high-density mix of commercial uses — look like at Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver? This question has long been posed by the City of Vancouver, which first established the Central Waterfront Hub Framework in 2009 to expand Waterfront Station with a transit […]

Anonymous art world renegade Banksy has posted a short behind-the-scenes video on Instagram and his website that depicts his artistic interventions in Horenka, Ukraine, a small village on the northwest outskirts of Kyiv that was a site of particularly violent Russian attacks earlier this year. The video, soundtracked in part by a plaintive Ukrainian folk song, splices footage of […]

“It was a sobering wake up call.”  Father Mykhailo Ozorovych, the pastor of the Holy Eucharist Cathedral in New Westminster, was not worried about his family in Ukraine a few weeks ago when Russia was building up its forces in the region, because they lived far from the conflict zone. Then, a bomb hit the Ivano-Frankivsk […]

A decade ago, people believed that electric cars, trucks, and buses were inferior to fuel-powered vehicles regardingtheir driving range and performance. However, battery technology has evolved since then. The world’s very first innovative electrified road that recharges the battery of your trucks and cars driving on top of it opened in Sweden. Their vast 1.2-mile […]

The new 2690 Granville Street eatery is open and operating in the former location of a Starbucks in South Granville. This concept promises to be a place that’s passionate about supporting local organic growers, farmers, and artisans in and around the Vancouver area. Its menu offers a selection of bowls, wraps, steamed dumplings, smoothies, and […]

New plan sets height limits of 28-storeys near 152 Street and 16 Avenue. Surrey council has endorsed a plan that sets building height limits of up to 28-storeys in the Semiahmoo Shopping Centre area. Council gave the nod to the Semiahmoo Town Centre plan at Monday evening’s regular council meeting. The plan allows for a […]