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COVER STORY: The right brew

COVER STORY: The right brew

You might not think the craft beer brewers leading the fight against national brands in the name of sophisticated palates and better brews would be all that jazzed to see home brewing taking off like wildfire.
COVER STORY: Hot Wheels

COVER STORY: Hot Wheels

Its a cold and rainy night on the UBC campus and the air outside the indoor/outdoor rink on Thunderbird Boulevard is ripe with hockey stank.
NEWS: Creating a sustainable future takes action, not words

NEWS: Creating a sustainable future takes action, not words

When it comes to finding tangible solutions for big-picture problems like climate change, talk is cheap.

RANT/RAVE (Apr. 28)

Weekend hippies Well, its the weekend on the Drive and the yuppies are out. Quoting the Dalai Lama and acting like selfish jerks is kind of contradictory, dont you think? I guess youre too young to remember weekend hippies.

NEWS: Reaching out to low-income voters

Registering to vote can be a confusing process for many people, but for those living in shelters, temporary housing or on the street, getting to the polls is an even greater challenge.
NEWS: Fighting to find alternative housing

NEWS: Fighting to find alternative housing

A transgendered woman who claims she was evicted from social housing due to discrimination has found a home at the Olympic Village but without the help of the government agency in charge of subsidized housing.

RANT/RAVE (Apr. 21)

Debunking the high-rise myth The new myth in urban design is the failed capitalist idea that more high-rise buildings are the density solution.
Young voters make it count

Young voters make it count

It is the conventional wisdom of all political parties that young people will not vote. And the parties? They like it that way. Its why your tuition keeps going up.
NEWS: Relieving news

NEWS: Relieving news

The Vancouver Park Board may have found a way to bring a public toilet to the West Ends Nelson Park without dipping into its stretched financial coffers, according to board chair Aaron Jasper.
URBAN LEGEND: The Sky is the limit

URBAN LEGEND: The Sky is the limit

The dude looked like Lemmy, the badass frontman of the heavy-metal band Motörhead, and he was flaunting a cobra tattoo on his bare chest, its scaly tail disappearing under his belt.