Opinion

Humans are fast becoming city dwellers. According to the United Nations , “The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014.” Sixty-six per cent of us will likely live in urban environments by 2050.

Can we take a break please? I have a request of the City of Vancouver: Can we have one whole week-end in the West End with no festivals, parades, marathons or charity walks and runs? I have lived here for 30 years and this seems like the worst summer

So you and your partner have decided to move into a tiny house or van! Congratulations! In your search for affordable housing you’ve discovered Vancouver Craigslist is the rental market equivalent of The Hunger Games.

Earlier this week, a Vancouver company made waves with its ridiculous proposal to build a massive “surf park” at the end of False Creek right next to Science World.

Hardly a day has gone by over the past two weeks when I haven’t been asked about the province’s rashly imposed 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers .

The Arctic’s Baffin Bay and Davis Strait region is home to seals, bowhead whales, polar bears and up to 90 per cent of the world’s narwhals.

Hooray for moms! I was on a flight from Toronto to Vancouver last Sunday and there was a woman with two small children.

On our usual Sunday morning distance run in late July, a small group of us plotted a route that would cut across from the East Side through the leafy Shaughnessy neighbourhood, then back.