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UBC Mission Stories Shared Through Global Village
Billions of minutes are spent each year on Facebook. Sites like Myspace and YouTube use the lure of videos to draw in millions of visitors. And reality shows have taken over the television airwaves, captivating audiences and turning average, unknown people into household...UBC Farm
"If you were given a choice to grow your food than buying it at the local supermarket, what would you do?" I poised this question to Scott Crook, a student at the Capilano University Agricultural program. "...
created by Faiza Zia Khan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Team Canada’s New Olympic Hockey Jerseys To Be Unveiled Today
The new Olympic jersey design for Canada's hockey teams will be unveiled at 1 PM PST at the UBC Thunderbird Arena today. Photos of the new jersey have emerged online, but it could not be verified if the source was trustable. It is expected that the new jersey will feature a...
North Vancouver city considers plan for farms on boulevards
"UBC lab is ‘trying to create something that doesn’t exist anywhere else’ From the Victory gardens of the last century’s two world wars to the community-garden movement started in the 1970s, urban... PBS documentary uses UBC students to expose US security risk
The UBC School of Journalism continues to break new ground. Tonight PBS will air a documentary that features the work of the students. Led by veteran newsman Peter Klein, the students unearthed shocking... RCMP Asked to Investigate Former NDP President & Current Funders
A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents has sent a letter to the RCMP requesting that they investigate tactics to which she was subjected after blowing the whistle about CUPE Local 116 executives staffing their... Community rallies to save UBC farm
Strong community support from neighbors has saved the UBC farm. "UBC President Stephen Toope unveiled a permanent sign at the entrance to UBC Farm on UBC Vancouver’s South Campus at an April 7 celebration... Serious motorcade at UBC
A motorcade with roughly 20 police officers just drove by Stadium and SW Marine Drive near UBC. Kitsilano Farmers Market to deliver by bike
I picked up this news from the Kitsilano twitter feed. Pretty cool."Our local farmers markets are supposed to bring out the green in Vancouver residents - but with shoppers come cars. Problem partially... Practicing for peak oil
We sometimes take for granted that we drive machines that have 100,200,300 or sometimes over 500 horsepower. It's always nice to remind ourselves what this metric means and how many horses we'd have without... Dunbar / UBC area under snow
The snow fell pretty consistently over the weekend and overnight on Sunday. Right now the skies are generally clear and it doesn't look like it will be coming down anytime soon. The snow on the ground... Changes for Ubc-Area Schools
Janet Steffenhagen reports that: "I received a tip this morning that the Vancouver board of education has developed another plan for UBC-area schools. The board's communications manager, David Weir, would not give me... Peter Ladner's 40 year grudge - and the truth behind it
Rod Mickleburgh at The Globe digs into the details of Peter Ladner's history at the UBC student newspaper and discovers some interesting tidbits."Man, Peter Ladner sure holds a grudge. In this case for nearly 40 years. His bitterness at being passed over for editorship of the...Last Missing Bill Reid Artworks Recovered
As NowPublic previously reported, several artworks produced by the late Haida carver Bill Reid were stolen from the UBC Museum of Anthropology in May. Thankfully, the last of the missing pieces has now been...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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UBC prof seeks NDP nomination in Vancouver. Over to you, ratemyprofessors.com
Michael Byers -- author, Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, and prominent Canadian thinker -- announced today that he wants to represent the NDP in the Vancouver Centre...Top Members Today
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