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By Safoura Rigi-Ladiz Langara’s Salish weaving course gives students an opportunity to learn a once-lost tradition of B.C.’s Coast Salish people.  The history of the traditional weaving practice and its cultural applications are an…

Reported by Christopher MacMillan “Ichi! Block with the rochin,” Sensei William Chung yelled, as his students alternated thrusting forward with their short spears and their tortoise shaped shields. “Ni! Step forward and block with the…

By Liam Hill-Allan Burnaby residents in poverty could see widespread access to free menstrual products, pending the success of a recently approved pilot project for the city. At a city council meeting on Jan. 27, Burnaby…

By Steven Chang The City of Richmond took its first step against birth tourism after city council voted 6-3 to ask the federal government to change the Immigration Act. Multiple public speakers attended the council meeting on Monday…

By Ryan Ng Langara student Jian Cuizon doesn’t recommend dating apps to end loneliness because he’s tried it — and it ended up just being a temporary fix. Cuizon, a first-year criminology student, abandoned dating apps after trying…

Langara’s environmental studies program has seen a decline in first-year course enrollment. This is not consistent with student reports of increasing concern for the environment.

By Max Leckie Correction February 13, 2020: A previous version of this story stated that the COVID-19 death toll was 2016. The actual death toll as of publication is 1115, according to the World Health Organization. Cases of COVID-19,…

By Kristen Holliday A new scholarship fund has been opened in memory of Delaram Dadashnejad, the Langara food and nutrition student who died when UIA Flight 752 was shot down over Tehran. The disaster occurred on Jan. 8,…

Produced by Lucas Jornitz   Is video gaming addiction any different from any other compulsive disorder?   In this week’s podcast, Ray Chopping and Agazy Mengesha talks about video game addiction.   The duo interviews video gaming…

Reported by Joe Ayres Leona Alleslev, a former Liberal Member of Parliament, has been announced as the new deputy leader of the Conservative party, making her the second current woman deputy leader after recently appointed deputy prime…