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By YEORGIOS PRONTZOS   A chemical-related accident on campus last spring has students questioning the reliance on campus security as first responders and the limited role of other departments in medical emergencies.   First year…

By MAJENTA BRAUMBERGER The Langara Students’ Union shares less financial information publicly compared to other post-secondary student unions, a survey of their websites shows. The student unions at Simon Fraser University, University…

By KORALEE NICKARZ The Greater Vancouver Food Bank will uphold their guideline limiting international students from accessing aid during their first year of study despite harsh responses from critics. According to CEO David Long, the…

By TUAN TRAN A rezoning proposal for the Langara Family YMCA highlights the Langara area’s lack of affordable student housing when compared to other Metro Vancouver institutions. The development proposal for the YMCA recently changed…

By MAJENTA BRAUMBERGER Feelings of loneliness are rising among Canadian youth, and Kousha Talebian and Zuki Majuqwana say they wanted to change things. They created Common Ground, an event company with the goal to make in-person…

By KORALEE NICKARZ A Greater Vancouver Food Bank policy prevents international students experiencing food insecurity during their first year in Canada from receiving free food while they adjust to an unfamiliar country and community.…

By SAGE SMITH Gwyn Crisp says that in a city like Vancouver struggling with a toxic drug crisis, anyone can come across a person having an overdose. Crisp, a 26-year-old Langara student, said she has witnessed two overdoses and …

By BOB HOMER As sewer upgrades on Oak Street enter their second year, residents in neighbouring Marpole say they wonder if the continuous disruption to their community is worth it.  Charles Gauthier, a longtime resident of the area,…

By HILARY ANGUS The B.C. government’s new policy of standardized minimum nurse-to-patient ratios will result in better training for nursing students, says a Vancouver critical care nurse. According to Ben Aubrey, a registered nurse at St.…

By ENZO GALLARDO and ALY GLENN The great blue herons have returned this spring to Stanley Park. The herons live in the trees next to the tennis courts at Stanley Park. The herons return to the park every…