Cheeky pessimism, music, and fag addiction. Sean Finan (any) // Crew Writer Sol Yoon (she/her) // Illustrator It has been a month since you and I have last spoken. I…
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Creation For Creation’s Sake
$LOTHBOI talks growing up Sikh, battling the sin of stagnation and shedding the mundane Jasmine Garcha (she/her) // Arts and Culture Editor Jasmine Garcha (she/her) // Illustrator Sloth*, professionally known…
Love All, Feed All
Why Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen, a Surrey-based NPO, feeds the Downtown Eastside every weekend Amandeep Kaur (she/her) // Contributor Scarlet Side (she/her) // Illustrator Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen (GNFK) is…
Forgotten Stories of the Bunkhouse
A story of Sikh migrants throughout B.C.’s historic settlement ਜੈਸਮੀਨ ਕੌਰ ਗਰਚਾ | Jasmine Garcha (she/her) // Arts and Culture Editor Meharveen Manchanda (she/her) // Illustrator From Instagram comment sections…
From the Streets of Our Unfair City
Elevating a discussion about homelessness: Outsiders and Others’ platform for Vancouver’s homeless artists Kate Henderson (she/they) // Crew Writer Kit Vega (they/them) // Illustrator Since the Courier last spoke to…
Black-Owned Businesses in Vancouver
Community among the neon lights Jasmin Linton (she/her) // Contributor Jasmin Linton (she/her) // Illustrator Black-owned businesses make up a good portion of go-to spots in Vancouver. Organizing and curating…
Surrey Jazz Nights and All Femme Fronted
How the projects of former music students Harmeet Kaur and Amanda Mulder have tilled musical gardens for emerging women and gender-diverse musicians Kate Henderson (she/they) // Crew Writer Ava Shahres…
Don’t F**k With Rats
Hunting a killer (and stuffer) Jasmine Garcha (she/her) // Arts and Culture Editor Kyla Seguiban (she/her) // Illustrator Brodie Khan* describes taxidermy as, “the ultimate form of recycling,” and a…
An End-Of-Year Recap as a Western-Born Punjabi
A collection of stories outlining the liminal space of trying to be both “Indian” and “Canadian” enough during the holidays inspired by Edward Said’s postcolonialism. ਜੈਸਮੀਨ ਕੌਰ ਗਰਚਾ | Jasmine…