The Tyee Works
A selection of my Tyee reporting. I’ve omitted the really newsy stuff, so if you want to read about fun things like land value capture and municipal tenant relocation policies, you can view the full list of my work at my Tyee bio.
The Mystery of the Baklava Man
April 5, 2018
The Treasures of Crystal Mall
July 2, 2019
Invasion of the Himalayan Blackberry
August 21, 2020
The Translator Kids
April 30, 2021
Will a Rezoning Damage Vancouver’s Filipino Heart?
March 12, 2021
In Burnaby, How to Resurrect a River
February 21, 2019
Putting Down Roots in Vancouver’s Backyard Gardens
September 9, 2021
Real Cities Give People Places to Pee
August 29, 2019
Metro Vancouver’s Increasing Inequality, By the Numbers
November 15, 2018
How Yucho Chow’s Photos Reframed Vancouver’s History
Part One, Part Two
May 16, 2019 and December 29, 2019
‘We Don’t Do Eggos.’ Dining out in the Downtown Eastside
September 6, 2018
RV Crackdown in the Unaffordable City
May 28, 2021
When Chinese in Canada Were Numbered, Interrogated, Excluded
May 28, 2021
The Problem with Place Names
August 24, 2021
The Courier and Metro Years
Here are a few stories from when I wrote my reported column in the Vancouver Courier called Talk of the Block (2015 to 2018) and another in Metro called Urban Scrawl (2017 to 2018). I am a bit embarrassed by the writing as I was a fresh grad at the time! But they were popular reads nonetheless, and almost always on the front page. Because both papers have since closed, the links here are via Wayback Machine.
The Dictator, the Doughnut King and a Shop Called Duffin’s
Vancouver Courier, July 12, 2016
East Van’s Immigrant Farmers, Before the Hipsters Came
Vancouver Courier, August 10, 2016
How the Vancouver Special Made Vancouver Special
Metro News, October 27, 2017
Building Vancouver’s Future, One Model at a Time
Vancouver Courier, May 25, 2016
Moving Heaven and Earth to Create Beer Island
Vancouver Courier, September 14, 2017
Balikbayan Boxes, To the Philippines with Love
Vancouver Courier, November 16, 2016
Realtors, Assemble! A Real-Life Game of Monopoly
Vancouver Courier, February 21, 2018
Peru, the Pacific and a Plaza: The Story of Killarney Market
Vancouver Courier, February 26, 2018
Welcome to… Fraserhood? A Gentrification Story
Metro News, December 15, 2017