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Balin wins Chopped

photo - Justine Balin had to think quickly on her feet to win Chopped Teen Canada

Justine Balin had to think quickly on her feet to win Chopped Teen Canada. (photo from Chopped Teen Canada) Vancouver Grade 12 student Justine Balin recently walked off with the top prize at Chopped Teen Canada, leaving the reality television…

Trying to make a difference

photo - Lesley Morris, left, and Gayle Robyn Morris at the Bayit’s Ladies’ Sushi Night

Lesley Morris, left, and Gayle Robyn Morris at the Bayit’s Ladies’ Sushi Night. (photo by Lauren Kramer) In every community, and ours is no exception, there are folks who frequently capture the spotlight for their work while others quietly get things done…

“Lost Tribe” in Canada

While I was completing my doctoral work examining the creative expression abilities of seniors with dementia and the therapeutic environment they lived in, I continued working in the Creative Expression Activities Program I had developed. Early in 2000, a group…

Jewish life in the Okanagan

photo - The Okanagan Jewish community’s Chanukah celebration Dec. 12

The Okanagan Jewish community’s Chanukah celebration Dec. 12. (photos from OJCA) The Okanagan Jewish community has had an active last few months. Services were held Dec. 9 and 10, led by Rabbi Shaul Osadchey, as well as Jan. 20 and…

Rose’s Angels package care

photo - Rose’s Angels co-founders Courtney Cohen, left, and Lynne Fader, surrounded by some of the 60 volunteers who came out Feb. 12 to make 1,000 care packages for those less fortunate

Rose’s Angels co-founders Courtney Cohen, left, and Lynne Fader, surrounded by some of the 60 volunteers who came out Feb. 12 to make 1,000 care packages for those less fortunate. (photos by Lianne Cohen Photography) On Feb. 12, this year’s…

Students share their views

photo - Public Speaking Contest founders Larry Barzelai and Rhona Gordon give out trophies for this year’s contest winners

Public Speaking Contest founders Larry Barzelai and Rhona Gordon give out trophies for this year’s contest winners. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) On the evening of Feb. 1, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver was buzzing with activity. Students, parents,…

Bagel Club travels to Israel

photo - The Bagel Club will volunteer at Shalva, the Israel Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, when they are in Israel

The Bagel Club will volunteer at Shalva, the Israel Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, when they are in Israel. (photo from shalva.org) The mission of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s inclusion services is…

Student’s first meeting with survivor

Writing Lives is an initiative at Langara College, coordinated by instructor Dr. Rachel Mines, in which second-year students are teamed up with local Holocaust survivors to interview them and write memoirs of their lives before, during and after the Holocaust.…

Oberlander to be honoured

photo - Cornelia Oberlander collaborated with architect Arthur Erickson on many projects, including the Downtown Vancouver Law Courts

Cornelia Oberlander collaborated with architect Arthur Erickson on many projects, including the Downtown Vancouver Law Courts. (photo by Joe Mabel via commons.wikimedia.org) At 95 years old, landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander can look back on a string of stellar accomplishments.…

Mobile legal services

photo - About five percent of Adam Brosgall’s legal practice is dedicated to offering mobile services

About five percent of Adam Brosgall’s legal practice is dedicated to offering mobile services. (photo from Adam Brosgall) While providing mobile legal services is only a small portion of what lawyer, notary public and commissioner of oaths Adam Brosgall does,…