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Real estate in time of COVID

photo - Michael Geller at the groundbreaking of ConWest’s IRONWORKS development in 2017

Michael Geller at the groundbreaking of ConWest’s IRONWORKS development in 2017. (photo from Michael Geller) The COVID pandemic and the months of social isolation it created will have impacts on real estate prices, urban design and human behaviours, says a local…

Men’s club is booming

photo - Members of Temple Sholom Men’s Club at last year’s Whistler retreat. This year’s event, scheduled for May but canceled due to the pandemic, was to focus on indigenous issues

Members of Temple Sholom Men’s Club at last year’s Whistler retreat. This year’s event, scheduled for May but canceled due to the pandemic, was to focus on indigenous issues. (photo from templesholom.ca) Temple Sholom Men’s Club, which hosted the Michael Geller…

Providing meals, warmth

Several years ago, Chabad Richmond launched the Light of Shabbat program with the purpose of helping Richmond Jewish seniors celebrate Shabbat and feel connected. At first, the program involved making and delivering a free, homemade, kosher kugel and challah to…

About the Summer 2020 cover

photo - Summer issue cover, 2020

(photo by Cynthia Ramsay) Normally, this special issue would be called Summer Celebration and have a multi-page pullout calendar of events. This summer, however, is unique and more sobering. The photograph is meant to reflect our current reality. We have no…

Financial hopes

photos - In a Temple Sholom webinar May 6, ZLC Financial’s Garry Zlotnik, left, and Jon McKinney spoke on the topic Financial Planning in a Pandemic

In a Temple Sholom webinar May 6, ZLC Financial’s Garry Zlotnik, left, and Jon McKinney spoke on the topic Financial Planning in a Pandemic. (photos from Temple Sholom) Reflecting on previous financial downturns – in 1987, 2000 and 2008 –…

PORCHpics Project

photo - Lianne Cohen prepares to take a “PORCHtrait” of the Gorski family

Lianne Cohen prepares to take a “PORCHtrait” of the Gorski family. (photo from Kehila Society) As a fundraiser for Kehila Society of Richmond and/or Pathways Clubhouse, professional photographers Lianne Cohen, Jocelyne Hallé and Adele Lewin are volunteering their time (in…

JFS uplifts with enewsletter

In the first eight weeks of Jewish Family Services Vancouver’s COVID-19 emergency response program, more than 400 calls were received, 1,500 meals and groceries were delivered, and 672 hours of service was provided on the Community Care Hotline. In addition…

Dialogue across differences

photo - Rabbi Dr. Ted Falcon will be joined by Imam Jamal Rahman in a keynote address called Healing at a Time of Polarization, which the public can watch online by registering at vst.edu

Rabbi Dr. Ted Falcon will be joined by Imam Jamal Rahman in a keynote address called Healing at a Time of Polarization, which the public can watch online by registering at vst.edu. (photo from Ted Falcon) When beginning interfaith or…

Garden City’s new leadership

photo - Garden City Bakery owner Steve Uy, right, with store manager Monica Flores and fellow baker Richard Caranto

Garden City Bakery owner Steve Uy, right, with store manager Monica Flores and fellow baker Richard Caranto. (photo from Garden City Bakery) If you’ve not set foot into Garden City Bakery for some time, you’re in for a surprise. The…

Soup still being served

photo - Vancouver Soup Company’s Steven Sloan with his wife Iona Monk and their daughter, Zoe Sloan

Vancouver Soup Company’s Steven Sloan with his wife Iona Monk and their daughter, Zoe Sloan. (photo by Michelle Dodek) Soup is comfort food; great for lunch or dinner; light or hearty and always satisfying. Steven Sloan certainly thinks so. He…