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Jul 1, 2021

Hockey doesn’t embody Canada’s national identity anymore. It undermines it.

By Sandi Rankaduwa for Berners Bowie Lee Ten years ago, as the Vancouver Winter Olympics approached, a rousing Coca Cola commercial ran throughout the country: a blond boy plays street hockey, aiming a pop-can at an open net. His goal launches a rapid-fire series of scenes: middle-aged men hugging in…

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Hockey doesn’t embody Canada’s national identity anymore. It undermines it.

Oct 7, 2020

Smoking Like a Mother

Women are the fastest growing market in the cannabis industry By Harriet Alida Lye for Berners Bowie Lee The stereotype of a cannabis user — a stoner, a pothead — is epitomized in movies like Pineapple Express and Cheech and Chong. …

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Sep 12, 2020

Will COVID-19 Permanently Reshape Cities?

By Harriet Alida Lye for Berners Bowie Lee Forget rising cottage prices. The urban exodus could restructure the culture and economy of cities and rural areas for years to come. As we look ahead to at least another year of uncertainty in the midst of this global pandemic and economic…

Culture Shift

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Will COVID-19 Permanently Reshape Cities?