Articles by Steve Smysnuik.

News Features

Immortal Sasquatch still immune to cynics

Just because we don’t know it’s out there doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. That's the view of a small but dedicated group of researchers hunting for Bigfoot.
Movies Features

Hip-hop documentary busts clichés of masculinity

College quarterback turned documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt was inspired to make a documentary about the misogyny within hip-hop.
Movie Notes

Vancouver Serbian FilmFest unites community

The second annual Vancouver Serbian FilmFest kicked off on November 12 with the West Coast premiere The Tour, Serbia’s submission to the 81st Academy Awards.
Movie Notes

Serbian cinema spotlighted at Vancouver Serbian FilmFest

If there’s one reason to check out the second annual Vancouver Serbian FilmFest—which runs from November 12 to 15 at the Ridge Theatre—it’s to see the West Coast premiere of Goran Markovic’s The Tour
Travel Features

Sucked into Amsterdam’s red light district

The goal on arrival in the Dutch city was to fight temptation and avoid the brothels and sex shops; to write a sober account of the debauched circus encased within this small area. But it wasn’t meant to be.
News Features

Recovery centre challenges Richmond's fears

A group of Richmond citizens claims it supports a recovery facility for dug addicts, as long as it is established "somewhere else".
Travel Features

Beatles born again in Liverpool

Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, and Eleanor Rigby's grave are just some of the Fab Four's legacy that features across the European Commission's Capital of Culture for 2008.
News Features

Ex-hustler hopes to help men in sex trade

Matthew Taylor was never your typical hustler. He entered the trade at age 31, and unlike most, it wasn't out of desperation. He worked as both a transvestite and a man, but working the former was far more lucrative. Besides, the transvestite population is so tight-knit in Vancouver that this was where he felt welcome. It turns out he was looking for respect in all the wrong places. His values and sense of purpose disintegrated.
News Features

The oldest profession

Sex workers say abolitionist approaches increase danger, but not everyone wants more prostitutes in the neighbourhood.
Feature articles | News Features

Dragged down by debt

More students are going to college, but with tuition fees doubled since 2002 and grants scrapped, it’s a tough slog.
Feature articles | News Features

Dragged down by debt

More students are going to college, but with tuition fees doubled since 2002 and grants scrapped, it’s a tough slog.