http://www.straight.com/content/rss/Features en http://www.straight.com/article-168933/whistler-blackcomb-gondola-will-soar-between-peaks When it opens on December 12, the new Peak 2 Peak gondola will whisk skiers over a 4.4-kilometre span between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. 168933 at http://www.straight.com/article-168933/whistler-blackcomb-gondola-will-soar-between-peaks Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:22:47 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-168933/whistler-blackcomb-gondola-will-soar-between-peaks#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-129345/faraway-food-production High energy and land costs raise the stakes for B.C. farmers 129345 at http://www.straight.com/article-129345/faraway-food-production Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:39:48 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-129345/faraway-food-production#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-128479/3-spas-to-steam-scrub-soak-the-sunshine-back-in January feels pretty bleak as the effects of all that holiday indulgence set in. As we struggle to regain our energy, we ask ourselves again why we choose to live in this Noah’s ark of a city. 128479 at http://www.straight.com/article-128479/3-spas-to-steam-scrub-soak-the-sunshine-back-in Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:40:48 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-128479/3-spas-to-steam-scrub-soak-the-sunshine-back-in#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-128469/minimoons-may-be-short-but-they-sure-are-sweet Hawaii, Bali, Fiji - these are dream honeymoon destinations. But the reality is that you may not have the time and/or money for an exotic vacation. You may be squeezing the wedding in between work wee 128469 at http://www.straight.com/article-128469/minimoons-may-be-short-but-they-sure-are-sweet Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:55:35 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-128469/minimoons-may-be-short-but-they-sure-are-sweet#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-126125/british-columbians-we-remember-the-obituaries-of-2007 Muriel Arnason, 81, first woman elected to Langley Township councilAmanpreet Kaur Bahia, 33, motherJames Barber, 84, writer, broadcaster, and food loverMaster Cpl. Colin Bason, 28, reservist, Royal We 126125 at http://www.straight.com/article-126125/british-columbians-we-remember-the-obituaries-of-2007 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:24:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-126125/british-columbians-we-remember-the-obituaries-of-2007#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-125351/a-christmas-story "My father fucked off the morning I turned five," begins Bill Richardson's take on the Georgia Straight's annual Christmas story. Before the end, we meet the world's dirtiest woman in her double-wide, an angelic chorister whose voice never changes, and a mysterious observer with a Moleskine... 125351 at http://www.straight.com/article-125351/a-christmas-story Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:51:55 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-125351/a-christmas-story#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-124456/gangland-recruits-why-vancouver-kids-fall-prey Violent groups embody the capitalist ideal by maximizing profits, but why are many kids attracted to this lifestyle? 124456 at http://www.straight.com/article-124456/gangland-recruits-why-vancouver-kids-fall-prey Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:24:19 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-124456/gangland-recruits-why-vancouver-kids-fall-prey#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-119275/kinky-sex-makes-for-happy-people Vancouver has become one big sexy experiment, with grownups of all types and preferences getting their freak on. 119275 at http://www.straight.com/article-119275/kinky-sex-makes-for-happy-people Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:07:57 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-119275/kinky-sex-makes-for-happy-people#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-118354/documented-proof-of-darwins-natural-selection Peter and Rosemary, both from England, met at the University of British Columbia in 1960. They soon married, and both went on to work as professors of evolutionary biology at Princeton University. Now both 71, the Grants are among the most successful and important collaborations in the history of science. The Grants have produced a body of scientific research that is so exhaustive, so exacting and thorough, that many ornithologists fear it will never be replicated. The object of the Grants’ obsessions are Galápagos finches. These are the birds so closely associated with Darwin that they’re commonly called Darwin’s finches. 118354 at http://www.straight.com/article-118354/documented-proof-of-darwins-natural-selection Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:22:50 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-118354/documented-proof-of-darwins-natural-selection#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-116372/capilano-colleges-president-argues-canada-needs-a-federal-postsecondary-ministry Postsecondary system needs quality control 116372 at http://www.straight.com/article-116372/capilano-colleges-president-argues-canada-needs-a-federal-postsecondary-ministry Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:24:09 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-116372/capilano-colleges-president-argues-canada-needs-a-federal-postsecondary-ministry#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-116366/provincial-government-fails-learning-disabled-kids How did the McIntyre family end up in this predicament? The answer lies in recent history. In 2002, the B.C. government "detargeted" $230 million from special education, allowing school districts full discretion on spending. At the same time, the ministry changed its data reporting so that school districts were no longer required to outline expenditures related to high-incidence (relatively frequent) special-education needs. According to the B.C. Teachers' Federation, many school districts stopped providing extra funding for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The consequence, says BCTF first vice-president Susan Lambert, is that "we're just not designating those kids." 116366 at http://www.straight.com/article-116366/provincial-government-fails-learning-disabled-kids Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:18:40 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-116366/provincial-government-fails-learning-disabled-kids#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-115492/halloween-is-gay-holy-grail The straight world could learn something about wild abandon from queer folks. 115492 at http://www.straight.com/article-115492/halloween-is-gay-holy-grail Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:08:34 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-115492/halloween-is-gay-holy-grail#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-115485/the-halloween-mayhem-money-machine No need to wait till New Year's: Halloween week is party central at the city's numerous bars and clubs. 115485 at http://www.straight.com/article-115485/the-halloween-mayhem-money-machine Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:58:38 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-115485/the-halloween-mayhem-money-machine#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-113541/gimme-shelter Vancouver is bedevilled by rising rents and low vacancy rates, which take a disproportionate toll on young people.On any given day in Metro Vancouver, hundreds of youths like Cynthia Thomas are either 113541 at http://www.straight.com/article-113541/gimme-shelter Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:38:15 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-113541/gimme-shelter#comments Features http://www.straight.com/article-112543/two-faces-of-gordo The premier warmly greeted former U.S vice-president Al Gore, but does that mean Gordon Campbell is really going green? 112543 at http://www.straight.com/article-112543/two-faces-of-gordo Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:34:52 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-112543/two-faces-of-gordo#comments Features