Fidel Vila – The Spanish Hurricane

Who are you? A guy who loves  being around his family. Psychiatry is a passion of mine, and I am fortunate to practice and teach at both Saint Paul’s Hospital and UBC Hospital; also, I combine my clinical work with research on mental health. What do you do for fun? I...

Vancouver’s Very Own Viking Ship

For several years now, ever since I’ve lived near English Bay, I’ve been noticing this odd sight out on the water.  Once in a while, there’s this Viking ship out there. That’s right, with that characteristic striped orange sail, oars and what...

A Community of Madness – Round 1

[Editor’s note: people, the Editor-in-Chief of this blog loves basketball, higher education, community, competition, and when they all slam together in a mess of cheers, tears, body-paint, over-achievement, and ridiculously awesome excitingly uncontrollable...

Dispatches from Silverstar (Part 1)

On Sunday afternoon, Theodora and I were very concerned that we’d made a horrible mistake in deciding to make an impromptu visit to Vernon’s premier ski area, Silverstar. We were high-up on the Coquihalla Highway and were crawling along at 20 km an hour as...