RIP Sandy Shreve (1950 – 2026)

“Sandy Shreve (left) the poet who brought ‘Poetry in Transit’ to Vancouver in 1996, the first city in Canada to have such a program, has died.” FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Christopher Cheung

February 12th, 2026

A multicultural-born kid in Vancouver, journalist Christopher Cheung has spent over a decade revealing the stories beneath the surface of Canada’s most misunderstood city. Very Vancouver: Uncovering the Soul of a West Coast City (ECW Press $26.95) with 15 deeply human and well-researched stories expose from how migration has shaped Eastside cuisine to the inequalities of BIPOC communities, the working class and the unhoused. Cheung has worked as a reporter at The Tyee, Metro and the Vancouver Courier and has received two Webster Awards, BC’s top journalism prize. 9781770418387

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