By Annie Wagner (‘27) Buildings crumble. Power lines fall. A wave of water sweeps through towns and cities, carrying debris and people with it. We are all familiar with the destruction that high-magnitude earthquakes can cause, but most of us have never experienced one. However, an earthquake like this could occur at any moment here…
Stainless Steel Basics
By Damon Burton (‘26) Many high schoolers don’t cook for themselves, opting instead for food delivery services and frozen meals. However, in my opinion, cooking is one of the most important skills for anyone who wants to lead an independent life. Because of this, I feel that it could be valuable to cover some of…
Airborne
By Mira Hurwitz (’26); Photography Club
Late Night Thoughts With Lu: Maybe, Just Maybe, It’s Working🌙
It started earlier and more immediately than I ever expected. It was the first day of school with a streaming sun spilling warmth and goodness recklessly about on a glorious day on a placid and ever optimistic campus. It happened before the first assembly, before the first bell, before the first anything. Maverick strolled into…
Raindrops and Reflections
By Ann Wang Rain. For many, it’s just a damp, gloomy, unwanted interruption to the day. It’s that persistent drizzle that makes you want to stay in bed, the downpour that ruins your perfectly planned lunch break, and the grey sky that somehow mirrors the feeling of a test you didn’t study for. I get…
The F1 Season at The Halfway Mark
By Luke Wagner Formula One is a sport where 20 drivers and 10 teams compete on 24 different tracks. The first F1 race was in 1950 on a British track called Silverstone. For the first few decades of the sport, deaths were fairly common, but because of new rules and regulations, and development by teams,…
Inheriting Inequality
By Jason J. Zhang “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer,” or so the aphorism goes. In the context of U.S. wealth and income inequality, this is the bleak truth. Statistics from the World Inequality Database show 21% of the U.S. national income is going to the population’s richest 1%, with nearly 50%…
Vancouver Youth Model United Nations: A Gallery
Gallery by Ann Wang Photos by the VYMUN Media Team VYMUN Closing Video + Bloopers
Strathcona Park Lodge: A Saga
Photos courtesy of me, Maya, Karlos, Luke, Preston and Mr. Taylor By Annie Wagner ‘27 WARNING: Reader discretion is advised. The information below may make your stomach churn! Every year, a fresh crop of Grade 10 students sets off in late September to spend 5 days at Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island. Some excitedly…
Pineapples Belong on Pizza — Help Solve Climate Change and Stigma
By Preston Lin Pineapples ∝ World Peace It’s Already True! Hawaiian pizza was the most popular pizza in the United States (2020, Grubhub’s yearly food reports). Research Co. further adds with their survey information: 83% of British Columbians would eat pizza with pineapples. This clearly proves the love for the controversial dish, and hence, proves…