More than three years since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 100 million workers are back to commuting or never stopped. For many, their commutes have changed in ways both good and bad. Take a data-driven dive into what’s happened to the American commute.
Andrea Villanueva, a Grade 12 student at Chatelech Secondary School and a dancer with Sechelt’s Coast Academy of Dance and Performing Arts, was selected to attend last month’s Liberate Artists workshops after appearing in the Star Talent dance competition in Burnaby this spring. Connor Dixon, a Grade 11 student at Elphinstone Secondary and a performer with the Gibsons Dance Centre, earned his way during another Star Talent contest in Langley.
The 12th annual Peanut Butter Jam takes place July 15 at Henderson Beach in Roberts Creek; Synergy at Play Musical Theatre Intensive is under way; and what's playing at Gibsons' Music in the Landing, Sechelt's Summer Music Series and Roberts Creek's Slow Sundays?
Twenty states have passed laws or policies banning gender-affirming care for youth, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Howard Brown said it saw an increase of 5,000 patients last year 5% of that being out-of-state patients seeking gender-affirming care.