Esther Tung

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“Ordinary Canadians don’t care about the arts”

Esther Tung February 27, 2012

How arts organizations in B.C. are impacted by funding cuts, and why they aren’t giving up Photos By Mark Burnham It’s official — arts and culture funding in B.C. will be frozen for the next three years. The 2012 B.C. provincial budget, released last week, was projected to bring the province from its current deficit to a $154 million surplus for 2014. While other areas of the budget were also frozen, the province’s freeze on funding will put B.C. in dead last among all Canadian provinces for available arts funding. Even the one silver lining — $9 million set aside for…

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Dan Savage undeserving of protester savagery

Esther Tung January 30, 2012

“Please read this on the man you’re about to go and listen to,” said a young woman, as she held out a bright pink pamphlet with Dan Savage’s face Xeroxed on the front, and then moved onto the next person…

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The local dating scene is just fine

Esther Tung January 16, 2012

Vancouver Magazine recently published an article titled “Do Vancouver Men Suck?” that’s gained a bit of traction. Upon first skim, it might have put into words the sinking feeling of many driven, urban, and single women in Vancouver — that…

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