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Established in 1967 as the news, lifestyle, and entertainment weekly in Vancouver, the Georgia Straight has been an integral part of the active urban West Coast lifestyle for over 50 years.
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Vancouver Free Press Corp., owns and operates Georgia Straight and. All content from the print issues will also be available online at and with more articles published daily on both platforms. The COVID-19 print issue will be available Thursday March 19 th in Vancouver and across Toronto through regular distribution channels.
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On Richard Longley explores the history of past epidemics in Toronto and how they have transformed the city, Jon Yazer comments on what hospitals are doing to prepare for the infected and Enzo DiMatteo shares a first-person account of his recent shopping expedition. Online exclusives will include live updates on COVID-19, updated lists of places and events that are open, closed or cancelled, lifestyle articles on what readers can do to entertain themselves at home, and stories on how the virus is impacting dating and sex. In NOW, Natalie Manzocco shares how Toronto restaurants are coping while Radheyan Simopillai reports on how stage artists are shifting to livestreaming and finding entrepreneurial ways to drum up financial supportīoth publications will also publish additional content online via their social platforms. For the first time ever, each publication will also share each other's cover, promoting content that can be found only on the other's site.Įxtended print coverage around COVID-19 includes the Straight examining how the virus has hurt Vancouver's arts companies and how cannabis can help ease anxiety during these times. Additionally, the Straight and NOW will release separate covers, with the Straight featuring original art by New York-based artist Matt Mignanelli and NOW releasing a photography-based cover by staff photographer Samuel Engelking. While the two publications will share the cover feature, they will both publish unique content covering COVID-19 from a local perspective. We've teamed this with data on the nature of the pandemic, including news about where it's been contained in Canada with some success," Smith continued.
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In order to give quality insight, we spoke to leading psychiatric experts to explain the behaviors that are being exhibited at this time. "The goal of this article is to help both the Straight's and NOW's readers understand why they feel so fearful and, in turn, to try to help them better deal with their emotions at this anxious time. "The anxiety around the pandemic has got to a point where we're seeing the public emptying shelves of necessities like toilet paper and canned goods, despite there being no indication that the distribution of food and other necessities will be affected," said Charlie Smith, the Straight's Editor, who wrote the feature. On March 19 th, the weekly print editions of both publications will release a shared cover story delving into viral fear and the science behind what is making some Canadians react with panicked behaviors.