Written by Matteo Miceli Vancouver in the late 1960s was going through a dramatic social change. There was a growing rift between the city’s youth and those in power. The hippie counterculture had migrated north over the border and become a prominent lifestyle choice among many of the city’s youth. The yippies (or Youth International Party), a political group based on hippie ideals, was becoming popular among well educated Vancouver youth. Disillusioned by the state of the ci