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You might have seen the small white squares containing obscure black symbols popping up more frequently in all kinds of places. They're called Quick Response — or QR codes — and one place they're found around Vancouver is in bus shelters, where they're making giving to charity easier and faster, as Anu Dawit-Kanna reports.
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