Proud to be Canadian
Canadian T-shirts, hats and paraphernalia are selling like hotcakes across the country in anticipation of this weekend’s Canada Day festivities, but Captain and Mrs. Canada already have their outfits...
View ArticleScene & Heard: John Kameel Farah and the Western Front’s 88 Bongos Concert...
Scene & Heard with Stuart Derdeyn talks to Toronto-based composer, pianist and visual artist John Kameel Farah (www.johnfarah.com) about his work and coming Solo for Four Hands appearance at The...
View ArticleSummer Festival Fun: Carnaval del Sol, Dancing on the Edge Festival, Indian...
Metro Vancouver’s Summer Festivals Dancing on the Edge Festival of Contemporary Dance Canada’s longest running dance festival brings together some of the country’s brightest dance talents, with more...
View ArticleFESTIVALS: Vancouver and beyond – a guide to summer fun
We have jumped into summer with both feet and landed in the thick of festival season. Whether you’re looking for some local, summer fun or you’re travelling to parts beyond, you’re bound to find...
View ArticleYellow Dog Brewing Co. wins best in show at B.C. Beer Awards
Port Moody is now home to the top dog in B.C.’s beer scene, after one of the city’s microbreweries captured the big prize at Saturday’s B.C. Beer Awards. Yellow Dog Brewing Co., which only opened in...
View ArticleLetters: Geothermal, wind energy, Site C, B.C. Hydro, taxes, decent society
Geothermal energy, not wind, is what the province needs The front-page article on Monday was really not news but a political statement on behalf of prospective B.C. wind producers. It should be an...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Trying to save B.C.’s hazelnut industry from blight
This spring, the owners of some of B.C.’s biggest hazelnuts farms levelled their orchards because their trees were infected with eastern filbert blight and no longer producing nuts. It was a huge...
View ArticleFive British Columbians named to Order of Canada
Five British Columbians are among 69 new appointments to the Order of Canada, announced Wednesday by the Governor General. Nassif Ghoussoub of Vancouver was named an officer of the Order, while Rudy...
View ArticleTwo Vancouver men charged in brazen thefts from boats and waterfront cabins
VANCOUVER — For months, residents of the West Hotel in Vancouver’s crime-plagued Downtown Eastside knew something was suspicious. Bags full of items were taken into the rundown hotel every day and...
View ArticleWild about Bowen Island
Bowen Island is unique: It’s only an hour from Vancouver, but the back-to-basics atmosphere makes you feel as though you’ve traveled deep into B.C.’s wilderness. Catch a BC Ferry from Horseshoe Bay for...
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