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Canada Cup of Beer runneth over
I had a very enjoyable evening at Nando’s Canada Cup of Beer 2010 on Friday. The hot day had turned a little weird by the time I arrived at Thunderbird Stadium with fellow beer-lover Ginger Snaps,...
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Municipal Matters Nov. 17: Evil triumphs when good people do nothing
Is this the year you turn around B.C.’s abysmal municipal voter turnout? If you live in Abbotsford, you can decide by referendum whether hundreds of millions of dollars will go to a public-private...
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Michelle Harrison’s musical sideline is no act
Even actors dream of creative outlets outside their day jobs. Vancouver’s Michelle Harrison is busy juggling roles of late in the TV medical drama Emily Owns M.D., CBC TV’s Arctic Air and the...
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Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche to spend springtime in Vancouver
Australian director Fred Schepisi, a longtime fan of B.C. locations, will be back this March to film the comic romance Words and Pictures, starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. The movie is about...
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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...
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Scene & 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...
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Summer 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...
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FESTIVALS: 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...
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Yellow 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...
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Letters: 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...
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By 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...
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Five 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...
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Two 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...
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Wild 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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