The 2009 PopVox Awards are upon us and the people’s choice nominations are now open. If you have created a project, submit a video by April 30th, 2009 for consideration and the winners of the following categories will be based on popular vote: Best Student Project Best Start Up Best Do-Gooder (Social Change Initiative) Best […]

When tickets for the Vancouver 2010 games went on sale I didn’t even ante up as I was looking forward to covering the games from a community perspective – not necessarily from inside the rink (although okay, that would be amazing). Sharing stories and capturing the excitement from local pubs, restaurants, parks, friend’s homes, and […]

Our pal John Biehler has great ideas for photowalks, which are meetups where everyone bring a camera and takes photos of what they see along the way. He’s had the brilliant idea of getting away from the downtown core for these events and recently ventured out to Minnekhada Park a few times. After seeing his […]

From March 27th until April 10th the Union Gospel Mission wants to encourage you to get outside, explore Vancouver, your neighbourhood, and your local parks. Photo credit: UGM on Flickr Take a walk (instead of filling up the car with gas) and head to the market (in place of going out for that big fancy […]

The eTalk Red Carpet program is running from 3:30pm until 4:30pm (Pacific) and I’ll be heading down to GM Place to liveblog the 2009 Juno Awards this afternoon as well. I won’t be backstage in the media room like at last night’s gala dinner since I’ll be up above the set in the press box […]

I interviewed Helen last month about her campaign to raise funds and participate in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. Today, she’s holding a garage sale and everyone is invited to come and check it out. When: 9:00am – 4:00pm today, Sunday March 29, 2009 Where: 11427 Somerset Crescent, North Delta [Google Map] Info: There […]

After a lovely afternoon at Vancouver Fashion Week I’ve made my way over to the Juno Awards Gala Dinner were 32 awards will be handed out prior to the broadcast tomorrow, where the rest of the winners will be honored. Update: Minister Wally Oppal is giving a speech, which follows an introduction from Melanie Berry […]

Wednesday night kicked off Vancouver Fashion Week at Leone’s downtown (you can read BR’s review here) and today Canadian and local designers were showcased at Storyeum in Gastown. Photo credit: Phillip Jeffrey on Flickr Today it was all about the latest environmentally-conscious garb with an eco-friendly design spotlight and on Saturday VFW goes global with […]

This afternoon media were invited to GM Place to check out the stage and set for Sunday’s television broadcast of the Juno Awards. Executive Producer John Brunton and Set Designer Peter Faragher explained a bit about the botanic (yet pretty psychedelic) set. Meanwhile Dallas Green, of City and Colour, did some Q&A and fielded a […]

Friday March 27th at 7:30pm the UBC Thunderbird Arena will play host to a fundraising hockey game like no other at the Juno Cup. Musicians such as Kathleen Edwards, Alan Doyle (Great Big Sea), Mark Sasso (Elliott Brood), Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies), Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo), and Barney Bentall will face off against NHL alumni. […]