The first ever Richmond World Festival took place on Saturday, September 5th at Minoru Park, presenting a full day of live music, food, and culture with free admission. Two music stages, complimented by pop-up show spaces, kept the site moving to beat all day long, a culinary stage had national experts sharing their best foodie […]

I found myself thirty minutes early for a family airport pickup on a warm Tuesday night in August and while I love killing time at Vancouver International Airport (at the Observation Area or Chester Johnson Park) I turned off Grant McConachie Way, looping past Burkeville on Russ Baker Way, and pulled into Flight Path Park. […]

I’m not sure what is more exhilarating, witnessing a pod of killer whales frolicking in the wild or going through my photos at home later, identifying their markings, and discovering that one of them was over 80 years old! I still get goosebumps thinking back on my adventure with Vancouver Whale Watch in Steveston earlier […]

The Richmond World Festival is a full day festival of music, food, and culture happening on Saturday, September 5, 2015. Matt & Kim, the dynamic indie dance duo from Brooklyn, will be the headliners and more acts have just recently been announced for this FREE event! Richmond World Festival Where Minoru Park, 7191 Granville Avenue, […]

Richmond is getting a full day festival of music, food, and culture and they’re kicking it off in style! This morning the official announcement was made that Matt & Kim, the dynamic indie dance duo from Brooklyn, will headline the Richmond World Festival, presented by Coast Capital Savings. Richmond World Festival Where Minoru Park, 7191 […]

This summer, our award-winning Vancouver International Airport (“YVR”) is bringing back its popular Take Off Fridays summer event series. Each Friday, from July 3rd to August 28th, the terminal will come alive with music, entertainment and family-friendly activities. Take Off Fridays at YVR Airport Take Off Fridays will feature local DJs and live musicians as […]

Free outdoor movies return to Stanley Park for 2015 and Fresh Air Cinema is also bringing its big screens to communities across the Lower Mainland and BC again this summer. Photo credit: Robert W. White on Flickr Free Outdoor Movies Richmond Paddington Friday, June 26, 2015 at McLean Park (22500 McLean Ave) Insurgent Thursday, August […]

Under colourful flags and strings of lanterns swaying in the warm summer air at twilight, fried fare, exotic delicacies, and cheap merchandise can be found at a number of local night markets. They’re as famous for their unique foods-on-sticks and entertainment as they are for their lively ambiance and people watching. Here is a list […]

Gateway Theatre presents Out of a Dream, a new revue with songs from all 11 Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, The King and I, Carousel, South Pacific and Cinderella from April 9th to April 25th. Eva Tavares, Peter Jorgensen, Katie Murphy, Jenny Anderson. Photo credit Emily Cooper. In association with […]

Two years ago I wrote about our award-winning airport, recognized as one of the best in the world and the best on the continent. As a frequent traveller, I outlined some of the reasons why I love Vancouver International (“YVR”) so much and my list included its size and layout, its beautiful public art collections, […]