For one night this November I will be sleeping outside in downtown Vancouver so that 54 youth don’t have to. The annual Covenant Sleep Out will take place Thursday, November 21, 2013 and will involve executives, public figures and well-connected leaders in our community who will sleep outside for one night in solidarity with those […]

Looking at the forecast, this is our last day of colourful fall sunshine for a little while and it was glorious while it lasted. Although Vancouver was blanketed with fog mid-October, it settled us in for a cozy season and afforded many photographers and videographers the opportunity to capture some amazing Vancouver fog videos and […]

The Circle Craft Christmas Market is coming up next week at the Vancouver Convention Centre, getting you ready for the winter season from Thursday, November 7th through Monday, November 11th. Photo credit: Circle Craft on Flickr Over 300 artisans from coast to coast will come together for the 40th Annual Circle Craft Christmas Market. With […]

Starting Saturday, November 2, 2013 you can once again shop for local ingredients at the winter farmers market at Nat Bailey Stadium‘s parking lot. Regional producers will be selling the best of the season from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Saturdays through to April 26, 2014. Photo credit: どこでもいっしょ on Flickr Over 135 vendors will be […]

Halloween is just around the corner as kids carefully prepare their costumes, families carve pumpkins, and parents prepare for the influx of sweet and sugary treats. The BC Children’s Hospital published some helpful tips on staying safe this season that I am happy to pass along: Photo credit: colink. on Flickr Halloween Safety Tips Be […]

An entire city has built up around St Paul’s Hospital, which has been providing patient care and advancing medical technology over the last century in downtown Vancouver. Thinking ahead to the holiday season, and the legendary St Paul’s light display, I have chosen the iconic hospital for today’s photo feature that includes modern and archive […]

The much-anticipated CRAFT Beer Market is set to open November 7th in the old Salt Building in the heart of The Village on False Creek. This mega pub will have the most taps in Canada with 140 beers on tap — 50 of which are brewed right here in BC. The 13,000-square-foot space has room […]

Canzine West is coming up on Saturday, November 2nd, featuring workshops and speaker sessions that will discuss independent publishing, storytelling, and more along with a Zine Fair with vendors, zines, comics, small press books, and over one hundred titles on display. When Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm Where Ukrainian Hall (805 E […]

Walking tours are a fantastic way for visitors to learn about our city and for locals, they help us understand more about our own backyard — while often being highly entertaining. Tour Guys, Vancouver’s largest walking tour company, has re-launched their overwhelmingly popular “Murders, Mystery and Mayhem” tour for a third straight year. Photo credit: […]

The Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (“VISAFF”) opens this weekend with a red carpet gala event on Friday followed by two days of film screenings at SFU Woodwards. Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival Opening Gala Reception The opening red carpet gala on Friday, October 25, 2013 will take place at the Goldcorp Centre […]