19sharesVancouver is a hockey town but it’s also a world renowned yoga hotbed, making this weekend’s Yoga on the Ice event with the Canucks and lululemon even that more fitting. On Sunday, January 11, 2015, Shawn Matthias, lululemon and friends invite you to get bendy for charity. Join them to support the Canucks for Kids […]

5sharesThe Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival returns this month as over two dozen local purveyors offer up almost sixty delightfully tasty and creative cocoa concoctions that you can order between January 17th and February 14th. Photo credit: stephbond on Flickr Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival Vancouver’s best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, gelato and ice cream shops draw […]

30sharesThe Cinematheque presents Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, starting January 8th and running until January 18th, featuring the best Canadian films from the last year. Established in 2001 by the Toronto International Film Festival, this celebration of excellence in our national cinema showcases Canadian achievements in both feature-length and short-form films. The festival also includes […]

2sharesThe weather is always a hot topic in Vancouver, especially when it comes to what’s happening either up high on the mountains or down low by the water. When it’s sunny downtown it could be snowing on the north shore. When it’s cloudy, it could be bright and beautiful at the top of a ski […]

9sharesRealwheels, an award-winning, disability-based professional theatre company, presents Re-calculating from Thursday, January 22nd until Saturday, January 24th at CBC Studio 700 in Vancouver. This new play by Lucas Foss and Liesl Lafferty is a one-man show featuring quadriplegic drummer Dave Symington (drummer for Spinal Cord, Bodi Rose, and co-founder of Vancouver Adapted Music Society). Re-calculating […]

2sharesThis morning Major League Soccer (“MLS”) revealed the 2015 schedule for its 20 teams, which includes the lineup of matches for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. With two new expansion teams (and minus Chivas USA who folded last season), the Whitecaps will play newcomers Orlando City SC in Florida in March, and host New York City FC […]

2sharesLocal and international designers will once again get the chance to design an entire block of downtown Vancouver this summer with the return of the Robson Redux Design Competition. Last summer we ate our food truck fare on the Urban Reef, before that we had the Pop Rocks loungers, PICNURBIA, and a cedar plank patio […]

2sharesNow here are 5 very sweet words: Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Festival! Presented by Persephone Brewing and the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Powell River chapter, the event will take place in Gibsons — which is in a beautiful corner of the “604” — on Saturday, January 31st. This will be the first annual fundraiser […]

97sharesWe often want to eat local, but what about drinking local? Granville Island’s own The Liberty Distillery is the only distillery of its kind in BC to make all of their spirits from local, certified organic wheat and barley that is grown in Vernon and Armstrong, BC. Specializing in vodka, whiskey, and gin, The Liberty […]

3sharesLove is in the air for brides and grooms to-be all across Metro Vancouver and as appointments for flower arrangements, photographer bookings, and dress shopping fill calendars over the next few months. To make it easy on the happy couple, there are several wedding shows in Vancouver and the surrounding area that will have everything […]