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Surplus Food to Feed the Homeless, How Dan’s Legacy and Laid-off Chefs Are Helping: COVID-19 response and crisis help for vulnerable youth in Metro Vancouver.

Nanaimo’s annual festival of food, Feastival returns for the second year, June 17-18, 2016. It features a tradeshow event, family cooking classes, celebrity chefs, and Sips at Feastival, featuring local craft breweries, small-batch island wineries, local artisanal spirit producers. I recently wrote a story for FestivalSeekers about another major component of the festival: the third […]

A combination of rising food costs and a flood bills can make managing budgets this time of year, for many, a little more difficult than usual. Maple Leaf Foods wants to alleviate some of the pressure Canadian families are experiencing. Through efforts that started on Family Day, Maple Leaf is giving 10,000 families across Canada […]

The Union Gospel Mission operates out of 12 facilities between downtown Vancouver and Mission providing meals, support, education, outreach, shelter & housing, and recovery programs. On October 12th they’ll be serving thousands of Thanksgiving meals and one local blogger is taking it upon himself to make sure they can serve even more. Photo © UGM […]

Photo credit: © Carol Browne on Flickr I have to give my sister credit, after having four kids she is the grand master of stealthy breastfeeding in your presence; it’s like she’s got some kind of cloaking device. What I have learned over my 8 years of being an auntie is that when the baby […]

The concert calendar is heating up for the summer and around Vancouver this month you’ll find shows, festivals, dance parties, and DJ sets happening across the city. Highlights this month include Wu-Tang Clan, Pixies, Peach Pit and many more!

The Vancouver Eats column for the month of May features delicious spring and summer treats to be found around the region along with some Mother’s Day menus.