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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 […]

Our February edition of Vancouver Eats for 2026 is serving up delicious Valentine’s menus, cozy openings, and activities to be found around the region. We’ve curated a full list of our newest culinary favourites, returning events, along with notable limited edition dishes around Metro Vancouver.

Just for Laughs (JFL) Vancouver is Western Canada’s largest comedy festival runs February 12-22, 2026 and offering over 100 shows that feature standup comedy, podcasts, improv and sketch comedy.