Vancouver Poetry House presents the 15th annual Verses Festival of Words April 10-20, 2025, Canada’s Largest Spoken Word Festival.

April is here with delicious spring and Easter treats around Metro Vancouver! Here’s our list of culinary favourites and events this month.

UBC researchers have developed Spikeless, a seemingly ordinary stir stick capable of detecting common drink-spiking drugs like GHB and ketamine within 30 seconds, potentially preventing assaults. Spikeless Stir Stick Detects Drink Spiking in Seconds Source: UBC Drink spiking involves covertly adding drugs to a drink, often with the intent to cause harm or commit assault. […]

All provinces and territories have now signed on to Canada’s National School Food Program to ensure more children have access to nutritious school meals.

Spring is almost here! For March in Vancouver, we’ve curated a list of our newest culinary favourites, events, along with notable limited edition menus.