GM Place is slated to be renamed today in an announcement coming at 2:00pm PT per an update from the Canucks media guy, TC Carling on Twitter today. Photo credit: kk on Flickr CKNW confirmed shortly thereafter: “Canucks Sports and Entertainment and General Motors of Canada limited will announce a new sponsor partnership this afternoon.” […]

Blogathon is returning to Vancouver this year as I will once again be hosting an on-location event August 21st. Kristi Ferguson from Fraser Valley Pulse will be heading up Blogathon Fraser Valley on the same day with another on-location event so we’ll have the region well-covered. Raul will also be helping me with the Vancouver […]

Yesterday I experienced my first Fourth of July in Iowa. The skies teased with raindrops every few minutes but luckily by noon, when the parade began, the sun had peeked its way through the grey blanket of clouds above. We sat along the side of the road in John‘s hometown as other families with tarps, […]

The following is a guest post contributed by Amber Strocel from TheV3H.com and Strocel.com. Every year on the first weekend in July the Port Moody community throws a big party. The annual Golden Spike Days Festival has been in Rocky Point Park for 34 years now, commemorating the arrival of the first cross-country train in […]

With the Fourth of July coming up, I figured what’s more American than baseball. Today’s Archives Photo of the Day features two players at the Athletic Park in Vancouver, which used to be near 5th and Hemlock. Description: Baseball opening season at Athletic Park, 1930 Photographer: Stuart Thomson Archives item#: CVA 99-2415