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Pride Parade, Powell Street Festival, Bard On The Beach and Fireworks

Celebrate BC Day long weekend in Vancouver from Powell Street Festival and Pride Parade to Bard On The Beach and Fireworks.  It’s an action-packed weekend and all events are easy to check out by...

Afghanistan WikiLeaks offer sketchy truths

The release of more than 91,000 intelligence documents out of the U.S. Department of Defence has re-opened festering debates and controversy’s about the War in Afghanistan. WikiLeaks, a stateless “...

Justin Bieber meets John Mayer?

Sam and Luke....a little bit of Justin and John, but better.

The date rape test debate

This past week, Canadian pharmacies started stocking the Drink Detective, a portable kit the size of a credit card that women can use to detect the presence of date rape drugs in their drinks. My...

Bieber on CSI, Wipeout Canada, K-Town, and Rogers Communications: The Four Horsemen of Canadian TV

Four ominous signs that Canadian television is in a sorry state.

Collision on Broadway at Ash

Two cars collided at the intersection of West Broadway and Ash last night, leaving one driver stunned and his car wrecked.   A black SUV collided with the Honda pictured above and left it...

Postscript on wild huckleberry ice cream

They say too many cooks spoil the soup, and I’m sure that must be true in general.  When Lucretia and I cook together, one of us is always the executive chef (and guess who that usually is) and...

Canadian singer Joel Plaskett at The Garage in London

For the month of July, Relentless Garage saw Joel Plaskett return to England for a residency of three shows to tie in with the UK release of his album Three To One. On top of that,...

A great day in Pemberton, B.C.

Wondering where to go and what to do in Pemberton, BC? Follow me to The Pony, Lake Lillooet, Nairn Falls, the Black Squirrel Restaurant...and the video store.

Hot Vancouver getaway: Pemberton Valley Lodge

Two and a half hours from Budget Rent a Car on West Georgia and Homer, I'm sitting with my feet up in a shaded porch enjoying the radiating heat and mountain view from the warm and welcoming...

Dorothy Stowe 1920 - 2010: Greenpeace cofounder, social justice advocate

Dorothy Stowe (Rabinowitz) passed away at 03:00, July 23, 2010 at UBC Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, at the age of 89. Mrs. Stowe was a life-long advocate for social justice, organized the first...

Salt and L’Affaire Farewell both feature Russian spies. Solitary Man and I Am Love both have characters straying off course.

Angelina Jolie gets into some fast, heavy action in the spy thriller Salt. There’s a more realistic view of spies in Farewell but it’s not nearly as much fun. (Read more)

West End fireworks are not just in the sky this summer

The fireworks over the West End this summer aren't just those set off in the Celebration of Light. (Photo courtesy of Telemark Systems' Live Kat Kam).

An athletic subculture overcomes walls and rails in urban Vancouver

The sport called parkour is growing by leaps and bounds.