This film offers a rare visit with the creatures in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest

New Movies
Volkmar Richter
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Scroungers at the Movable Feast

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Films about Alita, a troubled cyborg, Mads, lost in the Arctic and Rebel lost in a dream

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Singin' in the reign

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Executive Suiteness & Yoga Lite

Feb 9th, 2019
Jovanni Sy swansongs at Gateway with Canada premiere of Dipika Guha farce

Blak Positivity, Annotated

From Oz, multimedia solo oversteps triple stigma: gay, aboriginal, HIV
DanceLincoln KayeFeb 8th, 2019

How they followed the great Lego Movie; what they think Men Want and how Neeson is taken to revenge again

Also a creepy thriller about a child Prodigy and all the contenders for Oscars in the short categories
New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 7th, 2019

'Twixt Sir Lackbeard & Lady Disdain

Further Ado for Shakespeare rom-com: Classic Chics cross wits, swords, hearts & genders
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 7th, 2019

Travel

Aw, Gee...

Align Theatre's "Annie" reminds: Yesterday's Tomorrow is Today
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 3rd, 2019

Gender war and wit in France, battling drug gangs in Mexico and sharp new images from under the sea

New MoviesVolkmar RichterJan 31st, 2019

Means of production, socialized

Tafelmusik situates Bach in 18th century Leipzig material culture for EMV crowd
MusicLincoln KayeJan 26th, 2019

Merry UnBirthday from Taiwan

Whiz Kid Liu Kuan-hsiang turns deathbed vigil into born-again romp at PuSh Fest
DanceLincoln KayeJan 24th, 2019

Romance under stress, Nicole Kidman with a different look and the King Arthur story for modern kids

Also some animated fun from Quebec and an inscrutable film with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.
New MoviesVolkmar RichterJan 24th, 2019

Prophet and loss; a parable

Ensemble Theatre brings John Irving's Owen Meany to Pacific stage
TheatreLincoln KayeJan 12th, 2019

Belly up to some bangra

Onamism from New Zealand's Indian Ink @ Cultch
TheatreLincoln KayeJan 17th, 2019

News

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“Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionaires

Alexis StoymenoffApr 25th, 2012

Fraser Institute co-founder confirms 'years and years' of U.S. oil billionaires' funding

David P. BallApr 26th, 2012

Ride hailing, electric vehicles, self-driving cars: Ford Canada looks to future

Laura KaneMar 29th, 2017

Opinion

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Open Letter: UBCIC calls for the immediate cessation of the expropriation of lands for the doomed Site C Dam

Vancouver ObserverJun 8th, 2017

Lessons from the UK: why Canada needs proportional representation

Warren BellMay 10th, 2015

Please treat Indigenous women like your sisters

Dylan WaismanApr 16th, 2018

City

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Making the shift: An autonomous vehicle future requires bigger thinking

Keane GruendingMay 15th, 2017

Sunshine Coast a year-round outdoor haven with plenty of 'Beachcombers'

Lauren KrugelSep 6th, 2017

Your water wise summer starts early this year

Vancouver ObserverApr 18th, 2018

Culture

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Reviews: Sweet Virginia is noirish, The Dancer, flashy, and two films on Indigenous issues

Volkmar RichterNov 30th, 2017

Milky Chance 'blossoms' at the Commodore

Craig FleischFeb 6th, 2018

Marguerite Pigott at the American Film Market: Gender Diversity Panel 2018

Tracy WrenOct 22nd, 2018

Life

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Your numerology cycles November 15–30

Cassandra MacLeaneNov 14th, 2018

Your numerology cycles December 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneDec 16th, 2018

Your numerology cycles February 15–28

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 13th, 2019

Environment

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Guy Dauncey gets ready for a "solar tsunami"

Jenny UechiMay 6th, 2014

Money and influence cast long shadow over province's decisions on Fraser River, records suggest

Jenny UechiFeb 19th, 2015