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Mary and Warren McCool stayed relatively dry on a recent walk/ride in the rain with their two-year-old grandson, Thiago.

Portside pub hosts common courtesy party

Think you cant draw? Think again. Vancouver Draw Down is an annual, daylong celebration of drawing that challenges every single Vancouverite to dispel their preconceptions about drawing, to touch a pen to a piece of paper, and make a mark.

June 15: Visit The Cinematheque for its 5th annual open house and enjoy free, all-ages screenings of Charlie Chaplins Easy Street (1917), with live piano accompaniment by Sara Davis Buechner, and Harold Lloyds comedy classic, Safety Last! (1923).

On Monday, June 17, giant two-foot hot dogs will be consumed, sushi rolls will race, and sports enthusiasts will cheer at the Vancouver Canadians home opener versus the Spokane Indians at Nat Bailey Stadium.

RILEY PARK The Courier's own sports reporter Megan Stewart and man-about-town Fred Lee are donning sports gear this Wednesday, June 12, for a charity/celebrity baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium.

Riley Park The Couriers own sports reporter Megan Stewart and man-about-town Fred Lee are donning sports gear this Wednesday, June 12, for a charity/celebrity baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium.

3 - The number of the infamous/famous Main Street bus, where if you crane your neck just right while aboard you can see a seven-foot sculpture of a poodle near 18th Avenue. Yes, a seven-foot poodle.

Ernesto Ramos is seated in the middle of a room playing his accordion while his daughter Marta dances next to him. Mankin Ladd's mother is belting out the Canadian national anthem on a harmonica in front of the same crowd.