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For many people in our multicultural society, faith is a core element of identity. Having a basic knowledge of world religions is essential in a society that seeks harmony and mutual understanding.

If there were parallels to be drawn between the life of a city dweller and that of British Columbia’s salmon, filmmaker Nettie Wild has paved the way for us to make the connection.

Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? A return to our pages by Catrina McCrae.

Tool’s ability to keep fans waiting with bated breath is trademark. Case and point? Last Thursday's sold-out show marked 4,062 days since the group released 10,000 Days – the band’s most recent offering.

"It's a beehive," TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival co-founder John Orysik tells Westender of his state of mind when he's reached by phone one week from the start of the event.

Thursday, June 22 His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa In conversation with UBC professor of anthropology Wade Davis. 3pm, Chan Centre. Tickets from $15. chancentre.

New Museum of Vancouver exhibition connects wide range of artifacts that make us think twice about what we know

1) There’s Jazz Everywhere The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival kicks off this week with world-renowned players and free performances happening all over the city. Don’t miss out. June 22 to July 2 Various locations coastaljazz.

Before Karin Konoval could fully inhabit the character of a mature male orangutan in 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes , she first had to find him in the eyes of a real-world counterpart.

Dozens of master instrument builders, including Canadian legend Jean Larrivee, in town for conference, exhibition this weekend