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Stuffed Zucchini Lasagna

Stuffed Zucchini Lasagna

With Christmas behind us, you may be looking to lighten things up for dinner.

Christmas image depicts the vulnerability of joy and peace

Christmas Eve is upon us. The cityscape has been transformed by brightly coloured lights, festive decorations and displays. Carolers serenade shoppers, and there are signs of changes in peoples’ day to day life.

Holiday Mash-ups, Chrismukkah, Hannukmas and Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Human beings are sense-making beings who create rituals and cultural norms as a way to function individually and with others in every day life.
Gritty thrills abound in ‘Rogue One’

Gritty thrills abound in ‘Rogue One’

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna Directed by Gareth Edwards Star Wars fans can breathe a collective sigh of relief, because director Gareth Edwards and the digital sorcerers at Vancouver’s Industrial Light & Magic stud
Vancouver film and television stars share their holiday memories

Vancouver film and television stars share their holiday memories

Every family is unique, and every family that celebrates Christmas does so with at least one twist that makes it their own.
Thor Diakow’s top films of 2016

Thor Diakow’s top films of 2016

Editor’s Note: As the calendar year winds to a close, may you find time over the holidays to watch all the movies you meant to get to month after month. Here, our intrepid film reviewer’s top picks for 2016. We recommend you start with these. 5.
Spiced Cashews

Spiced Cashews

If you're thinking of making a crunchy munchy dish for the holidays, give these delicious and festive spiced cashews a go! Ingredients: 1/8 cup egg white 400 grams salted cashews 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cardamom 1/4 tea

Gambling game a reminder of risks taken in the past

Have you ever watched something on TV that you know your housemates (parents, siblings, spouse, partner) would disapprove of? Did you keep the remote-control handy, just in case you needed to change the channel quickly to a program that wouldn’t get
Vote today for our 2017 Best of the City Readers' Choice Awards!

Vote today for our 2017 Best of the City Readers' Choice Awards!

Twenty years is a short time in the history of the world, but a long time in the history of this city. And, for 20 years, Westender has been polling the hearts and minds of our readers to find out exactly what makes Vancouver so great.
Country rock + drunk Santa = Vancouver’s oddest Christmas party!

Country rock + drunk Santa = Vancouver’s oddest Christmas party!

“I don’t think we ever could have foreseen that we would carry it on for this long,” says Bob Sumner, chuckling.
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