Living

You’d think that in 2016, with craft beer a considerable cultural industry, the discussion about the quality of canned craft beer would have gone extinct – but sadly, this isn’t the case.

Carriage rides and gardens, high tea and castles…the stereotypical image of Victoria as a destination for fuddy-duddies and those looking to explore Ye Olde Britannia is so outdated as to be more myth than matter.

I don’t know about you but this weather is a bummer, not for the trees and plants but for us humans who like to enjoy patio times and outdoor activities in July, which is supposed to be our summer.

Now that summer seems to have (thankfully) arrived, the mood to entertain outdoors has taken over the city. Before you host your next soirée, there are a few key tips to keep in mind when creating the ultimate patio party.

I've recently moved to the USA from Australia for work on a four-month contract. Before leaving for this trip I unsuccessfully tried to break up with my boyfriend of five years. He just refused to accept that we would not be together when I returned.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You now have more luxuriant access to divine luck than you've had in a long time. For the foreseeable future, you could be able to induce semi-miraculous twists of fate that might normally be beyond your capacities.

In an amicable parting of the ways, chef Felix Zhou has left Beach Bay Café & Patio to work on a new project, Heritage Asian Eatery (opening soon).

Music therapy strikes the right note for Vancouver senior and Duke Ellington protégé

My favourite place is usually wherever I am at any given moment. Right now, that’s Sardinia. I’m looking out over the clear blue Mediterranean Sea at one of the most beautiful beaches in the world eating freshly caught fish and sipping on Vermentino.

Pemberton Music Festival starts today (July 14) so we interviewed several of the performers about their first, worst or most memorable experience with alcohol.