Opinion

Re: “ Beer snobs are boorish… ”, April 30, 2015 "It seems that any time the subject of beer comes up with a cute Caucasian female in her 20s or 30s, the words “Kronenberg Blanc” are usually uttered.

One of this year’s most popular Sundance Film Festival entries, Tangerine , was shot with an iPhone 5S and edited with an $8 app called Filmic Pro. New technology has also made music easier to produce and distribute, inspiring independent musicians.

Taking a page from Trivago’s marketing textbook, the tastemakers at McDonald’s apparently are banking on the mysterious allure of a sketchy looking dude with three days of stubble and a “recently divorced dad who sleeps in his car from time to time”

As luck would have it I found myself in Alberta Tuesday: Provincial Election Day. That evening I joined friends around a laptop perched on a table at a pub in the Banff Springs Hotel as we watched the results roll in. There was a B.C.

The other day I could log in but not post on Twitter, even using various devices with different browsers. I felt a milder form of the low-grade panic I experience when my home wi-fi signal evaporates.

Summer is almost here and putting together a stylish look can be harder than you think without some inspiration. ( Tip: I often look through Pinterest to find new ways to wear what I already have in my closet.

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Interesting Wednesday morning at the Vancouver Police Department’s precinct on Cambie Street. When Jim Chu walked into the Vancouver Police Board meeting, he was still the chief. When he walked out a couple hours later, Adam Palmer had taken his job.

There were strong echoes from B.C.’s past in Alberta’s election. A televised debate that changed everything. A stunning victory that no one saw coming early on.

Perhaps the biggest indication that the bloom of youth has started to fade in earnest comes when you catch yourself having decidedly NIMBYist thoughts.