Events and Entertainment

Our Daily Photo #2970 is from jmb_project who took this moody shot in Gastown. View this post on Instagram Gloomy Monday but let's get that "W" anyway . . . . . . . . .

It’s time for 4/20 and its supporters to take a harsh toke of reality: you’ve smoked yourself out of Vancouver! Your event is now not just annoying, unwanted, expensive and illegal — it is irrelevant.

18 Canadians are among the 157 victims in this weekend's fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash.Now we are learning that one of those Canadians is B.C. resident Micah Messent.

Longtime pub operator Jeff Donnelly plans to launch a chain of nine cannabis stores branded Hobo Recreational Cannabis, which he expects to open in quick succession.

Our Daily Photo #2969 is from pareshbhalla who took this warm shot of a recent sunset.

Surrey-based property developer Mann Development (Mainstreet) Inc. is taking the City of Chilliwack to court over a council resolution passed in secret to expropriate seven parcels of land on the former site of a Safeway in the city’s downtown.

The Vancouver Aquarium performs a multitude of surgeries on wild animals, but they faced a particularly unique challenge last week.

Olympian Tessa Virtue is the Canadian ambassador for the Barbie Dream Gap line of dolls, a new collection that includes 20 female role models from 18 countries from across the globe.

From Japanese dance ensembles and hip hop politics to opera festivals and movie marathons, there’s no excuse for staying indoors wrapped in a slanket any longer. Here are seven must-see arts events bringing some warmth to Vancouver stages and audiences this spring.

Take a break from the news cycle and help us celebrate the things we covered this week that are making Vancouver Awesome with a capital “A.” March 2 – 8, 2019 Leatherback sea turtle / Shutterstock 1.