Events and Entertainment

The City of Vancouver will be illuminated with dazzling lights this November during the Lumiere event. The annual event returns to English Bay, Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza and Jim Deva Plaza, and promises to delight viewers with a series of interactive art installations.

A 14-year-old girl's quest to give away two tickets to Ellen Degeneres's appearance in Vancouver has turned into an 82-ticket giveaway complete with all the "winners" singing O Canada before show time.

While there are a number of things to do in Vancouver during the Halloween season, haunted houses provide some of best spooky experiences.

Arrrrrrr, it be Pirate House season once again. The sixth annual Pirate House fundraiser is back at Boozabuzza Island, a.k.a. 5970 Portland Street in Burnaby.

It's not only dispensaries that feel shut out of the legal market, as small-scale growers are still waiting for the federal government to open an application portal for micro-cultivator licences.

A perusal of the Ontario Cannabis Store's online portal on the first day of legalization turned up an array of expected products — various strains of dried weed, oils and tinctures, and accessories needed to use them.

Our Daily Photo #2880 is from jackymchui who took this shot of the city basking in that morning glow. View this post on Instagram That morning glow.

The Bright Nights Christmas Train returns to Stanley park for another year of festive choo-choo-cheer! The dazzling locomotive and the Stanley Park Train Plaza sparkle with over 3 million twinkling lights.

While dozens lined up to buy legal cannabis at a physical store in Kamloops, thousands more crowded the province's online shop. There were 1,000 sales in the first hour, according to Viviana Zanocco of the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch. As of 8 am, digital sales had reached 3,300, she says.

A coalition of groups concerned about the health risks associated with marijuana is calling legalization a "dark day for Canada."