Events and Entertainment

Vancouver Is Awesome’s new Managing Editor, Lindsay William-Ross Last September I wrote that I was thrilled to bring you the news that Lindsay William-Ross had joined us as a Senior Writer. Today I, V.I.A.

From cider tastings to dinners paired with beer or wine, here are 10 events of note taking place this August in Metro Vancouver.

Our Daily Photo #2826 is from dervisuals who took this shot featuring a Harbour Air plane making its final approach. Final approach into Vancouver . . . . .

Photo UBC Pride UBC is hosting drag queens, rappers, DJs, a sparkle station, slam poetry performances and live mural painting on campus for its largest-ever Pride celebration on August 1.

To mark 70 years of trolleybuses, the Transit Museum Society of B.C. is offering "fan" tours (meaning recreational) via a set of six daytime and nighttime rides through the city on bus #2416.

Our Daily Photo #2825 is from jaemiesures who took this summer shot at Kitsilano Beach. Ready to get into the swing of things, jk I am still mourning the end of this wonderful weekend.

Burnaby residents will have the chance to voice their thoughts on local cannabis sales at a public hearing on Aug. 28.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the teenaged girl who passed away at the Centre of Gravity festival in Kelowna this past weekend.

People often muse about the first thing they’d buy if they won the lottery – chances are, a Slurpee wouldn’t be high on the list.

At the age of 15, Ashley Coupal of North Vancouver is the first Canadian ever to have won a Gold Medal in the World Ballet Competition Finals event which took place June 10 to 16 in Orlando, Florida.