Events and Entertainment

A little over a month ago Rick Hansen's 25th Anniversary Relay concluded in Vancouver, and while the silver medallion ended its journey across our country with help of 7,000 Difference Makers the journey has really just begun.

If you were to create a Venn diagram where one circle was labeled "cheap" and the other labeled "awesome", the middle point where they cross over could be labeled "Vancouver on the Cheap".

If you've had your eyes open the past few weeks, or spent last Sunday at Car-Free Day on Main Street, you've probably seen some strange looking bikes (Well, stranger than normal.

This past week B-Baller Metta World Peace was in town shooting a movie and checking out the Lower Mainland. I was lucky enough (thank Maral!) to catch up with him in Surrey, BC! Here's what transpired. Doot doola doot doo... doot doo! Nardwuar vs.

Vancouver-based Pacific Salmon Foundation is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wild Pacific salmon and their ecosystems. We work to bring salmon back, stream by stream through the strategic use of resources and local communities.

Day Five...the last few hours on the train, a trip to Radio 3 to talk to Craig Norris about the trip, and a party in the VIA Panorama Lounge at Union Station.

Oh, man! This is one of those stories where the word "awesome" can barely even begin to describe how great it really is.

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!) I loved this photo the second I saw in today's Daily Flickr Pickr pool. The expression on this kids face is priceless.

Welcome to The Playground, a place for Vancouver families. I’m always on the lookout for fun stuff to do, so if there’s something happening that you think I should know about, don't hesitate to contact me .

Words: Mark Busse As part of their special Art + Tech themed month in coordination with John Maeda's team at RISD, CreativeMornings/Vancouver's June 8th speaker was renowned letterer, illustrator, web designer, and self-described crazy cat lady, Jess