Events and Entertainment

It's been one week since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada. Locally, customers are still lining up outside B.C.'s only government-run pot shop in Kamloops.

Loretta explained to me that when she decided to take her life into her own hands, to get herself better, she suffered a heart attack that left her hospitalized. It was a heart attack that she said was the result of years of drugs and drinking.

Our Daily Photo #2884 is from justinforkheim who took this shot of the warm fall colours lighting up the neighbourhoods.

Jon James McMurray, the 34-year-old rap artist who died Saturday in the north Okanagan while performing a stunt that included rapping while walking on the wing of a plane, was in Squamish recently.

In the High Castle script, a robed monk walks purposely through a violent riot. He pours a circle of gasoline on the pavement, sits within it, and lights himself on fire.

Every year, the annual Surrey Tree Lighting Festival lights up Surrey Civic Plaza with festive cheer.The Mayor will be joined by special guests, including Santa, to light the stunning, 60 foot high Christmas tree.

British Columbia is poised to fully subsidize health care for international students at a potential cost of more than $100 million annually.

The Ball Pit Party is described as "an adult wonderland combining the playground in the basement and our awesome bar serving your favourite cocktails alongside top DJs spinning tunes all day."

Raise a glass (or a few) to the 23rd annual Hopscotch Festival. The multi-day celebration of whiskey, spirits, and beer is promising a bigger and better slate of programming and participants for 2018, including workshops, dinners, and the grand tasting events.

CandyTown returns to Yaletown for its 7th year of holiday fun! The magical annual event transforms Mainland Street with festive cheer on Saturday, November 24.