Events and Entertainment

The 8th Annual Spot Prawn Festival is coming up this weekend.

One of the best things about pitching in on Kickstarter campaigns - aside from the obvious karma benefit of helping people make cool stuff happen - is the rewards that come along with them.

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the best concerts happening around the city...

Scout Magazine recently launched a fantastic resource called the Vancouver Lexicon . Described as "part dictionary of received ideas, part etymological project, and part encyclopedic record" so far it contains close to 200 entries.

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver.

Our Daily Photo #1095 comes from Instagrammer, bella_izko who took this shot of the beginning of the Vancouver Sun Run.

I must admit that when our Community Sponsor, TELUS, asked if I might want to come down to their Innovation Centre to hang out with Dai Manuel and test out the new wearable fitness technology that Samsung released, I hesitated before saying yes.

Was so excited to stumble upon this shot from Our Daily Photo #1094 is from Instagrammer, amanamanda ! It's not very often we stumble upon bird's eye views of the city under our #vancouverisawesome hashtag.

About a year ago V.I.A. came on board as an ongoing SPONSOR of the Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise program, just one of many educational and advocacy efforts that they do over there.

It's a new dog once a week! Click here to find out how to get your dog posted if you haven't sent in your photos yet! Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Bianca, Ally's pup. Here's what she had to say about her... NAME: Bianca.