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From the early 1900s to the late 1960s, the East Side neighborhood of Strathcona was home to Vancouver’s first and only black community.

From the early 1900s to the late 1960s, the East Side neighborhood of Strathcona was home to Vancouver’s first and only black community.

Niall McClelland, DTES.VFD.HALL#2 - BOOTLEG, 2014. Silkscreen mesh, emulsion, acrylic ink, 44 x 55". Photo: Wil Aballe Art Projects.

We might be in the minority, but we're big fans of snow in the city. While it might be a nightmare for traffic, it adds another layer of beauty to our surroundings.

Every Friday I join The Peak 102.7FM in studio to share One Awesome Thing. Today Clinton Herman and I talked about the Black Strathcona project! Learn more about it at blackstrathcona.com .

A friend of mine recently passed along a link to the Northern Army Preservation Society of Canada .

From the early 1900s to the late 1960s, the East Side neighborhood of Strathcona was home to Vancouver’s first and only black community.

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".

When I was on Galiano Island last weekend (working on THIS FEATURE ) I had the great pleasure of attending Grant Lawrence's book reading at the Galiano Island Literary Festival .

La Vida Local is a feature aimed at connecting you with some of the best foods and goods within Vancouver while raising awareness of how buying local benefits everyone involved.