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The DTES Heart of the City Festival is all about promoting artists, presenting art forms and facilitating the development of culture from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Baby Cakes, Naomi's pup. Here's what she had to say about her... NAME: Baby Cakes aka Cakes aka Nugget aka Thunder Paws. BREED: American Pit Bull mix. HOOD: Kitsilano.

In my Workshop series I bring you behind the scenes of V.I.A., sharing stories of how we operate and also offering my take on other local media outlets.

Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Tiger, Monica's pup. Here's what she had to say about him... NAME: Tiger. BREED: Pitbull. HOOD: North Saanich. FAVOURITE SNACK: Liver Treats. OTHER INFO: Tiger is a 13-year-old abuse survivor.

As you may have heard , VIFF’s new late night programming has taken the festival to a whole new level.

Well it took a couple of tries to get together with today's #ArtistAtHome but it was definitely worth the wait. Despite having photographed her band, Hey Ocean for years we had only ever managed to say hello in passing.

It was a chance meeting on the day that I lost my wallet that I ended up connecting with and arranging the shoot for today's #ArtistAtHome. This is Peter Ricq . His band Humans released their first full length album 'Noontide' last year.

Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver are Tia and Lulu, Kelsey's pups. Here's what she had to say about them... NAME: Tia (Tatiana) and Lulu (Lucinda). BREED: A Morky and a Chorky (Maltese - Yorky cross and a Chihuahau - Yorky cross).

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Today's #ArtistAtHome is a slight departure from Vancouver's noise-making homemakers (thanks to Shaun Verreault for coining the term), and instead comes from the city's lovely and talented Burlesque community.