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There are so many new movies this week, I haven’t able to catch them all. (See which ones below). But with two four star films and a couple close behind, you’ve got quality to chose from. A BIGGER ...
Local social enterprise group Board of Change is hosting a panel to discuss the pros and cons of oil tanker traffic and pipelines through the Burrard inlet and up BC's coast.
Social entrepreneurs don’t sound like other people. This is what I learned from DIGNITY 2013, an event put on last night by Vancouver+Acumen to raise money for Acumen – arguably the world’s foremost ...
The agreement is a key step in preparing Vancouver’s electric infrastructure for the adoption of electric cars The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is joining forces with the City of ...
MONTREAL - Quebec's asbestos-mining industry, which was subjected to international ridicule last week, is fighting back against the Jon Stewart show. The head of the Jeffrey Mine calls a satirical ...
“I’m sorry,” said our waitress, placing our menus on our table and indicating one of the items, “but this antipasto platter is off the menu while we wait for burrata cheese to arrive from Italy.” Her ...
GloNet is a new model developed by FutureEverything for group-to-group, globally networked events. Both real and virtual people are brought together through texts, TV monitors, laptops, videos, ...
I would give up the pot of gold if I could keep the rainbow. That is, the Rainbow Chair designed by Patrick Norguet in 2000 for Cappellini. It’s made of meta-acrylate (a.k.a. fancyplastic?) plates ...
I love composting. I know, organic decay isn’t a turn on for everyone, but it does have the potential, and for good reason. Organic items — things you can compost and turn into soil — make up 40 per ...
A little over a month after Vancouver city councillors publicly and unanimously pledged to develop a plan to move their city to 100 percent renewable energy, experts from around the world are ...
We’ve got two new films in town plus more to see at DOXA and if that’s not enough consider these: On Thursday next week, the Cinematheque opens a retrospective of Kelly Reichardt's films starting with ...
On a hot early day in North Vancouver, men and women shouted “Ha-ooh!” like Spartan soldiers on the battlefield before starting the obstacle course. Covered in head to toe with mud, they slogged ...