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Sample from over 100 beers and ciders at the 2nd Steveston Ciders and Sours Fest

Sample from over 100 beers and ciders at the 2nd Steveston Ciders and Sours Fest

After a successful inaugural year in 2018, Steveston Ciders and Sours Fest is coming back this summer with tickets on sale this week. On July 6, Ciders and Sours Fest attendees can sample over 100 different beverages from nearly 30 vendors.
Column: Accommodating illness as we age

Column: Accommodating illness as we age

I recently had my cousins over for dinner, and out of consideration for his wife’s failing kidneys, I made sure the food was low sodium, low potassium, low phosphorous and high protein. This is what you get when you age.
Book review: Ice Ghosts by Paul Watson

Book review: Ice Ghosts by Paul Watson

In 1845, 129 brave crewmen set out to find the elusive Northwest Passage. They were part of the most prepared, technologically advanced expedition of their time, confident that if the Northwest Passage existed, they were the ones who would find it.
Column: In and around corners

Column: In and around corners

Architecture fascinates me as much as words do. Yesterday I was thinking about architectural terms that function as both nouns and verbs. Two of them – corner and floor – are especially vivid verbs.
Take part in an epic colour war at this free Vancouver festival

Take part in an epic colour war at this free Vancouver festival

You’ll go to the event wearing white and leave coated in a multitude of vibrant colours...
Column: Spring wines make a splash

Column: Spring wines make a splash

At this wonderful time of the year, I am drawn to white wines that remind me of spring. Floral bouquets and refreshing flavours with a bit of zip, thanks to their young acids.
Chilliwack Tulip Festival set to brighten the Lower Mainland

Chilliwack Tulip Festival set to brighten the Lower Mainland

The largest and longest-running tulip festival in Western Canada returns this spring
Mochi donuts come to Richmond

Mochi donuts come to Richmond

A Richmond ramen restaurant started offering mochi donuts earlier this month, and the colourful desserts are already making a splash on social media.
Richmond author to debut short story collection this Thursday

Richmond author to debut short story collection this Thursday

Richmond-based author Philip Huynh is getting ready to release his first collection of short fiction this week, in the hopes of sharing an all-encompassing perspective of Vietnamese immigrants.
Good Girls Don’t celebrates kids who make their own rules

Good Girls Don’t celebrates kids who make their own rules

Ana De Lara’s career transitioned from hoop dreams to big screens