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Cacao 70 Dip Shop is offering free ice cream and Belgian waffles with chocolate dips to celebrate the grand opening of its new Richmond location. Visit the Cacao 70 Dip Shop at 3866 Bayview Street from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Canada Day is just over a month away and to get the countdown started, the City of Richmond has announced its plans to celebrate.

Superhero sequels always up the stakes for the protagonists. B.C.-shot Deadpool 2, meanwhile, is also upping the stakes for the province’s film sector.

For seven seasons on ABC’s hit fantasy series Once Upon A Time , Keegan Connor Tracy wielded a wand and fistfuls of fairy dust as the Blue Fairy, the steadfast matriarch of magic in a show populated by crisis-ridden fairytale characters.

We discover ourselves and find meaning through the living of our lives. Through intention and action, we define who we are, and like rough stones in a tumbler, we rub against one another and through our relationships discover our truest selves.

I very much enjoyed Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. It’s a fast, suspenseful read that will appeal to fans of Tana French and Gillian Flynn. However, it is in Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes, the prequel novella to this book, where Slaughter truly shines.

A new book published by the province aims to shed light on the hardship, legislated discrimination and contributions of B.C.’s Chinese community.

The Vancouver World Naked Bike Ride is sliding into town again this June 30th. The 17th annual ride is a body-positive event, this year being billed as “a protest against car culture and oil spills and pipelines.

Metro Vancouver is an interesting region with a history that goes back farther than most people realize.

Work will include rock scaling, danger tree removal, step repair and safety netting replacement