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Here’s why you are paying more for alcohol starting this month

Here’s why you are paying more for alcohol starting this month

Canadians can expect to pay more for beer, wine and spirits as taxes on alcohol sales have risen 1.5 per cent as of April 1. “That means even higher prices for beer in Canada,”said Beer Canada Chair Geroge Croft in a release.
Spot Prawn Festival returns in May with rebooted format

Spot Prawn Festival returns in May with rebooted format

After Cherry Blossom season comes spot prawn season, if you’re going by Vancouver’s calendar of nature’s gifts. To celebrate the short-lived span when this oceanic delicacy can be found in B.C.
Column: Reading Lori Lansens's The Mountain Story

Column: Reading Lori Lansens's The Mountain Story

I love survival stories and Lori Lansens’s The Mountain Story doesn’t disappoint. At 18 years of age, Wolf Truly has faced many challenges in his life.
Here’s a link to Google’s archive of every place you’ve ever brought your phone

Here’s a link to Google’s archive of every place you’ve ever brought your phone

Victoria’s Chris Wylie recently blew the whistle on some shady work done through Facebook during the U.S. election (and others), and it’s since opened an extremely large and interesting can of worms.
Richmond Night Market returns for 2018 season

Richmond Night Market returns for 2018 season

Midway games, vendor booths, live entertainment, and an insane amount of food will once again draw crowds when the Richmond Night Market starts up its 2018 run.
Column: The crows in my life

Column: The crows in my life

There was a man in Florence who was very genial but who annoyed me to no end. Everything about him – especially his cocky attitude – riled me, to the point that I was often rather rude to him. My behaviour had no effect. He continued to be cheerful.
Hot For Food blogger brings Vegan Comfort Classics cookbook

Hot For Food blogger brings Vegan Comfort Classics cookbook

Lauren Toyota grew up being the odd kid out whose mom brought home soy milk and carob from the health food store. Luckily her mother also passed on a love of cooking, but Toyota has managed to take her own connection to food to a whole new level.
Column: A pair of affable, affordable wines for tapas

Column: A pair of affable, affordable wines for tapas

One of the fabulous events I attended at the Vancouver Wine Festival last month was the Big, Bold and Beautiful Winemaker’s Dinner. Espana, a 40 seat tapas restaurant on Denman was the setting.
5 outrageous desserts to try this long weekend

5 outrageous desserts to try this long weekend

Dessert lovers know the drill: Always save room. Or just start with the good stuff. No matter what your approach is to working dessert into your eating routine, if you’ve got a sweet tooth, you’ve probably got a bucket list of treats to meet…and eat.
March 29 officially declared Once Upon a Time Day in Richmond

March 29 officially declared Once Upon a Time Day in Richmond

With Once Upon a Time’s final season filmed in Steveston this week, Mayor Malcolm Brodie went on site yesterday to declare March 29 as Once Upon A Time Day in Richmond.