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Kealoha, Hawaii's poet laureate, brings his one-man show to the Chan Centre

Vancouver police chief says his department won't use Drager DrugTest 5000 to screen drug-impaired drivers

Abubakar Khan: Let's address loneliness in Vancouver with innovative solutions to the housing shortage

VIFF 2018: Dawnland

Jean Swanson: We stopped the 4.5 percent rent increase, and this is just the beginning

More than 90 local artisans setting up shop for fourth annual Etsy: Made in Canada in Vancouver

New bike-share program Dropbike lets you park your ride anywhere

Brandon Yan relieved over stop of court action against his Chinese name in Vancouver ballot

RCMP release sketch of male suspect who exposed himself at UBC residence

Female teen stabbed in dispute between youths in Surrey park

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Cops can do weed but not get wasted in proposed Vancouver police work policy

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News

Abubakar Khan: Let's address loneliness in Vancouver with innovative solutions to the housing shortage

Jean Swanson: We stopped the 4.5 percent rent increase, and this is just the beginning

Brandon Yan relieved over stop of court action against his Chinese name in Vancouver ballot

RCMP release sketch of male suspect who exposed himself at UBC residence

Music

What's In Your Fridge

What's In Your Fridge: Kitty & The Rooster

Rhino Records releases previously unseen Ramones video for "She's the One", filmed in 1978

Dickey Betts' brain surgery a success, says manager

Vancouver's Kitty & The Rooster: as one might guess from the pussy-licker lollipops, not a kids' band at all

Arts

Kealoha, Hawaii's poet laureate, brings his one-man show to the Chan Centre

Theatre Reviews

In Tales of an Urban Indian, Craig Lauzon prowls the aisles of a retro bus

Christopher Lacroix earns Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize

Two Vancouver comics make the finals of SiriusXM Top Comic

Life

More than 90 local artisans setting up shop for fourth annual Etsy: Made in Canada in Vancouver

New bike-share program Dropbike lets you park your ride anywhere

Kenyan bags, jewellery, décor, and more: Kasandy brings the vibrancy of Africa to Vancouver with shop, pop-ups

Metro Vancouver municipal candidates invited to annual general meeting of parents' group opposed to SOGI

Movies

VIFF 2018: Dawnland

Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 11/9 explores parallels with the rise of European fascism

VIFF 2018: Sicilian Ghost Story

VIFF 2018: Putin’s Witnesses

Food

Vancouver-based Nora's recalls frozen non-dairy dessert due to milk cross-contamination

Tayybeh chefs to offer Syrian cooking classes in Vancouver

Vancouver's long-running Ovaltine Café in Downtown Eastside named one of world's top 50 cafés

Vancouver’s Miku restaurant to celebrate its 10th anniversary with an aburi sushi-filled tasting menu

Cannabis

Vancouver police chief says his department won't use Drager DrugTest 5000 to screen drug-impaired drivers

Cops can do weed but not get wasted in proposed Vancouver police work policy

Is the party over for Tilray shareholders? Stock falls 30.25 percent in a single day

Cannabis historian Jamie Shaw reveals that the plant has been at the centre of cataclysmic events for centuries

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