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Thanks to Vincent and his fellow vendors, people are getting an opportunity to learn about life in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside from folks who actually live there. All too often, especially during the Olympics, we hear stories from media outsiders who visit the neighbourhood for a short tour and then report all the bad things...

Andrew Scott never fails me when I need a gift idea. During the past several years, I’ve probably spent many hours chatting with him in the toy store about kids’ gifts and all kinds of random topics. Andrew works at It’s All Fun & Games – a beloved toy store in my neighbourhood –...

I love the exciting feeling when you see your raffle ticket numbers correspond with the numbers spoken aloud. Yay! And now that I’m a mom, I can send my son to collect the prize, because I have a shy streak in such situations. Last night my son and I went to the Grand Finale...

Every Wednesday in February, starting at 7 p.m., a line-up of local writers will hit the stage at W2 (112 West Hastings. ) Organizer says: "These evenings are designed to show the city and the world real and diverse Vancouver culture and real creative individuals in the literary and publishing communities at a time...

Have you ever noticed how many people hate writing? They dread the task and try to avoid it at all costs – and recently I gained some new insight into why they may feel this way. Writer and teacher Susan Wise Bauer describes writing as a two-part process: 1) Putting the idea into words...

This week Shel Israel is launching his new book Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods. He’s on a cross-Canada tour that includes Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and tonight in Vancouver at the Third Tuesday meetup at the Canvas Lounge. “Why did I call it Twitterville? Because everything about Twitter I...