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It’s been a great day of stories and ideas at Northern Voice 2010 in Vancouver – and I’m looking forward to more tomorrow. The hour is late, so I will share one story that really sticks with me. It’s the story of blogger Kimli Welsh – creator of Delicious Juice Dot Com – and...

If you’re not too busy attending Boobquake (at the Art Gallery today from 4 to 8 p.m.) there’s a great talk scheduled at The Edge in gastown. Come hear what Wesley Regan says about “the mystique and hyperbole of social media” as the Shebeen Club invite / post reads. It’s the monthly meeting of...

Yesterday I received an invitation from Derek Weiss, senior public relations specialist for Union Gospel Mission. UGM is a Christian charity well-known in Vancouver for providing community meals, clothing, emergency shelter, faith-based services, and drug and alcohol recovery programs. Here’s Derek’s invite: Join Vancouver bloggers and UGM staff and volunteers as we chill together...

Tonight is Twestival – here in Vancouver and in lots of other places too. “On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness,” says the About page for...

It’s not because I want to sell stuff to people, and I’m not looking for a job. Sure I’m open to new writing contracts (even though I’m really busy these days) but that’s not why I’m on Twitter. I love Twitter because I love people and their stories – not to mention the jokes,...

In the final days of the Olympics, I'm noticing you can watch the games in many unexpected places - like Red Burrito on Commercial Drive at First Avenue.

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...

This is a photo of Charles the cook at Cafe Deux Soleils on Commercial Drive. I wrote about my favorite meal there in my Super Citizen blog last spring. My son and I are heading down there to meet up with our friends from the Island. Kids can hang out on the big stage...

Here in this picture, at the far right, is Virginia Greene - CEO of the Business Council of B.C. - who carried the Olympic torch in North Vancouver yesterday. Just over a year ago, I got some really good advice on networking from Virginia and it's made a huge positive impact on my life.

“We need a lot of voices in Vancouver,” said publisher Linda Solomon at the Vancouver Observer’s re-launch celebration at Ceili’s Irish Pub & Restaurant on Tuesday, Oct. 6. “Get behind us. Send us your blogs. Sign up for our newsletter. Tell your friends. Let’s make the media strong in Vancouver – and let’s just...