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West Vancouver teen featured on Disney tour
DESIRAE Bock of West Vancouver is about to go on a Disney adventure like no other.
Chessell waves Irish flag with 'Lullabies and Battle Cries'
Take a look at the photo at right. That's Pat Chessell, Surrey-based musician, posing in a Gastown alley. Check out the colour scheme behind him, with the green pole and orange-red hue of the stone wall. Kinda looks like an Irish flag, right?
Teri Boy offers unique Japanese fast food
Three friends and business associates from Japan have caught up with each other in Burnaby.
Clarke in Mexico with U20 national men's team
Richmond's Caleb Clarke has joined the national team in Mexico City for a week long training camp leading up to the 2013 CONCACAF U20 Championships which take place Feb. 18 to March 2.
Kopcik, Team Canada place fourth
Surrey's Emila Kopcik helped Canada's national synchronized swim team place fourth overall at the 2012 FINA World Trophy in Mexico City last weekend.
Burnaby performer in Disney on Ice
Twin brothers Chris and Nick Molnar were learning to skate almost as soon as they could walk. The Burnaby boys started playing hockey at the Burnaby Winter Club and getting coached in figure skating at 8 Rinks before they'd even started kindergarten.
OPINION: Chinese FIPA now a lose-lose proposition
"I am writing as Chair of the St'at'imc Chiefs Council to firmly express, advise and direct the Government of Canada to reject the Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement [FIPA] with China as the Government of Canada has breached its obligations to consult. . . ."
City to host visit from U.S. consul
Anne Callaghan, the United States' Consul General based in Vancouver since Aug. 2011, will be visiting the Royal City on Aug. 13.
Company peddles bike helmet vending machines
The company negotiating with the city to implement a massive public rental bicycle system next spring plans to sell helmets in vending machines to accommodate the province's mandatory helmet laws.
One last crown to go for popular jockey
"I'll Have Another," ridden by jockey Mario Gutierrez and already victorious at both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, seeks to become just the 12th horse in history - and the first since Affirmed, way back in 1978 - to accomplish what is widely regarded as the greatest feat in the thoroughbred racing world.
Spring football sends a shiver down players spine
The St. Thomas More Knights football team got a rude awakening prior to a spring scrimmage at Mercer Stadium in New Westminster on Friday.
Hope for the home team
FOR soccer players around the globe, a berth in the World Cup is the ultimate goal.
12th & Cambie
From Mexico City to Cornerbrook, N.L. to Harrison Hot Springs, your 2011 version of city council spent a bit of time and money on the road last year, according to the most recent annual report on council remuneration and expenses.
'Stonewalling' women inspire Valentine's Day event
A chilly reception at yoga class was the first thing Jorge Amigo thought of when he read an article in Vancouver Magazine asking "Do Vancouver men suck?"
Multi-layered Amarillo blurs borders
At the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Woodward's No more shows
Seminar explains why the first 72 hours are crucial
Delta police are holding a seminar next week to help local residents make sure they are prepared for an emergency.
Child poverty exists right here at home, too
There's a belief out there that "child poverty" in Canada doesn't mean the same thing as it does in Third World nations. True, we don't see children lying on the roadside, emaciated, as we have in the Horn of Africa in recent months, or living in garbage dumps like the most impoverished do in places like Mexico City or New Delhi.
A neighbourhood success story
If the immigrant story is one of sacrifice, persistence and adaptation for a better life, Raul Senties, owner of Ole Ole Mexican Deli on 12th Street, is the embodiment of the immigrant spirit.
