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Season to Taste: Chef Ben Kiely

From the kitchens of South London to the classrooms of Vancouver, Chef Ben Kiely has built a career driven by curiosity, hard work—and, as he jokes, a lifelong love of eating. Today, as Senior Education [...]
Lifestyle

Peepaw the cat is looking for a new home in the Vancouver area

Peepaw is a handsome tuxedo boy who came into our care as a stray, so very little is known about his past. Since arriving, he’s been feeling quite overwhelmed and is still a bit shut [...]
Music

Vancouver Guardian Summer 2026 Spotify Playlist

Summer is here, and so is a fresh soundtrack from Vancouver’s incredible music community. Throughout the season, we’ve had the chance to discover artists from across the city, each bringing their own sound, story, and [...]
Music

Five Minutes With: Alt-Indie Band The Hausplants

Formed by Iran-born Amir Alav (guitar), Mongolia-born Sondor Mendbayar (drums) and US-born Anna Zeleny (vocals/bass), The Hausplants crafts powerful soundscapes shaped by cultural hybridity and emotional depth. In 2023, The Hausplants independently released their debut [...]
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Comedian Janice Bannister

Janice Bannister has lived enough life to fill several comedy specials — psychiatric nursing, marriages, single parenthood, a cougar era she is apparently not shy about, and now a grandmother with a story about how [...]

“A Day in the Life” with: Visual Artist Jean Paul Langlois

August 12, 2026

Jean Paul Langlois was already a dedicated painter as a teen while simultaneously gaining notoriety in the Vancouver punk and indie scene for his performance noise band, Scratch recording artists, HUMP. During this time, he [...]
“A Day in the Life” with: Film Artist April Johnson

August 5, 2026
“A Day in the Life” with: Author Gary Mitchell

July 29, 2026

Charitable Choices: Lisa Daly of Arts Umbrella

August 11, 2026

For more than four decades, Arts Umbrella has been shaping Vancouver’s arts community by giving young people the space, support, and confidence to explore their creativity. What began in 1979 as a local arts education [...]
Homegrown Business: Sarah Vetter of Evergy Studio

August 10, 2026
Charitable Choices: Felicia Gunawan of Vantage Point

August 4, 2026

Old Photographs of Bicycles from the Vancouver Area (1892-1940)

by Tyler Dixon in History

There’s something wonderfully timeless about an old photograph of a bicycle. Long before traffic jams, SkyTrain stations, and seawall bike lanes, bicycles helped shape the rhythm of everyday life in Vancouver. Cycling was, and in [...]