Smoke’s Poutinerie Kick-Starts Spring Exams With Caffeine-Fueled RED EYE POUTINE! April 8 – May 5

Students. Poutine Lovers. All Plaid Nation Fans in search of a caffeine-fueled kick of energy to help power up your late-night cram sessions, look no further, Smoke’s Poutinerie is serving up an all-new, limited time gastronomical concoction, the RED EYE POUTINE!

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Continues to Reinvent

New Season; New Look for Blue Grouse For the Spring 2019 release of their latest vintages, they take the evolution further, with a new look to their packaging lineup. This update was predicated by their expansion into Vancouver combined with feedback that the labels needed to be modernized.

Additional Artists Announced for 2019 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival June 21 – July 1

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society announced today additional performances for the 34th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, taking place June 21 to July 1.

Emily Carr University Awards Honorary Doctorates to Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun and Terry Irwin

Two internationally revered leaders in North America’s art and design community will be recognized for their inimitable contributions to the fields of contemporary art and transition design by Emily Carr University this spring.

Emily Carr University’s New Program ‘TechWomen’ Provides Critical Training in Tech Sector

Immigrant and refugee women new to Canada are being offered the chance to break in to Vancouver’s booming technology industry, thanks to TechWomen — a newly launched initiative spearheaded by Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) and the Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC).

Kickstart’s 21st Anniversary Celebration Featuring Gaelynn Lea in concert with a performance by David Roche Friday, April 26

Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture celebrates its 21st year of supporting and promoting artists who identify as living with a disability with a very special concert event headlined by the incomparable singer Gaelynn Lea, a featured performance by inspirational humourist, David Roche, and a presentation by talented young painter, Mujtaba Saloojee. 

Canada’s newest operatic talents take centre stage at VOX, Vancouver Opera’s inaugural vocal competition, on April 26

Prepare to be dazzled by the next generation of Canadian opera stars at VOX, a prestigious new vocal competition taking place at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on April 26. The event, which takes place on the eve of opening day of the third Vancouver Opera Festival (April 27 to May 5), is set to showcase the cream of Canada’s new operatic talent.

Shaking up the cocktail scene at RauDZ ?

RauDZ Creative Concepts Ltd. own/operate a selection of the Okanagan Valley’s premiere dining venues and are recognized as industry leaders.  Award winning farm to table restaurant RauDZ Regional Table, International influenced micro bar & bites and the newly opened Sunny’s Modern Diner are located in downtown Kelowna with Italian inspired Terrafina at Hester Creek by RauDZ in Oliver.

British Columbia Hotel Association recognizes Ian Powell, Managing Director, Inn at Laurel Point & Paul’s Motor Inn as hotelier of the year.

Ian Powell, a hotelier with over 40 years in the international hospitality industry and who became a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada later in life, was named hotelier of the year on Tuesday during the BC Hospitality Summit in Kelowna, BC.