CheckMate’s Merlot Launch Dinner and Open House

  Join our talented Winemaker, Phil McGahan for a delicious farm to table dinner in our unique tasting room, The Installation, Saturday, November 18, 2017.  Experience our newly released Merlot vintage, paired with a four course dinner, prepared by locally acclaimed Chef, Chris Van Hooydonk of Backyard Farm.  Seating is extremely limited, so reserve early … Read more

Wines of British Columbia host 30 sommeliers, media and wine professionals from around the world at its inaugural Wine BC BootCamp – November 5 through 8

  More than 200 BC Wines from 70 Wineries to be Poured During Four-Day Event   The BC Wine Institute presents its inaugural Wine BC Bootcamp in the heart of BC Wine Country November 5-8, bringing together top wine professionals from around the world and across the country to share, taste, talk, learn and celebrate the Wines … Read more

Unprecedented Gathering of Early Salish Weavings In Museum of Anthropology’s New Exhibition – The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving –

  Exhibition offers once-in-a-lifetime view of one of the world’s largest collections  of rare early blankets and contemporary Salish weavings    The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC with the Musqueam Indian Band present the inspiring and interactive new exhibition The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving, on display from November 19, 2017 to April 15, 2018. Curated by … Read more

Move over PSL, the Holidays have arrived at Starbucks!

  Each year, there are a few unmistakable signs that the holiday season is drawing near.  Starbucks has marked the arrival of the holidays with specially designed red cups since 1997, becoming a symbol itself of the season.   This year, Starbucks has unveiled its first colour-in holiday cup, available at Starbucks in Canada and … Read more

22nd Annual Hopscotch Festival: When it Rains, We Pour

  Vancouver to be served the largest festival of libations in the event’s history   The 22nd annual Hopscotch Festival will return to Vancouver for a full seven days and nights with an expanded, internationally acclaimed roster of enticing tipples and prime pours, Monday, Nov. 20 to Sunday, November 26. The city’s ultimate festival of … Read more

Cherish the Charm, Taste the Tradition at the 8th Annual Vancouver Christmas Market

  Treasured Holiday Event Returns to Expansive Seaside Site with More Than 55,000 Square Feet of German Jubilation   The city’s signature yuletide celebration returns to its expansive seaside home, November 22 – December 24, 2017 at Jack Poole Plaza (at the Olympic Cauldron) offering its largest, authentic German festivities to date. The cherished holiday … Read more

Sink or Swim at Presentation House Theatre

  HappyGoodThings Productions is thrilled to present Beverley Elliott’s poignant, playful and achingly relatable production of Sink or Swim at Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver from Wednesday, November 8th – Sunday, November 12th.  Voted 2016’s Pick of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, this audience favourite and the critically acclaimed show is a standout! Known to fans around the world for … Read more

GOLD RUSH: BOULEVARD KITCHEN & OYSTER BAR CHEF ALEX CHEN WINS HIS SECOND GOLD MEDAL PLATES TITLE AT THE 2017 REGIONALS IN VICTORIA

  Previous Champion Returns to Top of Podium at 12th Annual Prestigious Chef Competition, Earns Right to Represent BC at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna, February 2 to 3, 2018   Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Executive Chef Alex Chen claimed the crown for the second time at the annual Gold Medal Plates culinary competition in … Read more

CANDYTOWN CASTS ITS MAGIC OVER YALETOWN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

Vancouver’s only free outdoor Christmas event rings in the season with candy, crafts and all-ages festivities Santa and the elves are busily sprinkling magic dust over Yaletown, transforming the neighbourhood into an enchanted land filled with palate-popping treats, Yuletide music and cozy carriage rides. That’s right: CandyTown is here again, and with it comes a … Read more

The Christmas Store at Potter’s Now Open for the Season

South Surrey’s Christmas Store at Potter’s is Western Canada’s largest Christmas store Come one, come all, to the House of the Holiday Spirit – The Christmas Store at Potter’s. Western Canada’s largest and most fantastically festive Christmas store opens today, November 1, and keeps the fun going until December 24. Potter’s Nurseries and its 28,000-sq.ft. … Read more