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BC’s Top Somm crowned by CAPS BC After an intensive competition with 16 local sommeliers, Shane Taylor, wine director at CinCin Ristorante, took home the 2017 Best Sommelier of BC championship. The third annual competition, hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers British Columbia Chapter, took place in the Captain’s Lounge in Rogers Arena. Todd Prucyk of … Read more
On Saturday, January 28 2017, Hart House Restaurant at Deer Lake will host a special mingler-style BC Wine Brunch as part of Dine Out Vancouver Festival. The event is great value at $49 plus service charges. Hart House is always a destination for brunch lovers from the lower mainland and beyond. The event … Read more
BC’s annual Icewine harvest has arrived just before the holidays, with the cold temperatures prompting wineries in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley to start picking grapes early for what can be expected to be a larger vintage than 2015. Icewine harvest began on December 6, 10 days later than last year’s start date … Read more
January in Vancouver can only mean one thing. Full gyms. Ok, and Dine Out. I mean if you’re going to work that hard you may as well go eat at the cities finest! This year there’s a new kid on the block with a fresh idea. Off the Eaten Track, a food tour company … Read more
January is proving to be a nasty month. It’s freezing outside, the streets are treacherously icy and you’ve received your credit card bill from December. Wild Rice Market Bistro in New Westminster has the perfect antidote. Join them this month for its value-priced Dine In Menu which runs through to February 12th . “These are dishes that … Read more
Combining puppetry, multimedia and cinematic ingenuity, Chicago collective animates cryptic tale of twins’ indelible bond The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Manual Cinema’s Ada/Ava, a haunting masterpiece for stage and screen on February 7, 2017 at 7:30pm in the Telus Studio Theatre as part of the … Read more
Three-week festival showcases groundbreaking contemporary theatre, dance, multimedia & music The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) presents its 13th annual edition, taking place January 16 to February 5, 2017 at various Vancouver venues. Acclaimed artists representing 11 countries will descend on the city for the signature, three-week mid-winter event. From staggering spectacles … Read more
Starting January 10th, Starbucks® Almond Beverage will be available in more than 1,300 stores across the country as a non-dairy alternative, in addition to Soy Beverage and Coconut Milk Beverage. On My Starbucks Idea, the company’s platform for crowdsourcing customer and barista suggestions, thousands of ideas are submitted and voted on each year and … Read more
Locavore Josh Gale to renew restaurant’s Pacific Northwest focus Juniper Kitchen + Bar is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Chef, Josh Gale. Blessed with an origin story that’s undeniably “peak Vancouver,” Josh was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and worked 9-to-5 job until a snowboarding injury laid … Read more
More than 140 free seminars on a wide range of topics featured at this year’s show running Jan 18 – 22 2017 at BC Place and Granville Island For those attending this year’s Vancouver International Boat Show, there are more than 140 free seminars to choose from that will guarantee a valuable educational … Read more