Reading is always a popular pastime but whilst we are all spending more time at home, books are an especially important distraction. A good book is the perfect way to let your imagination take you away from the daily news. To help making an addition to your home library, the West Coast Book Prize Society…
Author: Jay Minter
Explore with North Shore Culture Compass
While self-monitoring and social distancing have been added to our lexicon, you can still get outside to enjoy a walk. Take in the sights, or some public art, and you don’t have to stay 6 feet away from it either. To help you find public art of interest, North Van Arts recently launched the North…
Picks of the Week – March 25, 2020
The cloud of COVID-19 hangs over the globe, with even more restrictions and closures, so we must find our own entertainment for this week’s picks. Art: Vancouver Art Gallery isn’t letting a COVID-19 closure stop it from offering a host of activities to help everyone be creative during its Digital Spring, each day the VAG…
What are you streaming?
With a most activities cancelled, and everyone spending time at home, you can guarantee there will be a lot of us watching streaming services. While Netflix is perhaps the top dog, there are many more services available and more seem to be coming online all the time. So what are you watching? Have you found…
Vancouver Writers Fest Youth Writing Contest
As Spring Break comes to an end but school closures live on, families may be looking for ways to keep children entertained but also keeping them stimulated while limiting screen-time. The Vancouver Writers Fest’s annual youth writing contest is open to all BC students enrolled in grades 8-12. To enter, young writers can submit previously…
Sit On Your Sofa, See Six Sights
Spring break and possibly summer holidays are out the window whilst we’re self-isolating. Trade in your cabin fever for some wanderlust with a virtual visit to some of the world’s top tourist sights. Here’s six sights to behold: Niagara Falls: Get outside and visit the natural wonder of the Niagara Falls with Canadian Horseshoe Falls…
Breaking Bread Now to help local independent restaurants
In the wake of the rapidly changing COVID-19 landscape breakingbreadnow.com is a new website helping support local restaurants in Metro Vancouver and beyond. In the wake of the ever evolving health rules around restaurants it’s hard for patrons, and even the industry itself, to keep up to what is available and which locations are open….