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    Care to travel the world, one plate at time? Visit Kamloops.

    Restaurants

    Flaky, Fluffy and Freaking Delicious: Vancouver’s Top Fry Bread and Bannock

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    The Best Gelato in Canada Was Made in a Hotel Room (and You Can Get it Now in Kitsilano)

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    Savio Volpe wine in front of restaurant
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    Wine Collab of the Week: The Best Bottle to Welcome a Vancouver Spring

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    Naked Malt Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Celebrates Versatility and Spirit

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    A $13 Wine You Can Age in Your Cellar

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    5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (March 20-26)

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    Arts & Culture

    5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (March 13-19)

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    Looking for a Hobby? Here’s 8 Places in Vancouver You Can Pick Up a New Skill

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    Gear

    What It’s Like to Get Lost on a Run With a Pro Trail Runner

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    8 Things to Do in Abbotsford (Even If It’s Pouring Rain)

    Rocky Mountaineer train travelling the Rockies.
    Vacations

    Explore the Rockies by Rail with Rocky Mountaineer

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    Beauty

    The Future of Beauty: How One Medical Aesthetics Clinic is Changing the Game

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    Before Hibernation Season Ends: A Round-Up of the Coziest Shopping Picks

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    On the Rise: Adhere To’s Puffer Jackets Are Designed With the Future in Mind

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Lucy Lau

Fashion

Lucy Loves: Checks, Please

Check out this plaid perfection.

Stores

Holiday Gift Guide for the Bookish: Gifts Inspired by the Library

Books, objects and trinkets for those who appreciate the Vancouver Public Library’s Colosseum-influenced central branch both for its unconventional design and for what’s inside.

Stores

Holiday Gift Guide for the Chill: Gifts Inspired by Dude Chilling Park

Count on these calming gift ideas to keep your recipients as cool, relaxed and unbothered as Dude Chilling Park’s resident (and recently resurrected) reclining figure.

Stores

Holiday Gift Guide for the Funny: Gifts Inspired by A-maze-ing Laughter

Fun and offbeat gifts that will have your friends and family smiling wide like the figures at English Bay’s much loved (and photographed) A-maze-ing Laughter.

Stores

Holiday Gift Guide for the Gritty: Gifts Inspired by the East Van Cross

The traditionally gritty, hard-edged vibe of East Van shines in these industrial-leaning picks—each of which, like the East Van cross, emits a glow of its own.

Stores

Holiday Gift Guide for the Techie: Gifts Inspired by Science World

Whether inspired by Science World’s shape, the knowledge within it, or both, these innovative objects are bound to impress the tech-inclined in your life.

Fashion

Stylish Raingear That Will Have You Hoping for Drizzly Days

Rainy day essentials, but make it fashion.

city

Meet the Vancouverites Bringing Back the Art of the Ukelele

Beauty

On the Rise: This Vancouver-Based Cosmetic Brand Knows the Science of Skin

Okoko Cosmétiques uses plant-based ingredients (and a little cosmetic chemistry) to make clean, high-performance products.

Beauty

7 Summer Skincare Essentials That Will Carry You Into Fall

From idiot-proof self-tanners to rosewater mists, here are the products our style editor swore by this summer.

Fashion

Herschel’s Nordstrom Collab Is a Fuzzy, Colour-Happy Dream

Corduroy, faux tiger-print fur, ripstop, oh my!

Beauty

Vancouver-Based Illusionist Mimi Choi on the Magic of Transforming Fear Into Art

The makeup artist also drops her skincare routine. Because we know you were wondering.

Fashion

On the Rise: Vancouver’s Eco-Friendly Ocin Is Making Waves

The ocean flows through designer Courtney Chew's veins—metaphorically, anyway.

Food News

The Juiciest, Meatiest, Most Out-There Bites at This Year’s Brewery and the Beast

Vegetarians, avert your gaze.

Weddings

Bridesmaid Wear Goes, Erm, “Un-Bridesmaid” at Vancouver’s Park and Fifth

The locally based line ditches the excess frills traditionally seen in wedding attire for sleek, wear-again-and-again styles.

Beauty

5 Next-Level Facial Treatments to Try in Vancouver

From sessions that use low-level electrical currents to those that employ cold strips of gauze, here's how to get your skin in tip-top shape.

Restaurants

We Want These Fried-Chicken Ice-Cream Sandwiches In Our Mouths Right. Now.

Downlow and Mister have dreamed up the ultimate sweet-salty-spicy collab.

Fashion

Beat the Rain with a Summer-y Pop-Up in Chinatown This Weekend

Recently launched online shop Finding July aims to offer clothing that exudes "the excitement and joy" of summer.

Beauty

Lucy Loves: Easy, Breezy No-Makeup Makeup

Ah, summertime, and the livin’ is easy—so shouldn’t your beauty routine be, too?

Beauty

Buy Now or Cry Later: The All-Natural Balm That Helped Heal My Eczema

Say "see ya" to dry, flaky skin.

Fashion

On the Rise: Kinda Sleepwear

Jessye Ashworth knows the importance of a good sleep.

Stores

Local Jewellery Designer Melanie Auld Opens Flagship in Fairview

The dreamy, pink-and-green space carries Auld's full range of West Coast-inspired bling.

Fashion

Vans Brings a Skateboarder’s Paradise to Vancouver—But Only for This Weekend!

A giant indoor skate park and activities like live tattooing and design-your-own-Vans workshops are just some of the highlights at the city's first-ever House of Vans pop-up.

Beauty

Rose-Marie Swift on Natural Beauty, Bold Lips and Why “Instagram Makeup” is Out

The Vancouver-born makeup artist and founder of RMS Beauty says that "robot skin" was never en vogue.  

Fashion

Buy Now or Cry Later: A Sunny Jumpsuit That Makes Summer Dressing Easy-Peasy

Summer sucks, but dressing for it shouldn't have to.

Stores

Good Boy Wags Onto Main Street with Ethical, Design-Forward Pet Supplies

Because your four-legged friends deserve cool, responsibly made goods, too.

Fashion

You Can Now Shop Raf Simons’s and Helmut Lang’s Archives in Vancouver

The menswear visionaries' vintage works are available for a limited time at Nordstrom.

Fashion

Lucy Loves: Break Out the Sunnies, We’re Rockin’ Neon Everything

Some summer styles you can get into. 

Stores

Luxury Consignment Shop Mine and Yours is Popping Up on South Granville

The local biz is bringing its pre-loved designer goods to the former Boboli men’s space.

Stores

Is This Metro Vancouver’s Chicest Cannabis Store?

Burb wants to bring a "big city" experience to the region's suburbs—and a more luxurious, comfortable one at that.

Fashion

Luxury Hunger Games-Approved Activewear Line Lands in Vancouver

The London-based Lucas Hugh is now available at Kitsilano’s TurF.

Restaurants

The Best Thing I Ate All Week: The “Orange” at Billy Button Dessert Bar

Editor's Pick

Spoiler: it's not actually an orange.

Beauty

Buy Now or Cry Later: A Made-in-Vancouver Serum That’s Evening the Heck Out of My Skin

The serum has sold out multiple times since its launch—and with good reason.

Fashion

Danish “Rainwear” Label Rains to Open First Canadian Store in Vancouver

Rain, rain, go away... or don't, I guess!

Stores

It’s Boxing Day in April! Nifty for Fifty Returns for 12th Annual Blowout This Weekend

More than 30 local designers are converging in Mount Pleasant to offer deep discounts on sustainably crafted goods.

city

Museum of Vancouver’s There is Truth Here Illustrates Humanity of Residential School Survivors

Fashion

On the Rise: Studio Lorem Ipsum

What do you do when you can't find stylish outerwear that won't break the bank? For one designer, you create your own.

Stores

Say High to All Day Breakfast, Vancouver’s Newest—and Coolest—Head Shop

The design-obsessed folks behind the website Craigsbest are aiming to elevate cannabis consumption with a range of fun and functional goods.

Stores

Toronto-Based Intimates Line Mary Young Pops Up in Vancouver This Weekend

The designer is coming to the West Coast with her range of easy, breezy "lifestyle lingerie."

Stores

Fine-Jewellery Biz Mejuri Lands in Vancouver for Week-Long Pop-Up

For a limited time, you can shop the Toronto-based label's dainty bling IRL.

Beauty

Vancouver-Based Brand Oak and Fort Accused of Knocking Off L.A. Designer

In response to a post by Instagram fashion critic Diet Prada, Oak and Fort says similarities between its products and those by indie label J. Hannah are "totally coincidental."

Restaurants

The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Buttermilk Fried Chicken at Nightingale

Yes, the pizza’s great, but let’s talk about Nightingale’s other offerings, shall we?

Fashion

Buy Now or Cry Later: A Cheery, Reusable (and Locally Crafted!) Grocery Bag

Divert single-use plastics from the landfill and support local!

Booze News

Starbucks Rolls Out Recyclable and Compostable Cups in Vancouver

The city is one of five around the world that will test-sip the new ecofriendly alternatives. 

Stores

Self-Described “Comfort Brand” Naot Finds New Home on South Granville

The made-in-Israel label—known for its removable "foot beds"—puts quality and durability first. 

Restaurants

The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Kir Royale Jell-O Shots at Key Party

Can you eat a shot? Why, yes. Yes, you can.

city

Is Vancouver’s Real Estate Market Squeezing Out Singletons?

city

Single and Looking (for Real Estate): How Three Solo Buyers Made It Work

Fashion

“I Don’t Know How People Can Defend It”: Past Participants Shed Light on “Underbelly” of Vancouver Fashion Week

Ahead of the event's fall/winter 2019 showcase, dozens of ex-volunteers shared experiences in which they worked long hours, faced unsafe conditions and were unpaid. But VFW maintains that it's serving the local fashion community.

city

6 Things We Learned from A Conversation with President Barack Obama

Events

Shop Slow-Fashion Finds at First Pick Handmade’s Spring Pop-Up This March

The sustainable-clothing event features garments, accessories and beauty goods from more than 30 indie Canadian designers.

Fashion

Shane and Falguni Peacock, Designers to the Stars, Will Open South Asian Fashion Week

The husband-and-wife duo, who have dressed the likes of Beyoncé and Priyanka Chopra, is conducting its first Canadian runway show in Vancouver.

Fashion

Buy Now or Cry Later: A Quality, Affordable Bra That Actually Does Its Job!

Is there anything Uniqlo can’t do?

Stores

Warby Parker to Open First Western Canadian Store in Kitsilano

The original direct-to-consumer eyewear brand is launching a brick-and-mortar outpost in B.C.

Beauty

Inside Le Labo’s Perfumery Lab—And First Standalone Store in Vancouver

Think of it as a fairground for the senses—or an olfactory amusement park, if you will.

Fashion

On the Rise: Adam-Lin Bungag

The 23-year-old has already made big moves in Vancouver's fashion world.

Fashion

Lucy Loves: 6 Spotted Picks That Will Have You Going Wild for Leopard

Leopard is this season’s ubiquitous, most can’t-be-tamed print—oh, and a total neutral, if you ask us.

style

Support Your Local Girl Gang with These Galentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Thanks, Leslie Knope, for a dreaming up an occasion we can all get behind.

Fashion

Was Vancouver Fashion Week Serious with That Model Casting?

The event’s organizers posted a now-deleted casting call for models with size requirements considered unhealthy even for runway standards, sparking outrage from the local fashion community.

Beauty

Meet Sunja Link Body Shoppe, Your Friendly Neighbourhood Wellness Destination

The Riley Park boutique wants to be your go-to spot for coconut-scented floss, Japanese bath soaks and more.

Fashion

8 Red-Hot (and Auspicious) Finds for Lunar New Year

Gift these items to friends and fam for bonus points on the luck-o-metre as we enter the Year of the Pig.

Fashion

The Best Stuff to Cop From Virgil Abloh’s Debut Louis Vuitton Collection

Vancouver's Holt Renfrew is the only Canadian retailer where you can nab the streetwear phenom's menswear in advance of its international release.

Restaurants

Torafuku to Host Feel-Good Collab Feast Benefiting DTES Residents

The restaurant, which will feature eight of Vancouver's brightest chefs for the event, is making a strong case for dining out in January.

city

Women-Led Smash Comedy Fest to Spotlight City’s Best WTF Comics

Stores

BonLook, the Warby Parker of Canadian Eyewear, Lands in Vancouver

The Montreal-based retailer, which produces a range of affordable prescription frames, makes its mark in B.C. with two brick-and-mortar outposts.

Stores

“Simple Essentials” Brand Kotn Opens First West Coast Store in Gastown

The Toronto-based label prides itself on its minimalist, ethically made and affordable wardrobe basics.

city

Meet the Vancouver Woman Who Called Out MEC for Its Lack of Diversity

Fashion

These Cozy Vancouver-Crafted Socks are Oprah-Approved

A pair of faux-fur-lined stockings from Pudus has once again made the lifestyle maven's list of favourite things for the holidays.

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