Good Co. Bars is your home for the playoffs! Enjoy $5 beers, prizes, a full game-day experience, and the best atmosphere to catch the game. Join us at any of our five locations. ---------------------------------------- The City of Vancouver seems to have learned the wrong lesson from the 2011 riot. Unlike every other Canadian team in the playoffs, Vancouver isn’t holding an outdoor viewing party for fans to attend. They seem to go off without a hitch in Toronto, Edmonton, and Winnipeg, but Vancouver is remaining cautious. Too cautious. On Thursday, Mayor Ken Sim explained why the city isn’t ho ..read more

Good Co. Bars is your home for the playoffs! Enjoy $5 beers, prizes, a full game-day experience, and the best atmosphere to catch the game. Join us at any of our 5 locations. ---------------------------------------- There are few players more intimidating than Vancouver Canucks defenceman Nikita Zadorov. Listed at 6-foot-6 and 248 pounds, Zadorov has a huge frame, and he’s not afraid to use it. The Nashville Predators have already found that out early in this playoff series, as he’s delivered some bone-crushing hits. > The home crowd liked that. ?@Canucks | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/wpCt0 ..read more

When it comes to the perfect proposal, the sky is the limit, especially for a pilot and his flight attendant girlfriend. LOT Polish Airlines pilot Captain Konrad Hanc decided to pop the question to his girlfriend, Paula, in front of passengers on a flight to Kraków, Poland. It’s the same route where they first met 1.5 years ago. The airline shared a video of the heartwarming engagement on its Facebook page on Monday. Since then, their love story has been viewed by over 354,000 people worldwide. You might also like: - Reykjavík is calling: Young Canadians can now apply to live and work in Icela ..read more

Canada’s minister of housing, infrastructure and communities is gaining quite a bit of attention online for his latest “collab” with pop megastar Taylor Swift. On Friday, Sean Fraser posted a graphic mimicking the Spotify tracklist for Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poet’s Department, but his version is titled “The Housing Poet’s Department.” “New album just dropped,” said Fraser’s post. “Canada’s Housing Plan is out now,” he added, with a link to the government’s latest strategy to create homes “by the millions” to tackle the country’s current housing crisis. > New album just dropped. > ..read more

A longtime Vancouver theatre tradition returns to Stanley Park this summer with a pair of legendary Broadway musicals. Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) has announced that its 2024 season and 84th year at the Malkin Bowl will feature Cats and School of Rock. The shows will run on alternate evenings from July 5 to August 24, and TUTS General Manager Kevin Woo is excited for audiences to enjoy this year’s productions. >   > > > > > View this post on Instagram > > > > >   > > A post shared by Theatre Under the Stars (@tutsvancouver) You might also lik ..read more

A BC homeowner got into a dispute with her strata because it refused to allow her to have an inflatable hot tub on her deck. In a decision posted online, Margaret Cupples told the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal that she borrowed the hot tub in June of 2020 to help her recover from a car accident in which she sustained severe injuries. In November 2020, ICBC bought her a soft tub spa to help her recovery process. She also purchased a pop-up tent to cover the tub. Cupples told the tribunal that sometime between June and August 2022, the strata told her to remove the spa and tent because they breac ..read more

Mother’s Day is always a big occasion on the calendar, and if you’re looking to treat that special mom to a mouthwatering meal this year, we’ve got you covered! The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival is hosting the Food Truck Festival: Mother’s Day Edition on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12 at the BCIT Burnaby campus. Happening in BCIT’s huge parking lot, this food-filled adventure features more than 20 food trucks, a BC Shop Local artisan market, live entertainment, and more. And you don’t have to be a mom to attend — everyone is invited to the feast! >   > > > > &g ..read more

Good Co. Bars is your home for the playoffs! Enjoy $5 beers, prizes, a full game-day experience, and the best atmosphere to catch the game. Join us at any of our 5 locations. ---------------------------------------- Despite a loss in Game 2, Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet is making minimal changes to his lineup for tonight’s contest. Tocchet said this morning that he doesn’t anticipate switching any players out, although the coaching staff does have one last meeting before the game to make their final decision. “I don’t feel it’s necessary to make a bunch of changes,” he said to the ..read more

The BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) says housing affordability is getting worse in the region, and it’s going to be a major economic hurdle as Metro Vancouverites try to battle inflation and high interest rates. The BCREA predicts the Bank of Canada will begin cutting interest rates in June, which could spark real estate listings in the province to rebound from a 20-year low in 2023. “Though deteriorating affordability is and will remain a significant concern, particularly in the pricier markets of Greater Vancouver, we do expect sales activity to pick up significantly later this year,” its ..read more

A young orca whale, left stranded in a lagoon on Vancouver Island following the death of her pregnant mother, independently ventured out of the area early Friday morning. Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John confirmed in a statement that the calf made her way out around 2:30 am during high tide. Despite multiple rescue efforts since her entrapment in late March, the calf ultimately freed herself. “Kwee-sa-hay-is swam past the sand bar her mother passed away on,” Chief John’s statement reads. Early this morning, after “a long night of playing and breaching,” according to the Chief, favourab ..read more