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It's been 11 days now since the closing of the Olympic lanes on Broadway and various other major thoroughfares in Vancouver, and I'm still in a state of mourning. As a cyclist and transit user, there was nothing better than whizzing down Broadway nar...

topics: olympics, translink

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I thought the free shows were over, but it looks like there are some more in this batch!Live music picks from Wednesday, March 11 to Tuesday, March 16, 2010More......

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There has been back-and-forth talk for years about whether the Vancouver Art Gallery should move to a new site in order to construct a larger, more eye-catching art gallery in which to showcase more of the gallery's collection than can fit in the cur...

topics: concert, downtown, false-creek, gallery, museum

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Paralympics aim to keep Vancouver's party going -- but they're going to need to break out the strong stuff as Disabled again on BC Liberals' Hit List.Province slashes gaming grants to arts, culture, sports groups. Hey, that gold medal game was great ...

topics: arts, business, liberals, olympics

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Today marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day and if it weren't for a quick news scan this morning, I would have had no idea.Where it was once cool to loudly champion women's rights, many women now balk at being labeled a feminist. ...

topics: fashion, olympic-games, political, ski

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Olympics are over, now start praying. We are, it seems, fighting to stay asleep. Wherein Allen Garr accidentally comes up with a great 90s instrumental post-rock album title. Could Vancouver and Seattle bid for World Cup? Holy shit people relax, it...

topics: gallery, olympics, premier, translink

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In this edition: Yukon Blonde's new video for their song Wind Blows , Music Waste Festival looking for musicians and Prairie Cat touring western Canada! Plus a live video of Zaac Pick at the Streaming Cafe.More......

topics: cafe, musicians

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There's something about haphazard street words and sign-defacing that really fascinates me. I feel like it reveals more about a city's character than its official signage, advertisements and well-cleaned parks. In Vancouver's case, these written stre...

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Hopefully no one looks down on me for this but I hadn't fully listened to Massive Attack until a month ago. I really don't know how that happened. But you know, there's always that band that everyone talks about and for some reason, you miss the trai...

topics: author, park, stanley-park

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Fake Jazz is back. The Wednesday weekly exhibit that took place at the Cobalt since 2006 has a new home at Lick @ 455 Abbott Street. First night featured experimental stalwarts Ahna, Stamina Mantis, Yellowthief and Shearing Pinx. It looks to be a ste...

topics: jazz, musicians