R.I.P. Andrea Warner (1979 – 2026)

“The author of four books, music journalist and CBC Music associate producer, Andrea Warner (at left) has died.”  FULL STORY

Brian Kaufman has worked over 30 years in the Vancouver art scene as a playwright, editor and publisher.


Vancouver in high contrast

Brian Kaufman captures the fleeting, hardboiled grit of East Vancouver in Cascadia Subduction Shift, turning raw urban moments into lithe, smart art.

“He and his father in the Econoline van—he’d sit centre on the engine cover, where it was warm—no seat belt or even a thought of seat belts back then.” FULL STORY

Adventures in Ethiopia

Having spent her career teaching and doing advocacy and international work, Vancouver-based Marian Dodds has written about her life-changing period… FULL STORY

Teach a man to fish

“Perhaps it was their having worked their way up in the industry from a Fraser River gillnet skiff, but the… FULL STORY

Bowering in Mexico

“[La Manzanilla] boasts a mangrove swamp inhabited by crocodiles and local characters, such as Pedro, whose red ball cap reads… FULL STORY

The last innings

“He doesn’t yet hear the gentle / footsteps the other side / of his very last door.”—George Bowering

Art in the face of fascism

“Intertwined in this script, are two remarkable women, writer and subject, whose fierce intelligence, artistic brilliance, great beauty and sheer… FULL STORY

The Outsider

“Freddy’s voice is spot-on—slightly self-deprecating and in equal parts awe and confusion as he interacts with a world whose social… FULL STORY

Land back

“We’re now having to deal in 2026 with issues that might have been remedied effectively 170 years ago, but were… FULL STORY

Murder at the fort

“HBC understood that its presence in New Caledonia was largely based on bluff and that a failure to uphold its… FULL STORY

The Contender

“[Twenty-six years ago,] Canada was trailing 2 to 1 when Carlo Corazzin tied the score on a stunning bicycle kick,… FULL STORY

Making it Work

Bear with me for a moment while I shake my fist at this cloud. There are, no doubt, many things… FULL STORY

Shadow Warrior

When he died in 2023, BC environmentalist David Garrick, known to friends and colleagues as “Walrus,” left more than 100… FULL STORY

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