Social entrepreneurs don’t sound like other people. This is what I learned from DIGNITY 2013, an event put on last night by Vancouver+Acumen to raise money for Acumen – arguably the world’s foremost ...

The agreement is a key step in preparing Vancouver’s electric infrastructure for the adoption of electric cars The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is joining forces with the City of ...

Local social enterprise group Board of Change is hosting a panel to discuss the pros and cons of oil tanker traffic and pipelines through the Burrard inlet and up BC's coast.

Annette Bening and Julianne Moore head up an alternative family with ultra-modern issues in The Kids Are All Right. Leonardo DiCaprio goes futuristic with Inception. (Read more) ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's asbestos-mining industry, which was subjected to international ridicule last week, is fighting back against the Jon Stewart show. The head of the Jeffrey Mine calls a satirical ...

GloNet is a new model developed by FutureEverything for group-to-group, globally networked events. Both real and virtual people are brought together through texts, TV monitors, laptops, videos, ...

I would give up the pot of gold if I could keep the rainbow. That is, the Rainbow Chair designed by Patrick Norguet in 2000 for Cappellini. It’s made of meta-acrylate (a.k.a. fancyplastic?) plates ...

It has been a week since the federal election and the pundits have been working overtime discussing the result. We have a new Conservative majority government and a new Official Opposition. Canada’s ...

As a gift to myself on my last birthday, I decided to take some well-earned time off -- a whole week off. Because I was craving a low-key week that wasn’t totally stuffed with things to see and do, I ...

A little over a month after Vancouver city councillors publicly and unanimously pledged to develop a plan to move their city to 100 percent renewable energy, experts from around the world are ...

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, also known as Peter Gene Hernandez, is hitting the stage at Rogers Arena on June 3rd as part of the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour. His chart-topping single “Just the Way ...

On a hot early day in North Vancouver, men and women shouted “Ha-ooh!” like Spartan soldiers on the battlefield before starting the obstacle course. Covered in head to toe with mud, they slogged ...