Charlie Smith
The Georgia Straight
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Thanksgiving dinner to go for two offered for $109 at Blue Hat Bakery-Cafe
This year, Thanksgiving Monday falls on October 10. → Read More
B.C. Liberals announce that "BC United" will be put before members as the new party name
Party leader Kevin Falcon says that he'll be voting in favour of this change. → Read More
Value of Canadian dollar keeps falling against U.S. greenback
Vancouver residents face no end of financial headaches these days. Vancouver residents face no end of financial headaches these days. → Read More
Premier John Horgan acknowledges importance of the goddess Durga in advance of major Hindu celebration
There's a reason why she is often depicted riding a tiger. → Read More
Gasoline prices spike to near $2.34 per litre in Metro Vancouver
The all-time record in this region is 236.9 cents, which was set on June 6. → Read More
Controversy erupts over plan to place Mobi Bikes station in front of $1.4-million Wheel of Everyday Life art project
Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg's work is on Burrard Place, where there's already a Mobi bike-share rack near the front door. → Read More
Hot Brown Honey—The Remix blurs boundaries between social activism and theatrical performance
"We want our audience to sort of dance their way out of the building to make change," says director, cowriter, and choreographer Lisa Fa'alafi. → Read More
Honieh Barzegari: A city of immigrants
A Vision Vancouver candidate explains how it felt to receive a notification that the city didn't want her using her Farsi name on the ballot. → Read More
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival: Choreographer Kara Miranda embraces her Self in Sombras/Shadows
The show has been inspired by Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung's concept of the shadow. → Read More
RCMP say they dismantled a Japanese Yakuza and China-linked crime network active in B.C.
The Mounties also revealed that the enforcement action was conducted in tandem with the National Police Agency of Japan and other partner agencies. → Read More
Family-owned Black Bond Books will purchase Hager Books in Kerrisdale
The announcement comes a year before Black Bond prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary. → Read More
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi cancels interview with Christiane Amanpour after she refuses to wear head scarf
The BBC has reported that protests in Iran are in their seventh day and have spread to 80 cities and towns. → Read More
COVID-19 and the Vancouver school board election
Dr. Karina Zeidler is running for Vancouver school board to try to save lives by educating those in the system about how COVID-19 is spread. → Read More
Major collision on Highway 1 closes both eastbound lanes between Cypress exit and 22nd Street in West Vancouver
A Vancouver journalist described a van roaring at full speed in the wrong lane shortly before the crash. → Read More
OneCity Vancouver offers an assist to Kennedy Stewart by slamming his mayoral-race rivals' housing policies
Mayor Kennedy Stewart's fundraising efforts are now the subject of an investigation by Elections B.C. → Read More
New York attorney general Letitia James files suit against Donald Trump, alleging widespread fraud
She maintained that Trump and the Trump Organization "knowingly and intentionally created more than 200 false and misleading valuations of assets". → Read More
Resident of Downtown Eastside homeless camp threatened with loaded gun
Vancouver police say that in July and August, there was a "45 percent increase in serious assaults and assaults with weapons" in the area around the Hastings Street encampment compared to the same time last year. → Read More
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival: Rosario Ancer follows her gut and has no regrets over what followed
The veteran bailadora discusses the path that led her to become artistic director of a long-running Vancouver festival. → Read More
OneCity Vancouver releases detailed platform that includes a call to end the "apartment ban"
OneCity candidates are aiming their message at those who are feeling beleaguered by the high cost and shortage of housing options in Vancouver. → Read More
Lil Baby cancels concert at PNE Amphitheatre, sparking fights and vandalism in East Vancouver neighbourhood
Organizers of the Breakout Festival said that the rapper was too sick to perform. → Read More