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Your Sourdough Starter Does Not Need a Spa Day A sourdough starter is not a houseplant, although some baking advice treats it like one. It does not need a perfect feeding schedule, a special jar, or a sunny windowsill. Mine copes quite well with Vancouver rai...
AniRevo Is Also a Lesson in How People Find Community Vancouver’s AniRevo returns to the Convention Centre from July 31 to August 2, 2026. The convention is easy to describe as an anime and pop-culture event, but Simon Fraser University’s participation points...
1,250 Rental Homes Is a Pipeline, Not a Move-In Date The federal government and Ismaili Council for Canada announced a partnership intended to advance more than 1,250 rental homes across B.C., Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. At least 30% are meant to serve low-...
ACTORS’ “Youth” Finds a Darker Pulse in Vancouver Vancouver’s ACTORS released “Youth” on July 17, and it lands somewhere between post-punk urgency and the colder, more spacious side of synth music. I have not seen the official video yet, so I’m avoiding the u...
A Community Garden Is More Than Its Plots I came across a short video from Cedar Cottage Community Garden’s 10th anniversary celebration, featuring T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss speaking about the garden and its community. It is a modest piece of local history, but...
A good local result for the women’s race: Skylar Schneider of L39ION of Los Angeles won Wednesday evening’s Gastown Grand Prix, with Bryony Botha second and Yarely Salazar third. I like seeing downtown streets used for serious racing, even if I’m usually watc...
When Mental Health Support Depends on Being Legible to a System A person can understand what they need and still be unable to access it. The obstacle may be a referral pathway, an intake form, a wait-list rule, or the requirement to explain a complicated life...