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What chefs dream of eating
What chefs dream of eating seems a little more adventurous than regular folks. Here are what some chefs, want in their mouths in the next year. I’ll opt for the least adventurous of them: Handmade...
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Frobel Frobeled: looking at the connection between toys and art
Aurelien Froment‘s Frobel Frobeled takes as its starting point educational toys or play gifts designed by Friedrich Frobel, the German founder of Kindergarten. Developed in the first half of the 19th...
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Stanley Park is the greatest park in the world, according to Tripadvisor
You don’t have to tell Vancouverites that Stanley Park is great — but we don’t mind hearing it. The travel website TripAdvisor.com named Stanley Park the best park in the world as part of its 2014...
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Marie Khouri: sculpture that works as art and furniture
Something unusual is taking place at Equinox Gallery: it’s showing a sculptural installation that manages to be beautiful, functional and conceptual – all at the same time. The work is Let’s Sit Down...
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Q&A: North Vancouver’s Andrea Burk plays for World Cup rugby title Sunday
As the centre on Canada’s national rugby team, North Vancouver’s Andrea Burk’s perspective on the field is usually from the back of the scrum. On Sunday, if Canada manages to beat England in the World...
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Canadian rugby star Andrea Burk receives hero’s welcome at YVR
North Vancouver’s Andrea Burk was flashing a big smile along with her Women’s Rugby World Cup silver at YVR Monday night. Burk and her Team Canada teammates became one of the biggest Canadian sports...
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Cooking with tinned fish
In September, Kraft Dinner and Mr. Noodle see a spike in sales as college and university students cut loose from the comfort of home-cooked meals. But why deprive precious brains of nutrition when it’s...
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Fresh Coffee in Paris
When in Paris, one would likely visit brasseries and bistros, consume culinary history in the form of brown butter sauces, delicate cream concoctions, or steak frites, bloody and flavourful. Some go...
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Air France-KLM will introduce non-stop Vancouver to Paris flights in 2015
Air France-KLM will offer five weekly non-stop flights between Paris and Vancouver starting March 29, 2015. According to an Air France-KLM Group press release, the flights will be operated by a...
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Interview with Dorie Greenspan
Quite frankly, she should have been barred from kitchens forever but as it turned out, the girl who burned down her parent’s kitchen grew up to be a big-name cookbook author. Dorie Greenspan was in...
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I review Au Comptoir, in Kitsilano
Au Comptoir in Kitsilano got me all excited as I watched it taking shape. It had the feel of a Paris bistro from early on. And not only that, the name jogs vivid memories of one of my all-time...
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Art from the Archive: The first Vancouver Art Gallery
Oct. 5, 1931 The first Vancouver Art Gallery was a gem of building. Made out of poured concrete in an art deco style, it was a modest two storeys in height with a basement. As you can see from the...
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Vancouver ranks No. 7 in world Quality of Life Survey
We may be the 46th best city in Canada, but we are the seventh best place in the world. A little more than week after MoneySense.ca informed us that there are 45 places across the country better than...
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Three Alberta Hells Angels jailed for assault after world meeting in Greece
Dozens of Canadian Hells Angels took their death-head-emblazoned vests to Greece this month for an international biker parade and convention, but at least three of them didn’t return. A trio of...
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Tableau Software opens Vancouver office, hiring staff
Tableau, a global leader in business analytics and data visualization software, has joined Vancouver’s tech community. The Seattle-based software company, which was co-founded by Vancouver-native Chris...
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Wandering Gourmand | Market meal offers a fresh taste of Paris
When it comes to gastronomy, Paris, France, is often seen as the motherland. Holding more Michelin stars than any other city, its culinary talents are on full display with spectacles of sauces,...
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High time for jewelry: Couture creations delight in Paris
It is after hours at the Hermès flagship boutique on the stylish Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. The tinkling of champagne flutes and soft chatter of an intimate crowd precede one’s arrival into...
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