November is here, life is good! We’re gearing up for the holidays and using every chance we can to celebrate the last few months of 2019.

You need to work hard in the scary yet beautiful world of entrepreneurship and the Procurify does exactly that. For starters, they were one of the five companies to make it into the winter cohort of local accelerator, GrowLab. The founders graduated from BCIT and now have expanded the team to nine people. At a recent startup event in the summer I was at, they delivered a pretty memorable 60-second elevator speech and cleverly illustrated their values of hard work and thinking outside the box (see youtube video in post). The team is fantastic and this cloud-based cost management software is turning ERP systems on their heads for small to medium sized businesses.

Vancouver has been ranked among the top cities in the world, according to Resonance Consultancy’s World Best Cities Report of 2021.

Downtown Vancouver is going green to celebrate everything Celtic next month, and you’re invited to join the party. The 17th annual CelticFest Vancouver is happening from March 16 to 20 and includes a free all-ages outdoor public festival in Robson Plaza and šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square north of the Vancouver Art Gallery during the weekend.

Sleigh bells are ringing, Christmas songs are playing, and we’re one step away from putting on our ugly holiday sweaters. That’s right, it’s officially the festive season, and we’re looking for new ways to celebrate.

Late last night, a hospital in New Westminster was locked down due to an alleged gun threat. At approximately 10:20 pm, police received reports of an armed man around the Sapperton Station area.

For the 19th consecutive year, downtown Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital will be transformed into a beacon of light and hope just in time for the Christmas season.

Construction on Mountain Equipment Co-op’s (MEC) new Vancouver flagship store in the Olympic Village district is nearing an end, ahead of the planned Fall 2019 opening.

The Vancouver Canucks have made a key addition off the ice. The team announced Loring Phinney as their new vice president of communications and community today. It’s a similar role that Chris Brumwell held until June 2022 and was vacant for the past season.

Even the mighty Fraser River through Metro Vancouver thought it was unusually cold during the province’s cold snap this week.

Night Circus: Space Cruise is a rollicking night of fun. Grab your geeky girls and boys and head downtown for an alternative experience on the Granville Strip.

Sunny and clear sky conditions today will be paired with high winds. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement.

In all the controversy and conversation about affordability and home ownership in Vancouver, what most often gets lost is how we define home. Vancouverites seem hell bent on the idea that the single family home is the ultimate real estate play. It’s not. Talk to people who have worked their whole lives towards owning a single condo, or a family who intentionally and happily decided to buy into the low-maintenance lifestyle of compact urban living and it becomes quickly evident that there are affordable alternatives with some great perks.

This long weekend was a busy one for police on the island, as roadblocks were shut down due to too many people driving under the influence.

TYE (TiE Young Entrepreneurs) is a global youth entrepreneurship program held in 23 cities around the world with the purpose of inspiring, challenging, and empowering motivated high school students to become the next generation of business and community leaders. Seasoned entrepreneurs coach the high school students through an eight-month crash-course of business fundamentals, lessons, which the students then employ to create their own original business plan and Dragon’s Den-style investor pitch to a panel of esteemed judges.

British Columbians were treated to quite the spectacle on Monday night, as much of the sky was illuminated by the bright and stunning aurora borealis.

Vancouver’s long-awaited summer Korean festival is almost here. Returning for its 16th year, the Korean Cultural Heritage Festival (KCHS Festival) is taking place at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium on Saturday, August 5.

No city has ever enjoyed a Stanley Cup Final as much as Nashville. They're showing everyone, Canadians included, how it's done.