Downtown Vancouver ‘stabilizing’ but challenges remain, annual report finds
“This year’s report shows that downtown Vancouver is stabilizing—but “stabilizing” isn’t enough,” Jane Talbot, President and CEO of Downtown Van stated in the report.
#Economy #CityofVancouverreport #DowntownVancouver
https://globalnews.ca/news/11767887/downtown-vancouver-stabilizing-challenges-report/
Downtown Vancouver ‘stabilizing’ but challenges remain, annual report finds
“This year’s report shows that downtown Vancouver is stabilizing—but “stabilizing” isn’t enough,” Jane Talbot, President and CEO of Downtown Van stated in the report.
#Economy #CityofVancouverreport #DowntownVancouver
https://globalnews.ca/news/11767887/downtown-vancouver-stabilizing-challenges-report/
Gabriola, 1523 Davie Street

This West End mansion is the finest surviving example of a lost era, when the city’s elite built grand homes on large lots. Our image was shot in 1903; by 1913 almost the same view featured o…

Changing Vancouver

“You know, the music business itself 30, 35 years ago was this incredible machine that was quite a beast… It's a machine that once it starts to roll, it rolls like crazy and you're just hanging on for dear life.”

#Indigenous #Inuit #music #Vancouver #throatsinging #PIQSIQ #SusanAglukark

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/two-styles-music-inuit-performers-be-experienced-chan-centre

Two styles of music from Inuit performers to be experienced at the Chan Centre

Singer/songwriter Susan Aglukark and throat singing duo PIQSIQ, two generations of Inuit artists, will take the stage at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver as part of the Made in Canada Series.The concert will be held April 12 at 7:30 p.m. on the Chan Shun Concert Hall stage and will feature two programs spotlighting  pioneering Inuit artists who have played roles in elevating Inuit identity on the global stage.

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my friend Faith is giving what will be a great lecture tonight about political schisms & dynamics in the post-WWII #Vancouver Jewish community . free & on zoom, 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm EST.
https://www.peretz-centre.org/event-details-registration/faith-jones-vancouvers-left-wing-jews-and-the-politics-of-respectability

#ZoomLectures #JewishHistory

Vancouver's Left-Wing Jews and the Politics of Respectability

In the first of the 2026 Doikayt Speaker Series, Faith Jones discusses how the history of self-censorship and in-group political repression has shaped Vancouver's Jewish community and continues, in new forms, to the present day. This speaker series is part of the Peretz Centre's Discovering Doikayt initiative. We acknowledge the support of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation with funding provided by the Government of Canada.

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Vancouver's vinyl record industry benefitting from growing demand for physical media
Those in Vancouver's record industry say there's major demand for physical music, as new data shows that 2025 was another year of sustained interest in the music format.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vinyl-records-vancouver-new-demographics-9.7153160?cmp=rss
Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's rigid rules for Toronto, Vancouver
Thousands of documents obtained by Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête shed light on why Montreal isn't among the host cities, how much the event will cost Canadian taxpayers — about $1 billion for 13 games — and the strict conditions the cities of Toronto and Vancouver have to respect.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fifa-world-cup-montreal-billions-9.7148106?cmp=rss
Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's rigid rules for Toronto, Vancouver
Thousands of documents obtained by Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête shed light on why Montreal isn't among the host cities, how much the event will cost Canadian taxpayers — about $1 billion for 13 games — and the strict conditions the cities of Toronto and Vancouver have to respect.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fifa-world-cup-montreal-billions-9.7148106?cmp=rss

Winter train journeys through the Rockies hit different ❄️🚂

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#travel #northamerica #canada #britishcolumbia #alberta #vancouver #banff #wanderlust

This Winter Train Ride Through the Rockies Looks Like a Christmas Card Come to Life

The Vancouver to Banff train journey becomes absolutely magical in winter, winding through snow-covered mountains and frosted forests. Travel in …

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Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's rigid rules for Toronto, Vancouver
Thousands of documents obtained by Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête shed light on why Montreal isn't among the host cities, how much the event will cost Canadian taxpayers — about $1 billion for 13 games — and the strict conditions the cities of Toronto and Vancouver have to respect.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fifa-world-cup-montreal-billions-9.7148106?cmp=rss