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Gastown is becoming quite vibrant in the Vancouver coffee scene. With cafes like Revolver, it continues to flourish. Today I spoke with George Giannakos, coffee connoisseur, co-owner and manager of Revolver Coffee.

“The American Dream” is a term synonymous with immigrants migrating to North America, looking for a successful life through motivation and perserverence. Everybody has their own personal definitions, and personal degrees of satisfaction. It is no different for us here in Canada, especially Vancouver, a symbol of multicultural diversity with endless stories to tell. Many of us have been part of, or have family a generation or two separated that arrived as immigrants into a foreign country, seemingly having to begin life anew and building life from the ground up.

An off-duty North Vancouver RCMP officer took down an alleged shoplifter by an alleyway at St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver. The entire 5-minute ground wrestle before the arrival of officers from the Vancouver Police Department was captured on video.

After winning a majority government in May’s B.C. general election, Christy Clark has unveiled her new cabinet of 19 Ministers.

Yes, Vancouver! It’s here! Patio season! My Hunters are stored in the closet, and my flip-flops and little cotton skirts are in heavy rotation. There’s nothing better than a breezy bike ride around the seawall, ending at a sunny patio for some drinks and noshing.

Next up on our patio series is Yaletown, the place to patio-hop. Yaletown is packed with more patios than any other area in Vancouver. The highest concentration is on Hamilton and Mainland streets – they stretch through patio land like a red carpet.

Yaletown patios are a seamless extension of their dining area, like somebody lifted a wall and a bit of the restaurant spilled out onto the side path. All of the patios offer amazing food, service and ambiance, but, unfortunately, not all can be lumped into a ‘best of’ list. The challenge is in plucking out the best of the best. This may be the most contentious patio list yet. 

Premier Christy Clark will run in the riding Westside-Kelowna after the Ben Stewart stepped aside so that she could have a seat in the legislature. If Christy Clark is elected, she would be the third Premier to represent Kelowna and the Okanagan in the legislature after both WAC Bennett and Bill Bennett held ridings in the Okanagan during their time as Premier.

Those of you that live and or work near Hornby and West Hastings might have noticed something different the other day. Well, thanks to the support of the property owners and businesses along Hastings West, a day-time ‘parkette’ has been set up. It is available from 10 a.m. to 4.p.m Monday to Friday.

This is not your average bear, Yogi would be proud.

Video footage captured by Rebecca Moore of Maple Ridge shows the bear opening a truck door, possibly looking for a picnic basket.