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How a Rough Childhood in Vancouver Inspired One of America’s Greatest Crime Novelists

Ross Macdonald drew on Canadian roots to inspire his noir fiction.

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A Canadian Dentist’s Art Collection Revels in the Richness of Black Life

“It’s not about oppression. It’s not about the typical kind of exploitative images around the Black community that you might see in newspapers.”

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Canada’s Sweetheart Jill Barber Embraces the World’s Toughest Job⁠—Homemaker

On her new album, the Vancouver singer-songwriter explores the competing demands of family and career.

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The Year I Returned to Live Music

Billie Eilish, Thundercat, Metric, Florence and the Machine, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo, Gorillaz. In 2022 I went all in.

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After Dementia Struck Both His Parents, a Vancouver Actor Took His Activism to the Stage

Aaron Craven’s semi-autobiographical play Instantaneous Blue portrays a family grappling with dual diagnoses of dementia.

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A Haida Artist Reimagines the Relationship Between Museums and Indigenous Art

In Berlin, the work of celebrated artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is at the centre of the newly opened Humboldt Forum.

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16 of Our Favourite B.C. Books From 2022

Local reads for everyone on your holiday shopping list.

Travel

Seattle’s Shimmering Glass Art Scene

The Emerald City is a brilliant destination for glass art, with some of the world’s greatest collections.

Community

At an East Side Vancouver Art Studio, Experts and Amateurs Share a Love of Life Drawing

At Basic Inquiry, everyone can draw.