Vancouver: Last-Minute New Year’s Eve

When it comes to celebrating the New Year, the old motto rings true: Fail to plan, or plan to fail. While you may have already given resolutions some thought and consider yourself ready for 2012, don’t forget to make the final night of 2011 one to remember. If you’ve not … Read More

Toronto: Last-Minute New Year’s Eve

Look, we know New Year’s can be one of the most over-wrought party nights on any calendar. Still, it’s one of the biggest party nights of the year, period. In a city with a nightlife the size of Toronto, there’s something for every scene and every budget — if you … Read More

5 Pop Musicians Scoring for the Screen

Trent, old pal, what happened? You used to wear fishnets, dive into mudslides, smash Fenders. Now you wear suits, shake hands, clutch gold-plated Oscars. Nine Inch Nails main man Reznor was tapped by director David Fincher for the creepily brilliant soundtrack to last year’s The Social Network, turning what could … Read More

Best Books: Tintin and Beyond

For more than 80 years, the wild investigative-journo adventures of Belgian boy reporter Tintin and his canine sidekick Snowy have captivated a wide range of international audiences — sometimes even North Americans! Excuse the snark, but for many on this continent, Tintin knowledge has been limited to grade-school French class … Read More

Music 2011: The Best of Vancouver

Canadian music continued to make huge waves this year. In the wake of the world’s love affair with Arcade Fire, North American critics are still agog over Canuck product. Drake, Feist, The Weekend and tUnE-yArDs have all been dominating top ten lists, even if most of the time American writers … Read More

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