celebrating
Since 1908 or so, depending on who you ask, Saint-Jean-Baptiste (that’s John the Baptist to you) has been the patron saint of French Canada, but his holiday – June 24 – has taken on increasingly nationalistic overtones since the 1970s. To wit: It’s otherwise known as the Fête Nationale. In … Read More
It’s hard not to root for Blue Metropolis, the annual literary festival that gets underway today. Though the public has never flocked to it like, say, the Jazz Festival, Blue Metropolis has established itself firmly in the city. This year, it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Organizers have always shown serious … Read More
The second installment in our series on smokin’ hot woman broadcasters focuses on Erin Cebula. West Coast correspondent for ET Canada, host of Global Vancouver’s Etc… and HGTV’s Makeover Wish, this closet tomboy and Björk enthusiast is busy. But Cebula, voted by readers of WE as the “local celebrity they’d … Read More
November is prize time for Canadian literature: the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize is being announced this week, the Governor General’s Award in two weeks. These are the playoffs, the national championships of books. Everybody in the publishing industry is downing Ativans waiting for the big announcements, which will … Read More
