I owe an apology to my next door neighbour. He chose a recent picture-perfect spring Sunday afternoon to power wash his back yard patio. For two hours I listened to the dull generator whir drifting over the fence as I plotted to end the misery. Where is a power outage...

Two recent reports rate Vancouver as Canada's most walkable city among a ranking of the world's top ten that also included Florence, Paris and Dubrovnik, Croatia. All great cities, but what is the definition of walkable and how does it contribute to the city experience?

In Vancouver's case, Walk...

Among the deluge of gift cards and credit card bills, January is a time to reflect on the holiday season past and accumulated gifts received.

Early reports suggest retailers in Canada and the U.S. eked out modest gains this season. Observers blame looming fiscal cliffs, European debt crises and...

Led Zeppelin played its first North American gig there in 1969, and Neil Young rocked the house, too.

Toronto concert venue The Masonic Temple is up for sale and likely not long for this world. There is an understandable outcry. This cannot be true! We are destroying...

It's easy to be cynical when celebrities sell their name to plug products. You can almost smell the mountain of cash Brad Pitt is earning for promoting a certain numbered perfume. He's also in the news for lending his name to a line of high-design furniture, but this...