Longform / Opinion / Vancouver Nov 30, 2017 Is Chill Winston’s Closing the Beginning of the End of ‘Hip’ Gastown? Is Gastown on it’s way to becoming the new Yaletown — an area with sky-high rents that only chains can afford? When I heard this past summer that ... Read More
Events / Victoria Nov 28, 2017 6th Annual Herring Sale to Raise Funds for Fishermen Helping Kids With Cancer Finest At Sea Victoria will see the once a year arrival of 20,000 pounds of fresh herring. This one-day herring sale is a fundraiser for Fishermen ... Read More
Longform / One ingredient / Soup Nov 20, 2017 BC Oyster Season: What to slurp and where to get them It’s popular to speculate about who might have pried open and slurped the sweet, briny meat of an oyster first. But here on the West Coast, the ... Read More
Restaurants / Vancouver Nov 6, 2017 City EATS – Vancouver, November 2017 It is that time of year again that Air Canada’s Enroute magazine releases it’s top 10 new restaurants in Canada. This year Vancouver had four ... Read More
Causes / Longform Nov 3, 2017 The Politics of Food – Part 1 In the next three issues, food writer Jill Van Gyn investigates the complex web of beliefs, values and opinions surrounding our food and its sources. ... Read More
Destinations Nov 2, 2017 November Tofino News An old Tofino classic is going to be new again. The Maquinna Pub, part of the Maquinna Hotel building at Main and First Sts., is set to reopen soon ... Read More
Events / Victoria Nov 2, 2017 Poutine With Purpose Everyone can get behind poutine and poutine for a good cause is just too good to pass up. Mealshare hosted Victoria’s inaugural Poutine With ... Read More
Events / Sponsored / Victoria Nov 2, 2017 Tastes and Spirits Sampling Included at the 3rd Annual Victoria MidLife Show Saturday, November 18 at the Victoria Conference Centre The popular Tastes and Spirits sampling areas are back for their third year as part of the Victoria MidLife Show held at the Victoria Conference ... Read More
First Look / Food People Oct 31, 2017 Adapt to Survive – The team behind Foo finds opportunity at Victoria’s hospitality crossroads. It’s not breaking news: Victoria’s restaurant scene is in the midst of varying states of crisis, depending on which Industry Insider you speak ... Read More
2017 Issues Oct 30, 2017 November | December 2017 Holiday Issue Welcome to issue 21-06, the Nov/Dec 2017 Holiday issue. It’s available at select shops, grocers, wine stores and restaurants around Victoria ... Read More
Events Oct 26, 2017 Sip, Savour, Repeat It was a cold, wet and windy Oct 21st, but I was very happy to be at the Farmers Institute for Sip & Savour on Salt Spring Island after ... Read More
First Look / Victoria Oct 16, 2017 Kuma Noodle Japan When many people think of Japanese food, they think of sushi. However, to the Japanese, the raw fish delicacy is often considered a rare treat, ... Read More
