I do my best to keep up with the times in order to stay relevant. It’s hard to relate to people from the old school since some of the ones I met often think too much in their own past, unwilling to ...

we need to hire more police to deal with the growing downtown eastside and gang problems. i wish we had tougher laws.

When we are in meetings, there are tons of anonymous left-wing comments that annoy the frick' out of everyone, but everyone is worried they will be ostracized if they say anything. It happened a lot ...

Meet the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's new flutist. He's 18.

Join visual artist Abbas Akhavan as he discusses some of his most significant works to date, particularly those focused on animals, ruins, and gardens. Through his work, Akhavan engages with formal, ...

Metro Theatre is staging Arsenic and Old Lace from April 4 to 26, directed by Catherine Morrison. The classic comedy by ...

What’s In Your Fridge is where the Straight asks interesting Vancouverites about their life-changing concerts, favourite albums, and, most importantly, what’s sitting beside the Heinz ketchup in their ...

New features include the Gardening Robot (FarmBot), a CNC-programmed bot that plants, waters, and weeds garden beds, showcasing technology’s role in sustainable agriculture. The "What’s in Your ...

Join Story Money Impact for a FREE screening of the documentary Shut Out, which follows the story of Canada Soccer’s Women's goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé. Stay after the film for a panel discussion ...

Originally set for the PNE Forum, the show took an unexpected turn, landing in the more intimate, but no less iconic Vogue Theatre. Hours before showtime, the energy outside was already off the charts ...

I'm guessing the Straight team is understaffed and stretched thin. How about this for an idea? Talk to one of the colleges that trains computer network skills and as for a few volunteers to work for ...

In what’s a  recurring motif in his work, Anosh Irani’s Behind the Moon is set in a space where there is no room for the main characters to hide. That’s entirely by design. “I don’t like opening it up ...