‘It smells like an election-year stunt’: Is Ken Sim’s MLB proposal realistic for Vancouver? The mayor announced that he is going to bring a motion to council to encourage staff to study the idea of bringing a professional baseball team to Vancouver

What do you think? www.straight.com/city-culture...

Some positive news in the Vancouver arts world! www.straight.com/arts/one-les...

APRIL EDITION: Living in Vancouver. This month we're spotlighting why locals love their neighbourhoods, featuring👇

➡️ Virginia Guenette (Keefer Bar, West End)
➡️ Kirk McLean (former Canucks goaltender, Downtown)
➡️ Alex Rhek Usow (Pizza Coming Soon, Chinatown)

+ more! Pick up your free copy today.

This box may very likely still be active! Our print editions get scooped up pretty quick at the top of the month!

Canadian Psycho carves out space for a new kind of serial killer “It seemed like a fun metaphor to use to explore representation in a satirical way."

Read this by @mikeusinger.bsky.social @georgiastraight.bsky.social...

"Canadian Psycho carves out space for a new kind of serial killer" www.straight.com/arts/canadia...

Produced by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions.

Presented by Firehall Arts Centre. On until April 12.

Nominations for the 29th annual Golden Plates Awards are now open Your favourite restaurants deserve your love (and your nominations).

NOMINATIONS are now OPEN for the 29th annual Golden Plates Awards. 🍽 Categories span four delicious divisions:

➡️ Best of the Bunch
➡️ Best Restaurant by Cuisine
➡️ Best Restaurant by Neighbourhood
➡️ Best Specialty Items:

Submit your favourites before March 29 at 11PM: lnkd.in/gKjXPYSN

Making Metro Vancouver safer for cyclists: Meet the 2026 HUB Bike Award winners When you get on a bike, everyone wins.

HUB Cycling hosted the 13th Annual HUB Bike Awards on March 3, celebrating the organizations and individuals making biking better across Metro Vancouver. Read more about these worthy accolades: www.straight.com/living/makin...

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"There are comparisons to be drawn to artists like Regina Spektor and Feist but Larkk sees McTaggart forging her own distinct path, one in which each song twists and turns" @georgiastraight.bsky.social takes a listen to Larkk's debut LP 'Cinders' in latest 'Van Jams' www.straight.com/music/van-ja...

🤘 GIRLS TO THE FRONT FEST 🤘 takes the cover of this year's Spring Arts Preview, arriving at The Pearl on March 14, featuring members of WAIT//LESS, Gadfly, and Crimson Funeral.

Pick up your free copy today to see our critics picks for the upcoming season.

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Vancouver Liberals add park board commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky to team He is the third former ABC Vancouver member to join the Liberals.

This just in 👉 www.straight.com/city-culture...

Coming soon to @georgiastraight.bsky.social... my early Valentine's Day toon.

OUT NOW! In our February issue 👇

➡️ Broadway businesses fight the noise.
➡️ Is Canada, like, hot again? A commentary.
➡️ We talk Toronto's NIRVANNA with Matt Johnson and Jay McCaroll of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE

and more. Get your free copy today.

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Ranking how much Vancouver councillors have distanced themselves from Mayor Ken Sim The ruling ABC party was shown the door in the byelection and it’s unclear whether it’s improved its position.

We had fun with this: www.straight.com/city-culture...

In our January edition, out now👇⁠
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➡️ Corinne Lea, Sean Baker, Rachel Fox, Zach Lipovsky, and Samantha Quan talk the return of the Park Theatre. ⁠
➡️ Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug (behind your favourite Heated Rivalry song) performs at Unrealcity Fest. ⁠
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A farm built to last Third-generation farmer Travis Hopcott is focused on one goal: keeping the family farm viable. At Hopcott Farms in Pitt Meadows, that means diversification, direct sales, climate adaptation, and manag...

What does “resilience” actually mean in agriculture? At Hopcott Farms, it means adapting to climate volatility in real time and managing a 100-person workforce.

In this Young Farmers Series profile, Travis Hopcott reflects on third-generation farming.

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OUT NOW! Find the Straight's Holiday Gift Guide at a newsstand near you, featuring our cover stars, Wirth Hats, for those who want to give a gift with an impact.

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Our November print edition is OUT NOW! In this issue 👇⁠
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➡️ On the cover: Vancouver's newest sports franchise wants to turn things up a notch in the PWHL. ⁠
➡️ Keeping Gaza connected with Esims
➡️ The rise of Vancouver Rise.
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and more! Pick up your free copy today.
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"A triumph that’s part golden-sunset folk and part outsider-art country." @georgiastraight.bsky.social takes a listen to Ada Lea's new album 'when i paint my masterpiece' www.straight.com/music/you-ne...

Predicting the Vancouver PWHL team’s name using internet clues The name will be announced soon, and we want to nail it.

What do we think. 👀

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So true

The Park Theatre to avoid closure thanks to Rio Theatre and investors Corinne Lea and the Rio team will be running the Cambie Street theatre.

CINEMA IS SAVED! www.straight.com/movies/park-...

The Park Theatre is closing and maybe I shouldn’t be taking it as hard as I am The Cambie movie theatre is being shuttered by its corporate overlord, Cineplex.

"Fifth Avenue and the Park Theatre aren’t the VIP AVX BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME that other theatres around town advertise with glee. They are stripped down and mostly absent of the robotic corporate persona of today’s times." www.straight.com/movies/park-...

Hot off the press! 🔥 In our latest print edition 👇⁠
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➡️ Why are BC’s craft breweries drying up?⁠ ⁠
➡️ The wet and wild history of the No. 5 Orange
➡️ Massy books turns over a new page⁠
➡️ Your finalists for the Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver awards⁠

and more. Pick up your free copy today.

Jane Goodall says humanity's impact on planet drives her to inspire change Goodall visited Vancouver as part of a celebration to mark 50 years since she began her research on the behaviour of chimpanzees in Tanzania.

Our interview with Jane Goodall, 15 years ago: www.straight.com/article-3542...

5 Truth and Reconciliation Day events worth checking out in Metro Vancouver Activities and gatherings organized to commemorate survivors of residential schools and their communities will take place at multiple locations across Metro Vancouver.

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Independent Vancouver councillor Rebecca Bligh announces mayoral run Bligh formerly ran for Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party.

"I'm here today because I'm offering something different—not ideology, not swagger. I've worked across party lines and shown up in communities." www.straight.com/city-culture...

Vancouver, we need to talk: A breakup letter to the city I once loved Dean Broughton bids farewell.

"But I can’t pretend anymore. Goodbye, Vancouver." www.straight.com/city-culture...

OUT NOW! In our September, Fall Arts Preview👇⁠
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⁠➡️ On the cover: PILLOW TALK at Vancouver Fringe
➡️ Ken Sim's fired deputy wants his job⁠
➡️ Inside the quiet revolution of Lilith Fair⁠
➡️ The NEW Georgia Straight Crossword ⁠

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B.C. twins Jerry and Jason Song fight to lower the voting age Teens Jerry and Jason Song are fighting for their younger counterparts in the country.

Do you think we should lower the voting age? www.straight.com/city-culture...