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Arcade Fire sets Vancouver ablaze

Tweet The Montreal-based indie band, who sold out Vancouver‘s Pacific Coliseum Tuesday night, proved why they have the reputation as one of the most important and talented live acts in modern music. Bursting on to stage with “Ready to Start,” the first single from their newly released The Suburbs, frontman Win Butler and his wife, [...]

Aerosmith frontmen call truce for Vancouver show

Tweet AEROSMITH With Joan Jett and the Blackhearts When: Thursday night Where: Rogers Arena Let’s do it for the kids. That’s what Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry must’ve agreed to backstage Thursday night before exploding in Technicolor at Rogers Arena. Thousands of eyes stared up at the legendary Boston blues rockers in [...]

Documentary series spotlights Vancouver police

Tweet A rookie cop named Mariya Zhalovaga enters a rooming house in the Downtown Eastside to discover a dead man’s body. It’s her first day of field training as a new recruit of the Vancouver Police Department. She’s with her mentor and trainer, Const. Shane Aitken, an eight-year veteran of walking the beat. Zhalovaga checks [...]