This Friday and Saturday the Yaletown BIA will transform Yaletown into a winter wonderland with twinkling lights, lamp posts re-imagined as giant candy canes, Christmas characters greeting you as you stroll Mainland, and more. Candytown is the only free, outdoor Christmas festival in downtown Vancouver and there’s something for everyone. Families can get excited about [...]
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Yaletown Disappoints in 2012 Dining Readers Choice Awards
WE Vancouver readers recently voted in 75 food categories for their favourite restaurants, bars, eateries and specialty shops around Vancouver. It was the first edition of the stand-alone WE Vancouver Best of the City Dining 2012 readers choice results. Yaletown establishments were only able to dominate one of the 75 categories – the one dedicated [...]
Starbucks Festive Red Cups Popping Up All Over Downtown Vancouver
If you dropped into your local Starbucks this week, you couldn’t miss the annual Starbucks red cups, a holiday themed paper cup that the coffee chain uses during November and December. With the 15th anniversary of the festive red cups come the much anticipated holiday beverages – Egg Nog Latte, Peppermint Mocha and Gingerbread Latte. [...]
Yaletown To Be Transformed Into CandyTown Holiday Festival With Skating Rink
Come to Yaletown on November 23rd and 24th and find the neighbourhood transformed into CandyTown. The Yaletown Business Improvement Association is hosting CandyTown – Vancouver’s only free winter festival that will include an outdoor skating rink, reindeer petting zoo, and horse-drawn carriage rides. Show off your skating skills at the free Scotiabank Yaletown Ice Rink [...]
City of Vancouver To Set Up Homeless Shelter in Yaletown
Angry homeowners in Yaletown are accusing the City of Vancouver of sneakily building an emergency homeless shelter that they fear will turn their street and local park into a drug-ridden danger zone. The temporary winter shelter in the 1200-block Seymour Street will open in early December housing up to 40 homeless.
Loud Yaletown Penthouse All-nighters Shut Down by Courts
The CBC is reporting that the owner of a Yaletown penthouse has been ordered to tone it down after the building’s strata council took him to B.C. Supreme Court. Documents filed with the court claimed that since owner Steven Newell moved into 193 Aquarius Mews in June 2010, frequent all-night parties followed, often with “extremely [...]
Large Window Falls 36 Storeys from Highrise in Yaletown, Smashes into Car
A large glass window fell from the sky and smashed into a car on the edge of Yaletown yesterday. The glass fell 36 storeys from a new highrise currently under construction. The window is reported to have been four by eight feet, or 32 square feet, with a weight of 200 pounds. No one was [...]
Between Two Buns Closes After 5 Month Run
Five months after peeling back their Opening Soon sign, Between Two Buns is now closed. Owned by head chef Shaun Snelling, Between Two Buns wasn’t able to make a go at it at 1271 Homer Street, where a Bella Pizza used to reside. So much for their claim as “Vancouver’s best sandwich shop.” Advice next [...]
BCLC Pays Roberto Luongo’s Entry Fee into World Series of Poker
The B.C. Lottery Corp. is paying Roberto Luongo’s $10,000 entry fee into next week’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The Vancouver Canucks goalie, who has $47 million remaining on his contract with the NHL club, has an endorsement deal with BCLC. Luongo represents the corporation’s Playnow.com poker and casino games website at a number [...]
CBC Accuses Yaletown’s Glowbal of Scamming Tips, Emad Yacoub Sues
The Glowbal Group – which has multiple restaurants, including its flagship Glowbal Grill, in Yaletown – is facing major heat. Yesterday, the CBC released a segment where they went undercover at Black and Blue, one of the Glowbal Group restaurants, to investigate allegations of servers being forced to pay the restaurant a portion of their tips. The [...]
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