You can help sustain meaningful income opportunities, community-driven storytelling, and dignity for over 150 vendors and storytellers with a donation to Megaphone. @megaphonemagazine.com #vancouver #nonprofit #DTES

West End views from the beach in December. #vancouver #cities #canada

The January event list for Metro Vancouver is here. Have anything to add? Send it in for a free listing.

A friend send me a direct message on Instagram with a story about some geese. This is the "Suggested Reply" that I was presented with.... 🤔

I have been posting my Seawall photos from my walks elsewhere this week and people keep commenting “I saw on the news the Seawall is closed!” To be clear, only a portion is closed, from Prospect Point to Third Beach. #vancouver #canada

For 30 years, Canuck Place has been providing exceptional complex medical care, while helping children and families embrace living fully with the time they have left together. Your donation, made by December 31, will be matched 🤍

Highlight of the day: Remembering that I got some pina-coco buns from New Town on my walk in Chinatown yesterday and I can have one with my coffee right now 🤩

Hockey Day in #Canada is coming up on January 17th and the official broadcast in Punjabi will be live from #SurreyBC along with community events.

Today at the beach in #Vancouver A lovely dusting of snow on the local mountains 🏔️ #canada #photography #cities #winter

Folks at Sunset Beach hoping to spot the Taiga flycatcher. #birdsky Never before seen in Canada, it was seen Dec 25 & 26. It usually spends summer in northern Asia and winters in southern Asia. There’s only been one other recorded sighting of the bird in mainland N. America 20 years ago.

Seawall puddles and a great view. #vancouver #canada 📸

PWHL hockey is the best hockey.

Steller’s Jay in the park #birdsky #birds #vancouver 🪶

Our beautiful city on a brisk December morning 😍 #vancouver #canada #pnw

Events around Vancouver this weekend:

A lot of people outside Canada want to watch Heated Rivalry, which is awesome, but the producers can’t just, like, put it in other countries. Media outlets in other countries need to pick up the show, so the thing to do is tell your favourite streamer to get the show!❤️

The Robson Square ice rink is open for free skating today in Downtown #Vancouver

Tonight in Vancouver #photography #canada

Even after a busy year, which included multi-city tours and launching his own *shoe* with Nike, Nardwuar still managed to send off his Holidaze cards. The nicest human (serviette) ever. So happy to find this in the mailbox just now ♥️ Happy Holidaze Nardwuar @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social!

Bute Robson Plaza is now fully open. Bike lane, pedestrian priority (no cars), outdoor eating spaces, pergolas with vines. #ThirdSpace #Cities #Vancouver

It was on the afternoon of the day of Christmas Eve, and I was in Mrs Prothero's garden, waiting for cats, with her son Jim.

Call it a soft opening. The new Riverview Bridge partially opened to vehicle traffic Christmas Eve morning. Single lane northbound with an exit off-ramp to East Columbia Street. The new crossing connects Surrey and New Westminster. Open does not mean complete but it's a start.

I went for another walk and ended up covering about 15km around Downtown Vancouver / the Seawall when all was said and done. It was such a good winter day out there. #canada #vancouver #photography

A brisk winter day on the Seawall. Runners, cyclists, and leisurely stroll-ers like Laura and me taking in the sights. The mountains look GORGEOUS right now and there are so many migratory birds around, like these buffleheads 🪶 #vancouver #canada #photography 📸 #birdsky

Today in Vancouver #canada

As Vancouver’s only independent space devoted entirely to lens-based art, Gallery 881 has become a vital cultural hub in Strathcona and a significant voice in the city’s arts landscape. Help them reach their fundraising goal. #EastVan #fundraiser

Canadians, sign this petition to stop the use of the Notwithstanding clause against trans Canadians. This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights. SIGN.

Skytrain from the driver’s seat 🚆 #transit #rain #weather #vancouver

When you give monthly, you show up for 150+ vendors and storytellers not just today, but all year long. Your steady support helps create self-determined income, more opportunities and sustainable community resources. 📣❤️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

We went to the immersive “A Christmas Carol” experience at little ol’ Roedde House Museum in the West End tonight. I really enjoyed it! It’s on for two more nights 🎟️ www.roeddehouse.org/event/a-chri... #vancouver

A few causes I'd love you to consider supporting this season... (1/5) The Writers Exchange in East Van offers literacy programs for under-resourced kids and youth in Vancouver. I had the chance to visit their wonderful after school program when I wrote about them for @megaphonemagazine.com ♥️

Three years ago we had a white Christmas in Vancouver and I took some photos…

there used to be a place like this in the downtown eastside. the funding was cut and it closed. dignity isn’t a line item on a budget; it’s beyond any price

Locations: 2422 Main St & 1744 Commercial Dr in Vancouver #ShopLocal #BuyLocal 📚🛍️

There were 5,000 signatures last night and now over 9,000! ✍️

Tonight in Vancouver 🎄

Christmastime in Metro Vancouver ☔️🥹 #canada #weather #rain #burnaby

Watching hockey coverage on the CBC on a Saturday morning in Canada. The panel is all women. Diverse women. The sport is professional women’s hockey. This. This is awesome. Tune in now for @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social vs @victoire-lphf.bsky.social live from Vancouver #pwhl #cbc #canada #hockey

Sources BC has served individuals and families in Metro Vancouver, on Vancouver Island, and in Prince George since 1978. They assist with putting food on the table, advocacy and housing, employment, mental wellness, independence, community, and more. Check out their fundraising raffle:

A citizen e-petition has been launched in the House of Commons calling on the Federal Government to its disallowance power to override Alberta and Saskatchewan’s use of the notwithstanding clause to violate the human rights of trans Canadians. Sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

A Very Merry Motown at the Firehall is a really fun holiday show! On now until December 28 🎶 www.firehallartscentre.ca/event/a-very...

Events and activities around Vancouver today

Lost Lagoon at dusk #vancouver

Join the 32nd Annual Winter Solstice Festival in Vancouver on Sunday December 21, 2025 with free community events in Yaletown and on Granville Island.

Hey guys, last call for requests for our all-request, (okay, mostly request) Christmas Eve music show. Please email us here: [email protected] Tell us the song you would like to hear AND the version. And let us know who you're sending it out to or what it means to you. Thank You!!!

Grouse Mountain will be opening for its skiing/riding season at noon on Friday, December 19, 2025. The mountain will be celebrating its centennial season in 2026.

As Vancouver’s only independent space devoted entirely to lens-based art, Gallery 881 has become a vital cultural hub in Strathcona and a significant voice in the city’s arts landscape. Help them reach their fundraising goal.

Events and activities around Metro Vancouver this weekend:

@megaphonemagazine.com, based in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. This winter, you can help them raise funds to continue to invest in the community.

If you’re out and about enjoying some holiday light displays or shopping, chances are you’ll catch the sweet aroma of the Praguery wafting through the air. Until December 22, they’ll be donating $1 from every Pistachio Chimney Cone sold to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.