What a legend! www.bbc.com/news/article...

We can't wait to catch this year's @bardonthebeach.bsky.social in Vanier Park! Here's what's on: bardonthebeach.org/whats-on/202...

Firehall Arts Centre's final show of the season looks back at Japanese Canadian incarceration with Mayumi Lashbrook's "Enemy Lines" (on now until May 9). www.straight.com/arts/you-nea... #yvrarts #dance #theatre #eastvan

This is true. #WritingCommunity Don't give up. (Just in case you needed to hear that today.)

Events around Vancouver this weekend, May 8-10

We loved last night's Enemy Lines production at #Vancouver's Firehall Arts Centre! Moving, powerful and evocatively staged, it's only running until Saturday -- check it out: www.firehallartscentre.ca/event/enemy-...

A man, now dubbed the 'Moose Flipper', rescued a moose after it got stuck on a highway median in Newfoundland. Watch more video: https://ow.ly/UwQn50YVJB7

Well done Riven! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What a fantastic project! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Something beautiful for this day: Columbine, Yakima, Washington (May 2026). #flowers #columbine

Seeing eye-to-eye with a rare Lincoln's Sparrow in Central Park. 👀

Good doggies! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

#Salisbury Cathedral restores stained glass window created by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

FFS: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Been working on this goldfinch again today. Nearly complete now. Should be featuring in my calendar I’m working on for 2027. #art #drawing #goldfinch #birds #colouredpencilart

Yes, this Zoom event a week from Tuesday is being put on by Toronto Public Library. But you don't need to be in Toronto because... INTERNET!! Register here: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69...

My kind of garden! www.bbc.com/news/article...

The broken plastic frog unearthed in the garden has been our household god for two years now. She is benevolent.

Images: new book showcases famous-people passport photos www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Unique B.C. dinosaur pops up in Prince George www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Whale Interpretive Centre in Telegraph Cove readies for reopening after devastating 2024 fire www.timescolonist.com/local-news/f...

When you lie or walk on wildflowers, you’re not just killing them, you’re damaging next year’s. Camas flowers are precious. If everyone acted like this, it would damage the whole ecosystem. #yyj Plus, camas are an Indigenous food source. Show some respect. baynature.org/2019/04/17/s...

Team rescues heron from tenacious oyster www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The trees have clouds for leaves

A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in the Central Park Ramble. 💙

We thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's Jane's Walk covering "Vancouver's Former Francophone Village" There are still plenty more walks to check out today: www.janeswalkvancouver.ca/2026-walk-sc...

Mayumi Lashbrook travels through time in "Enemy Lines" to make sense of intergenerational trauma. May 6 to 9 at Firehall Arts Centre. pancouver.ca/mayumi-lashb... Tix @ www.firehallartscentre.ca/event/enemy-...

I first came to #Canada for Expo '86. This new exhibition relives the amazing event (and I don't mean my arrival in Canada) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We had a great time on the Jane's Walk covering "Vancouver's Former Francophone Village!" There are still plenty more walks to check out this year: www.janeswalkvancouver.ca/2026-walk-sc...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods—such as octopuses and squid—have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.

Male Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have delightful, angry eyebrows that make them look quite fierce.

Pine marten rescued after tragic start to life: www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Vancouver writer talks up his "secret hobby" thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

It's almost time! Graham Clark's 24-Hours of Stand-Up May 22 @ 8pm to May 23 @ 8pm Little Mountain Gallery Comedy fans, shift workers, & insomniacs can join the fun in person or tune in to the live stream. www.showpass.com/graham-clark... Partial proceeds go to Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.

Happy #Caturday Book lovers 🐈📖 #BookSky

#Caturday Max will be celebrating his 12th birthday weekend in the usual way...

One of the first Great Crested Flycatchers of the year in Central Park.

Fri 1 May 2026 - Steveston BC 🇨🇦 the Kaiwo Maru has arrived in Steveston for the Ships to Shore Festival, this Saturday and Sunday (May 2 and 3) at Garry Point Park. The 182-foot-tall, 361-foot-long vessel boasts 36 sails over four masts, with 30,000 square feet of wind-catching surface area.

🦊 Basil looking at me through the kitchen window, like 'where's the food then?' 😄 #basilbrush #basil #fox

The big day is nearly here. Are you joining the #DawnChorusClub?

Flight attendant gets on comms after pilot says we are having to circle above Louisville due to other flight traffic, "show of hands if you think it is gulf stream private jets we are waiting on. Yeah, just so you know what we are dealing with."

Paul Osborne Jones (1921-1997) Morning Glory, 1950. oil on paper.

I was lucky enough to spot this Northern Cardinal feeding in a cherry tree near the Green Bench in Central Park. ♥️🧡♥️ #Cardinal #CentralPark #birding

More transit views after visiting family in Surrey the other night. #vancouver #canada #skytrain #transit

How capitalism operates: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nightingales returning to #Kent countryside www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Baby Falcons at the Great Spirit Bluff Cam!

A Northern Rough-winged Swallow flies over the Central Park Pool.

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This is great! www.bbc.com/news/article...