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Prince | We All Bleed Purple
Yesterday, while on a conference call at work, one of my colleagues announced that Prince had died. Obviously I did what any reasonable person would do and immediately clicked open my Twitter feed to...
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Gordon Clark: Prince’s death should make us think about life
There aren’t nearly as many theories about the afterlife as there are religions or cultures, but human beings sure have dreamt up a lot of notions about what happens to you after you croak. There’s...
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Justin Bieber adjusts pants, falls off stage in Saskatoon
WARNING: This video contains language that could be offensive to some Justin Bieber’s screaming legion of fans got a brief scare in Saskatoon Friday when the pop star took a tumble off the stage...
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Hollywood North | Bob Barker speaks out against ‘animal exploitation’ on...
Former Price is Right host and animal rights activist Bob Barker is calling on CBS to discontinue the use of wild animals on Zoo. The Vancouver-shot summer series, based on the 2012 novel of the same...
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Comedian Amy Schumer bringing her tour to Rogers Arena
The very funny Amy Schumer will be stopping at Rogers Arena on Dec. 2 as part of her upcoming world tour. The star of TV’s Inside Amy Schumer and the Hollywood hit Trainwreck announced the tour...
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Fred Lee’s Social Network, July 3
MASS APPEAL: Night at the Aquarium, the Vancouver Aquarium’s signature soiree, drew 500 well-heeled guests to its 10th staging. The $350-a-ticket, sold-out event, sponsored by PCL Construction, was...
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Absolutely Fabulous makes a big, fashionable return, darling
Good news sweetie darlings, Edina and Patsy are back and, thank La Croix, they haven’t changed a bit. The well-shod, vodka-soaked socialites have left TV behind and made the move to big screen in the...
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Social Network: Green day for Power To Be; hats on for Deighton Cup, hats off...
NATURE CALLING Driven by the outdoors and a desire to help others, Victoria native Tim Cormode created Power To Be, a charitable organization that empowers youth and families through life affirming,...
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Fred Lee: Fireworks fundraiser lights up lives of the homeless
HOUSING BOOM: Housing is health. That was the message delivered at Sparkle, McLaren Housing Society’s 12th annual fireworks fundraiser. Canada’s longest serving agency devoted to housing for...
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Former Bachelorette Jillian Harris welcomes baby boy
Former Bachelorette Jillian Harris and her partner Justin Pasutto welcomed their first child Friday. The Love It or List It Vancouver host gave birth to a healthy baby boy, ‘Leo’, at 6: 02 a.m.,...
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Hollywood North: Schwarzenegger pumping iron and making movies in Vancouver
Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Vancouver filming the comedy Why We’re Killing Gunther with first-time director Taran Killam, is proving he is a man of the people by working out at a very-public downtown...
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Social Network: Day to stir up style and horse play, a night of Babylon and...
HOT TO TROT The Vancouver Polo Club presented its third annual Pacific Polo Cup last Saturday at the Southlands Riding Club. In partnership with Luxury and Supercar Weekend creator Craig Stowe,...
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Fred Lee’s Social Network: Cheers at the piers as charities go al fresco
PIER TO PIER: With summer in full swing and the arrival (finally) of hot temperatures, charities are taking their philanthropic efforts outside. The Lower Mainland’s iconic piers seem to be the venue...
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Five Stages of Gwen Stefani: From Hollaback to comeback, No Doubt and some doubt
No Doubt came out of Fullerton as one of many Golden State bands in the seemingly endless Southern California ska revival. That would pretty much sum up the band’s career were it not for the fact it...
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Nick Jonas, Type 1 diabetic, meets with Vancouver kids
Pop star Nick Jonas – who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 13 – took time out of his busy tour schedule this week to meet with several young members of Vancouver’s diabetic community,...
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Is this Prince George woman the inspiration for Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’?
It never crossed her mind that she might be the one, but it sure crossed the minds of a lot of people she met in life. Prince George’s Juline Whelan could hardly get past initial introductions without...
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The Rock on Wally Buono: ‘A real class act’
Another one from the way-back machine: remember when The Rock was cut by Wally Buono? The man we also know as Dwayne Johnson was a Stampeders practice squadder when Buono, then head coach in Calgary,...
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Wayne Moriarty: Vancouver’s Trump Hotel boss ready for a media muddle
I’ve been a journalist since 1981 and have found myself, on a couple of occasions, on the wrong end of a news story. It’s not a pretty place to be. The experience of being in the middle of a media...
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Social Network: Plaudits for peacock ‘Posers,’ living it up longtable style,...
DARE TO SPEAK Now in its 28th year, The Vancouver Queer Film Festival — the largest queer arts event in Western Canada and the city’s second largest cinematic celebration — recently wrapped. Steered by...
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Fred Lee’s Social Network: Fishing for autism dollars nets a star cast
CATCH AND RELEASE Back in 1996 when their then-two-year-old son Christian was diagnosed with autism, Paolo and Clara Aquilini discovered there was little support and resources for families of autistic...
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