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B.C. Cheese Makers Get It Right

“Where there’s milk, there’s cheese,” says Werner Schonberger. “It’s really that simple.” A lifelong cheese aficionado, Schonberger owns Dussa’s Ham & Cheese on Granville Island, and can...

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Science World, Then and Now

For most of us, the Telus World of Science is that unmistakable golf ball at the east end of False Creek (scientifically the structure is known as a geodesic dome). More than 525,000 people a year...

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Artisan Sake Maker Masa Shiroki

Masa Shiroki, the first person in Canada to craft rice into sake by hand, looks around his 1,000-square-foot shop on Vancouver’s Granville Island and glances up at the catwalk-sized loft. “I want what...

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Kroma Artist’s Acrylics

What happens when you mix together two parts artist, three parts technician and one part chemist? You get Kevin Head, a savant of pigment particles and paint making, and the man at the helm of Kroma...

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Wines on Tap

Wine is flooding Vancouver and it’s not about to slow down anytime soon—at least as far as Vancouver Urban Winery’s proprietors Mike Macquisten and Steve Thorp are concerned. They’ve been putting B.C....

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Alder Bay Boat Company

At the eastern end of Vancouver’s Granville Island, the sound of a violin and the sweet scent of cedar drift through the door of the Alder Bay Boat Company. A long workbench, one of several in the...

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Maison Côté

Jean-Pierre Côté is an irrepressible sort. Good thing, because his chosen path included plenty of patience until his business really got rolling. The French Canadian arrived in Vancouver in 1991,...

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The Umbrella Shop

There are only a few places where a rainy day is always considered a good day. One is The Umbrella Shop in Vancouver—the last umbrella factory in North America. Here, the Flader family and their staff...

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Arts Umbrella’s Young Students Needed More Space. Let Me Introduce You to...

In the past five years since I took on the leadership of Arts Umbrella, what stands out most are moments in our studios. There is a magical connection between our dedicated instructors and their...

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