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Against the Grain: Zubkova & Lovink Bring Wood to Life at Kostuik Gallery

Kostuik Gallery, located on the cusp of Yaletown, kicks off its fall exhibition season this month with Against the Grain, a duo show featuring gallery artists Katja Zubkova and Marianne Lovink. The exhibition opens September 17 and runs through October 11, and brings together two sculptors working in the same material — wood — but...

Araxi’s Longtable Dinner Returns to North Arm Farm

The Coast Mountains rise directly behind the table at Araxi’s Longtable Dinner, held each summer at North Arm Farm in Pemberton, where rows of white linen stretch across an open field beneath wide, unobstructed sky. Before the first course arrived, guests wandered the property, posing on an old wooden swing framed by ivy, while a...

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TIFF’s 51st Edition To Open Its Doors To Every Kind Of Film Lover

This September, Toronto welcomes back one of film’s most anticipated gatherings, with a lineup built for every kind of moviegoer. The city’s studios, festivals, and screening rooms have shaped generations of storytellers, from the documentary tradition championed by the National Film Board to the genre filmmakers and episodic creators now finding audiences beyond Canada’s borders....

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Holborn on Redefining Vancouver’s Skyline with Glass Sea Sponge-Inspired Development

Some cities offer a view. Vancouver, through Holborn‘s newly approved Georgia + Abbott development, is preparing to offer an address that becomes part of the skyline itself. At 315 metres, the development’s hotel tower will rise as Western Canada‘s tallest, a landmark shaped by the same forces that carved British Columbia‘s coastline, and destined to...

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An Evening of Elegance with Louis XIII: A ‘Sip Over Water’ Sunset Yacht Experience

What does a toast sound like when the glass has been designed for it? Last week, guests aboard Sip Over Water found out, raising bespoke crystal glasses that each produced a distinct note on impact. Presented by Young Elite Vancouver, Cigar Club Vancouver x SC Manor x Louis XIII Rémy Martin, the private sunset yacht...

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Inside Studio Sette: A Conversation With Founder Breanna Laubach

Hey Beauties! If there is one Vancouver address I have been quietly obsessed with lately, it is a discreet little studio just off South Granville, where the treatment menu reads less like a spa list and more like a love letter to your lymphatic system. I am talking about Studio Sette, the brainchild of Breanna...

PRESS RELEASE: Folio.YVR’s Summer CELEBRATE Issue Leads with Luigi Ronchi, Newly Promoted at VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

[This press release originally published on August 6, 2026 on EINPresswire Here] Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine, Canada’s independent ecoluxury lifestyle magazine, announces the release of its Summer edition, themed CELEBRATE, and anchored by a feature on Luigi Ronchi, CFRE, who was promoted to Transformational Giving Advisor at VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in Vancouver, British...

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Longines x Birks Launches HydroConquest: Where the Tide Turns

The Longines HydroConquest has always understood the language of water. Since its debut in 2007, this collection has carried the Longines legacy into deeper territory — literally and philosophically — and the 2026 generation marks its most compelling chapter yet. BOLD BY DESIGN Two case sizes, 39 mm and 42 mm, anchor a collection that...

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The Debussy: Journey Through the Netherlands on Riverside Luxury Cruises’ Latest Launch

Riverside Luxury Cruises’ newest and most refined vessel The Debussy delivers an award-winning standard of care across eight days on the waterways of the Netherlands and Belgium, where every port arrival is effortless, every departure is handled, and the only decision that genuinely requires your attention is how you intend to spend the afternoon. THE...

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The Morning CHANEL Came to Oakridge

Were you there when it arrived? When Oakridge Park opened its doors to the public last May, CHANEL was not yet among them. Pristine cladding concealed the facade entirely — no glimpse inside, no preview of what was coming. The wait made this moment all the more pronounced. Now the doors are open, and I...