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Cool Thing We Want #263: “Vancouver” Pillow From Australia’s My Bearded Pigeon

We’re loving this organic cotton “Vancouver” cushion cover. It’s more like Vancouver Island and a chunk of British Columbia, but it’s made in Australia by Australians, so we’ll overlook that, not to mention the fact that it’s made in Australia by Australians. It’s just a lovely cushion that would be perfect on our couch. The fabric is exclusive to My Bearded Pigeon and not available anywhere else in the world, which really means that we have no clue what it feels like ($56.00 on Etsy).

UBC Farm’s Spring Workshops Make a Strong Case for Getting Your Hands Dirty

A full run of practical, well-built sessions that move from soil to kitchen, giving you a reason to start something new.

2026 CSA Guide: The Best Produce Box Programs in Vancouver. Score Before It’s Too Late!

Looking for a CSA in Metro Vancouver? Our 2026 guide breaks down the best produce box and farm share programs, with pricing, pickup details, and honest recommendations.

We Want to Jetset to Montreal for the Menu Extra & Dan Climan Pop-Up This July

This summer the Montreal artist, who sports cred as an Emily Carr School of Art + Design graduate, is growing his food-art relationship with a series of lux, collab pop-up we can only dream of attending. Time to buy a lottery ticket!

We Want to Quench Our Thirst for Spring with KPU’s New 桂 Reverie Beer

Our appetite for tasty and creative craft beer is bottomless. So the moment news of what students enrolled in the Diploma in Brewing and Brewery OperationsKwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) have been brewing up lately landed in our inbox, we got awfully thirsty...