The Georgia Straight

2 days ago | straight.com | Nathan Caddell

We asked some of our favourite chefs and restaurateurs in the city where they go on their days off. Today, it's Mike Robbins, owner and executive chef at AnnaLena. Vancouver restaurant go-to:This changes based on what I'm feeling/the time of year, but Dinasty Dumpling House has been in a constant rotation lately. Restaurant in Vancouver that you think deserves more love:Temaki Sushi on Broadway, love it.

2 days ago | straight.com | Nathan Caddell

Well, colour us absolutely shocked. Early this morning on social media, Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane broke the news that he had been traded to the Vancouver Canucks. Going back the other way is a fourth-round pick that Vancouver originally got from Ottawa. There was no salary retention in the deal—Kane has one more year left on his contract at $5.125 million. The move was met with what we'll call a "mix" of reactions from the Canucks faithful.

3 days ago | straight.com | Nathan Caddell

Like a bunch of people who have no idea what to do with their "Fuck Trudeau" stickers, there is now a relatively massive subculture of hockey fans who don't know what to do with their "Alexander Mogilny is a Hall of Famer" pins, signs, and buttons. (Gulty as charged.)Today, Mogilny was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, 15 years after he was first eligible for the honour. It's a shock, as hockey fans and media members had been banging the drum for Mogilny's inclusion for several years.

4 days ago | straight.com | Nathan Caddell

Sometimes the bold, risky, and just downright unusual choice is the only correct one. Take Broncho’s decision to play their newest album, Natural Pleasure, straight from the beginning to the end at the Pearl on Saturday night. It wasn’t a new move—the band has been doing it for this current tour which started last week in Broncho’s home state, Oklahoma.

4 days ago | straight.com | Nathan Caddell

It’s very rare that you get to experience a restaurant in Vancouver without any pre-warning. No preview posts of the interior circulating on Instagram. No “A new [cuisine] spot is coming to [neighbourhood] and we couldn’t be more excited!” clickbaity articles. So on the one hand, I’m very sorry to be stealing that feeling from you. And by the time I post this, there probably will be a handful of those articles online.