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07/02/2026

icebreaker Park Royal Welcomes All Back

The icebreaker store at The Village at Park Royal reopened its doors, and we arrived ready for a personalized shopping experience, coffee in hand, and curiosity fully engaged.

The refreshed space showcased the latest collections, each piece considered, technical, and built for movement. We left with layers chosen specifically for our frames and our habits on the trail.

We departed Park Royal immediately for the Grouse Grind, gear freshly untagged from the store.

The climb does not forgive poor choices, and merino base layers regulated temperature through steep switchbacks and shifting west coast weather, proving that a private shopping event can translate directly into performance on the mountain.

Check out the latest here!

https://na.icebreaker.com/en-ca/

07/01/2026

Notion, Tape B, VTSS, IMANU, Oppidan, Champion and dozens more artists are heading to Surrey as FVDED in the Park returns to Holland Park for two days of music, immersive festival experiences, and official after parties across Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom, Celebrities, Fortune Sound Club, and Village Studios.

Find out what to expect, how to get there, and where the music continues after the festival in our latest feature.

Read the full story:

https://folioyvr.com/2026/06/fvded-in-the-park-returns-to-surrey-for-two-days-of-music/

06/11/2026

🌍⚽ Vancouver, your moment is here.

FIFA World Cup 2026™ has arrived — and for 28 days, Hastings Park is the place to be. Free concerts. Massive match screenings. 60+ live performances from Skip Marley, Broken Social Scene, Blues Traveler, Kardinal Offishall, Sam Roberts Band, Paul Oakenfold and so many more. No ticket required until capacity - then you line-up or purchase a ticket for the seating area. You choose!

Rock. Reggae. Hip-hop. Electronic. Latin. Jazz. Indigenous artists. BC homegrown talent. The Park Stage is a love letter to everything that makes this city's music scene world-class — and it is all free.

Plus — seven World Cup matches at BC Place. The Match Day Spectator Route. Watch parties across the city. A giant soccer ball at Science World. The world's largest Canadian flag on Grouse Mountain.

350,000 spectators. 28 days. One city.

Vancouver only gets this moment once. 👉 Full guide in our new story!

https://folioyvr.com/2026/06/vancouvers-fifa-fan-festival-football-games-details/

06/08/2026

Kits just got a whole lot cooler. 🧊🔥

Tality Wellness has officially opened its sixth BC location — and it landed right in our backyard, sitting at the edge of Kitsilano and West Point Grey, minutes from the forest, the beach, and the beating heart of Vancouver's wellness scene.

We're talking a 30-person sauna, custom cold plunge, indoor/outdoor lounges, private showers and changerooms, and unlimited beverages — including kombucha on tap. Fresh robes and towel service included. Yes, really, and you can thank Steve for taking one for the team!

This isn't just a wellness spot. It's where the West Coast ritual gets a serious upgrade.

Tality Kitsilano is the kind of addition to the city we actually get excited about — equal parts health, luxury, and community. And with six locations now serving BC, they're clearly doing something right.

Go. You can thank us later. 🌿

https://www.talitywellness.ca/

05/21/2026

Vancouver's best bars made the list. Here is what I actually remember.

North America's 50 Best Bars came to Vancouver, and four of our own earned their place on the extended ranking. Bagheera. Meo. Laowai. Mount Pleasant Vintage and Provisions.

But rather than reposting a ranking, I went back through my camera reel and my notes to find what stayed with me — a St. Patrick's Day drink whose ingredients I can no longer recall, a Spicy Meo Marg on a warm summer evening, and a plate of smoked olives I have not stopped thinking about.

The full story is on the blog — find it via my story.

https://folioyvr.com/2026/05/vancouvers-best-bars-and-the-memories-nobody-ranked/

05/06/2026

National Pinot Grigio Day is May 17th, and we have the perfect excuse to go vegan for a few hours. 🌿 Rewild's Pinot Grigio is 100% vegan, sustainably crafted, and genuinely delicious — because saving the planet has never tasted this good.

Fresh pear, green apple, crisp and refreshing... your patio called. It wants this wine.

Available at BC Liquor stores and private purveyors of fine wine and spirits.

Full details in our new story!

https://folioyvr.com/2026/05/pour-with-purpose-the-rewild-story-from-australia-with-love/

04/21/2026

VV X BAJA EXPEDITIONS

The desert goes quiet in a way no city ever does. Not peaceful quiet. Absolute quiet. The kind that makes you aware of every breath you take and every draw of a cigar you have been saving for exactly this moment.

The Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Eye of the Shark — Cigar Aficionado's No. 1 cigar of 2017 — deserved a sky full of stars and a glass of Dalmore 12 Sherry Cask Select beside it. San Ignacio Lagoon delivered both. This is what the end of an extraordinary week looks like when you stop chasing comfort and start chasing experience.

The full story is in our latest blog here:

https://folioyvr.com/2026/04/arturo-fuente-don-carlos-eye-of-the-shark-baja-expeditions/

04/14/2026

VV X BAJA EXPEDITIONS

I named a sea turtle GubGub — after a cat I loved (RIP) — and watched the name get written into a scientific record that will follow that animal through the ocean for the rest of its life.

Later that night, fireside at The Dive Bar, I lit an Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Natural and thought about value. The cigar costs roughly the same as the donation of $40 to the conversation group EcoTourtugas. One lasted an hour. The other sent GubGub back into the Pacific.

Some comparisons do not need a conclusion — they just need to be made.

The full blog is up here:

https://folioyvr.com/2026/04/arturo-fuente-chateau-fuente-natural-ecotourtugas-baja-expeditions/

04/07/2026

VV X BAJA EXPEDITIONS

An hour after touching a wild gray whale in open water, I sat on the beach at San Ignacio Lagoon with a Paul Stulac Classic Blend Phantom Torpedo and nowhere else to be. No itinerary. No content to capture. Just the lagoon, the cigar, and the particular silence that follows something you cannot explain to someone who was not there.

We have turned travel into a checklist. This trip reminded me what it feels like to cross something off that actually matters — something that lives in the chest long after the flight home. The world is not waiting for us to be ready. It is simply continuing without us.

Read the full piece here!

https://folioyvr.com/2026/04/paul-stulac-classic-blend-phantom-torpedo-after-the-whales-baja-expeditions/

04/02/2026

Vancouver just made automotive history — three years running.

The 2026 Vancouver International Auto Show drew 139,991 attendees to the Vancouver Convention Centre, breaking its own record for the third consecutive year.

Fast & Furious star Sung Kang brought the star power, 30+ global automotive brands brought the debuts, and 3,030 people got behind the wheel of an EV or PHEV — because seeing is one thing, but driving is everything.

The 102nd edition of the show proved that Vancouver's appetite for what comes next in automotive is only growing.

Read the full wrap-up via our stories.

https://folioyvr.com/2026/04/elevate-vancouver-international-auto-show-2026-breaks-records-again/

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