Town Talk: Pamela Anderson scored $30,000 for former Whitecap's artwork
She withdrew the work by Raphael Mazzucco, titled Beauty and Light, when bidding stalled below $20,000.
View ArticleTown Talk: Style show made big hair even bigger
Avant Garde salon owner Jon Paul Holt and dancer-choreographer producer Viktoria Langton showcased plenty of hair in a good cause.
View ArticleTown Talk: The Hotel Vancouver at 80 … and revisited at around 25
Next week is the 80th birthday of the venerable Hotel Vancouver, now Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
View ArticleTown Talk: Top choreographer puts Ballet B.C. through paces
William Forsythe was here to oversee rehearsals of his Enemy in the Figure that Ballet B.C. will perform during a U.S. tour
View ArticleTown Talk: B.C. Sports Hall of Fame inducts Sedins and many others
The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame’s recent gala was replete with memories.
View ArticleTown Talk: Former U.S. ambassador now advocates for all Canadians
'Vicki and I now consider ourselves citizen ambassadors for the Canada-U.S. relationship,': former U.S. ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman.
View ArticleTown Talk: Vancouver Art Gallery celebration raises $700,000
The money will fund exhibitions, education and public programs
View ArticleTown Talk: Treana Peake's at-home rock concert benefits South Sudanese people
Treana welcomed former South Sudanese child soldier Emmanuel Jal who is now a Toronto-based singer, screen actor, political activist and leadership lecturer.
View ArticleTown Talk: In the swim with B.C. Children's Hospital donors
The B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation Circle of Care reception at Casa Mia mansion recently included a performance by synchronized swimmers.
View ArticleTown Talk: Britain's Red Arrows fly over Coal Harbour
'The Red Arrows are the best ambassador our country has,' says U.K.'s high commissioner
View ArticleTown Talk: Jammies-clad celebrants benefit Covenant House
Next up: Covenant House’s annual Sleep Out.
View ArticleTown Talk: $3.8 million raised for 'Brain Breakthrough' campaign
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s recent Night of a Thousand Stars reportedly raised $3.8 million
View ArticleTown Talk: Magazine publisher puts on a new face
Canada Wide Media president Samantha Legge recently launched Evalina Beauty.
View ArticleTown Talk: West side restaurateur feeds east side kids
Project helps kids worth investing in
View ArticleTown Talk: Regional Recycling Vancouver looks after its binner clients
Lunch honours a major chunk of the people who bring recycling into the depot
View ArticleTown Talk: Revisiting some who helped make 2019 what it was
Malcolm Parry takes a look back at the people who helped shape 2019 in B.C.
View ArticleTown Talk: Two hospital fundraisers take aim at $10 million
Chinese Canadian community giving back big time to health care system
View ArticleTown Talk: Sweat Co. event helps folk here and in Sierra Leone
So far, $132,000 has been raised for a $200,000 community facility, medical clinic and water well in Kabala, Sierra Leone
View ArticleTown Talk: Britain's richest man owns Ambleside art gallery
The connection between a duke and a West Van art gallery
View ArticleMalcolm Parry's Town Talk: Vancouver "love song" to vie with other big-city...
Malcolm Parry hits the high notes on Vancouver's social scene
View ArticleTown Talk: Revisiting folk from 2009 who helped bring about today
Mining 2009 columns to highlight those who contributed in still-evident ways to the character of the province we cherish.
View ArticleTown Talk: Wine festival teaser tasting promises much more to come
Fourth-time Bacchanalia gala chair Jana Maclagan said that swig-a-thon’s presenting sponsor will be the Blakes law firm.
View ArticleTown Talk: Emily Carr prof gives transit bus an Indonesian makeover
Diyan Achjadi, Patrick Cruz, Rolande Souliere, Erdem Tasdelen and Ann Torma wrapped identical models in a public art project called How Far Do You Travel?
View ArticleTown Talk: Chinese community raises $4.1 million for Children's Hospital
It will go to a $14-million campaign for relocating Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children.
View ArticleTown Talk: Women in Film Festival includes rising horror lover
Gigi Saul Guerrero is "in love with horror movies," including her own
View ArticleTown Talk: $531,300 gala helps children and youths succeed
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. gala helps fund early childhood education and youth leadership programs.
View ArticleTown Talk: A lot of to do about cars
Car show, car art, car restorations and more in this week's column
View ArticleTown Talk: BMW showroom gala supports pancreatic cancer research
The 14th annual Cabriolet gala raised $525,000; previous runnings reportedly raised $2 million.
View ArticleTown Talk: Five cited for the courage to defeat adversity
The 21st annual Courage To Come Back Awards gala reportedly raised $2.5 million
View ArticleTown Talk: Gallery gala benefits Lions Gate Hospital just up the road
Look up! Look wayyyy up! Polygon partiers pass on the downtown view, focus their fete on the hospital complex 15 blocks up the hill
View ArticleTown Talk: Fishing tourney raises $800,000 for Canucks Autism Network
The 14th annual Fishing For Kids tournament involved Canucks team members, owners, officials and supporters.
View ArticleTown Talk: New and old North Van eateries recall the 1950s
Busy summer ahead of galas, races and chukkers
View ArticleTown Talk: Luncheon generates $700,000 for pancreatic cancer clinic
The recent sixth-annual Hope Couture luncheon reportedly raised more than $700,000 to help the B.C. Cancer Foundation fund a pancreatic cancer rapid-access clinic.
View ArticleTown Talk: A Night To Dream gala benefits expanding Ronald McDonald House
Expansion in Vancouver and satellite facilities expect to be announced
View ArticleTown Talk: Porsche joins the electric car club
Malcolm Parry’s latest Town Talk column.
View ArticleTown Talk: Galas support hospitals and cancer and juvenile diabetes research
B.C. Cancer Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, B.C. Children’s Hospital big winners at galas
View ArticleTown Talk: Crystal Ball raises $3.8 million for B.C. Children's Hospital
Sum will help fund the hospital's Next Generation Technologies program to study youngsters’ entire genetic makeup
View ArticleTown Talk: Wall Ball hands Union Gospel Mission an 80th-birthday gift
Union Gospel Mission is undertaking its biggest project, a $35.5-million expansion of its Women and Families Centre on Cordova Street.
View ArticleTown Talk: Gordon Smith will benefit children long after his 100-year lifetime
The Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists endowment has supported North Vancouver school district’s Artists For Kids program
View ArticleTown Talk: Play recounts Casey Wright's 19-year medical journey
Despite his challenges, Casey Wright has had a fuller life than many people
View ArticleTown Talk: Million-dollar gala benefits the Canucks Autism Network
Pei Huang and Judy Leung co-chaired the Chinese Canadian community’s sixth annual Time to Shine gala that reportedly raised $3 million.
View ArticleTown Talk: Bob Rennie cues builders on B.C.'s 'demographic crunch'
Climate change, aging population biggest challenges facing the economy
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