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Photographer Adam Bouska and the NOH8 Campaign heads north of the border for its first visit to Vancouver on May 8, 2012.

Top Chef Canada winner Dale MacKay is set to host Sunday Brunch for QMUNITY at ensemble Tap on April 29.

What matters most to our community? What are the most pressing issues facing Vancouver queers? How can we better unify to address them? Given our community’s inherent diversity in age, politics, ethnicity, ability, sexual identity, and more, how can we even begin to answer these questions? A group of Simon Fraser University students wants to find out.

Looking for dinner AND a movie Thursday night?  As the city raises funds with Dining Out For Life at restaurants around Vancouver, the local chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are hosting their own fundraiser for A Loving Spoonful as they present the Vancouver premiere screening of Bad Habits: The Return of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

On Thursday, March 29 you can make a difference by dining out and supporting those living with HIV/AIDS.

The statistics are staggering: this year 4,100 will die of prostrate cancer, nearly 22,000 people in Canada will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and more young men between the ages of 15-29 will be diagnosed with testicular cancer than any other. Beginning March 6, the Health Initiative for Men (HIM) presents a series of seminars on these common cancers among men.

For Amuse Consulting’s Marc Smith community is all about how you show up in the world, and as a finalist at this year's Small Business BC Successful You Awards, he is sharing that philosophy with other businesses across the province.

Vancouver entrepreneur Thomas Egli has been crowned Mr Gay Canada 2012 and will represent the country at the Mr Gay World competition in Johannesburg, South Africa this April.

Nominations for the 2012 Positive Living Society of British Columbia AccolAIDS Awards are now being accepted through the end of February.

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching A Loving Spoonful Candygrams are not only the perfect gift for friends, family, lovers, and everyone in between but they are also gifts that keep on giving.