In a unanimous council vote on May 14, the City of Vancouver has declared 2018 the Year of the Queer in honor of the anniversaries of 15 LGBTTQ Community Groups.  An official proclamation and launch event is set to take place on May 23.

If you look up ‘walking daily’ on Google, you’ll find all sorts of reasons why a daily walk is good for you. You’ll read that it prevents dementia, helps you lose weight, strengthens your heart, lowers the risk of disease, and more. But part of me, the part that used to train 6 days a week, laughed at the idea that a 30 minute walk could have any significant impact on someone’s health.

It's spring in Vancouver and maybe you're like me, six years ago, and thinking it's time you stepped OUT! Two steps to help you on your way

They wore tattered evening gowns. Some were dressed as monks, others as clowns. Many of the girls wore mini-skirts. They had on multi-coloured stockings and wore necklaces of shells and beads.They flew kites, sniffed incense, munched little frozen apples, burned joss sticks and stood in groups talking about how they hate hate.