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Best Eating

Angus An mixes it up for flavour’s sake at Gastropod

Angus An uses all the traditional Asian elements, but in nontraditional formats, to produce dishes that are as good to the eye as they are on the palate.
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Outside

Feel the breeze on the Kamloops greenway

With beautiful parks and a revitalized hertigae downtown core, a visit with no grander aim than to simply enjoy all that the city has to offer perfectly suits a weekend getaway.
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Books

Finding Hope in Shadows in the Downtown Eastside

The stories and photographs in this autobiography of the street, crackling with energy and individuality and demanding to be heard, humanize the often bleak headlines.
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Techno Logic

Digital stars converge on Vancouver for festival

Alternate-reality games will be one of the hot topics for discussion at this year's Vancouver International Digital Festival, running May 21-24.
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Savage Love

The trials of keeping it open and honest

Open relationships are great, but they're not for everyone; why you should tell the truth about herpes; and why fucking around for "manpussy" is bad for everyone.
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Straight Issues

Taser boss invokes Star Trek

Taser International Inc. chair Tom Smith told the Braidwood Inquiry that his company's weapons aren’t entirely risk-free, but stressed that the stun gun actually prevents other injuries and even deaths.
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Health Features

A good egg is hard to find

With Hollywood celebrities in their 40s popping out multiple babies, Infertility Awareness Week highlights the challenges faced Canadians who want donor eggs.
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Music Features

Zach Condon gets global sonic inspiration

In a couple of years with Beirut, DIY’s current golden child has built a reputation as one of the most visionary upstarts in the indie nation.
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Obituaries

His rambling now over, Dave Watson left us laughing

Dave Watson was brilliant and humble, hilarious and incisive. In his final days, he demonstrated more courage and grace than anyone could have imagined. The Straight's beloved Dot Comment columnist recently died of cancer, but he'll never be forgotten.
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