By Paul Wilbee

It may seem strange to have “condom, condom” chanted at you 50 times, but this latest cellphone ring tone, created for a campaign to raise awareness about safe sex, has proven to be immensely popular in India.

Cancel your Myspace account and forget about Facebook, because David Hasselhoff has started his own social-networking site called Hoffspace. When you are as big of a celebrity as David Hasselhoff you have got to do something just as big.

David Eby, a candidate for a Vision Vancouver council nomination, will speak with local burlesque dancers, performers, and producers tonight at the Chicken Coop at 2280 East Hastings. The event will be hosted by the not-for-profit and volunteer-run Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society.

See photos and add your own A massive nest of zombies was spotted at the Vancouver Art Gallery grounds Saturday, August 16th. At around 12 noon the undead began to gather around the fountain, drawn there by a thirst for brains and a Facebook posting.

We slept like a baby the first night in Washington DC. We had no idea how tired we really were. We were well rested ... well ... except that Suanne woke up with a stiff neck. The pillows she selected at the hotel were too soft for her.

For too many years, the Vietnamese Canadian community has gotten a raw deal in Canadian media coverage.

A new study undertaken by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, shows that having just two alcoholic drinks a day is enough to put women at risk of metabolic syndrome, the Telegraph reports. Similar results were found for men who had three drinks a day.

Professional Bigfoot trackers Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer have announced the discovery of a body that appears to be an adult Bigfoot.

In the wake of more government funding cuts to federal arts and culture programs—the latest ones in the film, television, and music sectors—an Edmonton-based production company has received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to operate a new digital cable channel.

Tickets and passes go on sale in person on Wednesday (August 20) for the 24th annual Vancouver International Fringe Festival, where over 500 performances by more than 68 groups will take place September 3 to 13.

The Ghana-Canada Association of British Columbia (GCABC) will host its first-ever Ghana Fest on Saturday, August 23. The event will feature clothes vendors, music, dancing, and food and will be attended by local activists and community leaders.

Next to the Target store at Washington State’s Bellis Fair, the Old Country Buffet serves up the finest spread US$7.99 can buy. Great slabs of turkey and ham; make-your-own taco salads; candied yams with more candy than yams; and make-your-own sundaes (featuring gummy bears), among other highly-edible-after-camping-in-the-rain steam-tray cuisine.

Professor Claude Wischik, from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, presented new findings at last month’s International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease that could change treatment of the terminal illness that plagues an estimated 300,000 Canadians.

The Straight Ligers have won the Vancouver Advertising Slow-pitch League's Division C Championship.