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Check out the Brewhalla Beer & Music Festival

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Do food trucks, beer and live performances sound like your thing? If so, be sure to check out the Brewhalla Beer & Music Festival this summer!

After 2 years of cancellations, the festival is back to bringing together the community and highlighting great local companies.

The festival is a fully immersive and interactive beer and music festival which spans across 3 cities in the lower mainland, drinkin’, dancin’ and eatin’ your way across Fort Langley, Port Moody, and North Vancouver.

From home cookin’ to sweet treats, this years line-up of food trucks are sure to satisfy all of your cravings.

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While the food looks to die for, you cant forget about the amazing lineup of more than 60 craft beers, with your chance to sip and sample your way through the province. All of the 49 breweries are sure to help you find your new favourite drink of the summer.

Moody Ales sure is brewin’ up a storm these days!

There will also be trucks at the festival with local ciders, kombucha, seltzers, and wine.

While you’re there, you’ll have a chance to listen to local artists performing throughout. From various local one performer bands like Luc LeMan, Phil Bo, to old school country-rock band Me-and May, you’ll be sure to be dancing until your feet hurt.

There will also be a chance for festeval-goers to play fun activities, like various lawn games, while also having the chance to enter into sweet giveaways.

The event is scheduled to start in Fort Langley Park on May 21st, from 12:30pm to 6pm. The next date of the festival will be on August 5th, at Pioneer Memorial Park in Port Moody, it will be from 4pm to 9pm. The last instalment of the festival will be held on September 30th at the Shipyards in North Vancouver, from 4pm to 9pm.

Just For Laughs Vancouver 2022

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Has the weather been keeping you down lately? What better way to pick yourself back up than Just For Laughs! The world renowned comedy festival is coming to Vancouver from May 25th to the 29th.

The festival, which is set to take place in various locations around the city, boasts a star studded line-up this year. Some of the headlining acts are:

Maria Bamford, who’s late night appearances include CONAN, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Roy is a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy and NAACP Award winning The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, who is also performing at this years festival. During Woods’ tenure, he has used The Daily Show’s brand of satire to shed light on to serious issues including gun violence, LGBTQ+ discrimination, police reform, ICE deportations and PTSD in the Black community.

You can be sure Trevor Noah will be on top of his game as he recently had the chance to roast the president of the United States!

Not only is Just For Laughs a great way to catch some of comedies greatest, but its also the perfect chance to see some of the up-and-comers of the comedy industry.

The festival is set to take place inside some legendary venues across the city including; Rio theatre, Vogue theatre, and the Queen Elizabeth theatre.

You can get your tickets today at https://jflvancouver.com/tickets/

Canadian men set to host soccer friendly against Iran in June at BC Place

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The Canadian Men’s National Soccer Team is set to face Iran in an international friendly match at BC Place Stadium on June 5th, 2022.

The match against Iran will be the first of a 2 game homestand in Vancouver, with The Canadian men opening CONCACAF Nations League A play there against Curacao on June 9.

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The Vancouver matches mark the first for the Canadian’s Men’s National Team on home soil since qualifying for the World Cup, which was a 4-0 win over Jamaica at Toronto’s BMO Field on March 27.

It also marks the Canadian men’s first visit to BC Place since March 2019, which was when they beat French Guiana 4-1 in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.

Canada will be closing out the FIFA international window after the set of matches at BC Place with another CONCACAF Nations League game against Honduras in San Pedro Sula on June 13th.

Canada has a 1-2-0 record all-time against Iran, winning the most recent match 1-0 in April 2001 in Cairo, Egypt. Iran posted 1-0 wins over Canada in 1997 and 1999 games in Toronto and Edmonton respectively.

The matches are set to take place as both Canada, ranked 38th in the world, and Iran, No. 21 in the world, are preparing for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Canada has been drawn into Group F alongside Belgium, Croatia and Morocco, while Iran has been drawn into Group B alongside England, USA and a European Playoff winner who is still to be decided.

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Canada is set to open World Cup play November 23rd against one of the top teams in the world, No. 2 ranked Belgium before facing No. 16 Croatia on November 27th and No. 24 Morocco on December 1st.

The Iran match is one of the few World Cup warmups the Canadian National Team in advance of Qatar. Canada head coach John Herdman has said he will look to take the team to Europe in the fall to play several more matches in preparation for Qatar.

Vancouver Whitecaps exercise demons, advance in Canadian Championship

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After falling to Pacific and Cavalry in the first two Voyageurs Cup tournaments featuring CPL clubs, the Whitecaps finally exercised their demons and beat a CPL team for the first time in team history.

The Caps confidently beat Valour FC on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the tournament and play Cavalry FC.

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It was a moment of redemption for the Caps, who had been eliminated in the Canadian Championships the past two years at the hands of much inferior CPL opponents.

Heading into the match, head coach Vanni Sartini spoke on the importance of it, citing it as the most important game of the year. “We can be very clear, Wednesday is the most important game of the year. Why? Because if we lose we are out of the Canadian Championship.”

Sartini knew the stakes that were on the line heading into this game, with the last Whitecaps gaffer being sacked after 2021’s Canadian Championship elimination loss to Pacific FC. “We enter the competition and have to be honest in a way that we are the big guy, we’re not the underdog because the CPL, of course the budget and everything, we need to have extreme respect for Valour because the last two years, the last two Canadian Championship campaigns have been very disappointing for the club.”

The win against Valour was on the back of a huge victory against Toronto FC over the weekend. The win marked the end of a 3 game losing streak for the ‘Caps, who still remain at the bottom of the Western Conference.

The Whitecaps will face Cavalry FC in the Championship League in Calgary on May 28th, with regular season action resuming on Saturday, against the San Jose Eartquakes.

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Be sure to catch the game with the ‘Caps looking to make it 3 wins in a row for the first time this season!

Vancouver Canucks are finalists to land KHL superstar Andrei Kuzmenko

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NHL teams have been holding their breath the last month while KHL superstar Andrei Kuzmenko decides which team he will start his NHL career with. According to Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie and Dahli – The Team, the Canucks are among the Finalists to sign the KHL superstar who hails from Yakutsk, Russia.

Landing Kuzmenko would be a huge get for the Canucks as signing a player in free agency is essentially free – Kuzmenko is considered a rookie by NHL standards, and would therefore be forced to sign a 1 year deal with a maximum cap hit of a $925,000 – with no draft picks or trades required to acquire the KHL star.

Kuzmenko’s agent Dan Milstein of Gold Star Sports Management joined the Canucks Conversation Podcast to talk about Kuzmenko, highlighting the fact that Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin saw the KHL superstar play nine years ago, and has kept tabs on him ever since.

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The Canucks have had trouble attracting free agent talent in the last half decade or so, especially European free agents, so this represents a chance for new management to really strut their stuff.

As teams interview Kuzmenko, he will surely be looking to sign with the team that gives him the best chance to produce in a top-six role in the NHL, hoping to cash in after his short entry level deal expires next season. You can be sure the Canucks have promised the KHL star prime minutes alongside one of their star centres in Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat, or J.T. Miller.

It can sometimes be a balancing act while trying to court free agents, as it’s tough to know exactly where players will slot in next year. There are many things that could happen to the roster between now, and when training camp opens up for the Canucks, which is set to take place some time in early October.