Coming back from a packed celebration, the streets of Vancouver, the extra police and even the buses were more alive than usual. Truly a celebration of life. Here are four of the stories we collected.

Daniel caught my eye one early morning at Kitsilano Beach. He had just had a wonderful conversation with a stranger after going in the ocean, and I wanted to ask him about the experience. This conversation turned out to be

While walking near Robson Park in East Vancouver I heard music.. and followed it to this musician playing on one of the public pianos. Here he shares one of his own compositions..

Dropping in at Herman’s Jazz club, a few words with the band, we found some rich stories in tribute to Lance Harrison, a jazz legend in the area, and even across Canada. To view more musical and personal tributes from