Entertainment, Media & Sports

CFL is only top-tier sports league to not test players for recreational drugs

Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.

Municipality has not hosted a movie theatre in three decades

Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web. Kirk LaPointe, editor-in-chief: In 2015, Americans spent 9.78 billion hours filling out federal paperwork.

What happened: Film and TV production volume in B.C. reaches $3.58 billion in 2017-18 fiscal year Why it matters: More foreign productions are setting up shop on the West Coast than anywhere else in Canada B.C.

Cultural planner will be a link between city bureaucrats and professional musicians

What happened: Vancouver animation studio fined and ordered to pay animators overtime for work on Seth Rogen movie Why it matters: Province pushes back against argument animators are “high technology professionals” and therefore exempt from overtime

A revamped Laketown Shakedown festival will fill the grounds of Cowichan Valley’s Laketown Ranch on the Canada Day long weekend, with a roster of rock and rap stars booked to appear at what could be one of the top festival events on Vancouver Island

The best, and at times, worst part about art is that it’s whatever you want it to be. Colour outside the lines? That’s cool. Paint a bunch of genitals in the Sistine Chapel? Go for it. Record a one-second song ? Expect it to become a revered classic.

The Evo Summer Cinema Series returns to Second Beach in Stanley Park this summer for another season of movies under the stars. The movies are shown every Tuesday night after sunset (weather permitting) beside the beach.