Join jaded Shawn Conner on the path to enlightenment as he looks into the science behind meditation. Photo-Dan Toulgoet

Into the mystic
Standing in a room with a bunch of screaming, babbling and barking people is not my idea of a perfect weekend afternoon. It's one of the reasons I quit playing in a rock band.
 

Demolition company whistling while it works for next seven weeks
"Wummmmmmpppp" is the word a demolition company is using to describe the sound that rock blasting along Cambie Street will make as construction of the city's new rapid transit line commences.
 

Terrible tabby terrorizing Kitsilano neighbourhood
Residents living on West First Avenue near Alma Street are being terrorized by an out of control cat.
 

Camosun Bog finally gets its due Saturday
An old hockey puck, a leather hat adorned with pins and buttons, and a Spanish silver coin from 1870 are some of the items salvaged from Camosun Bog over the years.
 

B.C. Hydro offers to be Black Swan's white knight
Council will determine the fate of the old Black Swan Records building Thursday. City staff have found the structure at West Fourth and Bayswater a potential new home.
 

City's outgrown 1936 hall
Does Vancouver need a new city hall?
 

Sullivan to discuss drugs with Harper
Vancouver East NDP MP Libby Davies is urging Mayor Sam Sullivan to defend the future of the city's supervised injection site when he meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper next week.
 

Kits students improvise win in Ottawa
Her Kitsilano Secondary school team's win at the Canadian Improv Games in Ottawa Saturday has left Pippa Mackie's voice croaky.