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Vancouver Happy Hour: Goldfish in Yaletown

**Happy hours:**This column will detail some of my favourite options for wetting your whistle or grabbing some appetizers. While most of my posts will be Vancouver-specific, we’re ready to roll these out across the country. Be sure to hit the comment thread to tell us about your favorite watering holes. I work in downtown Vancouver — that’s right, some of us bloggers are proudly out of our parents’ basements! — and there are a ton of happy hour options around the city. One that’s located just

Fantasy Sports Dominate Real Sports, Give Big Economic Boost

Fantasy sports are officially mainstream. The good people at Fast Company have dropped a tremendous info-graphic on the impact fantasy sports have on the North American economy. See it here [http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/FantasySports_big.jpg]! We’re going to show you the numbers, but first we’ll give you a heads up on the basics of fantasy sports – just in case you’re not already obsessed. The basics Players draft a team of professional players in the sport of their choosing. They get

CONTEST: How do you keep warm in winter?

Whether you’re still enjoying the autumn leaves or you’re already getting your snow shovel ready, there’s no doubt that summer is over in Canada. So we’re wondering, how do you keep warm when it’s cold outside? Let us know and you can win a $25 gift card to spend on hot bevvies at your fave cozy Starbucks! TO ENTER: 1. Leave a comment below telling us what you do to keep warm in the winter. (1 entry) 2. Post the following on Twitter (1 entry): RT to enter to win a $25 Starbucks gift c

10 jobs that pay Canada’s average salary

According to the researchers at CareerBuilder.ca, the average Canadian salary is right around $42,000. Depending on your neighbourhood and spending style, that’s enough to get by in the great country. Obviously there are Canadians spread all across the wealth scale, from the Thomsons [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/gallery/20593--top-20-richest-canadians?page=2] , right down to us average Joes. If you’re a kid looking for careers, or are just interested in what the average is, here’s a list of

The Economy of Halloween

Don’t fool yourself. Halloween is big business. As a continent, we spend billions of dollars in the fright department. As predicted by the National Retail Federation, our neighbors to the south (Americans) will be spending $6.86 billion on Halloween this year. That’s the 10th ranked most expensive holiday, averaging out about $72.31 on treats, tricks, costumes and parties. Halloween expenses have jumped up about 8% since 2008, so the spooky spending is definitely on the rise. Rather than try t