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As Canada moves to legalize weed, the glass pipe and bong market is expected to explode. Some rigs are already selling for tens of thousands of dollars and collectors from all over the world are lining up to buy the works of old school glass blowers. But recent comments by cannabis lifestyle start-up Tokyo Smoke questioned stoner glass aesthetics and sparked a fierce debate in the cannabis community. VICE travels across North America and meets with Canadian glass artists Redbeard, Goolen, and Matt Robertson as they produce pieces in their workshop, test their favourite rigs, and tell us why they want to protect glass blowing from mass-production takeover.
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Street Legends is a three-part series that looks at athletes who dominate their niche sport while giving us a look at the duality of their lives. While they are hyped in the streets as "legends," they still go through the mundane tasks of everyday life. We see the trials and tribulations of our athletes as they try to take their careers to the next level, push their niche stardom as far as possible or just use their sport as an escape from the ordinary nature of day-to-day living.
In this episode, we follow Joey Haywood, a.k.a. King Handles, as he tries out for Raptors 905 of the D-League in what could be his last shot at making it to the NBA.
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Vancouver Grizzlies NBA star Bryant ‘Big Country’ Reeves disappeared from the public eye 17 years ago. Super-fan Kat Jayme is determined to find him.
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A former member of a group accused of branding and blackmailing women describes why she joined, and why she didn't think leaving was an option.
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A journey with David Duchovny and his band as they perform and record an album in Vancouver, BC
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As Canada moves to legalize weed, the glass pipe and bong market is expected to explode. In this extra scene from the new VICE doc, Nugs: Bong Inc., we meet artist Patrick Redbeard, who is hoping to cash in on the spike in demand.
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Short documentary on the Roots of Indigenous Strength & Entrepreneurship program, a unique entrepreneurship focused program piloted on the First Nations communities in the in-Shuck-CH valley in BC.
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Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Marquis has been documenting the ongoing sale of shark fin in Vancouver. He meets former shark fin activist Claudia Li to find out what she learned from the city's battle over shark fin soup.
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Kaare Andrews is an award-winning illustrator and writer who made his name drawing Marvel Comics' Spider-Man and Iron Fist. In our latest episode of Early Works, we go inside Andrews' sketchbook to see how he balances his aggressive and whimsical artistic tendencies.
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Before Adam Hoens heads to his day job at the Vancouver airport, he wakes up early to sketch and paint his favourite hip hop artists. He goes by @ndlocal on Instagram and his colourful portraits have amassed over 10,000 followers. His paintings of Action Bronson and Childish Gambino have gotten the attention of the artists themselves and with this traction, Hoens has decided to move his art from Instagram to a real-life gallery space. VICE's Sarah Berman stopped by the artists' home to talk about this transition.
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Vancouver Pride has no official party to celebrate the transgender community so best friends Julie Vu and Quanah Style took matters into their own hands to help organise the first Trans Pride Artist Showcase. They took us in a limo on their night out to show how important (and seriously fun) events like this are for the trans community.
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Two years ago Danny Ramadan was an underground LGBTQ activist in Syria dreaming of living in Vancouver. After suffering persecution for his work and sexuality he sought asylum in Canada and now lives just off Davie Street. This year Pride crowned him the 'Local Hero' and grand marshall of the parade for his continued activism. VICE reporter Sarah Berman got a tour of his favourite village hotspots.
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Twyla Quinton left a Mormon polygamist colony but decided to stay in her plural marriage. Here’s why
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Most people take using the washroom for granted, but for people who identify as transgender, going to the toilet can be an anxiety-producing and even painful experience. The washroom has also become a battleground in the fight for transgender rights across North America. Ahead of the Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, we go into bathrooms in Vancouver and meet two people featured in a new series by photographer Jackie Dives called, 'Sitting In Washrooms'.
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Comedian Mark Hughes spent years in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside struggling with an addiction to heroin. He's been clean for the last decade and now he's trying to use his sense of to help fight the city's growing opioid crisis. We met him as he got ready to host a comedy night fundraiser in support of a grassroots safe injection site.
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Members of Vancouver's city council are encouraging people to embrace renewable natural gas, captured from kitchen and cow farm waste. They hope to become the greenest city in the world by 2050 in part by introducing renewable natural gas and FortisBC is the first company in North America to put it in their main gas lines. We visited one of their plants on a B.C. dairy farm.
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UNIVRS is the first virtual reality lounge in Vancouver. It was founded by two University of British Columbia grads, which is good timing since BC's tech sector is booming. VICE's Sarah Berman went to test out some cutting edge VR and talked to one of the founders Charlie Shi, about the social aspect of gaming.
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In a new series, 'Early Works', Daily VICE dives deep into artists' sketchbooks. In this first episode, we visit Vancouver cartoonist Brian Fukushima to talk about the tiny, intricate worlds he creates while standing at his dresser.
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A quick album teaser that capsulates the vibe and aesthetic of the band's album
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Robin Bougie and Maxine Frank are writers and illustrators and together they create porn comics. Their work stems from grindhouse and includes violence as well as sex. The pair have been been self-publishing for almost a decade and we went to the studio to talk about how people react to their work and about women’s involvement in porn media.
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My Peace River is a multimedia project that curates many different views of an endangered area through art - photos, video, music and performance. It is a collaboration between everyone who has a connection to Peace Region and forms a cohesive picture of what stands to be lost forever if the Site C dam is constructed. Proceeds from My Peace River go to the Treaty 8 First Nations to help in their legal battle against the Site C Dam.
