Irvine Carvery, who is from Africville in Halifax, and Randy Clark, from Hogan's Alley in Vancouver, connect over their communities' similar pasts — and a shared vision for the future of Black Canadians.

It's not Chicago or New York, but Vancouver is "the perfect noir city," according to Nikita Danshin, a designer with Vancouver-based developer Eggnut, which has been working on the adventure game Backbone for the past five years. 

Originating from the street vendors in Mumbai, chaat is becoming increasingly popular among the large South Asian community in Surrey, B.C. It's one example of India's enormous culinary diversity that isn't often seen in restaurants in the province — but it's winning more and more fans.