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Stories by Monika Spykerman

Columbian staff reporter

Juliano’s Pizzeria in east Vancouver closes due to kitchen fire

March 27, 2025, 12:52pm Business

A fire broke out in the kitchen of longtime favorite Juliano’s Pizzeria on Wednesday afternoon in east Vancouver. Read story

Tom Relth works with a student.

Adventure into artistic activities at Vancouver’s theARTScentered

Tom Relth works with a student.

March 27, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Life

The Vancouver Arts Hub will host three courses this spring with professional artist Tom Relth, owner of Vancouver’s Above & Below Art Studio. Read story

The Easter Bunny's energetic demeanor attracted children who ran down the hallway for a chance to give the bunny a high-five.
This impossible pie is very possible indeed! Just throw the ingredients in the blender, pour into the pie pan, bake and chill.

Mission impossible? Impossible pie is possible — even easy — if you do it right

This impossible pie is very possible indeed! Just throw the ingredients in the blender, pour into the pie pan, bake and chill.

March 26, 2025, 6:07am Clark County Life

When I was 7 or 8 years old, my mother bought the most beautiful cherrywood china hutch, lacquered and polished to such a glow that the morning sun glinting off it would hurt your eyes. It was huge, reaching almost up to the ceiling, and as wide as two little… Read story

Before dying in 2020, the Old Apple Tree oversaw the Hudson's Bay Company's exit to Canada, Americans gaining Fort Vancouver, the establishment of Washington as a territory and a state, soldiers working a spruce mill, the Army polo field becoming an airfield, workers from across the country flocking to the shipyard for jobs and the building of an interstate bridge.
During the cool, wet transition from winter to spring, you need your slow cooker. Fill it with this hearty, warming chicken chili.

Spilling the beans: Try this slightly tingly chicken chili but use the right size pot

During the cool, wet transition from winter to spring, you need your slow cooker. Fill it with this hearty, warming chicken chili.

March 19, 2025, 6:07am Clark County Life

What can I say about chili that hasn’t already been said? It’s warm, it’s comforting and all those fiber-filled beans make it relatively healthy. You can eat a big bowl topped with sour cream, cheese and olives or you can ladle your chili over a hot dog, although I personally… Read story

Candy is thrown from a car Friday during the Paddy Hough Parade in Vancouver.
This sticky toffee pudding cake is heavenly when served warm, drizzled with a generous ladle of toffee sauce.

A date to remember: Make a date with gooey and heavenly sticky toffee pudding

This sticky toffee pudding cake is heavenly when served warm, drizzled with a generous ladle of toffee sauce.

March 12, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

All right, it’s official. I’ve got spring fever. I’ve now seen every sign that foretells spring’s arrival: bumble bees, crocuses, daffodils, a few over-eager cherry blossoms and stacks of matzo boxes in grocery stores. Read story

Sharon Svec, curator of Art at the Cave’s new “Seeking Warmth” exhibit, looks at postcards painted by Romani Holocaust survivor Ceija Stojka. The exhibit is personal for Svec, who is also of Roma heritage.

‘I cannot think without remembering’: Exhibit at Vancouver gallery looks at lives upended by war

Sharon Svec, curator of Art at the Cave’s new “Seeking Warmth” exhibit, looks at postcards painted by Romani Holocaust survivor Ceija Stojka. The exhibit is personal for Svec, who is also of Roma heritage.

March 8, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Life

Art at the Cave, a contemporary art gallery in downtown Vancouver, is opening a new exhibit, “Seeking Warmth,” that explores not just the need for physical warmth but also emotional connection, especially in times of war and trauma. Read story

Enspire Arts accepting scholarship applications

March 7, 2025, 12:37pm Clark County Life

Enspire Arts accepting scholarship applications Read story