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LIVINGMAG.CABIANCA SOLTERBECK
HOME
Bianca Solterbeck has spent
the last decade working in
entertainment and lifestyle
television for Shaw TV Vancouver,
cutting her teeth as the Olympic
reporter in the lead-up to the
2010 Games. The Leo Award-
nominated writer is best known
for producing, writing and hosting
the luxury real estate series,
Dream Homes, which ran for three
seasons across Western Canada.
In her spare time, the Carleton
University grad and boat nerd
can be found enjoying the
West Coast from the water.
@biancasolterbeckLAURA GOLDSTEIN
DESIGN
Laura was an arts publicist and
writer in Toronto for 22 years
before moving to Vancouver.
She’s a frequent contributor
to the Globe and Mail’s design
section, Westcoast Homes &
Design and Canadian House
& Home. A highlight of her
career was covering the Royal
Tour in Vancouver in 2016.
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LISA MACFARLANE
RIDE
Lisa MacFarlane has been part of
the Vancouver media mix for
almost two decades. She was a
producer for Shaw TV’s
entertainment talk show Urban
Rush, co-host of Driving with Zack
and Mac on Global TV, and an auto
journalist for the Vancouver Sun
and Province newspapers. She’s
lived in Victoria, Vancouver and
Shanghai. When she’s not on the
water covering the marine scene
for Vancouver Living, Lisa works in
the hydrogen fuel cell industry, and
happily reports that Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s dream of
a “Hydrogen Highway” connecting
California with B.C., is still
very much alive.FRED LEE
ON THE TOWN
A society columnist for the past
15 years, Fred covers Metro
Vancouver’s vibrant and ever-
changing social landscape. The
social butterfly joins Stephen
Quinn every Monday morning
on CBC Radio One’s The Early
Edition to share all of Vanhattan’s
A-list happenings, red carpet
parties, must-attend galas and
fabulous fundraisers. When not
gala-vanting or globetrotting,
Fred is the director of alumni
engagement at the University of
British Columbia, among other
philanthropic roles.
@fredabouttownSARA HAROWITZ
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Sara Harowitz is a National
Magazine Award-nominated
writer based in Vancouver.
She is the editor of vitruvi’s
Basenotes, a digital magazine
dedicated to exploring modern
interpretations of wellness
and telling the stories of
inspiring women. Her writing
has appeared in publications
including Maisonneuve, Toronto
Star, The Globe and Mail,
Huffpost, This, Vice, Hazlitt,
Quill & Quire, Montecristo and
National Post. She loves to
travel, read, eat, drink coffee,
pat dogs on the street,
scroll through photos of
dogs on Instagram, and
daydream about dogs.