- Always high quality & hit the perfect PMS colours. -…read morepersonal experience with a dedicated project manager to see the project through. - Provides suggestions on paper stocks and special effects, all within budget.

Wow! Okay, I haven't printed there yet -but I sure will! I write for a living, and today I was in a…read morecrazy formatting crunch. I spent *5.5 hours* researching online and calling places to try to complete a piece of a printing puzzle. After several no-gos, I happened upon Met Printers. Their team *totally* came through!! The receptionist heard my panic, and put me through to Toby, who patiently and cheerfully explained everything I needed to know in order to move my project forward. He really knew his stuff. The fact that he generously supported me in a moment of crisis gets him and the company he works with extra points. It makes me so happy to have found a keen, enthusiastic, passionate, knowledgeable team in the printing world!

Momentum is a Vancouver-based magazine that covers the cycling scene. It's bimonthly and free at…read moremany cycling shops around the city, and it's also one of the few magazines to really focus on city cycling culture - not racing, not mountain biking, but how people get around and live with bikes every day. They have a lot of great features and columns, including profiles of the scene in various cities, a handy legal column, reports on cycling news, products, and books, and even fashion and style. It was pretty informative for me when I was first getting back on the bike, and each issue continues to amaze me with how many ways they can expand on a theme. The archives of back issues are available on the website, along with blogs, making for a comprehensive guide to hitting the pavement on two wheels. There is a section of each magazine devoted to BC-based news, such as the ongoing Burrard Bridge cycling lane saga, but if you wanna read about what's going on in other cities, cycling-wise, you'll find plenty of that too. It's very inclusive in its tone, and I always find lots to inspire me for my next ride, even if it's just to go to the store.

Momentum is part cycling mag, part craft instruction manual, part travel guide, and part community…read morenewsletter. When I discovered my first copy last month I read it cover-to-cover then went back through to see if I'd missed anything. The breezy style, quirky ideas, useful advice, and all-around authority of the publication are just so refreshing. As refreshing, I'd say, as riding along the Point Grey foreshore immediately after a rain shower. Fresh and spacious, with the whole place to yourself. What I discovered in the last issue: crocheted helmet cozies to go over your helmet, instructions for making a rain poncho, history of San Francisco's critical mass, how to get prepped for winter biking, plus many profiles on avid bicyclists. It's available at nearly every Vancouver bike shop (Ace, Atomic, Bicycle Sport Pacific, Dans, Dunbar...) plus coffee shops (Cuppa Joe, Bean Around the World...), and miscellaneous places (Emily Carr, community centers,...). Great for a poignant read on your next transit trip.

I admit I have a sort of bias to this newspaper. This bias comes from the fact that the company who…read moreowns Sun News is also in charge of 24 hours. What is my problem with Sun News? Their reporting is very American, in your face, and flashy. It's even been called "fox north." It's more of an attack or dramatization than actual reporting. It's very conservative, and right wing which sometimes is notabile in the 24 hours newspaper, especially in the editorial sections. Why the 24 hours does not seem as bad as it could be is that you may notice many of it's article are taking from Reuters, the London news publishing firm which is far more controlled than say Sun News reporting style. 24 hours and the metro both pay to use many of Reuters articles on international news. If anything read the Metro if your in need of some free news, and avoid picking up the 24. You'll still get many of the Reuters articles, and a news firm that really cares about Canadians.

Although having to run a gauntlet of orange-clad 24 Hours distributioneers every time I go a…read moreSkyTrain station is annoying as all get out, it's not a bad little paper. At the very least, I prefer it over the Metro for being a smaller size, having staples, and having no flyers - all of which makes it a better read for a crowded, standing-room-only space. Also, the crossword puzzle is much better than the Metro's, despite the fact that I must fold the page so as not to have Tamara Taggart's Botoxed face staring at me from the weather column. Altogether, it's a good, free commuter paper with lots of short, interesting articles spanning news, celebrity gossip, lifestyle, entertainment, and science, with a bit of humour thrown in there. Love the eBay Eccentric guy. They have some pretty good regular columnists. My only wish is that more people would recycle their own copies of the 24 so it wouldn't litter the SkyTrain cars and sidewalks. Boo, litterers!

My subscription was renewed automatically for a whole year, which was a big subprise to me. Just a…read morefew days after the auto renewal, I tried to cancel it, but I can't, either online or by phonecalls. When you phone them, they put you in a loop of waiting for another customer service person. Then, I had to close the account, without getting any refund for the one-year subscription. Probably they are doing it in accordance with their policies. Just be careful before you subscribe. I will never subscribe to The Provine again.

. No investigative journalism lately. Just fluff news about traffic and the odd ferry sailing wait…read more Nothing lasting. Can't even buy the newspaper anymore but won't buy online due to lack of diversity journalism and weak content. I find Inside Edition website more interesting.

You can technically get this magazine for free at most gourmet places, however, I have a standing…read moresubscription. One of the best magazines that has the most gorgeous food photography that balances both natural and posed. A lot of the cards that I make have images cut out from this magazine. Thick and full of content. Good balance of articles to ads.