Archive for September, 2015

Free Day at Science World and the Around the Dome Science Festival

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Vancouver’s annual Around the Dome Science Festival, presented by Genome British Columbia, is taking over Science World for the next month. Starting this weekend with a FREE day of admission on Sunday, September 27th (thanks to BC Hydro) the fun continues with special events and workshops through to October 25th. Saturday, September 26 & Sunday, […]

Heli-Hiking in Revelstoke with Selkirk Tangiers

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Disclosure: Review — This is not a paid post. Views are my own. My tour was part of a media visit with Kootenay Rockies Tourism. Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.

It was like a scene from an action movie or survivalist reality show. The clouds had rolled in and the first hesitant raindrops began to fall. I had to put away my camera and my phone, which I had used to document our 6km hike along unnamed ridges, peaks, and grassy alpine slopes, at 7,000ft […]

Vancouver Seawall History

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Vancouver’s Seawall has been a work in progress since 1917, and over the last 100 years it has grown from a retaining wall into a 28km seaside path for runners, walkers, strollers, and cyclists. The Vancouver Seawall stretches from Coal Harbour, around Stanley Park, through to Sunset Beach, False Creek, over to Granville Island, under […]