Archive for 2015

5 Valentine’s Day Gifts from Mount Pleasant

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Working with the Mount Pleasant BIA over the years, visiting over 20 businesses each season for fun community promotions, I’ve walked up and down, from 18th to 7th, from Kingsway to Quebec, and one thing that always resonates is the unique passion that each business owner and organization member has for their neighbourhood. When it […]

February in Vancouver History

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Thanks to the City of Vancouver Archives and Chuck Davis’ History of Metropolitan Vancouver, here’s a glimpse at what happened this month in Vancouver history: February in Vancouver History February 3, 1929: Frozen fountain in Stanley Park. Archives# CVA 1477-613. February 4, 1882 People came from far and wide to see the glow of the […]

Win a Wellness Show Prize Pack

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The Wellness Show returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre this year offering three full days of information and exhibits focusing on everything from massage and martial arts to fitness and cheese seminars. 12:00pm to 7:00pm on Friday, February 13, 2015 10:00am to 7:00pm on Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:00am to 6:00pm on Sunday, February 15, […]

Parksville Uncorked 2015

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I think that every British Columbian should have two things on their experience bucket list: The first is to witness and capture a Tigh-Na-Mara sunrise and the second is to attend a wine and culinary festival on Vancouver Island. Luckily you can accomplish both if you head over to the 7th Annual Parksville Uncorked this […]

Cobra Ramone Album Release Party

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Vancouver-based Cobra Ramone, a blues and rock vixen who raised over $17,000 through an Indiegogo campaign, is releasing her album Bang Bang on Friday, February 13th ahead of a Western Canadian tour. New Jersey-born, Vancouver-based Cobra Ramone is a rock ‘n’ roll vixen jacked up on a blend of grit, gunpowder and Jack Daniels. An […]