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Weekend to End Breast Cancer 2009

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

For the last few years, a few days each summer have been dedicated to individuals who come together and walk for a cause during the Weekend to End Breast Cancer across our nation in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. The Weekend to End Breast Cancer benefiting BC Cancer Foundation. During one amazing weekend, […]

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Vancouver History Tidbits: McBarge

Comments 22 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Continuing my History Tidbits series we’ll explore the history of the McBarge, as requested by @TylerIngram. The McBarge floated into town in 1986 when Vancouver hosted the world for Expo, which began in the spring of and ran until the fall. Commemorating Vancouver’s centennial, it was the last world’s fair in North America, “it is […]

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Women in Film Festival 2009 New Media Forum

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

After covering the Vancouver International Film Festival as well as the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and sending a freelance writer to Whistler to cover their Film Festival, I’ve pretty much resigned to the fact that I really like writing about the movie community in our region. The next exciting event is taking place next week […]

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Coyote Sightings and Attacks in Vancouver

Comments 36 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Living so close to such a wonderland of natural beauty, towering trees, babbling brooks and amazing cliff-side outlooks we often forget that Stanley Park is in fact filled with wildlife and is by no means completely urban. Even though ducks, swans, raccoons, squirrels and skunks are the animals spotted most often, recently coyote sightings and […]

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Team Diabetes Fundraising Pub Night Save the Date

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Last September I profiled two local women who are gearing up for a marathon run in support of Team Diabetes Canada. One of them was Candice, whom I’ve known since junior high school. Her run is coming up in July, and in an effort to do some fundraising she is hosting a pub night in […]

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Northern Voice 2009 Rock and Roll Photography Kris Krug Dave Olson Bev Davies

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I first started delving into the works of the legendary Bev Davies only just over a year ago but after discovering what I have (which is simply scratching the surface) I realized what an important person she is to rock and roll history, along with Vancouver history. Along with Kris Krug, whose rock photography is […]

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Northern Voice 2009 Citizen Media and the Olympics Robert Scales and Andy Miah

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The first Northern Voice 2009 session following lunch in room 1005 here at the UBC Forestry Sciences building is Robert Scales (of Raincity fame) along with Dr Andy Miah, whose various credits include writing for the Huffington Post during the 2008 Beijing Olympics (he also came all the way here from Scotland, just for this!) […]

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Northern Voice 2009 Making the Radio Station of the Future Steve Pratt

by Rebecca Bollwitt

“Traditional corporations have been doing this for a long time – there’s science behind it, they know what they’re doing.” Steve’s opening comment is following by a “ha” from the audience. “I think before we define the worst, I think we should define what would make it the best.” Steve Pratt starts off showing promo […]

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