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SPES Saturday: Changing Seasons, Winter Birds, Bright Nights

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This post has been contributed by Rebecca Eames, Fundraising and Communications Specialist with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End almost eight years ago and I recently became a member. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their news, events, and […]

Red Robinson Show Theatre to be Renamed The Joint

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Although it was announced earlier this year, it’s only recently sunk in that the Red Robinson Show Theatre at the Boulevard Casino will get a new name when the casino changes over to the Hard Rock Casino brand this December. The theatre, named after local rock and roll radio legend Red Robinson — inducted in […]

Vancouver Blanket Drive Donation Locations

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The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board is hosting their 19th annual Realtors Care® Blanket Drive, which is the largest and longest-running drive of its kind in BC. Donations of new or gently-used blankets, sleeping bags, new socks and underwear, and warm clothing articles (scarves, gloves, mitts) will be accepted from November 18th to November 25th. […]

Sample This Film Screening

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Vancouver is known as being the origin of the California Roll, Greenpeace, the Occupy movement, umbrella etiquette, mass-produced yoga pants, fake snow, and Chinese buffets but did you know that we can add hip hop to the list? As Questlove from The Roots says, “Not everything cool came from Detroit or Muscle Shoals. This came […]

BosaSPACE Giveaway

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Yesterday BosaSPACE, the world’s first fully transformable homes built in a large-scale condo development, launched in Surrey’s City Centre. Designed by Bosa Properties, the BosaSPACE concept will be seen in the University District tower at University Drive and 104th Avenue. Bosa Properties’ design team has spent over a year and a half working to turn […]