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GPXTag: GigaPixel Image Tagging

Comments 151 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Over the last few years I have featured many of gigapixel images captured and processed by Ronnie Miranda of Active Computer Services — from a panoramic view of Vancouver at dusk to a timelapse and even a billion pixel image of the first BC Lions game at BC Place last year. These images can be […]

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BC Travel Tuesday Week 3: Evolution Whistler Creekside

Comments 251 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The BC Travel Tuesday series has returned this summer as I partner up once again with Backyard BC to highlight properties and destinations around the province. We’re now half way through our six week campaign with six different getaway packages for BC hotels. Featuring a variety of hotels and resorts located throughout the province, Backyard […]

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Go World: Team VISA’s Emilie Heymans

Comments 154 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Visa is currently sponsoring a handful of Canadian Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls (and some who have become champions already) as they have done for the last 26 years. They have partnered with me to showcase members of their team like Brent Hayden of Mission and to do a giveaway this week. The next Team VISA […]

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Go World: Team VISA’s Brent Hayden

Comments 229 by Rebecca Bollwitt

London has done quite an admirable job with the Summer Olympics so far and it’s been heartwarming to hear all the cheers for Canada echoing from the venues. Back at home, friends, family, and spectators are gathering at homes, pubs, and restaurants to support Team Canada from afar. There’s just one week left at the […]

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Voice of Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Peter Schaad

by Rebecca Bollwitt

“It feels like small-town America,” Peter Schaad told me over the phone. His family just returning from a quick vacation to Point Roberts, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC play-by-play announcer tried to avoid work as best he could. “I dial completely off. I try to stay away from Twitter, as hard as that is.” Photo credit: […]

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Vancouver Parks Mobile Application

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Vancouver Park Board launched a park-finding app for iPhone earlier this year. This free application allows you to locate a park on a map and click to see its amenities and facilities. One feature I would love to see is a search by amenity. For example you could click on an icon and see […]

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Vancouver Icons: Kitsilano Pool

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Like moths to a flame, bathing-suit clad bodies flock to the Kitsilano Pool as soon as the summer sun starts to shine. It’s a bright blue beacon of warm weather recreation at one of the city’s most popular beaches. Photo credit: ecstaticist on Flickr Photo credit: Carolyn Coles on Flickr 1931 – Construction laying out […]

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Gastown’s Cobblestone Street Repairs

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Before you gasp in disbelief as City crews patch potholes on Water Street with asphalt, covering and replacing what look like historic cobblestone bricks, you should know that they are actually a product of an early disco era. The concrete pavers were put in place 40 years ago in an effort to preserve Gastown’s history, […]

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BC Travel Tuesday Week 2: Beach Club Resort Parksville

Comments 242 by Rebecca Bollwitt

BC Travel Tuesday has returned this summer as I partner up once again with Backyard BC to highlight properties and destinations around the province. We have six weeks of contests which means six difference getaway packages for BC hotels are up for grabs. Featuring a variety of hotels and resorts located throughout the province, Backyard […]

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BC Sports Hall of Fame & Vancouver Canadians: First Pitch & Ticket Giveaway

Comments 39 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The BC Sports Hall of Fame has teamed up with the Vancouver Canadians once again this summer to honor the past and inspire the future. The BC Sports Hall of Fame re-opened last fall in BC Place and you can visit daily from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Save your ticket stub from a Vancouver Canadians, BC […]

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