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BC Youth Week 2017

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BC Youth Week returns May 1-7, 2017 with events happening all around the province. This is an internationally celebrated event that aims to recognize the positive contributions youth make in our communities and to celebrate the valuable work youth and youth organizations do all year round. Since its inception in 1995, BC Youth Week has […]

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Canucks Fan Appreciation Night and Win a Prize Pack from Budweiser Canada

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The Vancouver Canucks announced today that they will host Fan Appreciation Night to celebrate the team’s passionate and loyal supporters on Saturday, April 8th when the team faces the Edmonton Oilers. As part of the night’s festivities and giveaways, the first 13,000 fans in attendance, of legal drinking age, will receive a commemorative Budweiser-Canucks Goal-Synced […]

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Canucks Autism Network

by Rebecca Bollwitt

For the past six years, the Canucks Autism Network (“CAN”) has hosted the CAN Family Festival, a free day of activities for families in Downtown Vancouver. Beyond the event, CAN delivers programs in safe and highly supported environments across the Lower Mainland, on the Island, and in the Interior. Canucks Autism Network Founded in 2008 […]

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Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers Launches #WorldWithoutCrime

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers is launching a multi-platform awareness campaign to reinforce the message that individuals can play a crucial role in fighting crime and help make their communities safer. Using social media hashtags #WorldWithoutCrime, #WorldWithoutGangs and #WorldWithoutIllegalGuns, the campaign takes an unusually lighthearted approach to the very serious issues of gang activity and gun […]

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Guided Nature Walks Around Metro Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

You can learn something new with every footstep you take in our remarkable coastal rainforests, especially if you do so under the guidance of knowledgeable volunteers and experts. Here are just a few ways the whole family can connect with, and learn about, nature this season: Guided Nature Walks Around Metro Vancouver Surrey Join guided […]

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