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Metro Vancouver Parks: Confederation Park in Burnaby

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This week’s park series profile features Confederation Park in Burnaby, a hidden gem that is full of facilities and activities for families. How to get there Head north on Willingdon from Hastings to find the park located at 240 Willingdon Avenue. You can take the C1 community shuttle from Kootenay Loop to get there by […]

Sedins at Metrotown Monday

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To promote the launch of EA’s NHL 11 the Sedin brothers will be at Metropolis at Metrotown this coming Monday. Where: EB Games, Metropolis at Metrotown When: Metrotown on Monday, September 6th from 9pm-12am What: Play NHL 11 on Playstation 3 (live games and demos) and meet the Sedins Leading up to the Canucks pre-season […]

Free Outdoor Movies in Burnaby 2010

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Burnaby is hosting its own free outdoor movie nights this month at Civic Square. Photo credit: I am I.A.M. on Flickr August 5, 2010 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs August 19, 2010 KJ: Music & Life, a Cantonese film with English and Chinese subtitles. An award-winning documentary about a 17-year-old music prodigy from Hong […]

Metro Vancouver Park Series: Barnet Marine Park

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Since July is Parks Month, I will be featuring more listings in my Metro Vancouver Parks Series. I put the call out on Twitter and @kirstinhepburn said that Barnet Marine Park was a hidden gem, so I thought it would be worth featuring. Photo credit: goose3five on Flickr How to Get There: Located along the […]

SFU Wins Spread the Net Challenge

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I was at Simon Fraser University last September for the launch of the Spread the Net challenge and it was a pleasure to be back to hear the announcement that they were the winning school. The challenge was to see which school across Canada could raise the most in support of Spread the Net’s mosquito […]