The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, led by the Vancouver Aquarium, takes place this September on beaches and waterfronts across Canada. Sign up to volunteer to cover a stretch of beach in the Vancouver area or lead your own cleanup campaign if a location you see an open location yet to be covered. You can host […]

We’re stationed out in Surrey today to celebrate Canada Day. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Though I went to bed with a fever last night and woke up shifting between being extremely pale and extremely red-faced, I just figured my body was showing its patriotism. We made it out in time for the opening […]

A few month ago I was invited to attend Bloggerpalooza at Ben & Jerry’s headquarters in Vermont. It was a whirlwind tour filled with chocolate chunks, raspberry swirls, and my first-ever Vermonster experience. It was at that time that I found out about a uniquely Canadian flavour that was about to launch called Caramel Hat […]

Canada Day 2010 is almost here and over the last few weeks I have been profiling events from Whistler to Langley that are (mostly) free and fun for the whole family including the re-lighting of the Olympic cauldron downtown. Here’s a roundup of each post by location: Granville Island July 1st, bike parade, concerts with […]

Lilith (related to the 90’s music festival Lilith Fair) returns to Metro Vancouver on Canada Day this year. Originally it was to take place in Pitt Meadows but has now been moved to West Vancouver. Following her successful show at Ambleside last year, Sarah McLachlan will be headlining the festival. Where Ambleside Park, West Vancouver […]