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#SingItFwd with K-os, Hey Ocean, Dear Rouge, Bear Mountain

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#SingItFwd is a local charity concert like no other, bringing together renowned acts for an acoustic evening to raise funds for Saint James Music Academy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This year’s lineup, presented by 102.7 The Peak and The Vogue Theatre on January 8th, includes K-os, Hey Ocean!, July Talk, Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, […]

Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Vancouver

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If you have a live, cut Christmas tree that you will need to dispose of over the next week or so, there are several tree chipping and tree recycling options in Vancouver and surrounding cities for 2015. Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree Photo credit: mrlerone on Flickr « Click Here For January 2016 » […]

Polar Bear Swim: North Vancouver

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Aside from the White Rock Polar Bear Swim and the 95th annual event in English Bay, you ring in the new year with a chilly dip in Deep Cove during the annual Penguin Plunge at Panorama Park. Polar Bear Swim: North Vancouver The Penguin Plunge is January 1, 2015 at Panorama Park at Deep Cove. […]

Polar Bear Swim: Vancouver English Bay

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The Vancouver Polar Bear Swim returns to English Bay for the 95th year on January 1, 2015. New Year’s Day 1939 + 2011. Archives# CVA 371-836 + Photo credit: Michael Kalus – Michael Kalus Print It was in 1920 that Peter Pantages created the club and the brisk ocean dip has been a New Year’s […]

Gifts for Stanley Park: Vancouver Gift Guide

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The Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”) and its volunteers work hard to conserve, protect, educate and research to ensure that Stanley Park remains a bastion of natural wonder and beauty, and the Best Park in the World. If you’ve followed Miss604 online — whether on the blog, Twitter, or Instagram — you’ll know how much […]