Seasonal Symbiosis in Stanley Park – This month’s Stanley Park Ecology Society guest post, contributed by Ben Hill. While flowers are long gone, there are still many ways that plants and animals rely on each other during the winter months.

8 Ways to Enjoy a Night Out in Coquitlam When Visiting Lights at Lafarge: Hot chocolate or craft beer, shopping or manicures, wave pool swims, family movie nights and more.

BC’s largest outdoor carolling competition, Yule Duel takes to the streets of Gastown on Thursday, December 7, 2017 to fill the neighbourhood with holiday cheer, for a great cause! Wander from show to show, and for a $5 donation to May’s Place Hospice, you can purchase a button and vote for the choir you enjoy the most.

Help moms around the world deliver their babies safely. Read about and support the Cuso CAN Fund and read a BC midwife’s story about her time in Africa

Aunt Leah’s Christmas Tree Lots are now open in 5 locations around Metro Vancouver. 100% of proceeds going towards housing for vulnerable youth leaving foster care and young moms and their children. Enter to win a handcrafted wreath from Miss604.

Gift Guide: Gifts with Meaning That Give Back! Shop for meaningful gifts this season, that fund a need for local and international charitable organizations. From bracelets that give education, blankets that give hope, there are many options this Christmas season.

Kal Tire Winter Tire Campaign for BC Food Banks. Purchase a set of 4 winter tires this season and you’ll receive $50 off, and your local Food Bank will get $50 too from Kal Tire

Cirque du Soleil Covenant House Benefit Night is Thursday, December 7, 2017. Purchase your ticket to the performance and Cirque will support Covenant House Vancouver

BC’s largest outdoor carolling competition, Yule Duel, returns to the streets of Gastown for a third consecutive year on December 7th. Hundreds of voices from more than 20 of Vancouver’s best choirs will again echo down the cobblestone streets in support of May’s Place Hospice.

On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 (Giving Tuesday) admission to Science World will be by donation in support of the Super Science Club, an after-school program for kids attending underserved elementary schools, in the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley.