This post has been contributed by the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End almost eight years ago and I recently became a member. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their news, events, and work so I have created “SPES Saturday” […]

The 10th annual Cloverdale Blueberry Festival is coming up on Saturday, August 10th and is the largest event of the year for this business district in Surrey. Photo credit: Conrad Olson on Flickr Cloverdale Blueberry Festival The Cloverdale Business Improvement Association and Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce are hosting this festival which will include everything […]

The Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest in New Westminster takes place on Saturday, August 10, 2013 with over a dozen of Metro Vancouver’s favourite food trucks serving up their delicious fare. Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest Enter the festival area at Columbia between fourth and sixth streets in New Westminster between 3:00pm and 9:00pm. Admission […]

The Vancouver Pride Parade will start at 12:00pm on Sunday, August 4, 2013, drawing over half a million people in the downtown core to celebrate diversity, inclusion, and to have a great time in the sunshine. Photos by John Bollwitt on Flickr This is the 35th anniversary of Pride in Vancouver and the parade has […]

Wake up, grab a coffee, slip on some sandals and head towards the water. Awake even before the hum of floatplanes fill Coal Harbour, but in time to catch the rising sun. A lap of the Seawall complete before breakfast, thousands of keystrokes on the laptop by lunch. A trip to the market, fresh greens, […]