Last month the Canadian Mint opened a boutique on Granville Street. Following the pavilion’s success during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, their coins and collectibles are available for browsing and purchase until February, 2011.  I have exclusively partnered with the Mint for a special contest running today until Christmas Eve. Each day a […]

This year London Drugs is presenting the Sox in the City campaign that will provide clean socks to Downtown Eastside residents. Although the cold snap has broken, warm, dry, clean footwear is probably even more of a necessity during our rainy months. You can drop off new or gently used socks at Vancouver City Hall […]

Update 2011: You can still sponsor a family in Surrey, I am unsure about Vancouver programs this year. Update 2015: Here is the latest information about sponsoring a family in Surrey this year. With the anticipation of presents under the tree and bountiful holiday meals around the table with family, this time of year can […]

The following was contributed by Jon Strocel of TheV3H.com. With the days getting shorter and the lights going up, we in the Tri-Cities are busy enjoying the holiday season. If you’re ever out in our neck of the Inlet, there are a bunch of cool events happening in the next week or so to get […]

Best Buy Canada released their Holiday Gift Guide a few weeks ago and with digital cameras, iPods, and the latest televisions on almost everyone’s list, it’s one hot resource. To help promote their gift ideas this season, they have offered up a TomTom system to one of my readers. TomTom GO 245 Fully loaded with […]