The City of Surrey’s annual Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Saturday, November 21st featuring free family fun and entertainment all day long at the Central City and City Hall plazas. Watch and enjoy special guests and performers such as Top Line Vocal Collective, the Kwantlen Glee Club, Eli Williams & The Memphis Sound, […]

The longest running blanket drive in the region, the Realtors Care Blanket Drive, returns November 16th to November 23rd, 2015. Since 1994, this campaign has helped more than 250,000 people in need through donations of warm coats, clothing, blankets, and more. REALTORS Care Blanket Drive Where to Donate Warm Clothing and Blankets This Season Real […]

The Halloween candy has been divided and the Christmas decorations are ready to be dusted off, but before we leap into a new holiday season, Canadians have a very important day to honour first. Remembrance Day, November 11th, is a day to remember the courage, service and sacrifice of thousands of men and women, and […]

The first free family friendly New Year’s Eve celebration to take place in Downtown Vancouver in more than a decade will happen along Canada Place Way, between Howe and Burrard, on December 31, 2015.

It’s that time of year when the temperature drops, the night sky clouds over, frost forms, and I sleep outside on the asphalt in one of Downtown Vancouver’s back alleys. It’s a miserable night, but I only do it once. There are others who have to do it every single night, and that’s the life […]

Canuck Place Children’s Hospice is marking its 20th anniversary this year, after first opening its doors in November of 1995 and becoming North America’s first free-standing children’s hospice. Having attended the annual Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala for a few years now, I have heard about their incredible work and impact in the community […]

The 12th annual Diwali Fest will take place November 3rd to November 15th, bringing together people of all backgrounds to celebrate multiculturalism and inclusiveness. Two main festival sites will host events and two theatrical performances with take place on Vancouver stages. Diwali Downtown Events Event: Diwali Downtown, Vancouver When: November 7th, 2015 Where: Roundhouse Community […]

Enjoy a free day of movies at your local Cineplex theatre all for a good cause on Saturday, October 24, 2015. Now in its 5th year, Cineplex Community Day treats guests to a selection of family-friendly films with donations and concession sales supporting Free The Children. Free Movies at Cineplex Community Day This year’s Community […]

Be a part of a very special event for an organization that has supported families in our community for the last 85 years. Since 1930, the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau has been a centralized warehouse for other bureaus and agencies in the region. Year-round, with the support of dozens of sponsors, volunteers and donors, they […]

The same year that UBC is celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum is celebrating 5 years since it opened its doors on campus. This natural history museum contains 20,000 square feet of collections and exhibit space, along with over two million specimens collected over the last 100 years. Beaty Biodiversity Museum‘s collections focus […]