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Vancouver Pride Parade 2012

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Vancouver Pride Parade is set to welcome over half a million people downtown this Sunday, starting at 12:00pm. One of the biggest events of the year in BC, the Pride Parade and Pride Week draw revellers from around the globe to this inclusive festival. What Vancouver Pride Parade When Sunday, August 5, 2012 starting […]

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Surrey Fusion Festival 2012: Photos

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The 5th annual Surrey Fusion Festival is taking place this weekend in Holland Park with over 30 cultural pavilions, entertainment and food alongside international bands, local chefs, and dance teams. Arriving on scene on Saturday the site looked larger than previous years with an expanded Flavours of Surrey area with the Safeway Celebrity Cooking Stage, […]

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Illuminares Lantern Festival 2012

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The 24th Illuminares Lantern Festival is a unique, creative, family-friendly evening presented by the Public Dreams Society and it returns to Trout Lake this month. Head to Trout Lake (John Hendry Park at Victoria Drive & East 15th) on Saturday, July 21st to pick up a lantern or attend a workshop where you can make […]

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Purolator Tackle Hunger Food Drive 2012

Comments 64 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The 10th Annual Purolator Tackle Hunger Food Drive is coming to BC Place on Friday, July 20th as the BC Lions take on the Edmonton Eskimos. This massive food drive (in and outside of the stadium) will be accepting your donations for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and the Surrey Food Bank Society. Since […]

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Lunch Meet Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Last week Vancouver Public Spaces Network and Space2Place hosted their first Lunch Meet. An immediate success, trending city-wide on Twitter, this free outdoor event will take place every Thursday in July. The concept is simple, head to the 300 block of Abbott Street (at Cordova) anytime between 11:30am and 1:30pm to meet a neighbour, eat […]

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