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Robson Square Ice Rink Open for 2013-2014 Season

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The Robson Square ice rink is opening for free skating this season on Friday, November 15, 2013 through to February, 2014. Photo credit: BC Gov Photos – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool Robson Square Ice Rink Hours Sunday to Thursday: 9:00am to 9:00pm Friday and Saturday: 9:00am to 11:00pm Christmas Eve (December 24, 2013): […]

Surrey Tree Lighting Festival 2013

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The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Central City with headliners Victoria Duffield and Good for Grapes. Surrey Tree Lighting Festival Festivities will kick off at 12:00pm and run until 8:00pm at the Central City Mall plaza where a spectacular 55-foot tree will be lit after dark. Activities […]

Covenant House Sleep Out

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For one night this November I will be sleeping outside in downtown Vancouver so that 54 youth don’t have to. The annual Covenant Sleep Out will take place Thursday, November 21, 2013 and will involve executives, public figures and well-connected leaders in our community who will sleep outside for one night in solidarity with those […]

Canzine West 2013

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Canzine West is coming up on Saturday, November 2nd, featuring workshops and speaker sessions that will discuss independent publishing, storytelling, and more along with a Zine Fair with vendors, zines, comics, small press books, and over one hundred titles on display. When Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm Where Ukrainian Hall (805 E […]

We Day Vancouver 2013

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Today, students from over 700 BC schools will gather at Rogers Arena for Free the Children’s We Day and I’m delighted to be covering the event for the fifth year. We Day is an event (hosted in various cities across Canada and the United States) that brings together students who have made a difference in […]