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Surrey Youth Fest 2014

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Surrey Youth Fest is taking place Saturday May 3rd, during BC Youth Week. Surrey Youth Fest will feature a city-wide basketball and break-dance showcase, and much more. Surrey Youth Fest 2014 Events Main Event | Saturday May 3rd | Guildford Recreation Centre Youth Fest, Surrey’s largest celebration for youth has merged with the City-wide Basketball […]

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Signs You Grew Up in Surrey in the 90s

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It’s no secret that I love my hometown of Surrey, BC and when posts like Signs You Grew Up in Richmond and Signs You Grew Up in Vancouver in the 80s (which features my McBarge photo) starting popping up, I knew I had to make one for Surrey. With the help of two ladies I […]

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Surrey Party for the Planet: Dear Rouge

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Drew and Danielle McTaggart of Dear Rouge have come a long way since I met them in a West End coffee shop back in 2012. They’ve since won the Peak Performance Project, played festivals around BC, toured across Canada, and hosted successful charity fundraising events. As they’ll also be on stage at Surrey’s Party for […]

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Surrey Vaisakhi Parade

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The annual Surrey Vaisakhi Parade is taking place on April 19th, bringing together over 200,000 people in the community and beyond to celebrate one of the most important days in the Sikh calendar, the creation of the Khalsa. Photo courtesy of the Surrey Vaisakhi Parade This is one of the the world’s largest Vaisakhi parades […]

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Surrey Party for the Planet 2014

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The Surrey Party for the Planet, one of the largest Earth Day events in BC, welcomes the spring season on Saturday, April 26, 2014 with free family fun, concerts, and more. Surrey Party for the Planet Over 20,000 people attended the festival last year and this year the Party for the Planet will be held […]

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Toque Tuesday 2014 in Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Though it’s commonly known outside of the country as a beanie, wool hat or a knit-cap, it’s a toque to us and it’s playing an important role on Tuesday as it helps find long term solutions to end homelessness in Canada. Toque Tuesday Toque Tuesday is a part of a national campaign that has been […]

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February Events in Metro Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Bursting out of the fog that was January 2014, February 2014 is looking much brighter already. From Family Day to Olympic legacy events, Chinese New Year, Black History Month films at the VIFF Theatre, the Chutzpah! Festival, and your last chance to enjoy the Robson Square ice rink. A full list of February Events in […]

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Ice Skating on a Farm in Surrey

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Ice skating at Fry’s Corner in Surrey was something we looked forward to as kids as soon as it turned cold. Decades later, those who run God’s Little Acre farm in Surrey have taken it upon themselves to rekindle those magical memories on their own piece of land, flooding their field for a cause. Photo […]

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Central City Big Rigs for Kids Lighted Truck Parade

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Santa will be in Surrey this Sunday as Holland Park hosts free family fun following the Central City Big Rigs for Kids lighted truck parade. Over 40 local and Vancouver Island trucks will take part in the Surrey Santa Parade in Cloverdale at 5:00pm on Sunday, December 8, 2013 where they will then travel west […]

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