The Vancouver LEGO Games were first hosted back in April with 140 participants of all ages participating in a LEGO-building challenge. Members of the Vancouver LEGO Club brought in some amazing showpieces and funds were raised for Canuck Place. This season the event returns as The Brick Games which will take place in Langley. The […]

We’ve played street hockey for charity in downtown Vancouver but it’s now table hockey’s turn to gather players and support two great local causes. Local sports blog and podcast Pucked in the Head is organizing the Vancouver Table Hockey Extravaganza Friday, September 20 and Saturday September 21, 2013. Vancouver Table Hockey Extravaganza Challenge On Friday […]

Over the years I have profiled bloggers from the Northwest Territories to the Fraser Valley, anyone that interests me and that I hope will interest you as well. A few years ago I started asking a standard set of questions and this week I reached out to a former teacher of mine who is making […]

This post has been contributed by Julie Sims M.Sc., Volunteer Coordinator & Nature House Interpreter with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End almost eight years ago and I recently became a member. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their […]

In honour of Vancouver Fashion Week, which is coming up September 16th to September 21st, I have scoured the Vancouver Public Library and City of Vancouver Archives for photos of fashions of yore. Today’s “Archive Photos of the Day” theme is Hats: 1900s: Granville Street. Archives# CVA 1376-724. Phorographer: Philip T. Timms & Actress signed […]