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Stay in Whistler and Take the Shuttle to Pemberton Festival

Comments 158 by Rebecca Bollwitt

There’s going to be a whole lot of music and fun pumping through the bucolic Pemberton valley, in the shadow of majestic Mount Currie this summer. The four-day Pemberton Music Festival is set to return Thursday, July 14 to Sunday, July 17 with headliners like Pearl Jam, The Killers, J. Cole, Kaskade, Snoop Dogg, Wiz […]

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Air Canada enRoute Film Festival

by Rebecca Bollwitt

This year’s 20 selected shorts for the Air Canada enRoute Film Festival will be announced at a free public event at Robson Square in Vancouver on July 20th. The festival will then showcase these emerging Canadian short film talents on Air Canada flights around the world from August 1st to December 31st, 2016. Air Canada […]

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Jessie Award Winners: Vancouver Theatre Awards

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The 34th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (“Jessies”) were handed out in Vancouver last night, to a jubilant and artful crowd at the Commodore Ballroom. The past season of theatre, both large and small, for young audiences, and musicals, was celebrated and special awards were handed out to honour patrons, newcomers, and those who make […]

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Canada Day Fireworks in Vancouver

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

What could be better than a warm, sunny, Friday night on the coast celebrating our nation’s 149th birthday watching a dazzling fireworks display with friends and family? This Canada Day, you can enjoy many free activities around the region including these fireworks events: Canada Day Fireworks Surrey Canada Day takes place at the Bill Reid […]

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Boundary Bay Regional Park and Centennial Beach

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

This summer, you can enter to win some great local park prizes when you share your photos from a Metro Vancouver Regional Park online. To inspire your explorations, I will be sharing some of my favourite parks (with a few already listed here). Since school is out, the days are longer, and it’s officially beach […]

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