Fan Expo Vancouver returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre April 18th to April 20th bringing with it celebrity guests, your favourite writers, actors, and more. This comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming show – expected to draw 25,000 fans – is packed with industry professionals, sketch duels, cosplay, workshops, and plenty of opportunities to shop.
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre West Hall B & C, 1055 Canada Place When: April 18 to 20, 2014
4:00pm to 9pm Friday, 10:00am to 7:00pm Saturday, 10:00am to 5:00pm Sunday Tickets: Premium Package $99, Deluxe Weekend Pass $69, Friday $20, Saturday $35. You can also book your photo ops with your favourite guests in advance online.
Fan Expo Vancouver 2014 Celebrity Guests
Karl Urban (Star Trek), Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness), Stephen Amell (Arrow), Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Stephen Amell (Star of Arrow), Eliza Dushku (Angel; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Dollhouse), Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville), John de Lancie (“Q” from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings) and many more. Check the guest list online for the latest announcements.
Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
Fan Expo Vancouver Contest
Fan Expo Vancouver has offered up an exclusive VIP family prize pack for one lucky Miss604 reader. This includes: 2 adult tickets and 2 child tickets (ages 12 + under) AND priority seating at Q&A Panel with GIANCARLO ESPOSITO (Breaking Bad, Revolution).
Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Follow Fan Expo Vancouver on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
Please note the child tickets are not transferable to adult passes, and winners cannot be given a cash value.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC are celebrating 40 years of Whitecaps soccer in this city, promoting previous team members, traditions, and the beloved “White is the Colour” chant, heard best when coming from a record player. In honour of this anniversary, I have put together a collection of Vancouver photos from May-August of 1974, when the Whitecaps were just starting out.
14 Photos of Vancouver in the 70s
Empire Stadium, August 1974. Archives# 2010-006.231.
View of the PNE. Archives# 2010-006.235.
Bute Street between Robson and Haro. Archives# CVA 778-48.
400 West Hastings, south side. Archives #CVA 778-147.
700 Burrard with the Hotel Vancouver. Archives# CVA 778-21.
400 Granville, west side. Archives# CVA 778-95.
800 Thurlow, east side. Archives# CVA 778-440.
1200 block of Haro. Archives# CVA 778-136.
400 Hamilton at Victory Square. Archives# CVA 778-104.
Nominations are currently open for the Vancouver Awards of Excellence, Vancouver’s new civic awards program that recognizes outstanding achievements made by individuals — adults, youth and children — organizations, and businesses.
“Consisting of 21 awards in six categories, the Awards of Excellence celebrate excellence in achievements that benefit all of us by making Vancouver a greener, healthier, more diverse, accessible, and prosperous city.”
Categories include Civic Volunteer, Greenest City Leadership, Healthy City for All, Diversity and Inclusion, Accessible City, and Business Innovation.
Individuals and businesses are eligible along with organizations consisting of non-profit groups or service clubs, educational institutions, hospitals, government departments, unions, professional and trade associations, media organizations, and public or private corporations.
The deadline for nominations is April 4th, a peer panel will be complete May 2nd, and a final selection will be made by Vancouver City Council May 12th. An awards ceremony will follow June 23rd.
Roger Michell’s charming romantic comedy Le Week-end is now playing at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas in Vancouver.
Le Week-end is a beautifully observed, funny and poignant story about the nature of love and commitment, as a husband and wife yearn to recapture their youthful fearlessness, lack of responsibility and idealism. In the film, a long-married couple (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) return to Paris – where they honeymooned long ago – in an attempt to revitalize their marriage. Le Week-end is a funny, bittersweet and emotional ‘portrait of a marriage’ that truly captures both the laughter and the heartache of a lifelong partnership.
In celebration of this theatrical release, Le Week-end wants to give one lucky Miss604 reader One Night in Paris… in Vancouver!
The One Night in Paris (in Vancouver) prize package includes:
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Be sure to Like Le Week-end on Facebook and follow the film on Twitter as well. I will draw one winner at random from all entries on 12:00pm on Saturday, March 29, 2014 so that they have time to catch the film on the big screen.
The dinner at Le Crocodile prize is a $100 meal voucher (expires December 30, 2014). The Sutton Place Hotel voucher is valid until March 31 2015 with blackout dates of December 31, 2014 and February 14, 2015. Movie pass is valid during Le Week-end‘s run of engagement at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Mondays through Thursdays. Prize does not actually include a night in Paris, France – just a fun, French-themed night out in beautifully downtown Vancouver. Must be 19+. Please enjoy responsibly.
The biggest awards in the aviation industry were handed out in Barcelona today and for the 5th year in a row, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has been named the Best Airport in North America.
Excited to announce that we won 'Best Airport Hotel' in NA at the Skytrax World Airport Awards in Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/I9rVLQu9ts
— Fairmont Vancouver Airport (@FairmontYVR) March 26, 2014
According to the Skytrax World Airport Awards in 2013, YVR was the 8th best airport in the world and 1st in North America. It was also ranked 1st in terms of size, topping the table for airports that carry 10-20 million passengers annually.
When the airport won last year I listed some of my top reasons to love YVR, which include its size, free WIFI, artwork, layout, convenience, location, and more. As someone who travels a lot, locally and internationally, I wholeheartedly agree that YVR is the best airport to travel through, and to come home to after each journey.
Update The full results are now online. YVR is ranked #9 in the world for 2014 and once again #1 when ranked based on size.
