Adera Developments, who brought Zen to Surrey and Breeze to South Surrey, are hosting a Valentine’s fundraising event for a local cause.
On Sunday, February 12, 2012 you can bring your beloved four-legged friend to their Breeze show suite and get your photo taken together by a professional photographer when you donate to the Surrey SPCA.
Date Sunday, February 12, 2012 Hours 12:00pm to 3:00pm LocationBreeze Sales Centre Grandview Corners
#20-2215 160th St at 24th Ave, Surrey
The Surrey SPCA was selected since it was closed months last year due to a ring worm outbreak. The centre now needs extra support to manage a large backlog of adoptable animals.
To promote this event, Adera has offered up a $75 gift card for Three Dog Bakery for me to give away to a reader. Three Dog Bakery uses natural ingredients like honey, oatmeal, molasses, and whole wheat flour, to bake wholesome snacks for your canine companion. Their Lower Mainland locations are in Port Moody (#11 201 Morrissey Road) and Vancouver (4548 West 10th Ave). Here’s how you can enter to win the gift card:
Leave a comment here about a dog (or pet) that has touched your life (1 entry)
Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Support @BCSPCA_Surrey. RT to enter to win $75 for Three Dog Bakery from @AderaHome & @Miss604 http://ow.ly/8OsOv
I will draw one winner at 10:00am next Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
It’s been five years since CKNW was inspired by the story of two students from Nova Scotia (David Shepherd and Travis Price) who took a stand against bullying by wearing pink shirts to school in protest.
Since that time, the concept of Pink Shirt Day has grown into a national campaign to raise awareness about how harmful bullying can be and that simply isn’t acceptable.
There are many forms of bullying, including in the workplace and online, as it isn’t limited to the schoolyard. On February 29, 2012, join media personalities, students, teachers, offices, public officials, parents, and children in wearing a pink shirt.
I support Pink Shirt Day and encourage all British Columbians to get involved. On February 29th, Bullying Stops Here. Follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter for more information and updates.
Update February 2012: Adding this video of the Richmond School District’s Pink Shirt Day dance flash mob at Aberdeen Centre. The kids did such a great job!
The Whistler edition of BC Travel Tuesday continues this week and while we get soggy in the city, the snow is floating down in this world class resort community.
backyardbc is a new travel website designed specifically for residents of British Columbia. Essentially a “be a tourist in your own backyard” program, participating hotels & resorts offer residents of BC exclusive rates and specials, designed to motivate BCers to travel more within the Province. Each offer has its own unique reservation code, and all bookings are done directly with our hotel and resort partners. Visit backyardbc online, on Twitter, or Facebook and see more of BC!
The winner of last week’s getaway to Evolution at Creekside is Scott! We have 2 weeks left of Whistler accommodation giveaways and today’s prize is located in the heart of the village.
Photo courtesy of Crystal Lodge & Suites
Crystal Lodge & Suites Website, Twitter, Facebook, backyardbc listing Location: 4154 Village Green, Whistler, BC About: “Steps from Whistler’s best retail and largest selection of on site restaurants, food & beverage facilities. Adjacent to Whistler & Blackcomb Mountain Gondolas and steps from the Whistler Conference Centre, The Crystal is perfectly situated in Whistler Village providing Location, Amenities, Comfort & World Class Service.”
Prize: 2 nights accommodation in a deluxe studio room. Value: $720
To enter to win, leave a comment on this post (1 entry) and/or post the following on Twitter (1 entry):
I entered this week’s @backyardbc @miss604 #bctraveltuesday contest http://ow.ly/8NjL4 #tt
Gift certificates for hotel and resort stays will be sent directly to each weekly winner so they can arrange their visit personally with the property. Based on availability. Valid until December 1, 2012. Not redeemable on Saturday nights. Open to residents of BC only. Must be 19 years of age or older to enter and win. This week’s winner will be announced next Tuesday.
View all posts in the series by following or subscribing to my BCTravelTuesday tag. Open to residents of BC.
I recently took my first trip to the North Vancouver Museum‘s Presentation House to find out more about their programs, archives, and current exhibits. The Presentation House is one of two locations for the museum, located on West 4th at Chesterfield, while the archives are over in Lynn Valley.
The old schoolhouse building, and former City Hall, is home to a theatre, exhibit space, and the museum’s permanent North Vancouver history collection. Assistant Director Shirley Sutherland walked me around the “North Vancouver Story” side of the museum and filled me in on Moodyville, the history of shipbuilding, logging, and more.
Moodyville History Tidbits
The north shore is part of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
After the arrival of Europeans the first industry was Pioneer Mills, founded in 1862. It was bought by Sewell Moody in 1865.
Moodyville is named after an American, Sewell Moody, and does not share the same namesake as Port Moody, Colonel Richard Moody.
Burrard Inlet’s first religious service, school, museum, and library were at Moodyville as well as the first newspaper, the Moodyville Tickler.
The region’s first transit service was a steam tug ferry that went from Brighton (on the East Vancouver side today) to Moodyville, Stamp’s Mill, and back.
Moodyville was the first townsite on the Pacific Coast, North of San Francisco, to have electricity. The lights flickered on February 4, 1882.
The District of North Vancouver was incorporated in 1891, but it wasn’t until 1915 that Moodyville joined up with the City of North Vancouver.
This Friday I am very excited to attend my first Hobiyee, which is the Nisga’a new year celebration presented by the Nisga’a Ts’amiks Society and Social City Networking. Organizers have informed me that this will be the first Hobiyee ever celebrated publicly on a scale this grand.
The event will take place at the 5,000-person capacity PNE Agridome on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 10:00am to 10:00pm each day. Tickets are available at the door or online for $15 per day. Elders, seniors, and youth are $5 per day. Children 12 and under are free.
History of the Hobiyee The Simgigat-Nisga’a Chieftains – in past centuries studied the celestial heavens. They were knowledgeable in the behaviours of the stars in proximity to the moon which forecasted the weather patterns. They studied the astrology not from text books but by years of observing the heavens.
The Halayt-Simgigat (Spiritual Leader- Chief) studied the “Buxw-laks” moon, The Moon of February. Over time, they observed that whenever the first crescent moon is in the shape of a “Hoobix”- the bowl of a Nisga’a wooden spoon, thin shaped and the ends pointing upward- that in the following seasons the resources of our lands would be plentiful, the oolichan, salmon, berries and various other resources, bountiful.
Hobiyee is about the point in time when our “Gal-ha’ink” Cedar Bent Boxes of the Nisga’a are near empty of their winter provisions and they have begun to ration the last of their provisions. The Nisga’a are hoping and praying for a bountiful season of oolichans (saviour fish) and a fruitful year. So the Nisga’a say, “Hobiyee” meaning “the spoon is full”. – Source
A full schedule of events is yet to be released but there will be performances, dances, artwork, and much more. This is an extremely rare opportunity to experience our province’s deep cultural history and we are very fortunate that the Nisga’a have opened their doors to the public for this momentous occasion. Follow @HobiyeeEvent and @NisgaaTsamiks on Twitter for news and updates.
The Nisga’a Ts’amiks Society was incorporated on November 27, 2000 and its office is situated in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Nisga’a Ts’amiks represents approximately 1,400 Nisga’a citizens whose ordinary residence is within the greater Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo regions of BC and provide services to Nisga’a living on Vancouver Island and southern British Columbia from the Pacific coast to the BC/Alberta border.
On Sunday, February 12, 2012 you can bring your beloved four-legged friend to their Breeze show suite and get your photo taken together by a professional photographer when you donate to the Surrey SPCA.
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