Canuck Place Winter 50/50 Raffle

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Tickets for the Canuck Place Winter 50/50 raffle are now on sale! You can help Canuck Place give short lives the gift of great days with your support.

Canuck Place Winter 5050 2022

Canuck Place Children’s Hospice is British Columbia and Yukon’s pediatric palliative care provider. Over 818 children living with life-threatening illnesses and families from five provincial health regions receive Canuck Place inpatient and community care (in home/in hospital).

Canuck Place 50/50 Raffle

  • Tickets: Buy online for 3 for $5, 7 for $10, 50 for $20 or 150 for $50
  • Anticipated Prize: $350,000 to be split with the winner
  • Available until midnight Wednesday, February 23, 2022
  • Draw will be on Zoom February 25, 2022

For over 25 years, Canuck Place has been providing exceptional complex medical care, while helping children and families embrace living fully with the time they have left together. But not without donor support. That’s where your 50/50 ticket purchase can make a difference.

Canuck Place operates 13 patient beds and 8 family suites through two hospices in Vancouver and Abbotsford. Services include medical respite and family support, pain and symptom management, provincial 24-hour clinical care line, music and recreation therapy, education and art, grief, loss, and bereavement counselling, as well as end-of-life care. With donors, their talented team, including 400 energetic volunteers, they care for children with short lives and the families who love them.

Follow Canuck Place on Facebook for more news and information.

Tickets may be sold and purchased only in British Columbia. Ticket purchasers must be 19 years of age or older. Know your limit, play within it.

Miss604 is a proud sponsor of Canuck Place campaigns in 2022

EcoCamps for Spring Break in Stanley Park

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Stanley Park Ecology Society’s education team has been busy organizing another lineup of fascinating and fun programs to immerse kids in the delights of nature! The Spring EcoCamps in Stanley Park will give youngsters (ages 7-11) a chance to uncover the mysteries of the natural world, learn valuable outdoor skills, and let their budding inner performers bloom.

Campers birdwatch at Beaver Lake. Photo by Anthony Ho.
SPES campers birdwatch at Beaver Lake. Photo by Anthony Ho.

Spring Break in Stanley Park

  • Fees: Members $280, Non-members $300 (family membership with SPES is $40, find out more about becoming a member today)
  • Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3:30pm

Due to the public health risk of COVID-19, SPES will be running the majority of the camp outdoors and be requiring that participants wear masks except for when eating and drinking.

March 14 to 18 – Stanley Park Survivor

This exciting camp will, through a series of games and challenges, help your children learn how to navigate in the wilderness, build a shelter and other skills to help keep them and the natural environment safe while on outdoor adventures. Register here.

March 21 to 25 – Fabulous Forest Theatrics

Does your child love nature and thrive on imaginative play? This camp, being offered for the first time ever, will foster your child’s creativity and talent as we guide them through the process of making an original piece of theatre inspired by the diverse animal and plants that make Stanley Park their home. Register here.

For more information about Stanley Park EcoCamps or the at home Critter Club, follow Stanley Park Ecology Society on Facebook and Instagram.

About SPES ~ Stanley Park Ecology Society promotes awareness of and respect for the natural world through collaborative leadership in environmental education, research, and conservation in Stanley Park. SPES gratefully acknowledges that the land on which they gather and help steward is the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation. Since time immemorial, Coast Salish peoples have lived reciprocally with the land, harvesting and cultivating foods and medicines and practicing ceremony. The abundance of these lands and waters, which enables us to live, work, and play here today, is a result of the past and on-going stewardship and advocacy of the Coast Salish peoples.

Related: Caring for Natural Spaces in Urban Places – Stanley Park Ecology Event Series

Win a PADS Puppy Gram for Valentine’s Day

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Send a little puppy love to someone you care about this Valentine’s Day with a PADS Puppy Gram.  Each special delivery comes with a box of Truffle Pig Chocolates and your choice of “PADS Legends” plushes (Caber, Macbeth or Leahy).

PADS Puppy Gram

PADS Puppy Gram for Valentine’s Day

Select one of four options, all of which include contactless delivery*:

  1. All Bark No Bite: A delectable box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates ($20)
  2. Puppy Bar(k): An adorable plush puppy of your choice and a delicious Chocolate Truffle Pig Bar, three flavours to choose from ($30)
  3. Puppy Love: An adorable plush puppy (of your choice) and a delectable box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates ($40)
  4. Get Out of the Doghouse: An adorable plush puppy (of your choice) and a glorious Chocolate Shoppe box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates ($60)

Each delivery will include a customized greeting card, featuring Puppy-Gram spokes-puppers Mosley and Britton. Order by February 9, 2022 at 9:00am Pacific.

Truffle Pig Chocolates is on a mission to sweeten the world with their chocolate. They proudly source their cacao directly from farmers with strong human values and pay them a premium above world market prices. Their Central American cacao is grown wildly, beyond organic, without the use of fertilizers or pesticides. They have gone above and beyond to make sure their chocolate is made as ethically and deliciously as possible.

About PADS

Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (“PADS”) breeds, raises and trains fully certified assistance dogs. Their service (mobility & PTSD) and hearing dogs provide life-changing independence to those with physical disabilities other than blindness.

Follow PADS on Facebook and Instagram (where they have their own contest going right now too) for more information.

Puppy Gram PADS doghouse

Enter to win

I have a PADS Puppy Gram to give away (Get Out of the Doghouse, value $60)! 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 Saturday, February 5, 2022.

Update! The winner is Tammy

*Delivery areas: Abbotsford, Anmore, Aldergrove, Belcarra, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, Mission, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Tsawwassen, Vancouver, West Vancouver & White Rock

Related: Send a CandyGram from A Loving Spoonful

February Events in Metro Vancouver 2022

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There’s much to celebrate this February with Lunar New Year, Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Family Day, and much more. This month Miss604 is proud to sponsor the 56th Annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon, the JCC Sports Dinner ft. A-Rod, and TEDxSurrey. Find these and more February events in Metro Vancouver listed below:

February Events in Metro Vancouver

February Events in Metro Vancouver

Jump to: Tuesday, February 1 to Sunday, February 6, 2022
Jump to: Monday, February 7 to Sunday, February 13, 2022
Jump to: Monday, February 14 to Sunday, February 20, 2022
Jump to: Monday, February 21 to Monday, February 28, 2022

This list is updated daily.
If you have any events to add, please send them in for a free listing.

Multi-Day Events/Activities

Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Toque Tuesday
PuSh Festival
Vancouver Short Film Festival
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
The Lantern City Displays in Downtown Vancouver
Stream: Reel Causes #Indigeneity
Together, Forte! 2022 LunarFest Concert
WORD Vancouver: Storytelling with Drag Queens
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
JY-Dance-A-Thon for YWCA Metro Vancouver
PuSh Festival
Vancouver Short Film Festival
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
WORD Vancouver: World Read Aloud Day
The Lantern City Displays in Downtown Vancouver
Stream: Reel Causes #Indigeneity
Thursday, February 3, 2022

PuSh Festival
Musical Morning: Oboe d’amour
Vancouver Short Film Festival
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
The Lantern City Displays in Downtown Vancouver
Stream: Reel Causes #Indigeneity
Friday, February 4, 2022
PuSh Festival
Vancouver Short Film Festival
MAYDAY La Goddam Voie Lactée (The Goddamn Milky Way)
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
The Lantern City Displays in Downtown Vancouver
Stream: Reel Causes #Indigeneity
Early Music Vancouver: Hebreo Rossi Film
Saturday, February 5, 2022

History of anti-Black Racism in Canadian Schools and Universities
Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
Chinese New Year Festivities
Representations of Ethnicity in Iranian Young Adult Fiction
PuSh Festival
French Macaron – Cooking Class
MOV: Online Indigo Dyeing Demo
Vancouver Short Film Festival
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
MAYDAY La Goddam Voie Lactée (The Goddamn Milky Way)
The Lantern City Displays in Downtown Vancouver
Stream: Reel Causes #Indigeneity
Early Music Vancouver: Hebreo Rossi Film
Sunday, February 6, 2022

Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
Chinese New Year Festivities
French Macaron – Cooking Class
PuSh Festival
Vancouver Short Film Festival
Vancouver Maritime Museum Workshops for Kids
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
The Lantern City Displays in Downtown Vancouver
Stream: Reel Causes #Indigeneity
Vancouver Jewish Book Festival 2022
Vancouver Chamber Music Society: Vancouver Cello Quartet
MAYDAY La Goddam Voie Lactée (The Goddamn Milky Way)
Pottery Throwing for Two
Early Music Vancouver: Hebreo Rossi Film

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Love Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

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After another season of dazzling displays at Canyon Lights, Capilano Suspension Bridge Park is illuminating the coastal forest once again for Love Lights, February 4-28, 2022.

Love Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park Photo

Take your Valentine’s date to a new level with Love Lights, for romantics of all ages. The suspension bridge, Treetops Adventure, Cliffwalk’s Arc de Lumina and Park will all feature Valentine’s themed lighting experiences. Perfect Instagram moments all around!

Additionally, from February 10th to 14th, the Park will host special Valentine’s activities with extended hours. Explore the Park, visit Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey, enjoy live music, interactive games, and a special feature menu at The Cliff House Restaurant.

Love Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

  • When:  February 4 to 28, 2022 from 10:00am to 6:00pm
    • Special activities & extended hours: February 10 to 14: 10:00am to 7:00pm 
  • Where:  Capilano Suspension Bridge Park (3735 Capilano Rd, North Vancouver) 
  • Tickets: Must be purchased in advance online and are on sale now, with a limited quantity of tickets available. Visits are scheduled in 30-minute arrival increments. BC Annual Pass holders will also be required to reserve their time online prior to their visit.

While you’re there, enter to win a 2-night stay and a dinner with your sweetheart at Cathedral Mountain Lodge in the Canadian Rockies this summer.  Follow Capilano Suspension Bridge Park on Facebook and Instagram for updates and info.

Win Tickets

I have a pair of tickets to give away to Love Lights for the winner to enjoy with someone special in their life. Here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 9:00am. The winner will be able to choose their entry date/time for Love Light, for tickets to be used by February 28, 2022.

UPDATE! The winner is Gloria

Proof of vaccination is not required to enter the Park at this stage but is required along with one piece of Government-issued ID to dine at The Cliff House Restaurant. Please do visit if you are displaying any symptoms of COVID-19. Face masks are mandatory in many areas of the Park. For further information on these policies and other COVID – 19 safety measures, please visit here.