Take some crispy French fries, the squeakiest of cheese curds, ladle on some sauce and top it all with a generous helping of supporting a great local cause because Poutine with Purpose is back!
Poutine for a Cause in Vancouver
When: April 23 to May 1, 2021
Where: Participating locations/restaurants
How it Works
- Find a poutine or restaurant you would like to try here »
- Eat poutine
- A youth in need provided a meal through Mealshare partners. Mealshare partners with restaurants across North America through a simple ‘buy one, give one’ model that provides simple, healthy meals to youth in need.
Local chefs are challenged to dream up and dish up a feature poutine for the week — from the traditional, to the creative, to the unusual.
Confirmed participants in Greater Vancouver so far…
- Trading Post Brewery (Langley) & Trading Post (Abbotsford) –Mexican Style Poutine; cheddar cheese, salsa verde, cilantro lime cream, seasoned ground beef, fresh tomato, crispy jalapenos $16
- Colony Bars (Kitsilano, Main Street, Northwoods and Granville)
- Brix & Mortar (Yaletown)
- CRAFT Beer Market Vancouver (Olympic Village) – Best seller in 2019, with 386 sold!
- Tap and Barrel (Convention Centre, Olympic Village, Shipyards)
- The Park Pub (1755 Davie St, Vancouver)
- Patina Brewing
- Wok Box (Surrey, Abbostford and New West)
Poutine with Purpose started in 2010 as a one-day poutine crawl in Calgary created as a fun social media experiment by MRU instructor Karen Richards. The poutine passion grew into Calgary Poutine Week, and over time, has evolved into an annual food festival frenzy in Calgary, Victoria and in 2019 they launched in Vancouver. Poutine With Purpose events have sold over 35,000 poutines since 2013. Follow along on Facebook for updates.
I’ve been watching the emails trickle in day-by-day, slowly becoming a waterfall of communiques filled with photos incredibly delicious treats, chocolates, pastries and more. With my mouth watering and my finger ready to click the ‘order’ button online, I present my list of tempting Easter treats to try around Vancouver:
Easter Treats in Greater Vancouver
- Colourful Chocolate Eggs
- What: Four-inch milk or dark chocolate Easter egg with a smooth colourful shell, decorated with daisies, and filled with two signature truffles: Ruby Chocolate and Mango Passion Fruit. They also serve up the Velvet Chocolate egg with white and milk Easter chocolates inside, and a fruit and nut egg filled with caramelized nuts and dried fruits.
- Where: Mon Paris Pâtisserie (4396 Beresford St., Burnaby)
- When: Order in advance for pickup and delivery on April 3-4, 2021
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Spring Break might be coming to an end but the seasonal event lineup is just getting started. There is online programming (theatre, film, talks, cooking demos) along with in-person activities at local galleries and attractions and more things to do in Vancouver this weekend listed below:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Open for Spring Break:
Friday, March 26, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Spring Break at Burnaby Village Museum
Heritage Live! Photo Preservation
David Ward | Station 234 w/Special Guest
The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal Edition
Gravity: Our Cosmic Glue Family Programming
Spring Break Camp: Extraordinary Voyages
Scavenger Hunt at the New West Museum
Sonic Boom Music Festival
BC Today Career Fair
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Netflix and REEL CANADA are set to launch a short film series on National Canadian Film Day (“NCFD”), April 21, 2021. They have have joined forces to create a cinematic snapshot of the country as we emerge from the pandemic, engaging up-and-coming film talent to create eleven short films under the banner of Light(s) at the End of the Tunnel.
National Canadian Film Day
- When: April 21, 2021
- Where: Online
- Tickets: Tune into a variety of online streaming sites. There will be great Canadian films on CBC, CBC Gem, Encore+, Netflix, Hollywood Suite, Crave, the NFB and the many others listed on the website.
The eleven Light(s) at the End of the Tunnel films, streaming on the NCFD website, run between one and six minutes and are created by fifteen young filmmakers identified as rising stars by a range of industry leaders.
The young filmmakers were selected by REEL CANADA staff and advisors, including board members Atom Egoyan and Veronica Tennant; Don McKellar; Ariel Smith (nēhiyaw); Tom McSorley (director of the Canadian Film Institute); and NFB animation producers Jelena Popović and Maral Mohammadian. Diverse both culturally and geographically, the film creators hail from Vancouver, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, and Pabineau First Nation (NB).
“Canadians from coast to coast have deeply felt the impacts of the last year in all areas of their lives,” said Stéphane Cardin, Director of Policy for Netflix Canada. “This initiative is giving a voice to a broad range of Canadian filmmakers during an important period in our country’s history and we look forward to sharing their stories with the world.”
The short films include animation (4), live action (5), and documentaries (2). Each project received $10,000 cash. Production equipment was generously contributed by William F. White International (and MELS for Quebec-based projects).
Light(s) at the End of the Tunnel: Film Lineup
- 5:1 Director: Sara Ben-Saud | documentary
- 7h59 Director: Mattias Graham | documentary
- Divination Directors: Simon “Paul M” Mutabazi & Dan Boos | live-action
- Le givre de Bobby-Yves Directors: Bogdan Anifrani & Ranee Inez | animation
- I’ve Got Blisters on My Fingers Director: Ryan Steel | live-action
- In bedrooms only Light will touch Us Director: Alicia K. Harris | live-action
- Namid Directors: Victoria Anderson-Gardner & Sagi Kahane-Rapport | live-action / animation
- On Fire Director: Dylan Glynn | animation
- SARS-CoV-2 Director: Andrew Huculiak | live-action
- Shoot Your Shot Directors: Madison Thomas & Meegwun Fairbrother | live-action
- Tussle Director: Christopher Grant | animation
The Light(s) at the End of the Tunnel short film series will debut as part of National Canadian Film Day programming on the NCFD streaming platform. Follow along on Facebook and Twitter for more information about this year’s program.
The magic and vitality of BC’s largest festival of French Canadian and francophone music and culture, Festival du Bois is moving online. The virtual event will be full of great tunes by artists from across Canada, performances for children of all ages – plus exciting features and some great surprises.
Festival du Bois 2021
When: April 16-30, 2021
Where: Online
Tickets: Tune in for free
For more than three decades, Festival du Bois has welcomed Spring with a popular, vibrant, and tune-filled outdoor celebration in Coquitlam‘s Maillardville. This year, festival performers offer a brilliant glimpse of a diverse range of talent from here in BC and around the country. Watch exclusive Festival du Bois concerts from the following artists:
- Florent Vollant (QC): compelling folk-country from Innu singer, composer, activist and co-founder of the celebrated duo, Kashtin.
- Le Winston Band (QC): a one-of-a-kind Montréal Zydeco group that mixes its French-Canadian musical roots with rock and Cajun.
- Genticorum (QC): this traditional music ‘power trio’ incorporates fiddle, flute, accordion, harmonies and foot percussion into a jubilant musical feast rooted in Québécois tradition.
- Sirène et Matelot (PEI): singer/songwriters and musicians Patricia Richard and Lennie Gallant, both Acadians from Prince Edward Island, perform an intriguing mix of folk and country influenced by the musical and cultural currents of PEI and the Maritimes.
- Jocelyne Baribeau (MB): this award-winning Franco-Manitoban artist’s blend of folk and pop-country is marked by her pure vocals, sparkling ditties and tender ballads.
- Joseph Edgar (QC): now a Montréaler, this transplanted native of New Brunswick is an influential Acadian artist who’s inspired by music from his roots as well as his current urban, cosmopolitan home.
- Loig Morin (BC): originally from Brittany, France, Morin’s music draws together popular influences from both sides of the Atlantic, seducing both French and non-French listeners alike.
- Pierre Schryer and Andy Hillhouse (BC): a true dynamic duo featuring fiddle master Schryer and renowned guitarist/vocalist, Hillhouse. They perform everything from old time to Irish traditional to Québécois tunes and beyond.
- Jocelyn Pettit (BC): delivering a fresh take on tradition, Pettit is a vibrant young musical prodigy – a fiddler, step dancer, singer and composer.
Children’s Programming
Kids and families will find a happy place online with a range of child-focused performances from artists such as André Thériault in the sugar shack, Roger Dallaire and his accordion, Isabelle la Wonderful, and Frenchie the Clown – who will read stories for little ones from Peter H. Reynolds’ book, “Be You”.
The festival’s website will also offer interviews, fun and engaging videos, and more. Follow the festival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more info.
