Send a little puppy love to someone you care about this Valentine’s Day with a PADS Puppy Gram. Each delivery includes a box of delectable Truffle Pig Chocolates and your choice of this year’s “PADS Legends” (Macbeth or Leahy) plush puppies.
The Original $50: An adorable plush puppy (of your choice) and a box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates.
The Chocolate Lover $100: An adorable plush puppy (of your choice) and a hatbox of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates.
Truffle Pig Chocolates is based Burnaby and they proudly source their cacao directly from farmers with strong human values, paying 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.
Each delivery also includes a customized greeting card, featuring Puppy-Gram spokes-puppers Mosley and Britton.
Just for fun! You can download a colouring sheet, colour it in and then share how you showed the love this month. Take a photo of your masterpiece and share on Facebook or Instagram using #PADSPuppyLove until Valentine’s Day. They’ll feature their favourites and one participant (selected at random) will win a PADS Puppy Gram.
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.
Giveaway
I have a PADS Puppy Gram to give away (The Chocolate Lover, value $100)! 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 Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Winner must be within the delivery area*.
Update: The winner is @ EileenOnya on Twitter
*Delivery area is 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.
To celebrate Canada’s Ag Day, the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (“BCAITC”) and We Heart Local BC have partnered to provide a free cook-along with Celebrity Chef Trevor Randle.
Canada’s Ag Day 2021
When: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm Where: Online Tickets: Free, register via Zoom
Participants can enjoy an exciting and informative cooking lesson with Chef Randle from the comfort of their own home in this online webinar. Chef Randle will provide expert instruction as he guides participants through two healthy, BC grown, quick, and budget-friendly recipes.
On the menu is BC Inspired Thai Chicken Curry (vegan option available) and Baked Lemon Pudding with BC Blueberry Compote. British Columbia farmers Lovella Schellenberg and Mickey Aylard will also join Chef Randle to provide fun insights on farming in BC and, webinar participants will be entered into a draw for a chance to win 1 of 3 prize packages valued at $200+ each.
“Canada’s Ag Day is a national initiative that brings special attention to local farmers and the delicious food that we all enjoy. This cook-along will help our community learn about how food is grown and raised, while they are cooking with those ingredients – reinforcing the role of agriculture in their lives.” – Stan Vander Waal, President of BC Agriculture Council.
#CdnAgDay partners include the BC Blueberry Council, BC Chicken Marketing Board, BC Dairy Association, BC Egg, and Save-On-Foods.
Dancers of Damelahamid invites audiences to participate in a celebration of Indigenous arts as part of the newly envisioned, virtual presentation of the 14th annual Coastal Dance Festival.
The free, online festival will feature the world premiere of a new short dance work in honour of the late Elder Margaret Harris by Dancers of Damelahamid filmed at the Anvil Centre, as well as performances and cultural sharing by many of the festival’s long-standing artists, including the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers, Git Hayetsk Dancers, Git Hoan Dancers, Spakwus Slolem, ‘Yisya̱’winux̱w Dancers, and David Robert Boxley.
“As we continue to navigate these unprecedented times due to COVID-19, it’s essential that we also celebrate the resilience and strength of our Indigenous communities,” says Margaret Grenier, Festival Executive & Artistic Director.
“While the festival will be presented in a very different way than in past years, we are committed to providing a vital platform for the protection and preservation of Indigenous dance and protocols. Indigenous identity and cultural wellbeing are lived practices and it’s essential for Indigenous people to continuously practice and share their songs and dances in order to maintain them, for the wellbeing of our communities.”
As part of the 2021 online festival, Dancers of Damelahamid will share a preview of a newly choreographed short dance work in honour of the late Elder Margaret Harris—who recently passed on July 15, 2020, at the age of 89—and the profound impact she had on the revitalization of Indigenous song and dance along the Northwest Coast. Margaret Harris and her husband Chief Harris—who passed away in 2010—founded Dancers of Damelahamid in 1967 and have been recognized nationally and internationally for the influence they had in Indigenous performing arts.
Program Highlights
Whitehorse’s award-winning Inland Tlingit Dakhká Khwáan Dancers, whose dance group focuses on reclaiming their languages and traditional values through their inherent art form of singing, drumming, dancing, and storytelling.
A lively performance featuring mask dances from the Git Hayetsk Dancers, based in Kitsumkalum, B.C. and led by Mike and Mique’l Dangeli.
Washington-based Git Hoan Dancers, led by Tsimshian artist and dance leader David Boxley and recognized internationally for their use of masks and high energy performance, who will share a Tsimshian-style song and dance featuring 10-15 performers.
Squamish-based dance company Spakwus Slolem, presenting Squamish culture, songs, and dances for the last 20 years, who will perform a traditional welcome ceremony.
Alert Bay’s ‘Yisya̱’winux̱w Dancers, whose six dancers and four singers will perform four dances, including a traditional welcome dance and the Hamatsa “Cannibal Dance”—the highest-ranking and most sacred of the T̓seḵa “Winter Ceremonies” of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw.
Metlakatla, Alaska’s David Robert Boxley, who will tell ancient stories, once told by the Tsimshian people over thousands of years, in both Sm’algyax and English.
Youth artists Casey James and Demetrius Paul.
All 2021 Coastal Dance Festival performances will be available for viewing for free on Vimeo. In lieu of ticket prices, donations to Dancers of Damelahamid are welcome via Canada Helps. Donations will be in support of the dance company’s educational outreach, including workshops, demonstrations, and artist talks with school and youth groups.
This month marks the ten year anniversary of the Places That Matter to Vancouver, a plaque program and community history resource website created in 2011. Initiated for Vancouver’s 125th anniversary of incorporation, the program features 125 community-nominated sites, covering some of the people, places and events that tell the story of the city’s history.
Places That Matter to Vancouver 10 Year Celebration
When: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm Where: Online Tickets:Register for free
I was honoured to be on the selection committee back then, along with John Atkin, Arabella Campbell, Marguerite Ford, Charles Gauthier, Michael Kluckner, Kamala Todd, Hal Wake, Catherine Wang and Bruce Watson.
Each of the 125 sites is profiled with their own webpage exhibiting the plaque text, historic research, oral histories, contemporary and historic photos, as well as opportunities for community contribution. You can view an interactive map online here.
To celebrate ten years of the campaign, here are ten of the sites listed:
and many more! A decade later, with 88 plaques installed, the online community history resource continues to grow with community contributions of personal stories and photographs for 125 sites.
Have anything to add? The Vancouver Heritage Foundation welcomes comments, feedback, quotes, stories, information and questions in the “submit your story” form.
Since 2007, Pink Shirt Day has grown into a national movement which sees thousands of Canadians showing their support for safe and inclusive schools, workplaces and communities. Here’s where to get your Pink Shirt Day t-shirt in Vancouver for Pink Shirt Day on February 24, 2021:
Where to Get Your Pink Shirt Day T-Shirt in Vancouver
London Drugs: Official Pink Shirt Day t-shirts, toques, bracelets, and buttons are now available at all London Drugs locations across Western Canada in youth or adult sizes and on the London Drugs website. Net proceeds are distributed through CKNW Kids’ Fund to support youth anti-bullying programs across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Urban Native Youth Association: Designed by K.C Hall, these pink shirts are available from the UNYA Main Office 1618 East Hastings (during office hours 9:00pm to 5:00pm Monday to Friday only, closed for lunch hour) or they can be shipped. All sales support UNYA’s programming.
Masks, shirts, bracelets and more are available through the official Pink Shirt Day store online as well.
About Pink Shirt Day
In 2007, two Nova Scotia students (David Shepherd, Travis Price) decided to take action after witnessing a younger student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. The students bought 50 pink t-shirts and encouraged schoolmates to wear them and send a powerful message of solidarity to the bully.
