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TransLink presents Car Free Day Port Coquitlam on September 7th with a street festival, live entertainment, community booths, food and beverage vendors, and more in the heart of Downtown PoCo.
Car Free Day – City of Port Coquitlam Photo
Car Free Day Port Coquitlam
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024 from 12:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: McAllister Ave between Shaughnessy and Mary Hill
Admission: Free!
The festival will feature sustainable and active transportation, an electric vehicle display, an assortment of food and drink options, and entertainment including music, and dance performances. Enjoy family activities like mini golf, ninja obstacle course, and a bicycle skills zone, along with a lineup of entertainment on the Family Stage. There will be community booths from over 20 organizations including the BC Lions, Lilac Rain Crafts, The Zesty Lemon Clothing Co, and more.
Food & Entertainment Lineup
Main Stage
Family Stage
Michaela Slinger 12:00pm to 12:45pm Shauna Singer 1:00pm to 1:45pm Speakers 1:45pm The Coyotes 2:00pm to 2:45pm Robin Layne 3:05pm to 4:05pm Beauty Shop Dolls 4:25pm to 5:05pm Royal Oak 5:25pm to 6:25pm The Limit 6:45pm to 8:00pm
Nette Songs Zero Gravity Bike Show Ashley Pater Beauty Shop Dolls Magic Kingdom Preeti Singh Bollywood Dance The Cover Bandages Jessica Yue Classical Chinese Dance Leadway
Food Vendors
Beverages
Shameless Buns KYU Grill Gord’s Concession Me N Eds Cassandra Cake Co PoCo Bowl Gary’s Kettle Corn JG Sweet and Salty Foods Intercontinental Flavours
Nice Life Cocktail Co Patina Brewing Co Taylight Brewing Tinhouse Brewing Co
The event strives for festival goers to find environmentally friendly ways of transportation to reduce carbon footprints. TransLink encourages sustainable transportation to local destinations via its many campaigns such as the Ride & Shine Campaign.
To get to Car Free Day in Port Coquitlam you can take one of the many bus routes: the 159, 160, 170, 173, 174, and 188 are all a few minutes’ walk away from McAllister Avenue. Bike Valet will also be there, so you can ride and park your bike with ease. Just like a coat check, there will be someone there to secure your bike, and you’ll get a slip for when you’re ready to ride back.
The Canuck Place Fall Raffle and Prize Draw offers a variety of prizes to be won, all in support of an important local cause.
Photo caption: Karin Roberts, Canuck Place Music Therapist, with Owen Hill-Davie, Canuck Place Child
Since launching in Fall 2020, the Canuck Place 50/50 has raised over $4.3 million!Half has gone to the lucky winners, and half goes to support exceptional Canuck Place inpatient care in hospices in Vancouver and Abbotsford, and community-based care in-home and in-hospital across BC and the Yukon.
Canuck Place Fall Raffle
Prizes include an iPad, a Sea to Sky getaway, an e-scooter, experiences in Abbotsford, Whistler, and Sun Peaks, a television, or WestJet vouchers.
50/50 tickets: Single $5; 5-Ticket Pack for $10; 50-Ticket Pack for $25; 200-Ticket Pack for $50; 500-Ticket Pack for $100.
Prize Draw tickets: 5-Ticket Pack for $10; 50-Ticket Pack for $25; 200-Ticket Pack for $50.
Early Bird Draws: September 11 and September 25, 2024
Final Sales Deadline: Midnight, Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Final Draws: Friday, October 11, 2024 at 11:00am
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.
About Canuck Place
Canuck Place operates 10 patient beds and 8 family suites through two hospices in Vancouver and Abbotsford. Services include in-hospice 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.
For close to three decades, 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 and prize draw ticket purchase can make a difference
This afternoon it was announced that Vancouver Rise FC will be the name of one of the six founding clubs of the Northern Super League, a new Canadian professional women’s soccer league set to kick off in spring of 2025.
The league is built by players and supporters of the beautiful game with best practices from around the world, and aims to further Canadian excellence in sport, equity and inclusion.
Vancouver Rise FC joins Ottawa Rapid FC, Halifax Tides FC, AFC Toronto, and Calgary Wild FC who have already unveiled their names and logos. Montreal’s brand is forthcoming.
Vancouver Rise FC NSL Team Name, Brand Announced
The club released the following statement today about the branding
The name Vancouver Rise FC symbolizes a beacon of empowerment and progress, inspiring the next generation to rise above and chase their dreams. Just as the mountains and sun overlook the city each day, bringing light and energy to the world, Vancouver Rise FC represents the dawning of a new era in soccer
Represented in the logo and brand are:
Vancouver’s mountains that overlook our city: The peaks that make up Cypress (Mount Strachan, Black Mountain, and Hollyburn Mountain); Grouse Mountain; and Mount Seymour
A rising sun to bring connection to our beautiful BC province and the stars that will shine for the club. With six rays to highlight the six founding NSL clubs.
The shield like shape symbolizes the sense of unity and tradition, with a rising V to represent the journey of the players, who continuously push themselves to new heights, overcoming challenges and striving for excellence on and off the field.
The colours represent the natural beauty of BC (teal), our beautiful summer sunsets where the coast meets the mountains (gold), and the depths of the Pacific Ocean and its underlying strength (black).
Ticket Information
Season ticket membership deposits for Vancouver Rise FC will go on sale to the public in the coming weeks. The Northern Super League will feature a 25-game regular season schedule followed by playoffs and a National Championship in Fall 2025.
Experience an enchanting evening with Gateway Theatre at Moonlight Magic: A Mid-Autumn Celebration with family crafts, mooncakes, music, and lantern procession.
This is an annual event at Gateway Theatre that celebrates the timeless tradition of family, heritage, and cultural beauty, focusing on passing down traditions through generations.
Moonlight Magic Mid-Autumn Festival at Gateway Theatre
When: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: Doors open at 5:15pm and event begins at 6:00pm
Where: Gateway Theatre Studio A, 6500 Gilbert Road and Minoru Park
Admission: Tickets available for purchase online; $15 for adults aged 19 and up, $10 for youths ages 3 to 18, and free admission to children 2 and under.
Lantern play is a part of the tradition of Mid-Autumn; families will kick off the festival by crafting beautiful lanterns by hand and enjoying free mooncakes. Attendees of all ages will have the chance to learn the significance of lantern-making while crafting their own masterpieces. Families are encouraged to do the crafting together, then carry their handmade lanterns to begin a breathtaking procession into Minoru Park.
As the sun sets, you will be immersed in an enchanting concert sung by the talented Mezzo-soprano Renee Fajardo accompanied by guitarist Mark Richardson. Enjoy moonlight melodies like Moondance, Memory (from Cats), and Habanera (aria from the opera “Carmen”), as well as other well-known songs from the musical theatre and opera repertoire.
About Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival honours the full harvest moon as a symbol of peace, prosperity and togetherness — all good things to celebrate! It occurs on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month which happens sometime between mid September and early October. This is when the moon is at its fullest after the autumnal equinox. It is a popular, happy time of year when families gather to share food, admire the full moon, light lanterns and eat mooncakes.
For more information about events at Gateway Theatre, follow along on Instagram and Facebook.
100% of ticket revenue goes directly to the Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) programme at the BC Cancer Foundation.
Over the last two years, iconic Canadian Rock performers have united to stage a benefit concert in the ongoing battle to beat cancer. As the brainchild of legendary drummer Rocket Norton of PRISM who sadly passed away from the disease this past April, these sold-out shows have electrified Vancouver and raised $660,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation.
Iconic Vancouver and Western Canadian artists will join in solidarity to perform their classic hits including Loverboy, Chilliwack, Powder Blues Band, Lee Aaron, Barney Bentall, Trooper’s Hot Shots, Streetheart, and Seeds of Time.
As with previous years, these musicians and friends have generously donated their time and talents for an undertaking that has touched each and every one of their lives, not to mention yours. The evening will also include a live auction of unique music memorabilia as well as a video tribute to the late, great Rocket Norton.
About the Cause
Proceeds from ROCK BEATS CANCER go to the BC Cancer Foundation (BCCF), specifically, the Personalised Onco-Genomics (POG) Program – a world-leading research initiative that uses intensive genomic data collection and analysis to identify and understand the genomic alterations that drive cancer growth, metastasis, and the biological evolution and response to therapies. Donations to BCCF in memory of Rocket Norton can also be made online.
All donations to this program are matched dollar for dollar by the Federal Government of Canada, doubling the impact of all ticket and auction revenue. More information is available on the BC Cancer Foundation website.
