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BC Summer Games in Surrey: Torch Lighting Ceremony

by Rebecca Bollwitt

0sharesThe 2012 BC Summer Games are coming to Surrey this summer. Close to three thousand athletes from around the province will compete in baseball, lacrosse, swimming, wrestling, athletics, basketball, golf, volleyball, and more at 15 venues around the city. To kick off the excitement for the Games, there will be a torch lighting ceremony at […]

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YVR Airport: Best in North America

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

2sharesFor the 3rd straight year, Vancouver International Airport (“YVR”) has been named the Best Airport in North America by the Skytrax World Airport Awards. The awards, announced today in Vienna, Austria, recognize product and service quality across the world’s airport industry and are based on an independent survey of 12 million passengers from 108 countries. […]

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Vancouver South African Film Festival 2012

by Rebecca Bollwitt

0sharesThe 2nd annual Vancouver South African Film Festival is being held this weekend at Denman Cinemas in the West End. From April 20th until 22nd, films will be screened in order to raise funds for the Vancouver-based non-profit Education without Borders and also to broaden the public’s understanding and appreciation of South Africa’s rich and […]

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Svengali

Comments 50 by Rebecca Bollwitt

50sharesThe Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents Svengali at the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver this weekend. Choreographed by Mark Godden, the full-length production offer a balletic re-imagining of the George Du Maurier novel, Trilby. Photo credit: Royal Winnipeg Ballet on Flickr / RWB Svengali The dramatic story follows Svengali, a young man with hypnotic powers. […]

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Jane’s Walk Vancouver 2012

by Rebecca Bollwitt

0sharesJane’s Walk first took place in Toronto on May 5, 2007 and was lead by friends of Jane Jacobs. 27 free community walks were offered by volunteers that day and hundreds of people set out on foot to learn more about Toronto’s neighbourhoods. Photo: Clayton Perry Photoworks I first heard about Jane’s Walk in 2009, […]

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Vancouver History: Athletic Park

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

6shares99 years ago, on April 16, 1913, Athletic Park was dedicated on Hemlock and West 5th. 1915 – Opening Day vs Victoria by the City of Vancouver Archives on Flickr. Archives item# PAN N14B. Photographer: WJ Moore. Chuck Davis writes: “The park was built by Bob Brown, who would come to be known as Mr. […]

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The Bomb-itty of Errors

by Michelle Kim

0sharesEveryone Must See The Bomb-itty of Errors! I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard while watching Shakespeare as I did watching Twenty-Something Theatre’s The Bomb-itty of Errors, a hip-hop-rap adaptation of Shakespeare’s farcical tale of mistaken identity, The Comedy of Errors. The original story tells the tale of two sets of identical twins that were […]

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Spring Style at Capilano Mall

Comments 142 by Rebecca Bollwitt

142sharesCapilano Mall is hosting a Spring into Style contest with a prize package valued at over $3,000. Customers can enter in-person at the mall in North Vancouver, online, or on Facebook. The prize includes spending money for you and a friend, a gym membership, and a makeover including a hair cut and colour. The contest […]

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BC Place Free Community Weekend

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

1shareBC Place will be hosting a free “Community Weekend” this month, inviting fans and families to the stadium for a visit. Photo credit: FreeRishad on Flickr – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool. The last BC Place open house took place in July 2011, before renovations were complete. Now, on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, […]

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Sunday Brunch for QMUNITY

Comments 129 by Rebecca Bollwitt

129sharesTop Chef Canada winner Dale MacKay will be hosting Sunday Brunch for QMUNITY on April 29th at his latest restaurant, ensemble Tap (“eTap”). This event will serve as a fundraiser for QMUNITY, which is BC’s queer resource centre. QMUNITY is a leading provincial resource centre offering community services and programs that celebrate, support and enhance […]

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