5 Things You Can Recycle, But Probably Didn’t Know That You Could

Add a Comment by Rebecca Bollwitt Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 — 10:27am PST

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There’s a little dance John and I do down at our recycling bins every few days. We have our boxes and bags full of goods we don’t want to put in the trash, so we spend a few minutes reading labels, looking at the bottom of containers, and comparing them to symbols and graphics on the 8 bins in front of us.

5 Things You Can Recycle, But Probably Didn't Know That You Could

We hop from one bin to the next with items in hand. Cardboard, glass bottles, newsprint, no problem! What about cups, bottles, foil, or paper items that don’t blatantly appear on the bins’ helpful placards?

Luckily, Recycle BC has the very easy, and straightforward, “What Can I Recycle” tool to help you sort your discarded items. It lets you identify the items and tells you where they are accepted for recycling — such as curbside collection, multi-family collection, or at your local Recycle BC depot. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

Fall for Local Holiday Market: Enter to Win a Prize Pack

Comments 141 by Rebecca Bollwitt Friday, December 1st, 2017 — 11:09am PST

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Fall for Local Holiday Market is a one-of-kind shop small event, that prides itself on curating high quality modern pop-up featuring independent brands. Not only can you shop from 80 vendors, you can pop into a free mini wreath DIY station, wrap your gifts at our free gift wrapping station, and warm up with fresh free coffee.

Fall for Local Holiday Market

Where: The Pipe Shop Building (115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver)
When: Saturday, December 9 & Sunday, December 10, 2017 11:00am to 5:00pm
Tickets: Early Bird (online) $3, Regular Ticket (on-site): $5 (cash only), kids 12 & under free

Bonus! Get there early as the first 50 guests will receive a free canvas tote bag filled with local goodies on both days.

Fall for Local Holiday Market

Enter to Win a Prize Pack

I have THREE awesome prize packs up for grabs and you get to choose which one you would like to enter to win. Here’s what’s in each:

Fall for Comfort – Package value over $170!

Vendor
Thread Style
Emily Cheung
City and She
Kismet
The Soap Co.
Wild Design Lab
Midnight Paloma
Modern Hippie Wellness

Prize
$30 Gift Card
Print
Gift Cards
Soothe Salt Soak
470ml Soap
Gift Card
Detox Mask
Charcoal Mask

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Fall for Bling – Package value over $240!

Vendor
Mind The Minimal
Zaleska
Reiko Designs
Divine East
M-A
Billy Would

Prize
Rocky Mountain Trio
Earrings
Necklace
Divine East Bracelet TBD
Gold Bracelet
Buckle

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Fall for Food – Package value over $170!

Vendor
Il Fioraio Florist
Kaiko
Kapow Now
Moon Brew Tonic
Tality Kombucha
Roasters Hot Sauce
The Good Stuff
Kizzy’s Macarons

Prize
Small Christmas Wreath
Tea Towels
Spreads
Tonic
3 Bottles Kombucha
Hot Sauce
6 ready-to-blend smoothie mixes
Box of 10 assorted macarons

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Here are the many ways you can enter to win one of these prize packages:

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Follow Fall for Local on Instagram (1 entry)
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Like, comment on, or share this post on Miss604’s Facebook page (1 entry)
Click below to get another entry by posting on Twitter:

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Follow Fall for Local on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more information. I will draw one winner for each prize pack at 12:00pm on December 7, 2017. Winners must be able to pick up their prizes at the event on December 9 or 10, 2017.

Update The winners are Comfort: Ashley Banbury; Bling: Kelsi Gillies; Food: Julie Palk!

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Add a Comment by Rebecca Bollwitt Thursday, November 30th, 2017 — 3:04pm PST

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December is here, bringing with it plenty of holiday cheer! Free activities, local attractions, family events, shows, and so much more. Browse the giant list of Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend below, and read through the new December Event List for Metro Vancouver. Have fun!

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Brought to you by Place des Arts’ pARTy@PdA series. The next event is December 8th. Get tickets today »

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green.

December Events in Metro Vancouver 2017

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt Thursday, November 30th, 2017 — 2:37pm PST

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The holiday season is here and so are hundreds of events, shows, and attractions that provide entertainment and fun for the whole family this December. Miss604 is proud to partner with the following holiday events and attractions:
Lights at Lafarge
Burnaby Village Museum Heritage Christmas
VanDusen Botanical Garden’s Festival of Lights
and the Yule Duel choir carolling competition on December 7th in Gastown

The full list of yuletide fun is below. If you have any events to add, feel free to send them in for a free listing.

December Events in Metro Vancouver 2017

Jump to: Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 3, 2017
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Jump to: Monday, December 11 to Sunday, December 18, 2017
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Jump to: Monday, December 25 to Thursday, December 31, 2017

Multi-Day Events

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green. This list is updated often so send in your event listing anytime – for free – and check back often to plan your week.

Cuso CAN Fund: Maternal and Baby Health Projects in Africa

Add a Comment by Rebecca Bollwitt Thursday, November 30th, 2017 — 2:12pm PST

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For BC midwife Jennica Rawstron the moments that stand out most from her recent placement with Cuso International as a volunteer midwife supervisor in Ethiopia include working alongside local midwives, who were helping women through difficult deliveries – often in situations that most Canadian women would never face.

Maternal and Baby Health Projects in Africa

80% of Ethiopian women give birth without a skilled health worker  
A woman in Ethiopia is 55x more likely to die during childbirth than a woman in Canada

As a Canadian midwife, Jennica was tasked with training her Ethiopian counterparts at a hospital. While most of the ‘baby-catching’ was done by the local midwives, Jennica did attend several deliveries. In one of those first deliveries, the baby was breech.

“This baby was unresponsive at birth. “It was a difficult delivery. We tried to resuscitate, but it was obvious the baby would die,” Jennica said. “It really had an impact on me because I’ve never had a stillbirth in Canada. Vaginal breech deliveries are not common in Canada because most women in that situation would have a scheduled C-section.”

A week later, it happened again that Jennica was at the hospital for the delivery of another breech baby. This time, when the baby was born, she resuscitated him, and the baby survived. “Ethiopian mothers do not have the opportunity for the same kind of health care that women in Canada have, so there are more of these high-risk births happening.” Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

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