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Weekend Wine: TintoNegro 2015 Mendoza Malbec

by Rebecca Bollwitt

0sharesMiss604 and The Wine Syndicate are pleased to present a new bi-weekly series to help you gear up for the weekend in style. Weekend Wine will showcase new-to-you wineries, familiar favourites, and perfect pairings that you can pick up at your local purveyor. Weekend Wine Selection TintoNegro 2015 Mendoza Malbec $14.99 retail at BC Liquor […]

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MOV Presents City on Edge: A Century of Vancouver Activism

Comments 24 by Rebecca Bollwitt

24sharesThe Museum of Vancouver (“MOV”) explores our city’s rich history of protest demonstrations with City on Edge: A Century of Vancouver Activism, a new photo-based exhibition showcasing rarely seen walks of resistance. The collection features 650 photographs of demonstrations, occupations, riots, blockades, and strikes from the early 1900s to the present day, capturing those transformative […]

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BelleWood Acres Apple Farm in Lynden

by Rebecca Bollwitt

32shares“I would hate to have to confiscate your apples,” the Canadian border guard said with a smile as I re-entered the country. I was returning from a trip to Lynden, Washington where I spent three days bike riding, whale watching, appreciating art, and learning about local history. One of the highlights of my little getaway […]

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Win Tickets to Oktoberfest at the Vancouver Alpen Club

Comments 90 by Rebecca Bollwitt

94sharesThe Vancouver Alpen Club is hosting its annual Oktoberfest spanning three consecutive weekends in October this year. The Vancouver Alpen Club has been the home of Oktoberfest in Vancouver for over 30 years, serving up traditional Bavarian cuisine and partnering up with three German breweries Pfungstaedter, Krombacher and of course Erdinger, the world’s largest wheat […]

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Entanglement at VIFF: Win Passes

Comments 21 by Rebecca Bollwitt

125sharesIntent on ending his misery, Ben Layten merely adds to a laundry list of embarrassments. So it’s no surprise when subsequent efforts to connect with the woman who was nearly his adoptive sister send him into a darkly comic tailspin that leaves him questioning every relationship in his life, as well as his increasingly tenuous […]

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