Education & Career Fairs (“ECF”) invites you to their 20th anniversary event to kick start your career. When you visit ECF, you will experience all the exciting stages of planning the trip of a lifetime: pursuing your dreams. If you are looking for a job or training options, ECF makes it easy to get a new start since the Fair is free!
Free Education & Career Fair in Vancouver
Date: Friday December 9, 2016 Hours: 9:00am to 3:00pm Where: Vancouver Convention Centre EAST, Exhibit Hall B (Canada Place) Tickets:Book free tickets online now!
What’s New for 2016
Interactive Gallery – Let the Centre for Arts and Technology give you the full experience of what it will be like to pursue your passion with this interactive gallery. Every station offers a different experience. Look, listen and feel – view life through the lens of a professional camera, immerse yourself in sound or feel what it’s like to create and animate. Or perhaps you want to see what computers can really do in the Network Administrator Specialist gallery. Pop by and see that your passion is within reach.
Learning Lounge – Seminars, presentations and demonstrations by exhibitors will take place in the Learning Lounge. Listen to experts provide valuable insight on everything from high demand jobs, school applications, how to balance doing what you love vs. what pays the bills and more! Don’t miss out on these free Learning Lounge Talks, including “Paying for School Like a Boss” presented by Stenberg College. Plan ahead and view upcoming Learning Lounge Talks here.
We often think of the children at this time of year, the sparkle of holiday lights in their eyes, smiles while sitting on Santa’s lap, and gifts wrapped just for them. However this year, London Drugs is leading an initiative to help another demographic have a happy holiday season with Santa for Seniors.
Santa for Seniors at London Drugs
This Christmas you can fulfill the wish list of a local senior at a participating London Drugs. Simply visit your local store, pick up a wish list tag from the Santa for Seniors Christmas tree, shop for items on the list, make your purchase, and leave your gift donation at the store. Each tag contains the personalized wish list from a local senior to whom the items will be delivered for Christmas.
Participating Stores in BC:
Granville & Georgia
Robson & Bute
Davie St
Langley
Cloverdale
Kamloops
Chilliwack
Clearbrook
Penticton
West Vancouver
New Westminster
Burnaby Kingsway Plaza
Burnaby Lougheed Town Centre
Surrey London Station
Kelowna Spall Plaza
Kelowna Westbank
Victoria Saanich Centre
Victoria Yates Street
Port Place Shopping Centre
Nanaimo North Town Centre
London Drugs partners with a variety of non-profit organizations each year to help make people’s lives a little less stressful and hopefully a lot more cheerful at Christmas and other times throughout the year. Thanks to the initiative of the a London Drugs team in Northern Alberta, the Santa for Seniors campaign is now nation-wide. Follow London Drugs on Facebook for more information.
The Nutcracker is coming to Robson Street in a unique way on Saturday as the holiday classic gets projected onto six, eight by eight foot screens lining the middle of thoroughfare for Winter’s Dance.
Photo by Henry Hwu. Rendering by My Loud Speaker.
The Nutcracker on Robson Street
Where: Robson Street from Burrard to Bute When: Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 6:00pm Admission: None/Free
The Robson Street Business Association (RSBA) and My Loud Speaker present Winter’s Dance, featuring a whimsical 15 minute version of The Nutcracker.
Blenz will be on-site providing cups of hot chocolate to visitors, while other shops and restaurants will be offering special promotions or in-store experiences during the event to add to the overall experience.
Robson Street will be closed to vehicle traffic at 3:00pm and reopen at 11:00pm to allow for set up and take down. An alternative bus route will be in effect. For more information, follow Robson Street on Facebook and Twitter.
Experience Brentwood Holiday Magic this Christmas with free, family-friendly entertainment on Saturdays this month, plus Santa photos that support a local cause.
Brentwood Holiday Magic
Saturday Activities
Coming up on December 10th and 17th from 12:00pm to 2:00pm, enjoy silk aerialists, holiday stilt walkers and cotton candy artisans along with an interactive elf show and marshmallow s’mores bar. There’s a full schedule of holiday entertainment with caricature artists, live music, and plenty of holiday giveaways. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to enter for a chance to win a stocking filled with holiday goodies valued at $500. A winner will be announced on December 27, 2016.
Santa Photos
Come down and get your Santa photos everyday until Christmas Eve, starting at just $10. Partial proceeds benefit the Burnaby Hospital Foundation.
Until December 10, 2016
Sunday: 11:00am to 2:00pm & 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Monday – Saturday: 11:00am to 3:00pm & 4:00pm to 7:00pm
December 11 – December 23, 2016
Sunday: 11:00am – 2pm & 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Monday – Saturday: 11:00am to 1:00pm, 2:00pm to 5:00pm, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
December 24, 2016
Saturday: 11:00am to 1pm & 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Click below to post your entry on Twitter (1 entry)
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Brentwood, on the corner of Willingdon and Lougheed (and at Brentwood SkyTrain station) is home to 110 stores and services including Sears and London Drugs. Follow Brentwood on Twitter and Facebook for more information about their shops, services, and special events.
I will draw one contest winner at random from all entries at 9:00am on Tuesday, December 13, 2016.
There’s an annual sock drive in Vancouver that’s spearheaded by a local in Little Mountain with a very big heart. Barbara Vance is a 76-year-old resident at the Little Mountain Place residential care facility in Vancouver and she’s come to be known as the “Sock Granny”.
For the past three years, Barbara has been collecting socks for Vancouver’s homeless. Last year, she collected 2200 pairs and distributed them to recipients, with the help of her family and a non-profit organization called MPA Society (Motivation, Power & Achievement), which supports homeless people with mental illness.
Barbara believes in the value of volunteerism and basic kindness, particularly at Christmas when she sees so many people facing such need. Her motto is simple. She says: “If in doubt about what to do, do the kind thing.”
It all started in 2013 when she lived in an assisted-living facility across the street from the MPA’s offices. One day, the MPA came to her residence to collect socks for the homeless. Mrs. Vance was so taken by the idea that she spearheaded an effort to collect as many pairs of socks from her fellow residents for the MPA as she could. That first year, she collected 400 pairs.
She won the “Assisted Living Senior of the Year” award in 2013 for her kindness from the BC Seniors Living Association. Mrs. Vance moved into Little Mountain in September and has no intention of letting her sock drive falter. So she’s at it again this year collecting socks, toques, travel mugs, underwear and tea bags with the help of Little Mountain Place, MPA and plain old word of mouth.
The socks and other items will be distributed by the MPA to individual in need before Christmas. If you would like to donate items, you can bring them to Little Mountain Place, 330 East 36th Avenue, Vancouver or contact Angie Martinez, Administrator, Little Mountain Place/Little Mountain Court at (604) 325-2298, extension 307.
Additional drop-off locations include the Granville Island Starbucks, Granville, 11th Ave Starbucks and Kokopelli Salon on Commercial Drive. Follow the Sock Granny on Facebook for more information.
For the past three years, Barbara has been collecting socks for Vancouver’s homeless. Last year, she collected 2200 pairs and distributed them to recipients, with the help of her family and a non-profit organization called