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The Five Things Meme

Comments 15 by Rebecca Bollwitt

18sharesTaking a break from the municipal and provincial election coverage to engage in some silly entertainment (see last night’s post about sweet, sweet 80s tunes) I’m going to complete my mission after being “tagged” by Tyler Ingram yesterday. I admit, I have participated and perpetuated many memes before, and for those of you who are […]

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80s Music Hour

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

11sharesOn my way out of the Talk 1410am studios yesterday (where I do my weekly segment with Pat and Val) I bumped into Gino Vanelli. This inspired me to look up some of his sweet tunes on YouTube, which lead to a total 80s music fest tonight at casa di Bollwitt. Gino Vanelli – Black […]

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Vancouver Canucks October 25th Who Else?

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

13sharesThere’s a cryptic video on the Canucks website right now that asks several (rhetorical) questions and leads us all to believe the organisation is cooking something up for this Saturday’s game versus the Oilers. Who else suffered rejection for an NHL franchise, but never quit? Who else turned a symbol of surrender into a passionate […]

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Vancouver-Burrard By-Election Candidate Interview: Drina Read

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

7sharesThose living in the Vancouver-Burrard or Vancouver-Fairview districts may have received their yellow voting cards in the mail by now. No, this is not for yet another federal election, but as previously outlined, two provincial by-elections will be taking place October 29th. I have a series of interviews with some of the Vancouver-Burrard candidates, and […]

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Civic Elections in Metro Vancouver

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

7sharesAs most folks in the region area should be aware, there are municipal elections happening very soon in numerous cities. Those in Vancouver, Surrey, Township of Langley, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Richmond, Burnaby, District of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver will be heading to the polls on November 15th to elect a new city council and […]

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Vancouver Blogger Profile: The Buzzer

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

2sharesIt’s 92 years young and a staple of transit cars in the greater Vancouver area. The portable, printed, paper newsletters informing you about the latest in transit trends is now online with The Buzzer Blog. I did a quick blogger profile interview with Jhenifer Pabillano who has been writing The Buzzer since January 2008, and […]

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Vancouver-Burrard By-Election Candidate Interview: Spencer Herbert

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

11sharesThose living in the Vancouver-Burrard or Vancouver-Fairview districts may have received their yellow voting cards in the mail by now. No, this is not for yet another federal election, but as previously outlined, two provincial by-elections will be taking place October 29th. I have a series of interviews with some of the Vancouver-Burrard candidates, and […]

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Third Tuesday Food Drive Success

Comments 19 by Rebecca Bollwitt

22sharesThis evening at Third Tuesday, Mhairi Petrovic lead a talk about “Marketing New Media to Traditional Decision Makers: Overcoming the Challenges“. She had 10 main talking points, which lead to a rousing discussion throughout the group of about 50 attendees. Using your website to do more than list an email address for your company, how […]

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Gearing up for the Season

Comments 11 by Rebecca Bollwitt

14sharesThis morning I woke up to Tweets from several people who were excited to see snow dusted across the tops of the local mountains. Photo credit: Keira on Flickr I’m gearing up for another season at Mt. Seymour as well as a trip to Keira’s beloved Mt. Washington to celebrate the start of the season. […]

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Food Bank Food Drive Reminder – Updated

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

5sharesA part of my job that I love the most is helping others – and since another part of my job is blogging, I love being able to combine the two. Tomorrow at Third Tuesday I will be holding a food drive for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society on top of providing the live […]

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