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Power Outages in Vancouver July 14

Comments 19 by Rebecca Bollwitt

22sharesUpdate: July 13, 2009: Over 40,000 people are affected by a power outages in Vancouver today, West of Cambie street. Check out the BC Hydro map to see who is without power at this time. Power outages, transformer blowouts and traffic gridlock are all part of a chaotic scene in downtown Vancouver today. I’d include […]

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Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2008 and Summerfest

by Rebecca Bollwitt

3sharesThis weekend I’ll be out in Surrey for Fusion Festival but for those who cannot make the Skytrain out to Surrey Central for this (free) three day event filled with dancing, food and concert performances in the park, there’s another event happening down at Jericho Beach Park. Celebrating three days of world music. Vancouver Folk […]

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Best of Vancouver 2008: Media Ballot Expanded

by Rebecca Bollwitt

3sharesThe Georgia Straight (the newspaper, not the body of water) is known for being an authority on all-things passing through and within Vancouver and they’re putting the call out for your picks for the 13th annual Best of Vancouver 2008. There are 238 questions in categories like City Life, Media, Arts, & Culture, Travel, Mind […]

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Sherlock Holmes Movie to Star Robert Downey Junior

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

9sharesThe following is a guest post written by the President of the Vancouver Sherlock Holmes society, The Stormy Petrels. It has come to my attention that there are two new Sherlock Holmes movies in the works. This is always good news to Sherlockians – fans of the great detective. Downey, who earned raves for the […]

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iPhone Mania in Vancouver: Tanya and John on the Bill Good Show

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

9sharesWaiting in line ups since 4:30am, watching the Rogers system fail and confronted by those who simply don’t get the hype, Tanya Davis and John Biehler were real troopers this morning (and continue to be) while attempting to secure their shiny new iPhone 3Gs. Based on the Twitter FailWhale – Photo credit: SeanOsteen on Flickr […]

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The East Van Podcast is Alive and Kicking

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

8sharesThe video podcast scene in Vancouver is pretty bare (aside from a nice group of tasty bites produced by DaveO) but thanks to Warren and Jon reviving The East Van Podcast, Vancouverites (East, North, South and West) will be able to enjoy their hyper-local content. In Episode 4 they venture over to Bon’s Off Broadway, […]

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The Adventure that is Self-Employment

Comments 12 by Rebecca Bollwitt

15sharesThe first few days (okay who am I kidding) years of working for yourself are pretty scary. I say years as this blog has been four years in the making and it’s not slowing down any time soon. Miss604.com circa 2005 John and I formed a partnership called sixty4media to consolidate our website works, podcasting, […]

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A Morning at the Vancouver Aquarium

Comments 11 by Rebecca Bollwitt

14sharesI spent a fun-filled morning with my family as guests of the Vancouver Aquarium where the kids enjoyed interactive displays and learning about marine life around the world. When I was little we spent school field trips perched on the edges of our bleacher seats watching the majestic orcas perform stunts for handycam-toting crowds. Nowadays […]

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iPhone versus Slurpees, the July 11th Showdown

Comments 9 by Rebecca Bollwitt

12sharesA while back I was invited to a Facebook event that would celebrate the (official) arrival of the iPhone in Canada on July 11th. Lately with all the news about plans and the fact that you can only get the iPhone at a Rogers or Fido outlet several people have had enough. This afternoon on […]

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NetSquared Liveblogging: Podcasting for Social Change

Comments 9 by Rebecca Bollwitt

12sharesAs announced earlier in the week, I’m here at Workspace to liveblog the NetSquared meetup with tonight’s special theme of Podcasting for Social Change. My friend and Surrey brother DaveO [of happyfrog and Raincity] is spearheading the next NetTuesday Meetup over at Workspace. He’ll be leading a panel about Podcasting for Change with talent such […]

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