Lilith (related to the 90’s music festival Lilith Fair) returns to Metro Vancouver on Canada Day this year. Originally it was to take place in Pitt Meadows but has now been moved to West Vancouver. Following her successful show at Ambleside last year, Sarah McLachlan will be headlining the festival. Where Ambleside Park, West Vancouver […]

Sinclair Centre, who recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, is hosting Canada Day celebrations over the course of three days. Where Sinclair Centre (757 West Hastings Street) When June 28 – June 30, 2010

While making my way around the region with the Canada Day series, I am happy to include Whistler’s Canada Day event. Whistler is a part of the “604” after all and they have a great lineup of activities and entertainment to compliment their Canada Day festivities this year. Where The resort municipality of Whistler When […]

Canada Place is hosting a Canada Day celebration downtown this year. Canada Place has done an amazing job of restoring the “fun” downtown for Canada Day when just a few years ago we weren’t allowed any parades or fireworks. For 2009, Canada Day at Canada Place was awarded the 2010 IABC Gold Quill Communication Management […]

North Vancouver is hosting Canada Day festivities this July 1st at Waterfront Park. Photo credit: Derek Miller Where Waterfront Park in North Vancouver, very easy to get to from the Sea Bus [Google Map] When July 1st, 2010 12:00pm – 4:15pm Activities The Rotary Club presents a full line up of activities for the entire […]

Canada Day celebrations will be happening on July 1st in Richmond with the Steveston Salmon Festival. Photo credit: Yai&JR on Flickr Where Steveston Village in Richmond. The parade route will be Garry Point Park, through Steveston, then past the Community Centre to Railway Avenue. [Google Map] When July 1, 2010 10:00am – 6:00pm Activities The […]

Canada Day is coming up in just a few weeks and for many, it’s the official start of summer (since the May long weekend was rained-out around here). I’ll be profiling about half a dozen community events and festivals over the next few days using the tag: Canada Day so that when the series is […]

The 2010 Miss World Canada Pageant has been hosting events in Vancouver all week that will culminate in the crowning in a ceremony tomorrow night. Photo credit: Jennifer Donley on Flickr When Friday, May 7th, 2010 6:00pm (silent auction starts) 7:00pm (showtime) Where Chandos Pattison Theatre in Surrey (10268 – 168 Street) Tickets for the […]

It comes to this – our neighbouring nations play each other in tournament hockey action at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Team Canada takes on Team USA at 4:40pm PT today over at Canada Hockey Place and even last night you could see flags from both countries being paraded up and down Granville street. The city […]

My first posts about the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was in November of 2007 although I’ve been following the lead up to the Games ever since I heard the IOC announcement of “Vancouver” for 2010 from my desk in Boston back in 2003. Can you believe it’s actually here? I wrote a tweet this morning that […]