Vancouver’s Canada Day celebration will take place at Canada Place next Friday, July 1, 2011. There will be so much going on – from the iconic sails of Canada Place and down to Harbour Green Park – including multiple performance stages, food, and nighttime fireworks in Coal Harbour. Photo credit: Canada Place on Flickr Stages […]

Dragonette played Surrey’s Canada Day celebration today as an excited crowd raised their hands, sung along, and ignored any pending raindrops. John and I snapped some photos of the group including bassist and producer Dan Kurtz, drummer Joel Stouffer, and the highly photogenic lead singer, Martina Sorbara. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Photo credit: […]

We’re stationed out in Surrey today to celebrate Canada Day. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Though I went to bed with a fever last night and woke up shifting between being extremely pale and extremely red-faced, I just figured my body was showing its patriotism. We made it out in time for the opening […]

Canada Day 2010 is almost here and over the last few weeks I have been profiling events from Whistler to Langley that are (mostly) free and fun for the whole family including the re-lighting of the Olympic cauldron downtown. Here’s a roundup of each post by location: Granville Island July 1st, bike parade, concerts with […]

Langley will be hosting its own Canada Day celebrations June 30th and July 1st at McLeod Athletic Park. Where McLeod Athletic Park [Google Map] When June 30th and July 1st Photo credit: GusF on Flickr Activities June 30th Trials Stars Bike Demos (6:00pm – 6:30pm & 7:30pm – 8:00pm) LEGO Certified Professional builder, Robin Sather […]

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

For the third year in a row we’ll be covering Canada Day in Surrey live from the Cloverdale Millenium Amphitheatre. John and I head out to Western Canada’s largest Canada Day celebration each year to provide live blogs, Tweets, photos, and videos. This year is no exception and with an ever-impressive line up, this free […]

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 […]