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Robson Square Ice Rink Hours 2016-2017

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The Robson Square ice rink opens for the season on December 1st, providing affordable family fun in Downtown Vancouver throughout the holidays and beyond. Skating is free with your own skates, otherwise rentals are available. The rink also features a concession stand with snacks and warm drinks. This year Vancouver’s 50th foot Christmas tree will […]

Shopping on Robson Street in the 1970s

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Stretching from BC Place to Stanley Park, Robson Street has been one of the city’s most popular thoroughfares, and shopping destinations, for the last century. Thanks to the City of Vancouver Archives, we can take a peek at what this bustling retail corridor looked like decades ago. Shopping on Robson Street in the 1970s Archives# […]

Air Canada enRoute Film Festival

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This year’s 20 selected shorts for the Air Canada enRoute Film Festival will be announced at a free public event at Robson Square in Vancouver on July 20th. The festival will then showcase these emerging Canadian short film talents on Air Canada flights around the world from August 1st to December 31st, 2016. Air Canada […]

Sport Chek on Robson Street: Enter to Win a Gift Card

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The flagship store of Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer, Sport Chek, has touched down in Vancouver on the corner of Robson Street and Howe. This 53,000 square foot sports destination provides three floors of innovative retail space in the heart of downtown. Sport Chek on Robson Street Features of the new store include: Motion activated […]

Robson Community Fair

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This month marks my 10 year anniversary of being a West End resident and I have to say, in my completely biased opinion, it’s Vancouver’s best neighbourhood. You can check out just a slice of what makes the West End great this weekend at the Robson Community Fair. What 2nd Annual Robson Community Fair Where […]