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Join the fun at the 35th Anniversary of the Vancouver Chariot Festival on August 10.
The parade will start at 11 am with three gigantic carts being pulled on huge wheels along Beach Avenue, ending on Second Beach.
At the end of the parade, you will be able to enjoy a free vegetarian feast, drama, cultural dance, […]
Greater Vancouver’s only water-slide park offers advanced, intermediate and children’s slides. There is a slide there for everyone depending on your experience or your “scare” level.
Their advanced slides come with names like “Oliver Twist”, the “Kamikazi” or the “Corkscrew”, all which offer 425 feet of twists, turns and thrills.
If you like speed, give the “Whipper […]
Here are my 3 favorite Cafes that offer Free WiFi…..enjoy!
(these cafes are in the downtown area)
Take 5 Cafe - 429 Granville Street
A place you can take business associates to impress them, as well as a place to hang out with your friends.
Take 5 Cafe is a cozy, trendy cafe that is a great place to relax […]
The 63rd Annual Steveston Salmon Festival is being held on Canada Day. The day begins at 10am with a parade through historic Steveston village, which features 100 entries including floats, marching bands, celebrities, politicians, community groups, vintage vehicles and much much more.
The Official festival kick-off is on the Main Stage at 12:30 pm with […]
Calling all red necks? Are you looking for a good time…well then this is it! The Golden Spike Days Festival is a fun-filled weekend for the entire family with great entertainment, special events and activities, can can dancers, as well as great food!! June 28 is the kick off of the festival […]
The Hellenic Congress of BC has announced that June 2008 is officially named the
Greek Heritage Month in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia!
Greek Day on Broadway has enjoyed tremendous success since 2005 and this year will include more cultural activities scheduled at various locations throughout Vancouver in celebration of Greek Heritage month.
The month of celebrations […]
Mother’s Day is fast approaching.
The big day is May 11 … and what better place to spoil mom then by taking her to the top of Vancouver!
Mother’s Day bruch on top of Grouse Mountain is a yearly tradition for many Vancouverites.
You can make the day of it and enjoy the many activities they have to […]
The Richmond Night Market is a multi-cultural Asian market event!
The market contains rows of open stalls with a huge array of items for sale including clothing, books, jewelry, purses, electronics, car accessories and Asian DVDs.
My favorite reason for going to the market is the unbelievable variety of ethnic foods including dim sum, imitation shark-fin soup, […]
One of the best things about living on the west coast of Canada, is the abundant supply of wild sockeye salmon.
When visiting, you will find salmon available in almost all of the finer restaurants around the city.
If you want to try “grilling” up your own pacific salmon…here is a recipe you might want to try!
Ingediants:
2 […]
The Dockside Restaurant in the Granville Island Hotel is an amazing place to unwind with friends, take that special someone out for an amazing dinner, or even enjoy a couple of drinks after work.
The Dockside is split up into the restaurant, then a lovely patio, restaurant bar, lounge, and the brewery. The patio has […]
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