The Vancouver Traveler

Here it is a month back in Canada, and I have the bug again….DIVING!! Here is a trip that is going to be amazing!! Join Suncoast Diving for a fun filled weekend of diving in scenic Powell River, home to such famous sites as Mermaid Cove, Octopus City & Wreck of the Malahat. Accommodations will be in a cozy, beach front cabin with shore dives right at your doorstep. All levels of divers are welcome!!

Price $150.00 per person + tax
Includes 2 boat dives, 2 shore dives, tanks weights & cabin style accommodations
Additional shore dives available @$7.00 …read more

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Lower Seymour Conservation Area (LSCR) is celebrating International Earth Day by participating in the annual Earth Day stewardship activities at the LSCR.
This is your opportunity to help maintain the natural integrity of the local ecosystem while managing this land for storing and treating our drinking water. Join the community for a fun day that seeks to minimize and restore human impact on this land.
Engage in activities that aim to free the natural ecosystem form the influence of invasive plants, and establish and restore habitat for native wildlife. We will see you between 10am – 2pm on the 20th …read more

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The Fraser River Estuary Kayak Tour, 10:00 am – 03:00 pm on the 19th of April. The Estuary is a large tidal flat that provides shelter and food for thousands of birds annually. The water way is a maze of channels and arteries offering amazing scenery and an excellent opportunity for wild life viewing for birds and marine mammals.
Just as appealing is viewing the community of Ladner from the water where one gets an appreciation of the Pacific Maritime appeal of this historic community.
So if this is for you everyone will be meeting at Wellington Park – River …read more

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Date: April 19 – 20, 2008
Vancouver’s annual favorite, is being held in the historic neighborhood of Kerrisdale. This show is featuring 60 specialty vendors with over 250 tables of antiques, retro design and vintage collectibles.
This is the 7th annual event and it promises to deliver the goods, some of the items to look forward to;

Mid Century Modernist Decor
French Country & Formal Furnishing
Pop Culture Classics
Antiquarian books
Old advertising & memorabilia, and much more

One of the new things for the 2008 fair is the conduct of Appraisal Clinics on Both Days!
Call or visit the Website for full details.
Phone: 604.980.3159
Website: www.21cpromotions.com
Admission: $6.00 at …read more

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The Sustainable Living Expo, is Vancouver’s largest green consumer show and eco-marketplace. Visit EPIC to learn about environmentally-friendly products and companies that mix style and quality with sustainability. Greening your life is easy – all you need is a little education and inspiration.
EPIC has lots of both. Be sure to visit EPIC during their three day celebration of green living, and surround yourself with truly inspiring people and environmentally innovative products. You will have the opportunity to learn how to live a healthier, more sustainable life from the experts in everything from eco …read more

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Into birds, wondering where Spring is, well lets get together and celebrate the arrival of spring birds! Join Naturalist Al Grass to search out the early birds of spring who will be arriving back from their wintering grounds and settling up their summer nesting areas.
Come on out to Maplewood Flats Conservation Area, 2645 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver, 10am – 2pm (12 April).
For more information call 604.924.2581
Photo Credit: SXC.HU

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This exhibit looks back through a period of almost 50 years of history through the eyes of Japanese Canadian Photographers who operated studios in Cumberland, New Westminster and Vancouver. There are over eighty black and white photographs on display revealing a variety of subjects from diverse communities at the time, both the elite and labourers.
An exhibition catalogue accompanies the show and is for sale in the Gallery shop.
Dates:
March 28 – May 5, 2008
Times:
12:00 pm- 05:00 pm
Address:
Evergreen Cultural Centre
1205 Pinetree Way
Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7Y3
604.927.6550
Photo Credits: SXC.HU

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An annual Festival of New Music Composers will be held over 4 nights from (10 – 13 April). The works of 41 different composers will be featured, at the Western Front in Vancouver (303 East 8th Avenue).
The Festival is in it’s 21st year, and this festival is widely thought of as one of Canada’s most important showcases for new work, which includes both mature and emerging composers.
For of this years composers are;

Leslis Yyeda
Mark Armanini
Jin Zhang
Alexander Pecheyuk

and many many more….for more information concerning the composers be sure to visit Vancouver Pro Music web site.
Sonic Boom 2008
A Festival of New …read more

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The Beachcombers 35th Anniversary Events are planned for Gibsons, British Columbia. The Beachcombers was one of the longest running Canadian TV show. I remember watching Sunday evenings as a young boy. Here is proof that Molly’s is still standing!
For more information concerning the Anniversary, visit the Beachcombers website
Photo Credit: Private Stock

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Two days back in BC from my travels in Southeast Asia, and I was out on the zodiac. Needless to say the 5 degree weather was certainly not the 38 degrees I had become use to.
So, off to the Abyss, this beautiful beach, wall dive area about 10 minutes up the Sechelt Inlet.
We rolled into the beach area around 10:30 am, and we took our time getting ready, since it had been a few months since I suited up for cold water diving. I forgot how heavy 10kg on a weight belt actually felt like. My buddy …read more

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