Be Your Own Tourist

Instead of venturing off to the foreign lands of Europe or Asia, why not stay at home and discover hidden neighborhood gems.  You may find a new attraction just around the corner.  The month of August is the annual BC Cultural Crawl.
Over 70 communities around the province will open their doors and let you discover […]

The Ultimate Game

Once known as a game for hippies, it has evolved into a respected global sport phenomenon.  You can catch a glimpse of the elite, the World Ultimate and Guts Championships, from August 2 to August 9 at UBC.  The best way to describe this disc game is it has a myriad of familiar rules from […]

Canucks flying the coup

Naslund’s tenure with the Canucks comes to a somewhat unexpecting end.  He has signed on with the Rangers, our Stanley Cup rival over ten years ago, for a two year deal of $8 million.  Sadly, he had to take it because Canucks management did not propose a deal with Markus Naslund.  Like Linden and many others, […]

Talk About Sentimental

Former Australian prisoner, Graeme Alford, who spent several years in Melbourne’s former Pentridge prison for embezzlement and armed robbery, has decided to purchase he old cell, number 43, as part of a commercial redevelopment of the prison. Pentridge is being redeveloped into a wine block, which will eventually hold approx $50 million in rare wines. […]

Au Revoir Luc

Our thoughts go out to the friends and family of Luc Bourdon.  He passed away this past Thursday in a motorcycle accient.  This young star shot into the limelight when he was part of the gold metal winning Team Canada at the World Juniors  He was a young exuberant 21 year old who was showing his potential during his […]

4 Real TV

Here’s another reason to be proud as a Canadian and as a Vancouverite.  For the last month, I have been watching a documentary television series called This is 4 Real on MTV Canada.  This locally produced series has grown from just a documentary to creating an online community and creating educational materials and fundraisers.  The […]

The Right to Love

Canada has done it. Europe has done it. Along with Massachuessets, the state of California has constitutionally recognized same sex marriages. It was only a couple of years ago where thousands of same-sex marriages at San Francisco City Hall were considered invalid. This is a momentous ruling and many are rejoicing […]

Woe is me

This is what I had the pleasure of waking up to this morning! At least when it melts my lawn will be nice a green! Geesh. When will it end! If you were ever considering moving to a mountain community, please keep in mind this is (semi) normal.

Scuppies

Got this in an e-mail the other day, thought it was perfect for today!
 
KICKER-Scuppies
 
INDEX: Social, Environment
 
First it was boomers, then preppies and yuppies — now there’s a new societal solidarity group on the block. Say hello to the Scuppies.
 
Scuppies stands for Socially Conscious, Upwardly Mobile People. According to the Scuppie manifesto, Scuppies want to save […]

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!! The one day a year that it is mandatory that you play nice. If you are not living and earth friendly lifestyle just yet, today is the day to start. If you are one that is lost in the whole “Eco-Friendly”, “Sustainable Living”, “Biodegradable” lingo and think that it’s just to complicated, […]

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