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BC Blueberries – Did You Know? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:45 am
Did you know that British Columbia is now the biggest highbush blueberry-growing region in the world, with more than $1 billion in sales in the past five years? Did you also know that a single blueber...
START YOUR WEEK RIGHT WITH THE V.I.A. WEEKLY PLAYLIST WEEK 186: Close Talker 27 Aug 2013 | 06:34 am
SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With over 28,000+ artists, boasting more than 140,000+ tracks, the CBC Music/CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate auth...
Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Wooden Roller Coaster, Pacific Coliseum & Nat Bailey Stadium 27 Aug 2013 | 03:09 am
Vancouver Heritage Foundation is a registered charity supporting the conservation of heritage buildings and structures in recognition of their contribution to the city’s economy, sustainability and cu...
650 pounds of salmon given to folks in need 26 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
What do you do when you factored in just a little bit too much salmon for your annual Pink Salmon Festival? If you’re Canadian Fishing Company / Gold Seal and the Pacific Salmon Foundation, you take t...
Day 7 of the Local Food Challenge 25 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
The Local Food Challenge is officially complete! As part of the final day, local smoothie favourite The Juice Truck organized lemonade stands around the city run by volunteer kids, and all proceeds we...
The beasts of the PNE 25 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
We’ve brought you barnloads of awesomeness from the PNE and Playland over the years (8 blog posts in the last year alone: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and what I personally always come back to – and love ...
Pink salmon BY DONATION in Hadden Park on Sunday! (cc @PSF) 25 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
This Sunday August 25th the annual Pink Salmon Festival is taking place in Hadden Park, put on by the Pacific Salmon Foundation (who posted THIS earlier this week regarding it). It’s a day of celebrat...
Day 6 of the Local Food Challenge 24 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
After noticing on Twitter that Burdock & Co. was offering Local Food Challenge friendly meals, I made it a priority to make dinner plans there. I had been once before and was seriously impressed, and ...
Read All Over – Sarah Szloboda 24 Aug 2013 | 06:44 am
Read All Over celebrates the bookworm in all of us, showcasing readers in Vancouver and the books they love most. Sarah is talented as hell. She acts, writes, directs, improvs, and improves (through ...
#FieldDayFriday: Perch + Strutta 24 Aug 2013 | 05:42 am
Watch for #FieldDayFriday on Vancouver Is Awesome every Friday during the month of August, where I’ll be posting from someone else’s workplace pad. Sitting smack dab in the epicentre of Vancouver’s t...
