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This Earth Hour thing, in just it's 2nd year, seems to getting a lot of press this year. Not too suprising I guess given the media and public infatuationwith all things green these days. The hour is set for 8pm local time tomorrow, Saturday March
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St. Patricks Day is Monday and the Edgewater Casino CeltiFest Vancouver started yesterday so this Friday is all green. There are some great events at the CelticFest which is centred at the Edgewater Casino this year. I drove by there the other day and
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I have joined the Royal LePage Westside team for the 2008 Bowl for Big Brothers Classic. On March 28th the Royal LePage Westside team will wearing their best Hawaiian attire and be bowling for Big Brothers. If you would like to donate to this great cause
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I will be down at the BC Real Estate Convention (in Ballroom A, B & C at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre at Canada Place) today from 4 till 6pm which is when it ends. This is the last day of this free convention/ trade show covering
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This is the 4th year for the BC Real Estate Convention and it has gotten bigger every year. It must be the cost of admission. It is free! There will be exhibitors from many different real estate related fields, including developers both local and international),
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Looking for something to do in Vancouver this weeekend? Then head inside to the BC Home + Garden Show which is on from today through Sunday at BC Place stadium in downtown Vancovuer. I am try to get some information from the show's website but the
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Today is the start of Chinese New Year and Vancouver is one of the hot spots in North America for this event. The main event is the big parade in Vancouver's Chinatown on Sunday at noon. There are also events on Sunday at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese
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Dine Out Vancouver starts today and if you don't make you reservations soon it could all be sold out. If fact some restaurants may already be sold out. Call now. Stop reading! Pick up the nearest telecommunications device and call for your reservations
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There is so much to do at this time of year and that is not to mention all the tedious gift buying and working and .... blah blah blah. So what I've got today are a series of fun things to do around Vancouver this Christmas-time. Late last week the
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If you didn't know already, Vancouver is a great city for skiers. There are few other cities in the world where you can ski less than an hour after work. And I mean on the hill schusing down the slopes. Well this week Grouse Mountain was the first
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The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) unveiled not one, but three mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralymic Games today and already many are voicing their disapproval. These are adults complaining about cartoon characters. Please, do they
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Earlier this week in the Raincity Guide out of Seattle I read a story about exploding hot water tanks . Actually they seem to call them "water heaters" in the U.S. I had never heard this before. I had also never heard that there is an urban
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It seems that it was just a few years ago that you could hardly find a parade in Vancouver, other than the (Gay) Pride Parade . Now was have the St Patrick's Day Parade, the Parade of Lost Souls (okay its actually been around quite a while, but its
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Its seems when the weather is truly atrocious I don't feel like writing Fun on Fridays. That seems to occurring about every other week this fall. But today is nice enough and I was down on the (Granville) Island with the baby and I came across few
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If you are considering puchasing a newly constructed, or pre-sale, home in Metro Vancouver in the near futute then you will not want to miss the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association Parade of New Homes . The seventh annual Parade is on from
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