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Just a short one here to help you find more fun things to do in Metro Vacouver. The Spring 2009 edition of Check it Out, Metro Vancouver's Event Guide is now available and can be viewed online here.   Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®

Canadian Cheese Festival - November 7,8,9 15 & 16th (Christine from the Oyama Sausage Co. just sent me an email with the correct dates.) I haven't got a lot of info on this one, but next Friday, Saturday & Sunday is the Canadian Cheese Festival at the Oyama Sausage Company (annoying flash site) in the Granville Island Market. photo ...

 Here are some great FREE literary events on Granville Island; all part of the Vancouver Internatioanl Writers and Readers Festival. Book Launch for Rocksalt Thursday, 7pm, AGRO Café (1363 Railspur Alley) Join Mother Tongue Publishing Limited for the launch of Rocksalt, the firstanthology of BC poetry in 31 years, with readings by ...

This year the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival has a blog and I am one of the writers. The list of fesitival bloggers has just gone live online. It looks like a great festival this year and the list of bloggers should be producing some great content. One looks especially interesting and seems to be only one one ...

I failed to write about the Fringe Festival itself but now that is over and all that is left is the Pick of the Fringe I have been inspired (remembered) to jot something done here. The Pick of the Fringe are the 4 best showes from the Festival as voted on by the audiences. This year they are:Crude Love, written and performed by ...

The False Creek Watershed Society is hosting the Salmon Celebration as part of BC Rivers Day on Spetember 28th. The event is set to take place from 12:00 - 4:30pm at Vanier Park and promises to great fun, and educational too. There is even a parade at 1:00pm. I haven't been to one of these events for a few years, but the last one we went ...

Mountain View  Vancouver is a city of neighbourhoods they say. I am not sure who "they" are, but "they" are right. One of the nicest and most under appreciated is the Mountain View neighbourhood. Mountain View is a loosely defined area either side of Fraser St from about King Edward Ave. up to E. 41st. The name ...

New Works is a Vancouver based dance company that "really likes dance. A lot." That is according to the New Works website. Their mission statement is: To produce and present performance events for the public, and to build audiences for diverse dance forms locally, nationally and internationally. To also provide support to emerging, ...

Canada Day on Granville Island was a great event. I shot a little video of a few of the events that happened in the area around the Community Centre and the waterpark which is where we were hanging out. I tried putting the clips together with the "Kaleidiscope" option that the Flip Camera offers. I am not sure about it though. Take a ...

Canada Day is on Tuesday and Granville Island is one the best places in Metro Vancouver to celebrate Canada's 141st brithday. The list of activities is lenghty and there will something for all members of the family. We've always missed this, but the day kicks off with the False Creek Ferries water ballet at 8:00am. A bit early I know, ...