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Looking for something to do on these nice warm days we've been having in Vancouver lately (one might say "FINALLY!")? Well Vancouver has some great outdoor swimming pools. Second Beach Pool is a good one for all ages. The pool is huge and right on the edge of the ocean, right beside Second Beach itself and the area also offers a ...

The Zip Trek experience in Whistler has been very popular since it opened some years ago and now you can try a zipline adventure right in Metro Vancouver with the opening tomorrow of Grouse Mountain's Air Grouse ziplines. They are starting with 3 and will be expanding the operation in the Fall of 2008. The weather is supposed to be great ...

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 darn thing won't load. Anyway it starts this afternoon I think and admission for adults is ...

I am running out of time to get this out on Friday so I will keep it short. Grouse Mountain will be open for 24 hours straight this weekend to celebrate just two years until the start of the Olympics. Here is what you can expect in the middle of the night on Grouse Mountain (straight from their website): Skiing Snowboarding Ice skating Midnight ...

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 Garden, the Floata Chinese Restuarant and at International Village. This is the year of the ...

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 REALLY popular now), and this weekend we have the Rogers Santa Claus Parade on Sunday at ...

The Vancouver Home and Interior Design Show starts next week on Thursday and runs till Sunday. The highlight of the show sounds like it should be Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan's (stars of such British TV shows as The Million Pound Property Experiment, and Trading Up, as well as HGTV's How Not to Decorate and their ...

Friday was a beautiful day in Vancouver and I was driving by the beach after an appointment and snapped a few pics at the corner of Beach Ave and Davie St. We must remember these days on the long grey days, like today.                         English Bay ...