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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 ...

That last post was no fun at all and don't think I am going to get to the other Vancouver real estate news so I have these two items for you. Vancouver Grow-op  Lets start with this "grow-op". After showing my listing in Marpole I was driving throught he neighbourhood I noticed something odd about it, there appeared to be ...

Well Friday is almost over, but I like this series so here is a little something from Canada Day, on the fourth of July. Get all the latest posts from the False Creek Comet in your inbox. Subscribe by email, or if you use a feed reader you can subscribe in the feed reader of your choice.

 I first wrote about this issue in March and on June 1st the fence went up. I have been meaning to get another post out about this since the fence first went up, and then came down, and went back up, and came down, and then back up again. I thought maybe the furor had passed, but it would appear I was wrong. In Wednesday's edition of ...

Mountain Equipment Co-op is hosting Paddlefest this Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. As a lifelong kayaker this event caught my eye. Assuming the weather is nice, and what  big assumptoin that is these days, this sounds like a great day at the beach for all ages from singles to families with kids. MEC says: This is a ...

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, ...

This weekend the Vancouver International Jazz Festival comes to False Creek at sets up shop in David Lam Park and inside at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Somehow I''ve never made it across the creek for this event but I hear is is great to be there and it sounds pretty good as the music drifts across the creek to my roof deck here on ...

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I just didn't get to this during the week and whether I really have time for it now is debatable, but this is one of the biggest events of the year around the creek so I have to get it out there. The Rio Tinto Alcan Canadian Dragon Boat Festival is on right now, and tomorrow too down at the east end of the Creek and just north of Science ...