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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The season for locally caught spotted prawns is upon us and you can head on down to Fisherman's Wharf, or to the fish shops in the market to pick yours up. The boats head out first thing in the morning and everyday in the afternoon (my wife was told the fastest boat comes in around 1pm). Although I am not too on the ball this month and have ...

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 when did they demolish one of the Plaza of Nations buildings? The Artists' Lounge ...

Spring is just around the corner and if you are not jetting off the somewhere tropical or heading out to the cottage, then the kiddies might get a little squirrelly. Well one solution is to turn off the wii, DS, X-box or PlayStation and head on down to the Arts Club Revue Stage for the Spring Break Theatre Festival. With performances also taking ...