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Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Heritage Halloweening
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Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: PTM Goes to the Market
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New love for Renfrew Ravine
Renfrew Ravine is one of the last wild ravines in Vancouver, situated just north of the 29th Ave Skytrain station, and south of Renfrew Community Park. Its wildness and steepness makes it one of the...
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Dude Chilling Park is now totally (sortof) official!
Remember back in 2012 when a local artist decided to install a phony sign that said “DUDE CHILLING PARK” at Guelph Park in East Van? And remember when it got taken down, and then Google actually MADE...
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Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Musqueam Places That Matter
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Fitness Friday: Adrenaline Rush – Summer Edition!
IT’S FITNESS FRIDAY presented by Barre Fitness! Hopefully you’ll join me once a month here on VIA and be motivated to get fit! I’ll be sharing recipes, exercises, class and workshop plans, ideas and...
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Super, Neighbours in BC: Otalith Music Festival 2014 – Ucluelet & Tofino, BC
Welcome to the latest series of Super, Neighbours blog posts where we highlight incredible travel destinations in British Columbia!The 2nd Annual Otalith Music Festival took place in Ucluelet, BC this...
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Neighbourhood Watch: South Granville
Welcome the Neighbourhood Watch! This is a series all about neighbourhoods and neighbours; citizens of Vancouver watching out for other citizens, by making sure they know about all the awesome places,...
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Four long-weekend adventures with your kids
It’s a holiday long weekend and whether you’re celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving or settling in for Halloween preparations, there is a veritable cornucopia (sorry) of events around Vancouver to keep...
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Identifying Trees in Vancouver: Cornus kousa (Kousa dogwood)
Vancouverflora #002: Cornus kousa Kousa dogwood Are those strawberries growing in that tree? No, but they are edible! Fall is in full swing and Vancouver trees are showing incredible leaf colour – but...
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The resourceful parents’ guide to Vancouver
I have to admit that lists of fun things to are often hard to compile. It’s not because Vancouver doesn’t have a lot going on for families — quite the opposite. It’s because working and swimming...
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5 camping spots (near and far) to take the kids to.
We like to keep up a heavy diet of camping, fishing, and exploring in our family – whether it’s an easy drive past Squamish, or a 4×4 trip out to Skagit Valley, you can find us under a tarp ceiling in...
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Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Vancouver’s hidden Sunrise Neighbourhood
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Camping season is here and while most of BC’s campsites are filling up, there’s one spot nestled in the rainforest on the Sunshine Coast that you might’ve overlooked… Saltery Bay Provincial Park. Just...
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5 things to do for Father’s Day
We’re big fans of the experience over the material item over here, so instead of asking my kids what they want to ‘get’ dad for Father’s Day, I asked, “what do you think dad wants to do for Father’s...
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5 things for your kids’ summer fun list
If you’ve been following Bree and I on our blog Peaks and Harbours, you know that we like to get ourselves and the kids to the ocean as much as possible. It’s a easy way to keep cool, and they can let...
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4 evening beach picnic spots
For many us, we’re still working the 9-5 grind during these warmer months instead of drinking wine in an Italian villa or surfing the waves of Hawaii. However, it can still feel like summer right here...
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Vancouver’s *other* BMX dirt track you didn’t know existed
If you’re wondering what’s going on at Hastings Park between Empire Field and the rollercoaster, well that’s just the new BMX pump track that they’ve installed! The city calls the new area of the park...
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5 free kid adventures, in and around Vancouver!
There’s a buzz amongst the parental folk right now that we’re supposed to be thinking about back-to-school lunches and back-to-school outfits for our kids. Well, I’m not ready to start doing that, and...
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Super, Natural… Vancouver?
Vancouver is often lauded for its natural beauty, but it could also become known for its vibrant natural areas as well. The Vancouver Park Board unanimously passed its new Biodiversity Strategy last...
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