Archive for March, 2009

PopVox Award Nominations Are Now Open

March 31st, 2009 @ 7:30pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The 2009 PopVox Awards are upon us and the people’s choice nominations are now open. If you have created a project, submit a video by April 30th, 2009 for consideration and the winners of the following categories will be based on popular vote: Best Student Project Best Start Up Best Do-Gooder (Social Change Initiative) Best [...]

Vancouver 2010 Live Sites Poll

March 31st, 2009 @ 11:46am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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When tickets for the Vancouver 2010 games went on sale I didn’t even ante up as I was looking forward to covering the games from a community perspective – not necessarily from inside the rink (although okay, that would be amazing). Sharing stories and capturing the excitement from local pubs, restaurants, parks, friend’s homes, and [...]

Metro Vancouver Park Series: Minnekhada Regional Park

March 31st, 2009 @ 11:00am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Our pal John Biehler has great ideas for photowalks, which are meetups where everyone bring a camera and takes photos of what they see along the way. He’s had the brilliant idea of getting away from the downtown core for these events and recently ventured out to Minnekhada Park a few times. After seeing his [...]

Twitter Quick Tip: Backgrounds Part One

March 30th, 2009 @ 6:49pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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People often list their reasons for not following someone back on Twitter and on each list, something about the aesthetic of a user’s profile page is always included. I’ve decided to do a multi-part series of quick tips on how to make your Twitter profile shine. The first video (below) is about how to match [...]

Orange Day by the Union Gospel Mission

March 30th, 2009 @ 9:52am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in charity, cheap fun, cheap things to do, vancouver
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From March 27th until April 10th the Union Gospel Mission wants to encourage you to get outside, explore Vancouver, your neighbourhood, and your local parks. Photo credit: UGM on Flickr Take a walk (instead of filling up the car with gas) and head to the market (in place of going out for that big fancy [...]

LiveBlog at the 2009 Juno Awards

March 29th, 2009 @ 12:12pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The eTalk Red Carpet program is running from 3:30pm until 4:30pm (Pacific) and I’ll be heading down to GM Place to liveblog the 2009 Juno Awards this afternoon as well. I won’t be backstage in the media room like at last night’s gala dinner since I’ll be up above the set in the press box [...]

Weekend to End Breast Cancer Fundraisers Today

March 29th, 2009 @ 10:41am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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I interviewed Helen last month about her campaign to raise funds and participate in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. Today, she’s holding a garage sale and everyone is invited to come and check it out. When: 9:00am – 4:00pm today, Sunday March 29, 2009 Where: 11427 Somerset Crescent, North Delta [Google Map] Info: There [...]

The 2009 Juno Awards: Gala Awards Dinner

March 28th, 2009 @ 6:34pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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After a lovely afternoon at Vancouver Fashion Week I’ve made my way over to the Juno Awards Gala Dinner were 32 awards will be handed out prior to the broadcast tomorrow, where the rest of the winners will be honored. Update: Minister Wally Oppal is giving a speech, which follows an introduction from Melanie Berry [...]