February 8th, 2012 @ 11:05am by Rebecca Bollwitt
February is the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada‘s “Heart Month” and while they emailed me weeks ago, I haven’t been able to compose myself enough to write about the topic until now. Photo credit: eych-you-bee-ee-ahr-tee on Flickr – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool. It’s been exactly a year since my Oma was rushed [...]
February 7th, 2012 @ 3:53pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
As quickly as it returned, my BC Travel Tuesday series is wrapping up for another season. This is the fourth installment for our winter Whistler getaways and I’d like to thank everyone for their participation so far. backyardbc is a new travel website designed specifically for residents of British Columbia. Essentially a “be a tourist [...]
February 6th, 2012 @ 10:24am by Rebecca Bollwitt
It’s been twenty years but the Davis Cup tournament is returning to Vancouver next weekend as Canada takes on France. Location Thunderbird Sports Centre Dates February 10 to February 12, 2012 Times 2:00pm daily Tickets Sold out within 30 minutes, sorry! Canada is ranked 14th heading into the tournament against 4th-ranked France. Those fortunate enough [...]
February 1st, 2012 @ 10:17am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Adera Developments, who brought Zen to Surrey and Breeze to South Surrey, are hosting a Valentine’s fundraising event for a local cause. On Sunday, February 12, 2012 you can bring your beloved four-legged friend to their Breeze show suite and get your photo taken together by a professional photographer when you donate to the Surrey [...]
January 31st, 2012 @ 3:09pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
The Whistler edition of BC Travel Tuesday continues this week and while we get soggy in the city, the snow is floating down in this world class resort community. backyardbc is a new travel website designed specifically for residents of British Columbia. Essentially a “be a tourist in your own backyard” program, participating hotels & [...]
January 30th, 2012 @ 1:23pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Next weekend the NFL and Bud Light are hosting Vancouver’s Official Super Bowl XLVI Party, showing the big game live from Indianapolis. The event at the Commodore will kick off with a welcome from the Seattle Seahawks Cheerleaders and after the game there will be a live performance from The Sheepdogs. What Vancouver’s Official Super [...]
January 30th, 2012 @ 10:14am by Rebecca Bollwitt
If you were to ask me my personal style, I would tell you that I don’t really have any. I wear jeans, sometimes skirts, and a top that suits the occasion. In home in my office my “uniform” includes t-shirts usually have technology or social media tones — like the HootSuite t-shirt I’m wearing as [...]
January 26th, 2012 @ 3:42pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
It’s been four years since I met up with Matt Layzell of The Matinée at Roxy Burger to interview him for my E!Online column. The six folk/southern/roots band members (Matt Layzell, Matt Rose, Pete Lemon, Mike Young, Geoff Petrie, and Dave Young) had only been together for a year but their future looked promising. Photo [...]