At 11:00am on the 11th day of the 11th month I stand in silence to respect and honour those who gave their lives for our country. I am a first generation Canadian and this is my home. Remembrance Day makes me think of family, and it makes me thankful. I get to wake up every [...]

Feast of Fields is coming to Krause Berry Farms in Langley in just a few weeks and tickets are currently on sale. I first heard of the Feast of Fields concept when I toured Fairburn Farm on Vancouver Island during a Cowichan Valley trip in 2009. The idea is to bring together “city folk” with [...]

It was on this day in 1980 that Terry Fox was forced to end his Marathon of Hope as he succumbed to the cancer that eventually took his life. After 143 days and 5,373kms, his journey ended just outside Thunder Bay… and that’s when the rest of Canada picked up the run where he left [...]

I recently visited several Circle Farm Tour stops with Tourism Langley that covered everything from turkeys to blueberry doughnuts. Three additional stops on this free, self-guided tour in Langley include the wineries. While most think of the Okanagan as BC’s wine country, these have been around for the better part of the last decade. Some [...]

My first Circle Farm Tour was two years ago in Harrison Mills and Agassiz and yesterday I was able to complete another thanks to Tourism Langley. The concept behind the Circle Farm Tour is simple; it’s a self-guided road map with around a dozen locations for you to visit. What all of the stops have [...]

We’re spoiled in Vancouver when it comes to hockey. We have an NHL team and a WHL team (here and in the valley) and not to mention we’re surrounded by community clubs. Heading outside of the downtown core, there’s even more hockey with BCHL teams in several cities including the Langley Chiefs who play at [...]

Canada Day 2010 is almost here and over the last few weeks I have been profiling events from Whistler to Langley that are (mostly) free and fun for the whole family including the re-lighting of the Olympic cauldron downtown. Here’s a roundup of each post by location: Granville Island July 1st, bike parade, concerts with [...]

The 2010 West Coast Tattoo Culture Show is coming to the Langley Events Centre July 9th to 11th. In conjunction with The King of Customs the show will offer 25,000sq feet of custom bike & vehicle displays, entertainment, on-site tattooing, and competitions. Artists on location this year include Dave Shore from Dragon Tattoo, Rob Thomas [...]