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    BC Rockies Deaf Hockey Club VS Canucks Alumni

    February 11th, 2008 by Miss604 | 4 Comments »

    One of the highlights of my year in 2007 was meeting some members of the Canucks Alumni hockey team in North Vancouver. Dave Babych, Cliff Ronning and of course, GINO! It’s always fun to watch the stars you’ve admired over the years, those you grew up watching, and the local guys that made the Canucks organization what they are today (with 201 consecutive sellouts).

    This spring the Canucks Alumni will take on a team for a fundraising event - a team and league I had not previously known about until I was contacted by Shawn, a member of the BC Rockies Deaf Hockey Club.

    BC Deaf Hockey is something that intrigues me, but it isn’t really surprising that these folks would want to play hockey, afterall it crosses all boundaries and I think it would be amazing to see these guys in action.

    Come out to Queens Park Arena in New Westminster on March 22nd 2008 and watch the BC Rockies take on the Vancouver Canucks Alumni.

    Support our local deaf hockey players in their quest to raise money for their upcoming trip to the 7th Canadian Deaf Ice Hockey Championships in Whitby, Ontario… …Come early and have a BBQ with the BC Rockies players and the Canucks Alumni, get some autographs and enter to win prizes like an Autographed Brendan Morrison jersey! [BC Deaf Hockey] and [Canucks.com]

  • When: March 22nd 2008
  • Where: Queens Park Arena (1st Street and 3rd Avenue, New Westminster, BC)
  • Time: Festivities at 6pm, Puck Drops at 7pm
  • Tickets: Adults: $10, Seniors/Teens: $7, Youth(12-under): $5, Children(4-under): Free
  • Family Packs: Family of 4: $20 / Family of 5: $25

    • “Ever wonder how a deaf person plays hockey? How they hear the referees whistle? How they call for the puck? How they adapt to a game that was intended for hearing folk?” There’s a video on the Rockies’ website about what it’s like to play without sound.

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    Tickets are available by calling (604)-263-0027, emailing Shawn, and you can also check out the Facebook Event for more information.

    Posted in canucks, cheap fun, cheap things to do, community, hockey, newwestminster, vancouver

    The Pen and Sapperton Days

    June 14th, 2007 by Miss604 | 6 Comments »

    When I was little we would drive through New Westminster every Sunday and pass the big, intimidating and scary-looking Penitentiary. Its high walls up on the hill above Columbia street over looking the Fraser were dark grey and seemed to span for miles.

    In 1878, the Government of Canada opened the British Columbia Penitentiary, the first federal penitentiary west of Manitoba. “BC Pen” or simply “the Pen” as it was known… It housed maximum security prisoners for the next 102 years, closing in 1980. [wiki]

    I can’t remember the year the walls were torn down but all that is left today are the main gates and the centre building with a memorable blue roof.

    The original centre block (reputedly haunted) of the Pen still stands and has been revamped into condominiums and a fancy restaurant, while the rest of the Pen’s grounds have been filled with newly-built townhouses and condominiums. [wiki]

    I thought about The Pen recently when I visited with someone who lived in the condos on the hill, right atop the old grounds. Actually, when I got out of the car I snapped a picture as I had never been that close to the structure before. My mother has been to the Cafe many times and says it’s really lovely and the serving staff all wear little striped shirts to look like jailbirds.

    The Pen

    I also remember that The Keg Restaurants used to have an item on the menu called the “Billy Miner Pie”, maybe they still do, but my dad told me that Bill Miner was a prisoner who escaped from the B.C. Penitentiary and was responsible for the first train robbery in Canadian history.

    The views from the hillside where gold rush convicts roamed are beautiful and if you are in the vicinity, can maneuver your way around all the cul-de-sacs and get over the heebie jeebies the entire place emits, then you should definitely try out The Pen Cafe and experience a bit of B.C. history up close.

    On a side note, Sapperton Days are this weekend, another area of New West that is rich in history. John and I attended last year and that’s where I first met Fin *sigh*. More details about the weekend-long neighbourhood festival are available at ShopSapperton.com.

    Posted in history, newwestminster