April 3rd, 2013 @ 8:12am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Last week Live Nation announced Mumford and Sons will be playing Holland Park in Surrey and yesterday their latest Concerts in the Park series was unveiled: fun. along with Tegan and Sara will be performing at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 5:00pm. Photo credit: colink. on Flickr On the [...]
March 22nd, 2013 @ 11:40am by Rebecca Bollwitt
This morning I was on the ne BC1 talk show AM/BC with Global’s Jill Krop along with another guest, Joel Schat. Joel’s been making waves lately with his Heart of Vancity timelapse video of Vancouver: Heart of Vancity from Joel Schat on Vimeo. In the green room Joel told me that it took him about [...]
February 26th, 2013 @ 11:19am by Rebecca Bollwitt
March is Music Therapy Month and you can celebrate by supporting Music Heals on Saturday, March 2nd. They are hosting A Night Out For Music Heals, thanks to the participation of over 20 venues, that will benefit local music therapy programs across BC. When you visit one of these establishements on Saturday, March 2, 2013 [...]
February 7th, 2013 @ 2:15pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Travel vloggers eat your hearts out! Back in 1936 James A. FitzPatrick presented a series of newsreels in fantastic new Technicolor called Traveltalks which included profiles of Victoria and Vancouver. Most of Fitzpatrick’s Traveltalks were produced by MGM and featured over a hundred destinations, from Motoring in Mexico (1943) and Chicago the Beautiful (1948) to [...]
January 22nd, 2013 @ 9:54am by Rebecca Bollwitt
The new Port Mann Bridge hasn’t had the best track record during its first winter in operation. There are about 340 insurance claims filed since the December 19th snowstorm that include damage from a 40-car pile up and falling ice. Yesterday, the Ministry of Transportation revealed a three point plan to make the bridge safer [...]
December 3rd, 2012 @ 11:04am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Lady Gaga is kicking off her North American tour right here in Vancouver with two shows, January 11th and January 12, 2013. She’ll be hitting the stage at Rogers Arena before making her way to Tacoma, Portland, San Jose, Los Angeles and more during her Born This Way Ball tour. Photo credit: PictureGroup via Live [...]
December 2nd, 2012 @ 5:26pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
The Vancouver Giants have launched a YouTube Challenge, similar to their successful campaign last year. The goal will be to reach 150,000 views on their new video (embedded below) by their annual Teddy Bear Toss Night which is December 14, 2012 at 7:00pm. If the video reaches this milestone, White Spot and the Vancouver Giants [...]
November 21st, 2012 @ 1:44pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
The Killers are returning to Vancouver to play the Pacific Coliseum on December 3rd with special guests Tegan and Sara. The tour is supporting the band’s 4th studio album Battle Born, which features the single Runaways. Tickets are currently on sale for 32.75, $52.50, and $62.75 (plus FMF & service charges) for general admission floor [...]