The Canada International Film Festival is in town this weekend, March 19th until the 21st. Each year the festival includes movie screenings and special events such as Canadian and World Premiers, seminars, parties, and awards. They also host a screenplay competition and will announce 12 finalists as well as the top three entries at the [...]

When a friend of my sister told me about his store in Burnaby, a sale he’d like to promote, and a giveaway he’d like to run for my readers, I figured it would be worth writing up. Street to Snow is a locally-owned and operated independent fashion outlet that features name brand skate, snow, and [...]

The following guest post was written & contributed by Jane Victoria King exclusively for Miss604.com A ‘Kiss of Oak’ but no spot of tea! The Fairmont Empress Victoria is bringing sexy back. Photo credit: Fairmont Empress. Left to right: Takashi Ito, Kevin Brauch, Matthew Batey Take the lively and witty celebrity, Kevin Brauch, Host of [...]

With Olympic and Paralympics events taking over the better part of 2010 so far, I thought it best to showcase other events around town that may be of interest. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Twestival Global, the largest fundraiser in the world organized through Twitter, is coming to Vancouver March 25th. Tickets will be [...]

Robert Scales of VancouverAccess2010.com recently approached me to see if I could help run a contest to give away his tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony. Wanting to do more than simply hold a draw, Robert had the fantastic idea to also raise funds for the BC Wheelchair Sports Association. We only [...]

Vancouver’s favourite outdoor Shakespeare experience, Bard on the Beach, will be back again this summer with a fully-packed performance schedule. My Bard on the Beach contests last year were my most popular of 2009 so I’m pleased to announce ad help promote the productions that will take place June 3rd – September 25th, 2010. Main [...]

I was at Simon Fraser University last September for the launch of the Spread the Net challenge and it was a pleasure to be back to hear the announcement that they were the winning school. The challenge was to see which school across Canada could raise the most in support of Spread the Net’s mosquito [...]

The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay will arrive in Vancouver March 11th and make a 24-hour loop around downtown until the Opening Ceremony March 12th. Location Robson Square, with the relay looping around Howe, Georgia, Granville, Smithe, Bute and Robson Time 2:00pm March 11th until 2:00pm March 12th, 2010 Events Robson Square will host live [...]