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Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week

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Showcasing the power and beauty of authentic Indigenous art and design, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (“VIFW”) starts today and is a part of Canada 150+ and The Drum is Calling Festival. Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Where: Larwill Park & Queen Elizabeth Theatre Atrium When: July 26-29, 2017 Tickets: Free! But registration is required to book […]

The Drum is Calling Festival

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Immerse yourself in a nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture! In partnership with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, the City of Vancouver will launch the Canada 150+ anchor event, The Drum Is Calling Festival, July 22 to July 30. The Drum is Calling Festival When: July 22 to July 30 […]

Join the Stanley Park BioBlitz

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This post has been contributed by the Alyx Coulter, SPES BioBlitz Coordinator with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). From Small to Tall in Stanley Park While most of us just stroll through the grooves and groves of Stanley Park, there are countless creatures that call it home. From the old growth giants of the […]

Britannia Mine Museum’s New I HEART Carbon Exhibit and Giveaway

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The Britannia Mine Museum, a National Historic Site just up the Sea to Sky, has launched its summer “I HEART Carbon” exhibit which runs until end of September. This exhibit explores the complexities of an element that’s all around and through us: carbon. I HEART Carbon Exhibit From what is carbon, how it shapes the […]

BC Artwork Graces the Mint’s Brand New Glow-in-the-Dark Toonie

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With Canada Day and Canada 150 celebrations on the horizon, look for My Canada, My Inspiration coins in your own pocket change, as the entire series is now in circulation. Additionally, Vancouverites have the chance to exchange their old toonies coins for a sparkling new 2017 MCMI edition at a free upcoming coin exchange. One […]