This weekend marks the start of the 2013 Pacific National Exhibition, running August 17 – September 2nd (excluding Aug 19 & 26), The Fair has been an annual rite of summer for over a century in Vancouver. First conceived as a way to bring the country to the city, the PNE has a long tradition…
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Eat.Give.Grow – Growing Chefs
Need a great excuse to eat out this month? Why not give while you dine, for the month of June, several Vancouver restaurants will be adding one dollar to the price of a menu item to support Growing Chefs’ Eat.Give.Grow fundraiser. Each restaurant will offer a specially marked item on their menu, simply, order it…
144th Saanich Fair
The longest running agricultural fair in Western Canada held its 144th edition this past weekend. Saanich Fair has been a Labour Day tradition for generations and still retains many of those aspects that made the fair popular for our parents and grandparents. Animal exhibits, horse driving competitions, 4-H shows, baking competitions, home preserving, biggest pumpkin,…