“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest; heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.” – Author Unknown Cross-cultural connections, communication and collaboration feels like it’s needed more than ever, these days, and music can serve as a soothing and uplifting example. The Vancouver Inter-Cultural…
Author: Jay Minter
Picks of the Week – June 3, 2020
We move into another month of the Covid-19 era, BC is slowly reopening as more retail, restaurants, and some tourism attractions welcome visitors again. The Arts community is still in the dark but finding ways to keep entertaining us with their virtual picks Choir: Chor Leoni Inside, continues tonight at 7pm, with the choir’s livestream featuring…
Nominate Someone For 2020 Giving Heart Awards
Do you know a business or someone going above and beyond to give back to their community? Consider nominating them for the The Association of Fundraising Professionals Vancouver Chapter 2020 Giving Heart Awards at afpvancouver.org. The 14th annual Giving Hearts Awards honour outstanding individuals, volunteers, leaders, fundraisers, philanthropists and youth of Greater Vancouver’s non-profit and…
Return to Parks Canada National Historic Sites & Park Reserves
Starting today, June 1st, Parks Canada is slowing lifting the gates on our National Historic Sites and National Park Reserves. Closed since the onset of the COVID-19 in March, Parks Canada is making a gradual reopening of sites to ensure the safety of guests and staff. Being outdoors is encouraged for the health and wellbeing…
Royal BC Museum Plans Its Reopening
The Royal BC Museum (RBCM), is getting ready to welcome back the public, June 19, 2020. The museum has announced that it will be resuming operations and reopening in a thoughtful, phased way, informed by the advice of the public health authority and backed by science. The Royal BC Museum is taking a phased approach…
Gone Fishing – Hook Line & Sinker
As we continue highlighting Tourism Week and BC moves further into the next phases of reopening, let’s take a wade into the waters around us and go fishing. Remember, like all activities for the initial phases of the BC Restart, BC Fishing Guidelines recommend you to stay safe, stay local. In freshwater alone, British Columbia…
Picks of the Week – May 27, 2020
Another week into the COVID-19 era but can we see a light on the horizon? People, places and things are trying to reopen and revive as British Columbia continues to flatten the curve. While event and Arts venues remain mostly dark the companies continue to bring us entertaining picks from home. Chat: This afternoon, VSO…