Canada will play host to the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup from June 5 to July 5, 2015. This will be the seventh quadrennial tournament, the first for Canada, and the first to expand the format to 24 teams. As a warm up the host country also gets the rights to host the previous year’s…
Author: Jay Minter
Take a long weekend trek to Tall Tree Music Festival 2013
If you’re looking for a getaway this Canada Day long weekend, why not head to the west coast for Tall Tree Music Festival in Port Renfrew. Located just 2 hours west of Victoria, this peaceful hamlet becomes a hotbed of music, arts and culture for the weekend as he festival takes over Browns Mountain, July…
Bid on the Best Seats for Canada Day Fireworks at De Dutch
Two great BC organizations are pairing up to make your Canada Day both philanthropic and fun! De Dutch restaurant’s location at Burrard Landing (Vancouver Convention Centre West) has come up with a creative way to celebrate Canada Day with their Front Row At The Fireworks promotion benefiting Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – BC/Yukon. “Our Burrard…
Picks Of The Week – June 26, 2013
Suddenly it’s summer! How do we make it to all that happens in the summer months as well as take advantage of the great summer weather on the first true long weekend of summer and Canada Day! Spin: Swedish DJ / Producer Eric Prydz know for his creative and catchy remixes and mashups like “Call…
Dirty Radio release new ‘All Nighter’ video
Fresh off a showcase in Toronto at NxNE Festival, DiRTY RADiO, the Vancouver based Electro R&B trio of multi-instrumentalists Farshad “Shaddy” Edalat, Anthony “Tonez” Dolhai, and Zachary Forbes released a new video for their single “All Nighter” this week. A melody laden slow jam featuring lead singer, Shaddy’s soulful vocals the video is directed by T.S. Pfeffer & Robert McHugh (Pier Pictures). “All Nighter”…
Van Foodster Pizza Challenge
Everyone loves Pizza, so it seems like a natural choice for the next Van Foodster Food Challenge. The Pizza Challenge features 14 participating restaurants in Vancouver, Burnaby, and Maple Ridge that runs until July 14, 2013. Participating restaurants have created a new unique pizza creation (challenge guidelines require this pizza can-not be on their menu…
Touch Wood at Van Dusen Botanical Garden
This summer, take a walk on the wild side. As you wander the natural beauty of VanDusen Botanical Garden stop and take a look at for the Garden’s latest art installation – “Touch Wood“, running June 20th until September 30th. Following on the successful run of last year’s “Earth Art” exhibition, “Touch Wood” is another…