While this year’s Pacific National Exhibition is cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, it doesn’t mean we can’t get a taste of the PNE. Fair Food is one of the biggest draws to visitors to The Fair, alongside the Playland rides, nightly concerts, pig races and Super Dogs. A Taste of the PNE is an initiative…
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Fore! Tee-Off as Golf Courses Reopen
As summer approaches and Covid-19 restrictions are cautiously easing, Golf is one of the activities that has returned and welcoming guests to enjoy the outdoors. Like all activities in the Covid-19 era, reopening includes new healthy and cleaning protocols and physical distancing. Most courses have removed touch points from across the course like benches, shoe…
Vancouver’s Museums & Galleries Are Making A Comeback From Covid-19 Closures.
Since March the city has been devoid of it’s arts and culture institutions. Closed for three months, number of the city’s museums and galleries are preparing to reopen their galleries and restart activities to coincide with Phase 3 of BC’s Restart. As with all business reopenings, there will of course be new health and safety…
BC Spot Prawn Season Brings The Delicacy From The Wharf, To Your Kitchen & Fave Restaurant.
BC Spot Prawn season is underway, with line-ups of customers at docks waiting for the fresh caught delicacy, and chefs adding them to restaurants menus or sharing recipes. Wild BC Spot Prawns are the largest shrimp species caught off the West Coast of Canada, and are known around the world for their sweet, delicate flavour…
Recommended Reading on Racism & Diversity from Russell Books
The recent deaths of George Floyd and others, at the hands of police, have spurred on protests, marches and riots across the globe. The protests and support for the Black Lives Matter movement has moved many people to seek to learn more about racism, diversity and black history. With the rising interest on these subjects,…
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…