We are just a month away from the 12th annual BC Culture Days. The 2021 celebration of arts and culture features a line up of free and interactive creative events hosted by artists and cultural organizations from across B.C. and Canada from September 24 to October 24, 2021. Through 2021 Culture Days, themed – RE:IMAGINE…
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Take the Tourism Week Pledge to Travel Local because #TourismCounts
This is Tourism Week in Canada. Until May 30th the Canadian Tourism Industry is celebrating the impact tourism has on Canada’s local economies from coast to coast to coast showing why #TourismCounts
Small Business BC Awards Celebrate Stories Across BC
The pandemic has taken its toll on businesses across the globe, perhaps none have felt the results of restrictions more than small, independent businesses. For all of those that have been affected, and even closed their doors, there are amazing stories of adaptation, perseverance, success, and community spirit all across BC. Small Business BC (SBBC)…
See Red for Day of Visibility
Don’t be surprised if you’re seeing red tonight. Hundreds of live event and performance venues are banding together for Day of Visibility, today September 22, 2020. Created by Live Event Community, a group founded to help support workers in the Canadian event industry who have lost their livelihoods due to Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns and protocols. …
A Taste of the PNE : Drive-Thru Fair Experience
For over a century, the Pacific National Exhibition Fair has been part of our summer traditions. Generations of visitors have ridden the iconic Wooden Rollercoaster, watched SuperDogs, visited the agricultural exhibits, and been first in line for legendary fair food like those mini-donuts. While Covid-19 restrictions have put the brakes on the usual PNE…
Get a Taste of the PNE : Car-B-Q Edition – Held Over!
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…
DOXA Online Film Festival 2020 Line-Up, Ready To Stream
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, is returning screens, very near you, next week June 18 to June 26, 2020. Originally scheduled to hit theatres May 7-17, DOXA, like many cultural events of the COVID-19 era, the festival has been relaunched as an online edition. The online DOXA festival will feature over…