WHAT: The Kettle Society’s Art Against Stigma is a gallery style art show and sale, part of the 20th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl. Art Against Stigma will feature more than a thousand pieces of art created by local artists living with a mental health disability. All works are available for purchase with 100% of … Read more
Canadian denim company launches Holiday slipper campaign to benefit Kids Help Phone. Canadian denim retailer Bootlegger has announced a partnership with Kids Help Phone, the only 24/7 counselling service for young people in the country. Starting November 1st, 2016, three limited edition, Plush Slipper Socks will launch online and in all 87 Bootlegger locations across Canada, … Read more
New local shoe company SKYE Footwear has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help introduce three styles of their unisex SKYE street shoe to North American consumers. The company hopes to raise $30,000 US over the course of the month-long campaign. The new footwear line is in step with consumers’ growing appetite for athleisure fashion and focuses … Read more
OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING OVER 140 SELECT ARTISANS WILL BE OFFERING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF UNIQUE HAND MADE PRODUCTS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT SHOPPING LIMITED TIME TICKET SALE – 2 FOR 1 TICKETS OCTOBER 20-27 ONLY Click here to buy your tickets online! Enter code: HALFPRICE to get sale pricing What You’ll Find at the Show: … Read more
YOU DO WIN FRIENDS WITH SALAD WE’RE A LITTLE GREEN FOOD TRUCK THAT MAKES CLEAN, HEALTHY EATING AS EFFORTLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU. BUILT OUT OF A SERIOUS LOVE FOR FOOD AND FAMILY, WE SERVE UP A SELECTION OF FRESH, DELICIOUS PLANT-BASED, GLUTEN FREE SALADS AND SNACKS TO FEED YOUR STOMACH AND YOUR SOUL. … Read more
Formerly Spacekraft, the Burnaby-based coworking brand officially relaunches as CMPNY with plans to expand in 2017 CMPNY is here and it’s redefining coworking. Founded in September 2015 as Spacekraft Coworking, the brand today officially relaunches as CMPNY, a shared, membership-based workspace that invites solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups to work fearlessly in a … Read more
Last of the summer markets – Vancouver Farmers Markets Holy Guacamole! Avocados from Mexico partners with the Canucks Cider Tap Takeover happening at The Cascade Room Spinal Chord! A partnership fundraiser between Vancouver Cantata Singers & ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries) ChopStick Festival 2016 Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria cures … Read more
During the first-ever VanDusen Glow in the Garden<http://vandusengarden.org/events/vandusen-glow-in-the-garden/>, up to 1,000 pumpkins will be illuminated and displayed next week in the shadowy pathways of the woodland gardens. The event includes spellbinding lights, ghoulish music and glowing pumpkin characters created by award-winning carvers, Clive Cooper and Bruce Waugh. The Garden gets into the Halloween spirit … Read more
There’s still one more week of summer left at Vancouver Farmers Markets with the final days of Trout Lake, West End, Kitsilano, and Downtown Markets happening between now and October 27th! Take this final opportunity of the season to visit your favourite neighbourhood markets and stock up on all the fresh and local goodness – we won’t be back until November 5th at Nat Bailey Winter Market, … Read more
#2 Top Hotels in Canada (excluding Vancouver) Victoria’s leading boutique hotel continues to triumph in 2016’s annual international travel awards, this time securing the position of #2 hotel in Canada (excluding Vancouver) in the 29th annual Conde Nast Traveler 2016 Reader’s Choice Awards with a score of 95.93. Moving up from #4 position in the 2015 awards … Read more