The Marine Building
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Posted by Gerry Gramek
on April 18, 2012
Vancouver Maritime Museum
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a family-oriented, fun place to learn and be inspired. Visitors of all ages enjoy the many permanent and changing exhibits, the famous RCMP schooner St Roch and Children's Maritime Discovery Centre.
Step back in time onboard St Roch, Canada's celebrated RCMP Arctic schooner. Wander the ship's ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on January 10, 2012
The Vancouver Convention Center
Even if you had doubts that the “greenest Olympic games” were merely marketing buzz words, you have to be impressed that the implementation of the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center (VCECE) expansion has surpassed the extremely ambitious sustainable initiatives that were first proposed. As of April 2009, ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on October 31, 2011
September in Vancouver
Allan Fotheringham once called Vancouver the Canadian city with the best climate and the worst weather. September has the potential to show visitors great Vancouver weather -- mild and clear; however, dull and grey is another possibility. That being said - Vancouver has a lot to offer in the beautiful month of September - when the summer stretches out long ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on September 26, 2011
Vancouver Street Eats - Vendor Friends
The City of Vancouver encourages Street Vending as a means to bring together community, and to enhance liveliness to City Streets. By way of sidewalk kiosks, or mobile units, Street Vending can bring people together, and create another outlet for the public to have the convenience of street level products. Vendors must make an application to the city to get ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on September 15, 2011
The History Of the PNE
Bathing Beauties 1927 PNE
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The PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) celebrated it's 100th Birthday last summer. From livestock, pig races, demolition derbies, and the “As Seen on TV” marketplace, to cotton candy, fried onions, mini donuts and The Mousetrap, it has become a Vancouver tradition. ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on August 15, 2011
26th Annual Child Run for BC Children's Hospital
ChildRun inspires participants to raise funds for childhood cancer research and programs at BC Children's Hospital.
The run took place on June 5, 2011. As the third largest run in Vancouver, ChildRun inspires participants to raise funds for childhood cancer research and programs ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on June 28, 2011
Vancouver's Summer Farmers Markets
One of the very best aspects of summer is all the fresh and nutritious friuts and vegetables that become available to us. We are so fortunate that we can enjoy a veritable cornucopia of fresh produce in this beautiful city. And it's all available to us through the thoroughly enjoyable concept of the Farmer's Market. Let's start in the East and work ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on June 21, 2011
Vancouver Summer Festivals
Is there a better place to be in the summer than Vancouver? Judging by the number of tourists who flock here every year and the multitude of Vancouverites who enjoy it with them, I would venture to say- probably not. The list of Summer Festivals in and around Vancouver alone, is worth the trip from ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on June 15, 2011
Vancouver and the Stanley Cup
While we Vancouverites are cheering on our beloved Canucks, you may not be aware that Vancouver has won the Stanley Cup before. Okay, maybe not the Canucks, but The Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley cup in 1915 against the Ottawa Senators at the now long gone Denman Arena. In 1911, the first artificial ice surface in Canada, and the largest ice ...
Posted by Gerry Gramek
on June 1, 2011