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VanDusen Botanical Garden celebrates 30 years in Vancouver and launches first-ever Capital Campaign
The Vancouver Park Board and the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association are working together to rejuvenate and expand the Garden facilities, so that VanDusen will have the capacity to excite and inform a wider audience. The result will be a vital centre of botany, horticulture and environmental learning. More...
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Celebrate National Philanthropy Day with acclaimed philanthropist Craig Keilburger of Free the Children
Craig Kielburger founded the organization Free the Children and has traveled to more than 40 countries visiting street and working children and speaking out in defense of children's rights. Join Kielburger and the Association of Fundraising Professionals in a breakfast celebration at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel on Wednesday, November 9. More...
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Charities must do their homework on potential sponsors
"Do your homework" was the overriding sentiment at the "Tough Talk for Tender Causes" event, an interactive Spirit of Vancouver® forum on how charities can create long-lasting partnerships with corporations. More...
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The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's "Cool Yule"
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra invites you to kick off the Christmas season in hip, elegant style at the Inaugural "A Cool Yule" event, where over 300 guests will enjoy an evening of jazz and classical live music, fine wine and tantalizing Pan Pacific cuisine on Thursday, November 17, 2005. More...
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Spirit of Vancouver® partner Helijet flies Santa to Royal Columbian Hospital pediatric ward
The Rogers group of companies recently agreed that Santa should spread some Christmas cheer to the young patients at the pediatric ward at Royal Columbian Hospital, who weren't able to make it to this year's Rogers Santa Claus Parade. So Helijet stepped in to book one of its helicopters for a special Santa flight to RCH on November 17, three days ahead of the parade. More...
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2010 procurement workshop offers many ways to grow your business
BC Secretariat workshop facilitator Tim Reeve says the opportunity that the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games brings to our province is phenomenal. Reeve and Ian MacDonald, president of Moving Products Inc., spoke at a 2010 Procurement Workshop today. More...
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2005 Rogers Santa Claus Parade becomes world's largest sing-along
With this year's floats themed as Christmas carols, the second annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade is expected to turn into the world's largest sing-along when Vancouver welcomes Santa back to downtown at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 20. The 2005 Rogers Santa Claus Parade will feature 60 different bands, floats and community groups as it makes its way along a new downtown route that is twice as long as last year's route. More...
Update: Parade start time has been changed to 10:30 a.m.
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King Pacific Lodge wins 2005 World Travel Award for Best Resort in B.C.
The 2005 World Travel Awards has announced that King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort, has won the prestigious World Travel Award for Best Resort in B.C. The announcement is the result of one of the world’s most comprehensive travel trade polls of its kind — the World Travel Awards has come to be known as "the Oscars of the travel industry." More...
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Spirit Bears in the City
As winter hibernation begins for much of B.C.’s bear population, the BC Lions Society’s "Spirit Bears in the City" public arts project has shifted into high gear. This new project not only helps to fund programs to help children with physical and mental disabilities all over B.C., but also shows off our best B.C. artists and raises public awareness of the Kermode or Spirit Bear. More...
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Vancouver Whitecaps announce plans for new stadium
The Vancouver Whitecaps recently announced their plans for a new downtown stadium on the waterfront in historic Gastown, featuring spectacular views of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore mountains, with a capacity of 15,000 seats. Show your support for this great project! More...
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Sutton Place Hotel's Holiday Gallery for Hope and Dreams
Between November 24 and January 3, 2006, The Sutton Place Hotel’s Holiday Gallery for Hope and Dreams twinkles with magic and creativity to benefit Canuck Place Children’s Hospice this festive season. Step inside our "art gallery" of trees designed and decorated by local artists and vote for your favourite! More...
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Values will make 2010 successful, says VANOC CEO
The start date of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is approaching "like a rocket ship," said John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More...
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Over 100,000 spectators show up for the Save-On-Foods Grey Cup Parade as the "Party on the Pacific" kicks into full gear
Over 100,000 CFL fans flocked to the streets of Vancouver for the Save-On-Foods Grey Cup Parade. Fans were treated to a spectacular fly-past by four CF-18 fighter jets, and crowd favourite and parade Grand Marshall Pamela Anderson thrilled crowds all along the parade route, which saw over 90 entries along Georgia Street, Cambie Street and Pacific Boulevard. More...
2005 Grey Cup in Vancouver
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The five keys to Olympic success
The Hon. Michael Knight, former president of the Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, regaled the audience at the Greater Vancouver Leadership Summit with stories of great success and near-failure on the world’s biggest stage — the Olympic Games. More...
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VPL "Storybus" hits the road, bringing library services to kids
Premier Gordon Campbell joined Vancouver Public Library representatives today to launch the new VPL Storybus, a colourful van that will visit daycares, preschools, neighbourhood houses, food banks, festivals and other places where children, parents and their caregivers gather. More...
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Premier kicks off annual Leadership Summit with a vision for Vancouver
Premier Gordon Campbell kicked off the fifth annual Greater Vancouver Leadership Summit with a vision for Vancouver in 2020. According to Campbell, despite how distant 2020 seems to most people, creating a vision for the region 15 years into the future isn’t that far off. More...
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