Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival a resounding success
Because of you and The Vancouver Board of Trade, the inaugural Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival was a resounding success. For a budding new festival, it accomplished a great deal — attracting extraordinary media attention in at least three languages, engaging community participation, and inspiring a range of cultural responses with every program. On behalf of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival board of directors, I want to thank you so very much for believing in our vision, supporting this initiative and helping us through some of our early growing pains. More...

 

Two hundred bears to be unveiled as Spirit Bears in the City hits the "Spirit trail" for the summer
Two hundred Kermode Spirit Bear sculptures will grace street corners, plazas and courtyards in communities up and down the west coast of B.C. this summer, as part of the BC Lions Society’s Kermode Spirit Bears In The City Project. Each of the seven-foot fibreglass Kermode sculptures has been designed and decorated by B.C. artists, and sponsored by local businesses and individuals. More...

Whitecaps Stadium Project: Open letter from Arthur Griffiths
Greg Kerfoot and the Vancouver Whitecaps would like to build an outdoor stadium in downtown Vancouver. This 15,000-seat venue would be built on the waterfront in historic Gastown, and would provide amazing benefits for the community. But despite a great deal of public and corporate support, the stadium is not a done deal, and we need your help to see it through — this is not one of those times to sit on the sidelines. More...

Team BMO puts out call for volunteers for Vancouver Marathon
Some 2,000 volunteers are required for the BMO Bank of Montreal Vancouver Marathon on Sunday, May 7, 2006. BMO Bank of Montreal's senior vice president Richard Rudderham will be running on Friday, March 24 to all of BMO’s downtown branches to rally employees to participate in the Marathon, and Team BMO is issuing a challenge to other local businesses and organizations to encourage their employees to participate as volunteers or runners. More...

Fight ovarian cancer and be fabulous! Glam Day© — downtown’s first official non-casual Friday
On Friday, May 12, get ready for Glam Day, Ovarian Cancer Canada’s new awareness initiative. Think of Glam Day as the diametric opposite of wearing jeans to work, and you’ll get the picture! All proceeds from Glam Day help OCC to increase awareness of ovarian cancer, offer support to women diagnosed with the disease and develop resources for women, their children and families. More...

Arts Club Theatre Company presents Cabaret — May 18 to July 16, 2006
The Arts Club Theatre Company is pleased to present Cabaret, a saucy musical with a decadent edge set in Berlin in the early 1930s. John Mann (Spirit of the West) will star as the Emcee, the sexy and menacing commentator, who delivers some of the show’s most potent political lines and serves as a focal point for the darkness enveloping the other characters and Germany itself. More...

Humour in the Workplace announces Special Merit Award winner, Sun and Province publisher Dennis Skulsky
Dennis Skulsky, president and publisher of Pacific Newspaper Group, will be the recipient of the 2006 Humour In The Workplace Special Merit Award, one of four annual Humour In The Workplace awards to be given out at a ceremony at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club on May 23. More...

Hope begins with a meal: Bite of Vancouver, May 26-28, 2006
EAT!Vancouver has partnered with Union Gospel Mission again this year for the fourth annual Bite of Vancouver event as part of their festival at BC Place Stadium on May 26, 27 and 28, 2006. Proceeds will go to UGM for providing meals and other essential services to those living in need — help us spread the word through your business, church, and community group. More...