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New running tours in Montreal
April 28, 2009 – 9:00 am | No Comment
New running tours in Montreal

Beginning this week­end, the Running Tourist will be offer­ing week­end group runs in cen­tral Montreal. If you’re a run­ner who’s vis­it­ing the city or recently relo­cated here, it’s an active way to explore the

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
March 27, 2009 – 9:45 am | No Comment
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

The pay­off for liv­ing through Vancouver’s damp gray win­ters comes in the spring, when flow­ers around the city burst into bloom.

And what bet­ter way to cel­e­brate spring’s arrival than with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom

Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
March 17, 2009 – 4:37 pm | No Comment
Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)

St. Patrick’s Day seems like a good time to pro­mote an orga­ni­za­tion called Green Drinks, which is not a group that gath­ers to drink green beer. Rather, it’s an oppor­tu­nity to meet — and …

Americans in Toronto meetup Wednesday, March 11
March 9, 2009 – 4:19 pm | No Comment
Americans in Toronto meetup Wednesday, March 11

Attention: Americans liv­ing in Toronto

The Toronto Expat American Meetup Group has a hastily-​​​​organized get-​​​​together com­ing up this Wednesday. According to the group’s orga­nizer, “A pro­fes­sor from the USA is research­ing expats in Canada, …

Counting down to 2010
February 12, 2009 – 8:27 am | No Comment
Counting down to 2010

One year from today, February 12, 2010, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games open in British Columbia.

The Vancouver Province pub­lished the fol­low­ing sched­ule of cel­e­bra­tory events hap­pen­ing today in Vancouver and Whistler, the …