After 30 years of the RRRoll Up the Rim to Win contest, entrants have a pretty good handle on some of the prizes to be won from drinking Tim Hortons drinks — most commonly, free coffee, donuts, TimCards. As usual, there are also a handful of grand prizes, and among them this year, a 2016 …
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Like orchestra music? Then mark down the Bellingham Festival of Music in your calendar, playing its way into the Performing Arts Center in Western Washington University July 1 to 17. Highlighting this year's event, conducted by Maestro Palmer, will be performances of Requiem by Mozart and Symphony No. 4 by Mahler. Other scheduled classics include: July 1 …
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The story of Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc. begins with Cornel Ceapa, owner and president of the Eastern Canadian company that specializes in both wild harvest and aquaculture of the bottom-feeding fish. Ceapa and his wife Dorina, a co-owner, were in Vancouver promoting his business at Chica restaurant on East Broadway, where resident chefs used his products to come up …
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After helming two succesful Bob Likes Thai Food (BLTF) eatery locations — one on Main Street and one on West Broadway — owner Tai Keattivanichvily has just launched a third venture dubbed Thai Confusion at 117 West Pender St. near Gastown. Unlike BLTF, which are smaller spaces designed for a quick dining experience, Confusion is …
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Grab a craft beer, a sandwich made on the spot and a book to read later, all while staying at the newly-opened Inn at Lynden in Washington State located just a few kilometres south of the Aldergrove border crossing. The town's first boutique hotel, the three-storey, 35-room Inn opened a month ago in the 100-year-old Waples Mercantile Building …
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