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Some free/low-cost way to enjoy some of #Vancouver's top attractions: - First Free Friday Afternoons at: 🎨 @billreidgallery.ca 🎨 Vancouver Art Gallery - Pay What You Can Sunday at: ⚓ Vancouver Maritime Museum 🌐 @museumofvan.bsky.social

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Farewell #NovaScotia 👋 The cottage we booked on a private beach was everything I dreamed of. Sometimes you never know how things will work out but we successfully relaxed… as much as we could with everything going on these past 2 weeks. Get out and enjoy #Canada this summer, folks. 10/10 🧳 #travel

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This weekend in #Vancouver, Miss604 is sponsoring: 🏀 BC Youth Week (May 1-7) 🌷 Burnaby Blooms (May 4) 🍿 More Than a Movie with Kids Up Front (May 4) and there are many more events listed here:

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Photo series: @johnbollwitt.com and the Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia 😬🌊 #canada #travel #photography

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“The Emigrant” statue on the #Halifax waterfront hits home. Both of my grandfathers came to Canada by boat from different European countries in the 50s while my grandmothers and children followed later. I’m first generation Canadian, married to an American/Mexican. Part of the mosaic of #Canada 🇨🇦

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CTV and CBC have both called it for Liberals. Now to see if they will form a minority or majority government.

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Watching CBC election results from our vacation in Atlantic Canada. It’s going to be a late night, I won’t be able to sleep until I see some results from BC. #canada #cbc #election

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Watching from 4 hours into the future in Fredericton, NB! Come on, Vancouver! @southsiders.ca #VWFC

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Kids Up Front #Vancouver provides experiences to children and youth in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley working with 100+ community agencies to distribute tickets, classes, passes, and experiences to those facing systemic barriers. Get tickets to their More Than A Movie event May 4th:

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#Vancouver @whitecapsfc.com will play InterMiami CF in the Concacaf Champions League Semifinal tonight at BC Place, and the match is SOLD OUT. Fans are encouraged to arrive early as #VWFC is expecting a record crowd of over 53,000 fans. 📺 Watch live on OneSoccer, FuboTV, TELUS channel 980

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Hope to see you in 2 weeks at the #Vancouver Bluesky Meetup + #BlueskyForDummies #Book launch. A casual get-together at the Lamplighter from 4:30pm onward.

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Tickets for The Return of Colin Mochrie at The Improv Centre (June 4-6) are on sale today - and they're going quickly! www.straight.com/arts/improv-... Tickets: tinyurl.com/4w67z9wk #yvrarts #comedy #theatre #improv

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Pre-order your copy (or buy your Kindle copy) of Bluesky for Dummies here: bit.ly/3QiBw4x

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The Vancouver Canadians season has started and they’re taking on Eugene all weekend at Nat Bailey ⚾️ Tickets from $24 www.milb.com/vancouver/ti... #vancouver #canada #MILB @vancanadians.bsky.social

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The first women’s league that wasn’t built off the back of a men’s league. Built for Canada 🇨🇦 @nsl.ca is here 🙌 @vancouverrisefc.bsky.social @crowcollectivesg.bsky.social #NSL #StrongerByNature

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The same Iowa senator who met my high school choir trip to welcome us to the Capitol in 1997. Should have retired, Chuck.

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The Kindle edition of Bluesky for Dummies, co-authored with @miss604.com, is now available to purchase, or you can wait for the print edition to be published on May 6. Either way, please consider giving us a positive review on Amazon! Here's the link: bit.ly/3QiBw4x #bluesky #booksky

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😬🤨😮🫨

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Here are the possible dates for the #VWFC semifinal matchup vs #InterMiami. #ConcaChampionsCup Leg 1, April 22 - 24. Leg 2, April 29 - May 1. #VANvMIA

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The April issue of @megaphonemagazine.com is available now around #Vancouver featuring: 🍽️ Grace Chen (Save on Meats and the Ovaltine Cafe) 📸 The incomparable @cathybrowne.bsky.social ✍️ My column on the Writers' Exchange school programs and more! Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

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Boy I do miss Empire Field, but anywhere out there would be amazing.

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It's an uneasy feeling when you have better I.T. security at your day job than what the U.S. government seems to be running with in the highest levels of the military. I can't even copy/paste between apps on my work phone 🤦‍♂️

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College radio is where I got my start!

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Reminder that on the first Friday afternoon of the month, admission to the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art @billreidgallery.bsky.social is free thanks to @downtownvan.bsky.social Check out the current exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist #vancouver

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Canada just logged its first win over the USA in a competitive match on American soil since 1957 ⚽️ Canada just defeated the USA for 3rd place in the #concacaf #NationsLeague. Up next, Mexico and Panama play for 1st. @whitecapsfc.com players included Ali Ahmed #CANMNT, Brian White #USMNT

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Really like this @tsnofficial.bsky.social and @onesoccer.bsky.social relationship going on. Good heading into #WorldCup2026 but even better for the Canadian Premier League if they can keep it going in the long term. #CanPL #CANMNT #CANvUSA

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The big news of the day is a Canadian federal election now happening April 28th, but before that be sure to vote in the Vancouver by-election April 5th. There is an all-candidates meeting at the West End Community Centre this Wednesday, and another April 1st in Kerrisdale 🗳️

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Staff at the liquor store tell me they have received some blowback and even rage from America tourists because we have none of the products they’re looking for. (American stuff.) And I mean, besides, come on, that’s tourism 101. You buy the country’s stuff you’re visiting. Or stay home.

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Something powerful is happening around the world. In Canada it’s been “Elbows Up.” With the Danes, it’s “Viking Blood Boiling.” It’s in Ireland, in Mexico, and even the Swiss aren’t neutral. Nations everywhere are boycotting US goods, tourism and even culture. Thanks to Trump, Elon, GOP & MAGA.

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#ElbowsUp

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Bring your kids to MOA this spring break! Enjoy a moment of awe with Raven, find all our touchable objects and stop by the Cedar Cafe for a snack at the end of your visit. We are open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm with late closure on Thursday nights at 9 pm. https://f.mtr.cool/qjtjwkffhv

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Look at me doing patriotism! Available on Loxythemaker.com on Tuesday night.

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Rainy days on the Seawall in Vancouver

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Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?

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Saturday night on Granville Street @downtownvan.bsky.social #cities #night #bus #transit #canada #vancouver #photography 📸

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NEW - BC will be introducing legislation allowing B.C. to apply tolls/fees to U.S. commercial vehicles using B.C. infrastructure to travel to Alaska. This comes as President Trump pauses tariffs again. #bcpoli

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#No51st.

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Miss604 has signed on as a Supporter of the WORTH (Women of Recreation Tourism & Hospitality) Leadership Summit March 11th at the Westin in Vancouver. Registration is open 🎟️ WORTH is inclusive and welcoming of all self-identifying women and individuals across the gender spectrum. #IWD #IWD2025

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When we first bought our season ticket membership 14 years ago (during @whitecapsfc.com inaugural #MLS season in 2011) we said that Caps matches would be our date nights/days. We just celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary and the tradition continues. #HomeOpener #VWFC #VANvLA @johnbollwitt.com

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Sometimes dim sum can cure a lot of things

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Grocery stores in Canada lately. From patriotic tomato ketchup to provincial flags to help consumers #BuyBC #BuyCanada #ShopCanada 🛒 🇨🇦

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In Vancouver and Whistler we welcome Invictus Games 2025 competitors from 23 nations, with a special shout out to Team America. Our soldiers have served side by side for decades, and whenever you need us, we will be there. And we know that you also have our back.

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Ready for this cold snap to be over and have the rain return, but it’s hard to not enjoy a snowy walk in #StanleyPark

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Some of my photos from the #InvictusGames #IG25 Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler Opening Ceremony today. It was incredibly moving, and a great show! Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex; Chris Martin; Noah Kahan; Nelly Furtado; Katy Perry; and more in this blog: miss604.com/2025/02/invi...

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This was a surprisingly great moment. The whole opening cermonies were incredibly uplifting. #IG25 #InvictusGames2025

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