Visiting a beautifully landscaped garden with kids isn’t usually the first thing that springs to mind when planning a family activity. Traditionally families with young kids are looking for a place to take their offspring that provides space to move, nothing to break, and visitors who don’t care if the
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Situated atop wooden pilings over the mighty Fraser River, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery is one of the few remaining 19th century salmon canneries in BC. In its heyday, the Cannery was the largest building of its kind and the leading producer of canned salmon in BC. Now a dynamic
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The Vancouver Giants, part of the WHL, are local “hockey with heart”. These young players provide great fast-paced hockey entertainment at very affordable prices. The smaller venue, Pacific Coliseum makes for a very intimate hockey experience that’s great for young kids and tickets are affordable. Vancouver Giants Contact Details: When:
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How embarrassing! I’ve grown up in the Lower Mainland and at the ripe old age of 39 I finally visited the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It is an iconic Vancouver-area attraction and it took me nearly 4 decades to visit. My knee-buckling fear of heights may have been a major factor
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The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society is a non-profit organization whose volunteers are dedicated to public education and the rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned birds. The Facility specializes in raptors. OWL attempts to find breeding programs for the non-releasable birds of prey so their young can be released to
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