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Enter to Win Tickets to Day Out With Thomas – Mystery On The Rails Tour

Day Out With Thomas Vancouver

West Coast Railway Association is pleased to host Day Out With Thomas - Mystery On The Rails Tour. The Heritage Park will be transformed into a Thomas the Tank Engine theme park experience, with many attractions including a scheduled train ride with Thomas.Your ticket includes a 25 minute long ride on Thomas with onboard entertainment Also [...]

Cineplex Family Favourite Movies (Until August 25th)

Family Favourite Movies

Visit a Cineplex theater near you on Saturday mornings for Cineplex Family Favourites. Each week you can see a favourite family movie for only $2.50. For a family of 4 that is less than one regular adult admission! Program runs until August 25th, 2012. A portion of proceeds go towards supporting Starlight Children’s Foundation. Cineplex [...]

West Coast Camping Adventure | Porteau Cove

Daddy & Helen on beach Porteau Cove

Our family looooovvvvessss camping. Really. Loves. Camping. So it was with great excitement, after 2 foiled trips, that we set out recently in the early evening sunshine and made our way up the coast to Porteau Cove Provincial Park. Great things about Porteau Cove: It’s right on the ocean. It’s close to Britannia Beach and [...]

Westminster Savings Free Swim | New Westminster (Ongoing through 2012)

New Westminster Logo

Westminster Savings invites you to use the Canada Games Pool for free the first Wednesday of every month. Take a swim, work out in the gym, or sit back and relax in the sauna. Westminster Savings Free Swim Details: When: First Wednesday of each month in 2012 Time: 2:30 pm-4 pm Where: Canada Games Pool [...]

Vancouver Attractions Discount Coupons (Ongoing through 2012)

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Looking for some big-time family fun without putting a dent in your wallet? Vancouver Attractions offers discount coupons for some of Vancouver’s best loved attractions. Swing by the site to download valuable coupons for major attractions like the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Science World, Vancouver Art Gallery, Hell’s Gate Airtram, and many others. The bulk of [...]

Our Vancouver Staycation

Front of Space Centre

Sometimes no matter how far ahead you plan, vacation gets all messed up. Our original plan for Spring Break was a camping trip down to Disneyland, but it turned out my husband couldn’t get enough time off. Our back up plan was to visit Mount St Helens then camp in Oregon for a week but [...]

Family Lego Club | Surrey (Ongoing until June 29)

Family Lego Club

Dig into the Surrey City Centre Library’s Lego collection and watch your kids’ creativity run wild. This drop-in program runs sporadically on Friday afternoons until June 29. Family Lego Club Details: When: March 16, March 30, April 20, May 11, May 18, June 15, June 29, 2012 Time: 3:15 pm-4:15 pm Where: City Centre Library [...]

BC One Card

BC One Card

Did you know that any BC resident with a valid library card is eligible for the BC One Card which entitles you to use ANY library in the province? Neither did we! What a great way to have access to a vast variety of books wherever you are in the province! And this is great [...]

Free Afternoon Family Movie (Pitt Meadows)

pitt meadows community association

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon watching a family friendly movie together at the South Bonson Community Centre. Pitt Meadows Community Association Free Family Movie Details: When: Sunday January 22nd Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm Cost: FREE Where: South Bonson Community Ctr Address: 10932 Barnston View Road,Pitt Meadows BC Website: http://pmcaonline.com/in-the-community/events/ Share/Bookmark

Aquarium Adventures At The Vancouver Aquarium

Jellyfish

We just moved to ‘metro Vancouver’ in July and so we spent most of the summer doing touristy things and taking it all in. I understand now why west coasters get so uppity about the beauty of the area and the climate; it lives up to the hype! One of the first things we did [...]