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The well-secured Greenheart Canopy Walkway
Now is the perfect time of year to view the budding spring floral displays at the UBC Botanical Garden – from 65 feet up.
You and your family can get up into the trees by taking a 45-minute guided tour of the 308-metre Greenheart Canopy Walkway at the UBC Botanical Garden. The Walkway offers an experience unlike any other walk in the forest.
Goal 4 for Canada's sledge hockey team!
I just saw my first ever sledge hockey game–Canada vs. Italy–at UBC‘s Thunderbird Arena and I’ll make this short: get online right now and snatch up the last few remaining tickets for this great Paralympic sport!
There are only a few games still available and you won’t get to see Canada play, but this is the best fun you’ll have for $20 for a long time.
Oh, and the final score was 4-0. Go Canada!
Sumi wows the crowds at UBC
Scared the heck out of me this morning when a little girl ran shrieking past me outside the Thunderbird Stadium at UBC. But it turned out she was just a giddy groupie rushing to hug her 2010 Paralympics mascot hero, Sumi.
There weren’t any line-ups to get into the Canada vs. Italy sledge hockey game (just a steady stream of human traffic), but there was a big crowd lined up behind a blue rope for a chance to pose with the black bear/thunderbird/orca whale hybrid.
I admit: I’ve been worried that I might have exhausted my supply of Olympic spirit during February’s party. So I was a little surprised by the wave of sentiment that washed over me as I watched hordes of red-dressed kids cheering “Go Canada Go!” and waving their maple leaf flags as they waited to embrace a creature as real to them as their parents.
Seems love is all around. Again.
Thunderbird Arena at UBC
As host to one of the Vancouver 2010 Official Olympic Venues, University of British Columbia (UBC) is one of Vancouver’s “Olympic Neighbourhoods,” and a fabulous place to explore if you want a day off from the downtown crowds.
UBC is home to the Thunderbird Arena, one of the ice hockey and sledge hockey venues for the 2010 Games.
SeaBus
Another night shift at VANOC’s Main Press Centre, another frequently-asked-question: Can you recommend a public transit route that will give me a scenic tour of Vancouver?
Continue reading:
Vancouver’s Top 5 public transit sightseeing tours
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