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Pitch In! The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Sept. 15-23

by Taraneh in Green City on September 10, 2012

Photo credit: Flickr user craigy_p

Every year, millions of people visit Vancouver’s fair beaches. At the annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, September 15-23, a few thousand help tidy up.

The stats are pretty impressive. In 2011, volunteers collected litter from 3,144 km. of Canadian shoreline. That’s 351,238 cigarette butts, 71,200 plastic bags and 39,308 bottles. Weirder items included false teeth, a prisoner’s effects bag and a fully decorated Christmas tree. Get all the dirty details here. But I’m guessing you’re most interested in how to get involved.

In Vancouver, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup kicks off this Saturday, Sept. 15. at locations including Kitsilano Beach at 10am. Continue reading:
Pitch In! The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Sept. 15-23

Vancouver In a Day: Vancouver’s Beaches

by Sean Horlor in videos on July 25, 2012

In Vancouver, it’s easy to find a beach to fit your personality. Quiet and sandy? Dog-friendly with a great view? Crowded and flashy? Popular with the locals? Take your pick. There’s something here for everyone.

The good news is that all of the city’s major beaches are open to the public and easy to reach from the downtown core.

We designed this video feature on Vancouver’s beaches to make it feel like you’ve just woke up in Vancouver and are just about to head out to find the perfect, sandy spot to spend your day. You can navigate between beaches at the end of each video segment.

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Vancouver In a Day: Vancouver’s Beaches

Bare Buns Run 2012 – July 15 at Wreck Beach

by Dana Lynch in Events on July 9, 2012

Wreck Beach’s annual Bare Buns Run.

Wreck Beach isn’t Vancouver’s best-loved beach because it’s clothing-optional, though that is its most often cited attribute. Wreck Beach is beloved because it’s unique: hauntingly beautiful, isolated from civilization (it’s the only Vancouver beach where you can’t see any signs of city life), and possessed with an uncanny, peculiarly Vancouver vibe (hippie, laid back, anything-goes-but-we’re-all-cool-and respectful, hey there’s that lady with the Jello shots). It’s unlike anywhere else, and for that reason alone we love it.

The annual Bare Buns Run is the seminal event for Wreck Beach, a chance to show your love by showing your ass(ets)—all proceeds from the Bare Buns Run support the Wreck Beach Preservation Society, the folks who keep the beach pristine and lovely for future bare-buns runners to come.

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Bare Buns Run 2012 – July 15 at Wreck Beach

Everything You Need to Know About Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2012, July 13-15

by Taraneh in Events on July 9, 2012

Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan will appear at Folk Fest 2012. Photo credit: Vancouver Folk Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival returns to Jericho Beach Park for its 35th anniversary this Friday, July 13, through Sunday, July 15.

If you’ve never been, Folk Fest is the kind of grassroots, community-driven live music event where you’ll find old timers who’ve attended for 30 years rubbing shoulders with a fresh crop of university students who won’t miss a Dan Mangan show. It’s the mix of guests and performers that makes Folk Fest what it is.

The hotly anticipated Vancouver Folk Festival line up includes such talents as Dan Mangan, Ani DiFranco, Lucinda Williams, Hey Rosetta! and K’naan. The food cart line up is almost as impressive with 30 local vendors serving everything from organic ice cream to roast corn and jerk chicken.

Find out everything you need to know to attend after the jump. Continue reading:
Everything You Need to Know About Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2012, July 13-15

Beach Ready? Meet Vancouver’s Talented Pool of Swimwear Designers

by Taraneh in Shop on June 30, 2012

Jane by Vancouver swimwear designer Beth Richards. Image: Beth Richards

Any beach city worth its sand boasts a talented pool of swimwear designers. This summer, designer Beth Richards is making a splash in the Vancouver swimwear market with her debut 2012 swimwear collection.

Not only have Vancouverites fallen hard for her sophisticated monochrome designs (pictured above), Net-A-Porter.com – the international, big shot, web retailer – has already picked up Beth Richards’ line.

Check out more swimwear from Beth Richards’ collection, and 2012 swimwear by other Vancouver talents such as Anna Kosturova, known for making the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue every year with her sultry crochet bikinis – after the jump. Continue reading:
Beach Ready? Meet Vancouver’s Talented Pool of Swimwear Designers