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15 Things We Love About Vancouver: April

Vancouver's gorgeous cherry blossoms paint the sky pink. Photo by Tom Ryan courtesy Tourism BC

1 Cherry blossoms. Nothing says “springtime” quite like the cheerful pink blossoms.
2 Using our noodle…for a quick, cheap meal at the West End’s Kintaro Ramen, Legendary Noodle or Hon’s Wun-Tun House.
3 Rogers’ Chocolates, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. Chocolate lovers choose the irresistible Victoria Creams—with fillings ranging from coffee, ginger and orange to vanilla, strawberry and always-patriotic maple.
4 Walking or biking along the seawall on a blustery day.
5 The annual Chutzpah! Festival (to Apr. 8).
6 Sipping a hot cuppa coffee while perusing the designer shops along bustling Robson Street.
7 The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
8 Tasting the very best of British Columbia at Edible BC, including organic jam, wild pacific salmon and local honey.
9 Grinder and Coola, two orphaned bears who reside on Grouse Mountain. They usually come out of hibernation in April.
10 Lingering over dessert at Lupo.
11 The larger-than-life art installations located throughout the city during the Biennale.
12 South Granville Street—aka Gallery Row—for its never-ending selection of art galleries.

Eye-pleasing confections at Lupo Restaurant & Vinoteca. Photo by KK Law

13 Dim sum, or any quick-to-eat Chinese food, such as take-out barbecue pork, from Chinatown.
14 Cheering for the Vancouver Canucks.
15 The Richmond Olympic Oval, which reopens to the public this month. It was the official speed skating venue for the 2010 Winter Games.

Hot Essentials: Local Lingo

The ubiquitous toque. Photo courtesy Lululemon Athletica

Canuck A Canadian

The Dome BC Place

Eh Quintessential Canadian term added to the end of a sentence. Similar to asking, “Don’t you think?”

The Garage GM Place, home of the Vancouver Canucks

Give’er To work hard; to give your all

The Grind The Grouse Grind, a challenging hiking trail on Grouse Mountain

Hollywood North Vancouver

The Island Vancouver Island

Loonie $1 coin, which features an image of a loon

Lotusland British Columbia

Sorry Used liberally, even when not at fault

Timmy’s Tim Hortons, the beloved Canadian coffee chain

Toonie $2 coin

Toque Knit winter hat (often with a pompom), pronounced “TOO-k”
—Kristina Urquhart

January Hot Date: Vancouver Canucks

NHL fans head to GM Place to watch the Canucks play. Photo courtesy SDominick/iStockPhoto

Hockey fever hits Vancouver well before the 2010 Winter Games, as the Canucks take the home ice nine times this month. If you can’t score a ticket to one of the sold-out games in GM Place, don’t worry—just check out any TV screen in any pub or restaurant in town.—Sheri Radford

December Hot Date: Go, Canucks, Go!

The Vancouver Canucks. Photo by Jeff Vinnick, courtesy Vancouver Canucks

Hockey fans definitely have something to cheer about, as the local NHL team plays eight home games at GM Place this month. Better ask Santa for a ticket in your stocking—and hope you’re not on the naughty list—since these games always sell out fast.—Sheri Radford

Eagles in the City

When it comes to public art, there’s no question Vancouver has an animal attraction. First it was orcas, then it was spirit bears. But from now until spring 2010, eagles rule the roost

By Kristina Urquhart

Bald eagles have flocked to Vancouver, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find real feathers on these 2.3-m (7.5-ft) fiberglass birds.

"Under Aurora" by Rod and Connor Charlesworth is perched outside Science World at Quebec Street and Terminal Avenue. An inukshuk, the official logo of the 2010 Winter Games, and Aurora Borealis are painted on the eagle. Photo by KK Law

Canada Place Way at Howe Street is home to "Balancing the Life Giver" by Andrew Dexel (left), "Spiritual Celebrations from East to West" by Andrew Dexel and Mark Anthony Jacobson (middle), and "The Search for Midnight Water" by Mark Anthony Jacobson (right). Photo by Sheri Radford

Eagles in the City is the third installment of public art by the BC Lions Society, following the popular Orcas in the City and Spirit Bears in the City projects. Local artists were commissioned to create a design for each eagle, from First Nations motifs to BC landscapes, and more than 130 birds have been installed in public spaces across Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Whistler, Prince George and BC’s Interior.

BC is not the only area to hone its animal instinct. In 2000, Toronto welcomed Moose in the City, and more than 50 international cities have been included in CowParade, a travelling exhibition of hand-painted bovines, since 1999.

The eagles are on display until April 2010, when they will be auctioned to benefit children’s charities Easter Seals and Canucks for Kids (see below).

For a fun souvenir, stop by Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for a 156-g (5.5-oz) solid milk chocolate eagle. And don’t forget to pick up a Bald Eagle Flight Path Map at Tourism Vancouver for a bird’s-eye view of where the eagles are nesting.

Inside the Team Store at GM Place, "The Luongo Ealge" by Dean Lauze is a tribute to the Vancouver Canucks and its star goalie, Roberto Luongo. Proceeds from next year's eagle auction will go to Canucks for Kids, which raises money for children's causes such as literacy, health and wellness. Photo by KK Law

September Hot Dates

Word on the Street

The Word on the Street

SEPTEMBER 27

From tiny tots to great-grannies, readers of all ages enjoy this annual festival celebrating the written word. Meet your favourite author, watch performance poetry and complete a giant word-search puzzle. The best part? The whole day is free—except for all those new books, magazines and comics you’re sure to buy.

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Go, Team, Go!

Sports fans have plenty to cheer about in Vancouver this month.

1 HOCKEY Gearing up for the 2010 Winter Games, women’s teams from Canada, the US, Sweden and Finland compete for the Hockey Canada Cup. Plus, the Vancouver Canucks play several pre-season games.

2 SOCCER The Vancouver Whitecaps men’s team finishes off the 2009 season.

3 BASEBALL The Vancouver Canadians play the last few home games of the year.

4 FOOTBALL The BC Lions take on Montreal (Sep. 4) and Toronto (Sep. 19).

Canadian Tenors

The Canadian Tenors

SEPTEMBER 26

The nattily dressed crooners have entranced the world with their deft blend of pop and classical music. Now the lads are using their talent to raise money for the African town of Bulembu, which has been devastated by HIV/AIDS. Don’t miss their benefit concert at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

Wayne Brady

Funny Business

Looking to tickle your funnybone? Carol Burnett, Tom Arnold, Pauly Shore and many other funny folks are appearing at the Global ComedyFest (Sep. 17 to 27). Improv heats up at both the Vancouver International Improv Festival (Sep. 29 to Oct. 3) and Vancouver TheatreSports League (ongoing). Also bringing on the yuks are Wanda Sykes (River Rock Show Theatre; Sep. 4) and Wayne Brady (pictured; Red Robinson Show Theatre, Sep. 18; and River Rock Show Theatre, Sep. 19).

15 Things We Love About Vancouver: January

Michael Zheng's The Stop. Photo by KK Law

1 The Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale (pictured at right), on until next year.
2 Rediscovering the sweets of yesteryear at The Candy Aisle. PEZ, Big League Chew, Sweetarts, Nerds, Runts, Laffy Taffy—yum.
3 The fact that pretty much every city block contains at least one coffee shop.
4 Watching the annual Polar Bear Swim (Jan. 1) with something—and someone—hot.
5 Lights of Hope (to Mar. 21), raising money for St. Paul’s Hospital.

St. Paul's Hospital is all lit up until March 21. Photo by KK Law

6 Cheap eats at Hon’s Wun-Tun House.
7 The Shoppers Drugmart on Davie Street, which is open 24 hours a day.
8 Exploring the centre of the city.
9 Stephen Colbert. He’ll be here next month—whether as the official sponsor of the US speed skating team or as the City of Richmond’s Olympic Oval Ombudsman or even as an Olympic athlete, we don’t know. We do know the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report will make us laugh.
10 Catching a sunlit glimpse of the snow-covered North Shore mountains from downtown, and planning an escape to Grouse.
11 Nala, the seven-month-old (but only recently named) baby beluga at the Vancouver Aquarium. The name is short for an Inuktitut word meaning “surprise gift.”
12 Cheering for the Vancouver Canucks.
13 The clean, crisp winter air.
14 Counting down to the 2010 Winter Games.
15 The World Needs More Canada collection at Chapters and Indigo stores, which includes books by Canadians such as Margaret Atwood and Rex Murphy and accessories such as a red umbrella sporting a patriotic message you can’t ignore.