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BizPaL can be your pal
April 6, 2009 – 11:29 am | Comments Off on BizPaL can be your pal
BizPaL can be your pal

Starting a business in Canada?

BizPaL wants to be your friend.

Despite its corny name, this online service simplifies the process of applying for business licenses and permits in many parts of Canada.

According to …

Eating Canadian: Poutine
April 1, 2009 – 9:40 am | Comments Off on Eating Canadian: Poutine
Eating Canadian: Poutine

Skeptics may consider poutine, a messy mix of French fries topped with brown gravy and melted cheese, some sort of strange April Fool’s joke.

But if you’ve learned to love this classic Quebecois concoction

Vancouver’s Canada Line to open ahead of schedule
March 31, 2009 – 1:31 pm | Comments Off on Vancouver’s Canada Line to open ahead of schedule
Vancouver’s Canada Line to open ahead of schedule

The long-awaited Canada Line, a rapid transit link between downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver airport, and the suburban community of Richmond, will open Labour Day weekend, three months ahead of schedule, according to an …

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
March 27, 2009 – 9:45 am | Comments Off on Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

The payoff for living through Vancouver‘s damp gray winters comes in the spring, when flowers around the city burst into bloom.

And what better way to celebrate spring’s arrival than with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom

Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
March 17, 2009 – 4:37 pm | Comments Off on Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)

St. Patrick’s Day seems like a good time to promote an organization called Green Drinks, which is not a group that gathers to drink green beer. Rather, it’s an opportunity to meet — and …