As I’ve mentioned before, the BC Media Centre hosts a lot of press conferences. One highlight of many of them is long time Vancouver favorite, Nardwuar the Human Serviette asking questions of various people on stage. First he asked Governor Arnold Swartzenegger about his previous vinyl efforts: then today, he asked Canadian Ice Dance Gold…
I never expected to be doing many of the things I’ve had the chance do during these Olympic Games. The pavilions during the Games have been a great way to learn more about my country and a boon to the various tourism organizations in Canada. As I mentioned in my previous post, Alberta rented out…
Last week, I had the chance to ride the Alberta Train to Whistler. Yes you read that right…although I didn’t go to Alberta, for a good part of the day, I was treated like I was in Alberta. Normally, the train is the Rocky Mountaineer but Travel Alberta had rented it out for the duration…
One of the many benefits of the BC Media Centre is that all sorts of cool things come through here. The other day, Lord Stanley’s Cup stopped by: The rules as told by Craig & Phil (who are Archivists for the Hockey Hall of Fame) is that anyone can touch, hug, kiss the Cup, but…
Earlier this week I stopped by Canada’s Northern House Pavillion on Hastings & Seymour. It’s a huge two level pavilion that seems to be drawing big lineups but since they let in 40 people at a time, the lines move quickly. Lots of interactive displays and live performances for the whole family. We also had…
The Winter Olympic Games have brought thousands of people to Vancouver and I’ve been able to meet a ton of amazing people during my adventures over the last couple of weeks. I thought I’d profile a few of them here and make a few other posts as the Games progress. Lindsey Anderson One thing that…
The BC Media Centre that I’m currently using as basecamp during the Olympic Games hosts a LOT of press conferences and Premier Gordon Campbell attends many of them: and when he’s not at the Media Centre, he’s out and about: I’m pretty sure by the end of this, I’ll be on a first name basis…
My pal Duane stopped by for a visit the other day and we shot this little video to give you a little glimpse inside the BC Media Centre. It’s where I’ve been spending a lot of time lately attending press conferences, processing photos, writing posts like this one and sometimes just relaxing and actually watching…
This morning, I went from shooting photos of cute, excited kids and tall ships: to shooting photos of Police and SWAT teams dispersing crowds during a protest march that turned violent. I missed the window smashing and crowd control (I was taking photos of the ship in North Vancouver at the time) but suffice to…
This morning I had a chance to be one of the first to ride the new Zipline that goes over Robson Street: Needless to say, it was amazing! Thanks to ZipTrek EcoTours for putting this on. It opens to the general public FOR FREE on Friday, February 12th. You can watch people ride it on…