This past weekend was the 5th year of the Northern Voice conference out at UBC…and my 3rd year attending. Thanks to a recent car accident, I didn’t take many photos but instead spent a couple of days in sessions, visiting with old friends and, as usually happens at Northern Voice, met a bunch of new…
As I mentioned previously, iCaved during the iPad launch weekend and drove down to Seattle and picked up a 32gb wifi iPad. My decision to drive across the line to get one was further justified (to me) by the fact that Apple then had to delay the international release of the iPad over a month…
I was given the chance to play around with Motorola’s latest Google powered Android phone, the Milestone (aka the Droid in the US). I’ve only had it for a few days so it’s too early for a review but thought I’d post a couple of thoughts about my initial impressions and also see what you…
My view of the win from Robson Square…a perfect close to an amazing Winter Olympic Games for me.
Canada’s favorite Skeleton man, Jon Montgomery discusses how he originally discovered Skeleton and what steps he went through to get involved in the sport:
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…
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…
Today I paid a visit to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre to find out more about their current exhibition, “More than Just Games”, which focuses on Canada’s involvement with the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. It’s a fascinating, yet haunting look at the games that occurred over 74 years ago just before World War…
Thanks to an invitation from LG Canada back in December, I was able to meet and photograph some of the team members of the then proposed team for Canada’s Snowboard Cross (SBX) Olympians. From left: Maëlle Ricker, Rob Fagan, and Drew Neilson They still had a number of qualifying events to compete in before the…
As recently as last week, I still hadn’t made a decision on what I was going to do during the Winter Games. Originally I was thinking of going out of town to simply avoid the traffic snarls the games will surely bring (I work in North Vancouver) but those plans were dashed because my wife…