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May
May 26 - Learn to Fish Programs
Event Time10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
May 26, 2013
Event LocationLower Seymour Conservation Reserve
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604-504-4716
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Learn about fish identification, conservation, handling, tackle, rod rigging, and enjoy an hour of fishing.  All equipment provided. Ages 5 to 15. Suggested donation $5
May 30 - Open Late for Business at CHYLAN EMERGENCY GEAR INC.
Event Time4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
May 30, 2013 to May 23, 2031
Event LocationChylan Emergency Gear Inc.
109 – 6039 196th Street, Surrey
Contact InformationChantelle
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More InformationYour business card is your ticket to the Chamber’s popular networking event: Open Late for Business! Hosted on a monthly basis by interesting Chamber member businesses, these events are the perfect opportunity to connect with Langley’s business community in a casual and fun environment! Why Chylan? Chylan sells quality emergency preparation and self-reliance products and services that save and sustain life. They operate with a passion for satisfaction and a commitment to adding value to our community! Join Us … • Watch presentations on Family Preparedness, and meet with their newest partners in preparedness, Be-Prepared, Trainers in First Aid Inc. and Eagle Claw international, international leaders in Self Defence Training. • Receive a 10% discount off all in-store merchandise and 20% off Self Defence Training classes. • Enjoy appetizers provided by Thrive Foods. • Complimentary wine provided by Fort Winery. • Be entered in to the business card draw for a “The Everything Survival Kit”, a bottle of wine from Fort Winery and a “LifeStraw”. • EPICC, industry preparedness for commerce and council, has put together 15 Steps to Business Preparedness, a simplified way to get started in Emergency Preparedness for the Organization. Get your hand-out at the event! • Make your donation at the event to: ShelterBox ~ www.shelterboxcanada.org.
June
June 01 - Lazuli Bunting Walks
Event Time9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Jun 1, 2013
Event LocationColony Farm Regional Park. Meet in front of the community gardens at the end of Colony Farm Road.
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604-520-6442
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Join members of the Colony Farm Park Association on a search for the beautiful Lazuli Bunting. Colony Farm is best place to see these stunning blue birds and the only known nesting site in the Lower Mainland. Take an easy stroll along park trails while watching for Buntings and other birds such as the Black-throated Sparrow and Western Kingbird.
 
Dress for the weather and bring binoculars!
June 01 - Lazuli Bunting Walks
Event Time3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Jun 1, 2013
Event LocationColony Farm Regional Park. Meet in front of the community gardens at the end of Colony Farm Road.
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604-520-6442
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Join members of the Colony Farm Park Association on a search for the beautiful Lazuli Bunting. Colony Farm is best place to see these stunning blue birds and the only known nesting site in the Lower Mainland. Take an easy stroll along park trails while watching for Buntings and other birds such as the Black-throated Sparrow and Western Kingbird.
 
Dress for the weather and bring binoculars!
June 02 - Learn to Fish Programs
Event Time10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Jun 2, 2013
Event LocationLower Seymour Conservation Reserve
Contact Information-
604-504-4716
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Learn about fish identification, conservation, handling, tackle, rod rigging, and enjoy an hour of fishing.  All equipment provided. Ages 5 to 15. Suggested donation $5
June 02 - Coho Bon Voyage
Event Time11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Jun 2, 2013
Event LocationCrippen Regional Park. Meet at the hatchery, a 15 minutes walk from the ferry dock.
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604-224-5739
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At this annual Bowen Island salmon celebration, you can release young salmon, take a guided tour of the Terminal Creek Fish Hatchery and discover the ecological importance of the salmon life cycle.
 
Presented in partnership with the Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club. Information: www.bowenhatchery.org
 
No registration needed, just come on by!
June 09 - Learn to Fish Programs
Event Time10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Jun 9, 2013
Event LocationLower Seymour Conservation Reserve
Contact Information-
604-504-4716
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Learn about fish identification, conservation, handling, tackle, rod rigging, and enjoy an hour of fishing.  All equipment provided. Ages 5 to 15. Suggested donation $5
June 12 - Sustainability Community Breakfast
Event Time7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Jun 12, 2013
Event LocationBritish Columbia Institute of Technology
555 Seymour Street
Contact InformationInformation CentreMetro Vancouver
604-432-6200
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More InformationDetails to come.
June 13 - "Rivers Lost, Saved and Restored: A Global Perspective" Presented by Mark Angelo
Event Time7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Jun 13, 2013
Event LocationSheraton Wall Centre
1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC
Contact InformationSurinderUppal
604-432-6359
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Mark will present his perspectives as an advocate for wild rivers; highlighting the plight of rivers in BC and comparing those with other major rivers systems around the world.  $20.00/person (Tickets available online only)
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June 15 - Lochiel Schoolhouse and Schoolmarm
Event Time1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Jun 15, 2013
Event LocationCampbell Valley Regional Park
Contact InformationMetro VancouverPrograms
604-432-6359
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Langley Centennial Museum's schoolmarm opens the one room schoolhouse and re-enacts school in 1924.
 
Park near 8th Ave and 204th St in Langley and walk across the field to the schoolhouse.
 
Free, drop-in
June 15 - "Challenges of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom-Line" Presented by Dr. David Suzuki
Event Time7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Jun 15, 2013
Event LocationSheraton Wall Centre
1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC
Contact InformationSurinderUppal
604-432-6359
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Dr. Suzuki explores our connectedness with nature and the economy.  It is estimated that the cost of replacing nature's services such as cleansing air, filtering water, pollinators and flood control are astronomical, yet not factored into our economic thinking.  $30.00/person (Tickets available online only)
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June 16 - Sunday in the Park
Event Time9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Jun 16, 2013
Event LocationCentennial Beach
Contact InformationMetro Vancouver Programs
604-432-6359
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Celebrate Father's Day at Centennial Beach. Includes entertainment and displays.
 
Pancake breakfast: $3/child; $6/adult.
 
Hosted by Tsawwassen/Boundary Bay Lions Club with Cammidge House Committee/Boundary Bay Regional Park volunteers.
June 16 - Splash! BC Family Fishing Day
Event Time10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Jun 16, 2013
Event LocationLower Seymour Conservation Reserve

 

Contact InformationSeymourSalmonid Society
778-452-4584
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Try your luck at catching a rainbow trout. No licence required. Enjoy exhibits and festivities. Rain or Shine. Allow 2 hours. BBQ extra.
 
All proceeds go to the Seymour Salmonid Society.
 
The LSCR is 3 km north of Capilano University on Lilooet Road
June 18 - Burns Bog Scientific Advisory Panel meeting
Event Time3:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Jun 18, 2013
Event LocationMetro Vancouver Regional Parks West Area Office
130 - 1200 West 73rd Ave., Vancouver
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Burns Bog Scientific Advisory Panel meeting
June 20 - Trail Running Series
Event Time6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Jun 20, 2013
Event LocationAldergrove Lake Regional Park: 8th Avenue entrance, east of 272nd Street
Contact InformationJeremyPlotkin
604-432-6359
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Join us on the third Thursday evening in June, July and August for a fun, cheap 10 km trail run.  Prizes for top male and female runners! Door prizes! Food! Music! Only $5 pre-registration, or $10 drop in.
 
Presented by Metro Vancouver and Peninsula Runners
Register online
June 23 - Learn to Fish Programs
Event Time10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Jun 23, 2013
Event LocationLower Seymour Conservation Reserve
Contact Information-
604-504-4716
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Learn about fish identification, conservation, handling, tackle, rod rigging, and enjoy an hour of fishing.  All equipment provided. Ages 5 to 15. Suggested donation $5
June 30 - Learn to Fish Programs
Event Time10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Jun 30, 2013
Event LocationLower Seymour Conservation Reserve
Contact Information-
604-504-4716
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Learn about fish identification, conservation, handling, tackle, rod rigging, and enjoy an hour of fishing.  All equipment provided. Ages 5 to 15. Suggested donation $5
July 07 to August 25 - Nature Time
Event Time1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Jul 7, 2013 to Aug 25, 2013
Sundays, July 7 to August 25
Event LocationBurnaby Lake Nature House
4519 Piper Avenue
Contact InformationMetro VancouverPrograms
604-432-6359
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Drop by to do an activity or take a walk. For families with children.
 
Check our Facebook page for more information: FB.ME metrovancouverregionalparks
 
Meet at Nature House, 4519 Piper Avenue off Winston Street
July 07 to August 25 - NEW! Music in the Park Sunday Series
Event Time2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Jul 7, 2013 to Aug 25, 2013
each Sunday in July and August (no performance August 4)
Event LocationCapilano River Regional Park Cleveland Dam Field
Contact InformationJeremyPlotkin
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Come to Cleveland Dam each Sunday in July and August from 2 - 4 pm to enjoy live music from up and coming musicians.  No performance August 4.
 
Presented by Metro vancouver and the North Vancouver Community Arts Council.
July 09 - Guided Bike Tour of Trails & Dykes in the Fraser Valley
Event Time7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Jul 9, 2013
Event LocationNorth Alouette Greenway
Contact InformationMetro VancouverPrograms
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Bike scenic countryside pathways; 10 - 15 km on gravel trails.
 
Arrive 10 min early to gear up and check in.
 
Bring your bike, helmet, tire patch kit, mosquito spray and drinking water.
 
Meet at the north end of Park Lane, Pitt Meadows.
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