Rio Theatre hosting ‘Save The Rio’ fundraiser Thursday night
The Rio Theatre saga continues. After declaring the Rio was ready to become the multimedia venue it always wanted to be after being granted its liquor-primary license, general manager Corinne Lea was...
View ArticleThe Enough is Enough Launch Party
Our kickoff was a super success, not only providing our guests with some rockin’ dancing music courtesy of Fabulous George and The Zodiacs, but raising more than $36,000 for the cause. The West meets...
View ArticleGeneration Gap Begone at “Ride Don’t Hide”
For Lynn Spence, participating in the 2013 Ride Don’t Hide event meant challenging herself to end a 10-year hiatus from cycling and connecting with her family for a great cause. She is interviewed by...
View ArticleTime to get cycling. It’s bike to work week!
There’s no better time than now to dust off your bike and get started on that training regimen that you’ve been talking about to prepare for Shoppers Drug Mart Ride Don’t Hide. There are many reasons...
View ArticleWhat can you get for $2? How about change for your community, your friends...
By Cynthia Luo Shoppers Drug Mart Ride Don’t Hide bracelets are on sale to support the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) programs in BC. Having worn the bracelet for one week, the bracelet has...
View ArticleRide Don’t Hide Speaks to Everyone
By Jude Wong As a volunteer for this year’s Shoppers Drug Mart Ride Don’t Hide, I’ve been feeling like a hypocrite. How can I invest my time and energy encouraging others to join the conversation about...
View ArticleCycling a Path Towards Healing
By Dave Ehle Yesterday was all rain and coastal cloud, but it is a beautiful day today as I pull into the Glenora trailhead park. The sun is out and it is bringing out the scent of the cottonwoods and...
View ArticleHow Ride Don’t Hide is Helping Women to “Enjoy their Babies”
Shoppers Drug Mart Ride Don’t Hide has two primary goals; to break the stigma of mental illness and to raise funds to support Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) programs and initiatives that...
View ArticleHeard at the Water Cooler: How’d you get into volunteering with the CMHA?
Blogger Cynthia Luo recounts her experience volunteering with the Canadian Mental Health Association and the people she met along the way by Cynthia Luo Above photo: Saba Fatemi and Joanne Wolanski,...
View ArticleSomething Brilliant! for mental health
Once upon a time, in a grand old ballroom in Vancouver, there was an enchanted evening of dance and fashion and princes and witches. Under a canopy of green boughs, dangling apples, and books with...
View ArticleCancer Society plans screenings of final Tragically Hip concert to raise...
The Canadian Cancer Society plans to hold live screenings of the Tragically Hip’s final concert on Aug. 20 in major cities, including Vancouver, to raise money for brain cancer research. But the...
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