Links to the online contest pages by various companies, periodicals, and sweepstake aggregation sites, with a Canadian focus.
Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Weather and Climate: A Collection of Links and Resources
A growing, sometimes annotated collection of links and resources related to weather and climate, with a slant toward Canadian weather and climate.
Save Money Using the Non-Refundable Tax Credit for Public Transit Passes (Canada)
Here’s a quick money saving tip for those who regularly use public transit in Canada. Starting around 2006, a non-refundable tax credit was introduced on public transit passes. The rate varies year to year, but has typically been around 15% of the transit pass purchase price. The program doesn’t apply to single fare passes, but [...]
Photograph of Cairns Along False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I recently made a post on Graffiti Near Me about a mural that featured an inuksuk. This reminded me about a photograph I took of some cairns that someone was building along False Creek in Vancouver, BC, Canada (map). I took the photograph while on a walk with a friend in October 2009. I unfortunately [...]
Signs: Obese Cyclists & Vancouver – a nuclear weapons free zone
I’ve created a new Flickr set for signs of all types — basically any signs I find interesting enough to take a picture of for some reason. The first addition to the set was a sign on East 22nd Ave just west of Boundary Road in Vancouver, BC, Canada: The second sign is also interesting: [...]
Geoff Peters Trio Releases Music Video for Quiet Night
UPDATE: You can now purchase Quite Night by the Geoff Peters Trio on CDBaby as a physical CD or as individual track MP3 downloads. ———– The Geoff Peters Trio, a Vancouver-based jazz band consisting of Geoff Peters on piano, Mark White on bass, and Greg Murray on drums, has just released a video for the [...]
