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Northern Flickers Nest in Statue If you happen to be standing under a wooden statue up here at Grouse Mt and hear a sharp, and fairly loud, chirping noise above you -  look up!  You might be standing under a nest of Northern Flickers inside the statue.Northern Flickers are members of the woodpecker family but are more often seen foraging on the ground using their long strong bills to dig into

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Y2Play Has Its Privileges – Bring a Friend for Free Day! Y2Play Passholders can bring a friend for free on March 17, 2016. Thursday, March 17th will be an especially happy St. Patrick’s Day for Y2Play Passholders. It seems Y2Players have the luck of the Irish and can bring a friend* for free to enjoy some camaraderie on the Mountain. Simply come to the Ticket Centre or Guest Services with your

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fundraisingpage in any email you send out.5. GET ACTIVE ONSOCIAL MEDIA: 90% of donations now come inonline. Share your story and a link toyour personal page over your socialnetworks. We suggest Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.6. SET YOUR GOAL HIGH: When you get within $100 of yourgoal, increase your total!To set up your fundraising page, head over to the BC Cancer Foundation website! 

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1998 and retired from the movie industry. He came to live with the rest of his pack at Grouse Mountain in 2004.We will greatly miss hearing the early morning wolf howls of Omega as he alerted all within range of his presence. We are comforted to know that Omega lived a long, comfortable and stimulating life under our care, and that he inspired a respect and awe for wolves in thousands of people

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Cote de Boeuf Recipes from The Observatory Cote de Beoufhand made chips, Béarnaise sauce, button onions and watercressServes 6-8 Beef Rib Eye 4 rib-eye steaks (each about 2 inches / 5 cm thick) 2 Tbsp (30 mL) duck fat 4 Tbsp (60 mL) butter Salt and pepper to taste Heat two 12 inch (30-cm) cast iron pans on high until smoking. Season the steak well with salt and pepper. Place duck fat into pans

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Victoria Duffield Headlines Whistler Water One Climb 2014 The 2014 Whistler Water One Climb is coming up on Saturday, June 14 and we are so excited about this incredible, fun-filled event…all in an effort to raise funds for clean water in Kenya!What makes climbing the Grouse Grind and raising funds even more amazing? How about pop star Victoria Duffield! She will be there to power you up the

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and spit!) and shortly thereafter they laid five eggs.  Both the male and the female took turns incubating the eggs and after approximately 14 days the eggs hatched!We then watched as the parents took turns bringing food in for the  young.  Baby birds are voracious eaters so it took a lot of effort and insect hunting on the parent's behalf to keep up with the demand from the young!After hatching

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Grouse Mountain’s 2014/15 Y2Play pass 80 percent sold! New this year: Y2Play Student Pass! (North Vancouver) With beautiful weather in the forecast heading into the weekend, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce that the limited-edition 2014/15 Y2Play snow pass is now 80 percent sold.“As we head into a weekend of excellent spring ski conditions, we are very pleased to announce that we have sold

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bear proofing if you live in bear country - bears can be very ingenious when it comes to raiding feeders (see the photo above!). Please make sure to clean and refill your feeder often with a 1% bleach solution - this will kill any disease or bacteria that might be forming and prevent it from passing to other visiting birds. Instead of (or in addition to) maintaining a well placed bird feeder, you

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Delice of Chocolate Recipes from The Observatory Delice of Chocolatewarm chocolate coulant, chocolate pecan brownie wtih peanut butter ice cream, chocolate hazelnut mousse with griottine cherriesServes 6-8 Coulant 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter 5 oz (150 g) dark chocolate 3 egg yolks, from large brown eggs 3 large brown eggs 1/4 heaping cup all-purpose flour 3 Tbsp (45 mL) sugar icing sugar, as needed

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