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most popular residents at the Peak of Vancouver, the now 18 year old Grizzly bears Grinder and Coola originally came to Grouse Mountain’s Refuge for Endangered Wildlife in 2001 when they were rescued after being orphaned during separate incidents in Bella Coola and Invermere.About Grouse Mountain: Grouse Mountain is the number one visitor attraction in the Lower Mainland, with 1.3 million annual

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place, please visit www.grousemountain.com/pureclean About Grouse Mountain: Grouse Mountain is the number one visitor attraction in the Lower Mainland, with 1.3 million annual visitors. Known as the Peak of Vancouver, we offer unparalleled panoramic views of the city, sea and surrounding mountains along with a wide range of year-round outdoor and educational activities, dining and more. For more

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Over 700 Participants Make the Climb for the 15th Annual Seek the Peak Thousands raised in support of BC Cancer Foundation (North Vancouver) Sunshine and blue skies greeted racers this morning as they set out for the annual Seek the Peak, with its awe-inspiring 1,250 metre climb from West Vancouver’s Ambleside Park to the Peak of Vancouver. Now in its 15th year, the event saw over 700

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Ultimate 2018 Playlist Your soundtrack for taking on the New Year A new year brings with it a fresh start as we set new goals and intentions for the year ahead. We want to help you get off to a great start with the perfect soundtrack for crushing your 2018 goals, be it on or off the Mountain.We asked you to share your anthem for the upcoming year so we could build our Ultimate 2018 Playlist

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, before going on to study geography in university, working in environmental research and the tech industry, and returning here. The memories from that field trip have stuck with me through the years, and I’m thrilled to be able to help students experience hands-on, play-based learning at Grouse Mountain now. Learning about wildlife and bears of North America is exciting, but learning about bears of

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asking readers to rate the best our City has to offer in a comprehensive range of categories. Congratulations also to our partners Evo Car Share, YYoga and Granville Island Brewing who were also named in this year's Best of Vancouver list.Check out the full list of Best of Vancouver winners.2019 Winners

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facing a very uncertain future which included the possibility of being euthanized.  They spent the first weeks exploring their new habitat and all the different types of habitat it contained. They only had a couple months to prepare for winter and hibernation. Fast forward 17 years to September 5, 2018 and Grinder and Coola are now all grown up and are seasoned veterans of their habitat and spend their

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Multi Grouse Grind Challenge 2018 Presented by SUUNTO After an amazing 20 hour day on the Grouse Grind® the results are in! This year's Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge has raised over $34,000 in support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation!We also saw a record setting performance on the Grind as Brooke Spence set a new female record by completed a whopping 17 Grouse Grinds during the 20 hour

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you know? In Vancouver we commonly see two types of hummingbirds - the Anna's hummingbird and the Rufous hummingbird. Both are also found here on Grouse Mountain. The Rufous hummingbird is the migratory species and is only present from March until August each year before heading back to Mexico. The Annas stay year round and feed off feeders and insect proteins during the cold winter months. The

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went into hibernation in November at 921 pounds and Coola weighed 1056 pounds and shortly after emerging their weights were recorded as 727 pounds for Grinder and 850 pounds for Coola!  This represents about a 200 pound drop, or about 20% of their body weight, for both bears over the nearly five months that they were in hibernation.  This is about the average we see each year.Both bears are still

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