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traveling as one of her favorite pursuits. Since joining the VSO, Karen has been named a McBride Scholar at Bryn Mawr in Philadelphia and has twice attended the Banff Centre for the Arts as an Artist-in-Residence. CASSANDRA BEQUARY - Violin Cassandra Bequary, originally from Connecticut, began playing violin at the age of 5. She completed her undergraduate studies at Oberlin Conservatory where she worked

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beginning work on their Lower Pond habitat which when open will give the bears their full 5.5 acre summer habitat.  Stay tuned!Here are a few more photos from the opening:

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slopes, there’s plenty of family fun to enjoy. Test out your skills on skates by taking a spin on our mountaintop Skating Pond. Or, if you prefer a little speed, our Sliding Zone is the place to zoom down the Mountain. Both skate and sled rentals are available daily.learn more 5. Snowshoe Adventures Even if you’re not a skier or snowboarder, you can still get out and explore the Mountain. From beginner

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Grinder and Coola Enter Lower Pond Habitat 2019 Today marked one of the earliest annual openings of our Grizzly Bear Lower Pond Habitat.  With the amount of snowfall here on Grouse Mountain we have to take down Grinder and Coola's complete 5.5 acre summer habitat each year.  In the spring, we need to remove the snow and re-set it up in stages.  The Lower Pond side is the last stage and now the

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-station. Grouse Mountain is expecting a large snowfall starting Sunday night and continuing through to Tuesday evening that could see 50cm accumulate. Our team is hard at work to open additional terrain soon, so stay tuned! Access to skiing and riding is available with a Y2Play, Early Bird, 3-Day Plus+ or Black Friday Night Pass. For those without a pass, early season pricing (Mountain Admission) is

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Grouse Parks Named #3 Terrain Park in the Northwest. The results of Newschoolers' 2018 Parks Poll are in, and we couldn't be more elated. As last season came to a close, Newschoolers, named the top skiing website in the world, teamed up with Snow Park Technologies to create a comprehensive ranking of the best terrain parks across North America. Using a combination (50/50) of analytical analysis

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marked the first time where Anna's Hummingbirds have outnumbered the Rufous with 13 Anna's banded and only 5 Rufous (the photo here is of the gorgeous Male Rufous we banded yesterday).  This will be an interesting trend to monitor to see if the numbers of Anna's keep increasing each year.  Stay tuned for updates as our summer monitoring program progresses!

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journey from Timberly at City Sports & Physiotherapy Clinic.Top 5 Pre-run & mid-race injury prevention tips 1. Warm-up – Before any given run, you need to ensure your nervous system, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints are ready for the load you are about to put on them to avoid shock to the system. A slow jog is not enough to warm things up. Legs swings, marching drills, hurdler steps

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consists of a series of four aerial ropes courses with varying degrees of difficulty. Guests will encounter over 50 different elements as they progress through the courses including suspended bridges, ziplines, ladders and nets. Kids Tree Canopy Adventure™ is a fully contained activity zone for children ages 3 to 8 years old and consists of three double treehouses, one single treehouse, slides and ground

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-kilometre course as individuals or as part of a relay team, with every step upwards raising valuable funds for the BC Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving work in the fight against breast cancer. This year’s Seek the Peak title goes to Andrew Russell with a time of 1:24:49 and topping the women’s category is Chantelle Groenewoud with a time of 1:51:33. Taking top honours in the relay category is Team McMillan

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