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Delicious Dandelions Honey Bees and Wild Bees use this Early Blooming Flower as Important Food Source Long the bane of meticulous lawn owners, Taraxacum officinale, or as we more commonly know it - the Dandelion - can be found just about everywhere around the world.  This hardy flower lies dormant in the winter but establishes quickly in the spring.  It is usually one of the first flowers you can

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unique event has raised over $400,000 in support of cancer research in British Columbia. By fundraising in partnership with your entry in Seek the Peak, you show your support for those experiencing life with cancer by providing much needed funds to leading-edge research happening at the BC Cancer Agency. This year our goal is to raise $40,000 and to do that, we need your help. Here are some tips from

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workforce to face the upcoming spring.  These new bees will be the first batch for the new year and the bees who looked after the Queen all winter will pass away.  It was great to see our bees again and many of the hives are well underway with their spring preparations.  Many were already bringing in Pollen.  We will 'bee' monitoring the conditions and when the snow melts up here we'll get ready to bring

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Young Barn Swallows have now Fledged Getting Ready to Migrate! A little while ago we brought news that our Barn Swallow Web Camera was not going to work as planned this year.  This was because instead of using the nest that the camera was focused on, the Barn Swallows decided to literally 'nest on camera' and built a nest right on top of our webcam!!!They built the nest really quickly (out of mud

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participants take on the 16-kilometre course alone 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 Braden Lively with a time of 1:31:06 followed by Brooke Spence as the first female finisher with a time of 1:43:58. Taking top honours in the relay category is

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Grouse Mountain Debuts the Latest in Aerial Adventure New Skyride Surf Adventure to Launch on Friday (North Vancouver) As part of this year’s Summer of Flight, Grouse Mountain is thrilled to launch our brand new Skyride Surf Adventure. This unique experience allows guests to soar above the treetops and enjoy 360 degree views outside from a specially designed platform on the roof of the Skyride

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June 21st; just in time for the annual Multi Grouse Grind event. The BCMC Trail, which shares the trail head with the Grouse Grind, remains open, and has provided a great alternative during this maintenance closure.The Grouse Grind® is a 2.9-kilometre trail up the face of Grouse Mountain, commonly referred to as “Mother Nature’s Stairmaster.” The trail is cooperatively supported by Grouse Mountain

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Birds In Motion Profile: Dash Peregrine Falcon Meet Dash from our Birds In Motion Demonstration. Dash is a Peregrine falcon and he’s three years old. Peregrine falcons are the fastest living animals on the planet! They can fly at speeds up to 390 km/hr. As a bird of prey they actually eat other birds and use their speed in hunting. Because they fly so fast, Peregrine falcons have built in goggles

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First Snow Winter 16/17 It's Time to Wax Those Boards We couldn't be more excited. What a way to start the day with a blanketing of fresh snow on the Mountain. Grouse Mountain's Operations team has been waiting for this week - with fresh snow from Mother Nature and lower temperatures so that we can fire-up our extensive snowmaking fleet. Our Mountain Operations team will be maximizing these

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SHOES.COM team which makes Grouse Mountain the perfect playground for us to engage and entertain, not only our guests, but our team of over 200 employees here in Vancouver,” said CEO and Co-Founder of SHOES.COM, Roger Hardy. “It’s not uncommon for the SHOES.COM team to be up at the Grouse Grind bright and early racing each other up the mountain. We see this partnership as a natural extension of our brand

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