Eleven Days of Giveaways for Mother’s Day Winners

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If you have been following along on our social media channels you will have seen that we have a little something for everyone this Mother’s Day. I know that Mother’s Day can be a complicated or triggering day for some so I purposely ended our…

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Warner Brother’s Pokémon Detective Pikachu is Now Playing

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I was provided tickets to the advanced screening of this movie. All opinions below are my own. Ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Tim is a former Pokémon trainer in the world where humans…

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4th Annual BrickCan Returned to Richmond Last Week

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I was gifted tickets to this event. All opinions are my own. BrickCan is the largest public exhibition of Lego creations in the province. Builders from all over the world bring their creations to the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. The event coincided with The…

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How Does She Do It?… with Brianne Prior

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Once a month we will interview moms in our “How Does She Do It? feature. If interested in participating please reach out on Facebook or Instagram. We are very excited to introduce you to Brianne Prior. She is from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Are you an…

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Fraser Valley Academy of Dance’s Mary Poppins Jr.

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We were gifted tickets in exchange for this review. All opinions list below are my own. Just a reminder to families that if your small child wouldn’t be able to sit through a movie that they most likely wouldn’t be able to sit through a…

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Zee Zee Theatre’s Dead People’s Things Review

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I was provided tickets to the show to facilitate this review. Zee Zee Theatre presents Dead People’s Things which is based on the true story of  Phyllis, a millennial, inherits a house and all of its contents after her estranged hoarder aunt commits suicide. She…

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Presentation House Theatre’s Jack and The Magic Bean Giveaway

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I was provided with the tickets to facilitate this giveaway. Created in joyful collaboration with Mexico City’s Marionetas de la Esquina, this family-friendly performance is told with the audience’s help, who assist Jacky as she climbs the beanstalk to the giant’s rich and fertile land….

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Review: Disneynature’s Penguins is Fun for The Whole Family

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I was provided with advanced screening tickets to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. Disneynature’s all-new feature film “Penguins” is a coming of age story about an Adélie penguin named Steve, who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a…

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Twentieth Century Fox Breakthrough Review

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I was provided with advanced screening tickets to this film to facilitate this review. All opinions below are my own. Breakthrough is based on the inspiring true story of one mother’s unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith’s adopted son John…

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