childcare

Small Business Sunday – Learn N’ Play Childcare Centre Inc

Small business Sunday is a chance for Modern Mama to help promote small businesses, many of which are local.  It is an opportunity to help highlight and feature their incredible services and products to our Modern Mama audience. If you own your own business or know…

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transformers

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Movie Giveaway – BC

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS IS ONLY IN THEATRES JUNE 9, 2023 Are you ready for one of the most anticipated movies of 2023 (in my opinion anyway)! I love the Transformer series of movies.  They remind my husband and I of our childhood.  The…

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Save on your next getaway

10 Ways to Save on Your Next Local Getaway

Looking for tips and tricks to save money?  If you are like me, getting away on a trip that is more than a few hours away is just not in the cards for us right now. Having two kids of a “bickering age” in the…

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Sandwich Generation

Verbal Diarrhea – Part 1

For the last while I have what many call, writers block.  I have been really stressed out. In part by the things going on in my personal life and at work that I just have not had the time or energy to put into figuring…

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Avengers STATION

Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N Coming to Vancouver!

**GIVEAWAY ALERT** Scroll to the end of the article for details on how to enter for a chance to win tickets PRESS RELEASE Avengers Assemble! An Exhibit of Super Hero Proportions Is Coming to Burnaby! Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Opens March 2023 for a Limited Engagement…

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quality time

How To Recover Quality Time As A Couple

The rush of everyday life – work, studies, the challenges of raising children, household chores, and even excessive use of technology – can be exhausting for any relationship. According to a survey carried out by the University of Virginia, in the United States, partners who…

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Wellness Trends 2023

Wellness Trends 2023

As we look to 2023, what trends will we see in fitness, food, self-care, beauty and sustainability?  The Wellness Show has been at the forefront of wellness trends for the past 30 years, and here’s what we think will shape the future of the wellness…

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BC Winter shows

Upcoming BC Shows & Exhibits – Winter 2023 Edition

  2023 has started off pretty low-key and “normal”. I am certainly not going to complain.  I think we have all had enough of the chaos and unpredictability of the last 3 years. There are lots of events and shows coming up starting in February…

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2022 Holiday Cocktail Advent

2022 Modern Mama Holiday Cocktail Advent

It’s time for my annual cocktail advent.  2022 has been a busy year as everyone got back into the new normal and started to learn to live with COVID.  Thankfully (so far) this year BC has not have the magnitude of natural disasters we had…

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