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Vancouver mosques provide food for the community during the month of Ramadan

Sofia Mohamed Mar 12, 2025 0

By SOFIA MOHAMED Ramadan is a special time for Muslims. As the holy month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims spend the month fasting from sunrise to sunset. While the month is dedicated to spiritual devotion, it's also a time of…

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Photos: On the hunt for the perfect tree

admin Nov 30, 2022

By Andrea Dante Holiday spirit has gotten customers looking for Christmas trees. The average cost for a Christmas tree in Vancouver is around $40-45. A lucky exception is the Vancouver South Lions Club Christmas trees lot, on the…

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Video: Aunt Leah’s helps at risk youth through Christmas tree sales

admin Dec 2, 2020

By Norman Galimski and Veronika Khvorostukhina Aunt Leah’s Christmas Tree Lots takes a different approach to holiday tree sales. Every year, they open tree lots across the Lower Mainland to raise money for their charity. Aunt Leah’s is a…

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Charity and dancing go hand-in-hand at the Scottish Cultural Centre

admin Mar 31, 2019

Aida Tajbakhesh said she likes bringing people together to help a cause. In particular, she likes to give donors something in return.

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A final fright for the Dunbar Haunted House

admin Oct 24, 2013

The Dunbar Haunted House hosts its last season after 10 years of scares and thousands of visitors. What started out as a modest Halloween display, put together by Brad Leith and his roommates to entertain the neighbourhood children in…

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Langara raises over $1,200 for United Way charity

admin Oct 11, 2013

The tension was high, the crowd screamed and the ducks raced. In the end, like all dramatic races, one duck stood out from the rest of the flock and passed over the finish line first. The fifth biannual United Way rubber ducky race was…