The Burrard Bulletin Thursday, October 22 · Free and offbeat, Vancouver to Whistler |
Free, family and offbeat This week is Halloween for families: a flashlight ghost hunt at MONOVA, trick-or-treating at the top of the Sea to Sky Gondola and monster machines at the Britannia Mine Museum. Plus a free youth fiddle concert at Lonsdale Quay and storytimes in Squamish. Pick of the week · Sat Oct 24 & Sun Oct 25 · 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ghostly Galleries at MONOVA Grab a flashlight and search the darkened galleries for clues and hidden mysteries among the ghosts of North Vancouver. There’s a haunting scavenger hunt, festive crafts and treats, and it’s for all ages. MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, Lower Lonsdale · Pay what you can · Details |
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What's on North Shore Fiddles At The Quay, Lonsdale Quay Market, North Vancouver
Sat Oct 24 · 3 to 4 p.m. · FREE
The Celtic Ensemble’s youth fiddlers play a free hour of music across genres, countries and instruments. All ages. Sea to Sky Sensory Storytime, Squamish Public Library
Thu Oct 22 · 10:30 a.m. to noon
A library storytime adapted for children who benefit from a calmer, sensory friendly setting. Family Storytime, Squamish Public Library
Fri Oct 23 · 10:30 a.m.
A library storytime with stories and songs for the whole family. It runs again Sat Oct 24 at 10:30 a.m. Baby Storytime, Squamish Public Library
Fri Oct 23 · 11:30 a.m.
A library storytime with rhymes and songs for babies and their caregivers. Britannia: Monsters, Machines & Mischief!, Britannia Mine Museum, Howe Sound
Sat Oct 24 to Sun Oct 25 · Included with admission
Halloween weekend at the mine: a Big Machines, Monster Fun underground tour, six Monster Machines in the Machine Shop, a monster scavenger hunt and live science demos like exploding pumpkins. Book your visit online. Trick-or-Treat at the Summit!, Sea to Sky Gondola summit, Squamish
Sun Oct 25 · noon to 3 p.m. · Lift ticket or membership needed
Costumed trick-or-treaters of all ages collect treats and seasonal surprises along the Spirit Trail at the summit. Bring your own treat bag. Strollers aren’t recommended on the trail. Rain or shine. |
Only in BC Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, by donation, Lynn Canyon Park, North Vancouver
The Ecology Centre in Lynn Canyon Park is by donation: $2 a person or $5 a family is the suggestion. Pay parking runs to Oct 31, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the east Lynn Canyon lot is free. |
Plan ahead Fri Oct 30 · 2 to 5 p.m.
The Halloween Scavenger Haunt, Pemberton Museum · FREE
A free afternoon of clues, creepy crafts, snacks, face painting and treats around the museum’s historic buildings. Come straight from school in costume. All ages. Tue Nov 3 · 7 to 9 p.m.
Squamish ArtWalk: Anonymous Art Show opening, Brackendale Art Gallery
Local artists, emerging and established, show work made on cedar rounds with no names attached. The opening reception doubles as buying night. |
Rainy-day pick Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A family pass (2 adults, 4 kids) is $48.50 plus GST, and kids 5 and under get in free with a paying adult. Saturday’s forecast is periods of rain. |
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Before you go Howe Sound wind: Strong wind warning. Wind light becoming southerly inflow 15 knots early this afternoon then diminishing to light early this evening. Wind increasing to northerly outflow 15 near midnight and to northerly outflow 20 late overnight. Wind diminishing to northerly outflow 15 Friday morning and to light Friday afternoon. Highway 99: Utility work from Highway 99, In-Shuck-CH Forest Service Road to in Pemberton and At Harrow Road. Starting Tue Oct 13 until Mon Nov 30. From 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM PDT, every day. Single lane alternating traffic. Highway 99: Tree pruning from Highway 99, in Whistler, At Lorimer Road and Soo Valley Road. Starting Fri Oct 9 until Mon Nov 30. Single lane alternating traffic. Shoulder closed. Highway 1: Shoulder maintenance from Highway 1, Taylor Way to Westview Dr. Starting Tue Oct 20 until Fri Oct 23. Right lane blocked. Highway 99: Utility work from Highway 99, in West Vancouver and 746m North of Horseshoe Bay Junction to in Whistler and At Alpha Lake Road. Starting Mon Oct 19 until Fri Oct 23. From 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM PDT, weekdays. Tides · Avalanche · Ski hills · Horseshoe Bay ferries · Day-use passes |
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