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Just a Canuck in Cairo - teaching, camel riding and wading in the Red Sea 🐬 YALLA!
Great visibility from our flat window this afternoon. Saqqara and Dahshur Pyramids. They are a little south of the Giza Pyramids.
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In Egypt they embrace everybody's culture. ❤️
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A visit to the Visa office in El Nozha, Cairo. This little fellow is keeping me company. He's begging for my pb&j sandwich. 😊
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Snowbirds 2026 Schedule ❤️
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A rare rainy day from my bus window in Cairo, Egypt.
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Registration is open for the legendary Vancouver Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day 🌊
Vancouver Polar Bear Swim Registration Open
It's been a tradition for the last 106 years and registration is now open for the Vancouver Polar Bear Swim which happens on New Year's Day at English Bay.
miss604.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Over the last five years, Covenant House Vancouver has helped 500+ youth find a safe place to call home.

You can help youth find their way home, and it’s a great time to donate with a matching campaign on now.

@covenanthousebc.bsky.social
From at Risk to at Home
Over the last five years, Covenant House Vancouver has helped 500+ youth at risk find a safe place to call home. Donation matching is on now.
miss604.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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There are some holiday Toy Drives this weekend and today it's the London Drugs London Drugs Toy Drive with Vancouver Fire Fighters. Stop by with your donation and enjoy live music, a full brass band, antique fire trucks, and more.
Locations today:
LD Granville & Georgia
LD Broadway & Cambie
Holiday Toy Drives Around Vancouver 2025
Help make spirits bright this holiday season by supporting these holiday toy drives located in communities around Vancouver.
miss604.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Street puppies galore!! They always make me smile.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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More proof that the province of BC is doing AMAZING work when it comes to recruiting American healthcare workers... a member of our Healthcare Infusion community sent me this...
B.C. literally bought THE ENTIRE FRONT COVER of the U.S. nurses' main monthly magazine.
🤣 OMG I LOVE IT
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The Marmot Recovery Foundation announced on its social media page that the population of the Vancouver Island species has reached a new high of 427 marmots.
Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild
The Marmot Recovery Foundation announced on its social media page that the population of the Vancouver Island species has reached a new high of 427 marmots.
cheknews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
And the countdown is on!
6pm Cairo time the Official Opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza begins. It will be a huge event. The government has declared today a holiday in Egypt. Want to watch? It will be live on Tik Tok. 😊😊

vt.tiktok.com/ZSy69TMGg/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Date night in Cairo. 😊❤️
Not really a vampire fan but enjoyed Dracula 2025/Dracula:A Love Story. About $5cad/ticket. The movie is in English and some French. Arabic subtitles.🎬🎥
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Here's the COOL thing about not following baseball regularly & only getting on board in bandwagon fashion:

I get to be SURPRISED to learn that a number of players on this World Series battling @bluejays.com team used to play right here in #Vancouver!
True fans miss out on fun surprises like that!
Blue Jays roster includes 4 former Vancouver Canadians, as well as a manager and coach with Vancouver experience. Plus one former Victoria HarbourCat

If you saw the C's beat Hillsboro Hops 1-0 at The Nat on May 31, you saw Yesavage's final start at High-A

tomhawthorn.blogspot.com/2025/10/cs-y...
C's you later
By Tom Hawthorn Four of the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series played for the minor-league Vancouver Canadians, while one played amateur ...
tomhawthorn.blogspot.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Cheering on the Jay's from Cairo. Looking forward to the next game. 2am start here!😲
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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March vs October in #Vancouver
🌸🍁

#autumn #photography #canada
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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You and your family have friends waiting for you… in Canada. ❤️🇨🇦
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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MAKE IT FOUR TO NRGH! 🤯
Do you want to start a Healthcare Infusion in YOUR community? We can help! 🙂 Check out b.link/infusionhosts

We have templates, video tutorials, and even a private Discord to get get you started. Copy what we did and build your own community Healthcare Infusion! ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Drone show and fireworks in Burnaby for Central Spark tonight 🦇🎃
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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U.S. Nurses Begin Arriving in #Nanaimo
youtu.be/GTtbHcmD0WM
U.S. Nurses Begin Arriving in Nanaimo
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Bell Island, just off the coast of Newfoundland, is said to be the most haunted island in North America.
It is said there are ghosts, malevolent fairies, mysterious lights and, of course, the famous Bell Island Hag.
This is the story.

🧵 1/8
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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On this day in 1960, Dawn Coe-Jones was born in Campbell River, BC.
In her golf career, she had four professional wins including three on the LPGA. She was the first female Canadian golfer to surpass $1 million in career earnings. She is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35-person team who helped Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, reach the 29,000-foot peak of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of history-making Mount Everest trek, dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35 members of the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 29,032-foot peak on May 29, 1953. A mountain guide for most of hi...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Just 20 years ago, Natalie Grabow was learning to swim. Now she's hailed as an inspiration after winning her age group at the famously grueling triathlon competition in Hawaii. n.pr/3KL9G1D
80-year-old grandmother becomes oldest woman to finish the Ironman World Championship
Just 20 years ago, Natalie Grabow was learning to swim. Now she's hailed as an inspiration after winning her age group at the famously grueling triathlon competition in Hawaii.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Are you a US parent, considering moving to Canada, but have Qs about schools for your kids?

Tonight's "Ask Your Questions" session:
Naomi Bailey, Chairperson of the #Nanaimo School District.

Learn about our schools, admission, student safety, LGBTQ+ kids, and more!

engageq.notion.site/schools
PARENTS: Nanaimo Schools (with the School Board Chairperson) | Notion
Oct 15 2025
engageq.notion.site
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM