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NANAIMO: One of the BEST places on Earth
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A Nanaimo Favourite since 1946. Located in the heart of Downtown Nanaimo, A Nanaimo Favourite since 1946. Located in the heart of Downtown Nanaimo, Modern Cafe is isfamous Nanaimo Bar Home-Made Burgers, the A Nanaimo Favourite sincefor 1946. Located in the heart of Downtown Nanaimo, Modern Cafe famous for Nanaimo Bar Martinis, Martinis, Home-Made Burgers, the Roll and welcoming atmosphere. TunaSushi Sushi Roll andwarm, warm, welcoming Modern Cafe isTuna famous for Nanaimo Bar Martinis,atmosphere. Home-Made Burgers, the Monday to Saturdayand and Sunday Monday to to Sunday Tuna Sushi Roll and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Monday to Friday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Sunday 8am to late 8am to late Monday Friday Saturday and Sunday Monday to Sunday Breakfast 8am to 11am Brunch from8am 8am 2pm. Breakfastto 8am to 11am Brunch from toto 2pm. Lunch Tapas2pm 2pmtoto late served each day from 8amTapas toTapas late Lunch11am 11am to 4:30pm 4:30pm Tapas late served each day from Dinner to to late11am Lunch 2pmto to 4:30pm 2pm to late!!! Dinner5pm 5pm Lunch 2pm 4:30pm 2pm to late!!! Breakfast 8am Brunch from 8am to 2pm. Dinner 5pm toto late Dinner 5pm late Lunch 11am to 4:30pm Tapas 2pm to late Tapas served each day from
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The Mahalo Veterinary Hospital team is proud to serve the Nanaimo, Vancouver Island area for everything pet related. Our hospital owner, Dr. Myriam El Mouldi – known to everyone as Dr. Myriam – is a licensed, experienced veterinarian who has lived on Vancouver Island and has cared for its pet residents for many years. Mahalo Veterinary Hospital located in upper Longwood Station on the corner of Turner and Uplands. We have a dedicated team of professionals who take the care of your animal family member seriously. We are committed to educating you in how to keep your pets healthy year-round, with good nutrition, habitation, and exercise. Mahalo Veterinary Hospital stays on top of advances in veterinarian technology and above all, remembers that pets, and their families, need to be treated with respect and loving care. To say the least it would be an understatement to say that we live in challenging and unprecedented times right now, filled with uncertainty, but at the same time, we are filled with optimism when we see how the vast majority of people recognize that we are all in the same boat and work together for the good of all. To all the pet parents we serve, we send out a big “Mahalo” thank you for your support and understanding as we work through the days and weeks ahead. We are committed to you and the ones you love and continue to remain open to serve you. We have always been open evenings and
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3-5767 Turner Rd. Longwood Station, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6L8 Phone: 250-824-1444 Email: info@mahalovet.com Website: www.mahalovet.com
weekends and to ensure that we can continue to provide services during those times, we are modifying our hours of operation to 1PM-9PM, Wednesday through Sunday. We will be closed on Monday and Tuesday. As always, we will be available on call for our clients outside of normal business hours and you can reach us by calling our main number: 250-824-1444. Watch our Website for further updates that will include new screening procedures and admission protocols.
NEW TEMPORARY HOSPITAL HOURS! We have changed our hours to: Wed - Sun, 1 pm - 9 pm Mon & Tue Closed *As always, on call services available 24/7 by calling our main number" 3-5767 Turner Road Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6L8 Upper Longwood Station (250) 824-1444 www.mahalovet.com
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SEP 03 Nanaimo Activity Guide. For activities go to the City of Nanaimo Facebook page events (arenas, pools and recreation) FMI 250756-5200
TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewer y: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and
Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 Thu r s d ay Morning and Afternoon Tai Chi Classes: All levels welcome 10:30am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road. Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Com-
fortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 230 0 East Wellington Road. 250-7163549 DROP IN INTENTION CIRCLE: 07:00pm at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road.
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SEP 04 TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewery: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 Qigong by donation: 10:00am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road. Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 2300
East Wellington World Class SEP 08 Road. 250-716- Comedy, Small 3549 To w n Pr i ce : TAI CH I BY Tickets are go- D O N A T I O N : ing fast. Do not 01:30pm at Unity SEP 05 miss out on 2 Spiritual Centre TASTING ROOM of Canada’s top Nanaimo, 2331 * GROWLER BAR comics in an in- East Wellington * PICNIC PA- timate environ- Road. TIO Longwood ment! 07:00pm Masters Of Brewery: Back at The Nanaimo Hope: Mental to flights on the Bar, 2-75 Front Health and Adtables & great St. dictions 06:00pm customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room no18 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 BoxWhen the store manager returned wood Rd. 250from lunch, he noticed his clerk’s hand 591-2739 was bandaged, but before he could Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winery, 2300 East Wellington Road. 250-716-3549
ask about the bandage, the clerk had some very good news for him. “Guess what, sir?” the clerk said. “I finally sold that terrible, ugly suit we’ve had so long!” “That’s great!” the manager cried, “I thought we’d never get rid of that monstrosity! That had to be the ugliest suit we’ve ever had! But tell me, why is your hand bandaged?” “Oh,” the clerk replied, “after I sold the guy that suit, his seeing-eye dog bit me.”
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SEP 9 Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@virl.ca
SEP 10 TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood
Brewery: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 T h u r s d ay Morning and Afternoon Tai Chi Classes: All levels welcome 10:30am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road. Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and
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Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 230 0 East Wellington Road. 250-7163549 DROP IN INTENTION CIRCLE: 07:00pm at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331
East Wellington Alone: Poetry in Isolation Road. Anthology. Are you finding new SEP 11 inspirations, are TASTING ROOM you angry and * GROWLER BAR fearful of the fu* PICNIC PA- ture, or spendTIO Longwood ing time happily Brewery: Back with your family to flights on the or in your gartables & great den? We want customers in our to hear from chairs! Check out you and ask you our Patio, and to share your Tasting room poetry. FMI cc@ 12:00am Long- virl.ca wood Brewery, 101A-2046 Box- Nanaimo Acwood Rd. 250- tivity Guide. For ac tivities 591-2739 go to the City Alone but not o f Nanaimo
Facebook page events (arenas, pools and recreation) FMI 250756-5200 Qigong by donation: 10:00am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road. Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will
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want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 230 0 East Wellington Road. 250-7163549
SEP 12 VIRTUAL Parkinson SuperWalk: An engaging virtual SuperWalk experience, with we ek ly chal lenges! The walk weekend is taking place September 12th and 13th. 12:00am Check your local Community TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewery: Back to flights on the
tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739
For ac tivities go to the City of Nanaimo Facebook page events (arenas, pools and recreation) FMI 250756-5200 Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@ virl.ca
Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 230 0 East Wellington Road. 250-7163549 SEP 13
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Walk: An engaging virtual SuperWalk experience, with we ek ly chal lenges! The walk weekend is taking place September 12th and 13th. 12:00am Check your local Community Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@ virl.ca
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NANAIMO:
A breath of fresh air
Nanaimo means different things to different people. As a destination Nanaimo is gaining recognition around the world for its location and natural beauty. People who live here know that Nanaimo is a unique city home to many incredible and engaging people, exciting things to do and see, and a city which has a lot of development potential. We are fortunate to live on Vancouver Island in general and Nanaimo in particular. In this time of global crisis, we enjoy a smaller population, here in Nanaimo, and a separation from the many of the troubles we see in larger centers across Canada. There are plenty of outdoor spaces and many ways to enjoy the ocean, the mountains, and the city. Provided we are smart and observe physical distancing and mask-wearing we can continue to live our lives as close to normal as possible even during the worst global pandemic in over 100 years.
Here are a few ideas for the month of September to help you get out and enjoy this incredible little piece of paradise.
It is, of course, important to recognize that all the things we suggest here require you to observe physical distancing and mask-wearing. We do not need to tell you because the signs and rules are posted clearly in most public locations. So please enjoy yourselves but be conscientious and courteous towards your fellow citizens. 1. Take a stroll on the harbourfront walkway There are so many little eateries and shops that not only have their doors open but gladly welcome your business. Elizabeth’s lingerie on Front St is a short hop from the harbourfront walkway. While on the walkway look for your favourite gelato or cup of
coffee. Do not forget Nanaimo’s best souvenir and gift shop: Newfoundland to Nanaimo. 2. Grab a frisbee or a ball and spend a day at Mafeo Sutton park. This large park in downtown Nanaimo offers many enjoyable opportunities for outdoor activities for the young and the elderly alike. The views are inspiring and the smells and sounds of the city make this a hugely enjoyable way to spend any day. 3. Check out the new stores and restaurants at Port Place There are new restaurants and shops for every taste. You can even play a hand of blackjack at the casino or try your luck at slots. Across the street you can walk to Cameron island or head over to the Firehouse grill and sample their award-winning sushi or a variety of other fare and local spirits. 4. Go down to the Helijet terminal. It is so fun to take the kids down and watch a helicopter take off and land. Make a video
and send it to your friends and family. There is a newly paved access road and plenty of parking. Make your next trip to Vancouver one to remember. Once you have been pampered by Helijet it is hard to travel any other way. 5. Shop Commercial Drive Shop, eat, have a gelato‌repeat. So many fun shops and great people watching too. Maybe there is no night market for now but do not let that stop you from stopping at Fascinating Rhythm or Flying Fish, to name a couple, and check out all the goodies. Be green, ride your bike and use one of the many secure places to lock your bike up while you roam. 6. Walk around Old City Quarter. An exciting and appealing part of the downtown Nanaimo core the Old City Quarter has a great combination of quirk, upscale and utilitarian places to shop. Make sure you follow the signs to more shops sometimes around corners of little alleyways where you would least expect.
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Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@ virl.ca
TAI CH I BY D O N AT I O N : 01:30pm at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road. Meditation session online. Free. Discover Peace through yoga Simple and effective meditation techniques of Sahaja Yoga FMI 250 -954 5040 Nanaimo Activity Guide. For ac-
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KOOL TOYS FOR “KIDS” FROM 1 TO 92 It’s September and time for school to begin! It may be starting a bit later than usual, but that’s okay. There are so many things to think about when school starts up: how will my child cope with everything that is happening, will they be able to deal with all the changes in their school, do I feel comfortable sending my child back to their school? One of the things we can help you with is providing educational books that will help your child learn, whether you send them back to school or decide to homeschool them. From School Zone Books, we have some wonderful ‘Big’ books and learning tablets ($14.99 - $17.99) for Preschool to Grade 2 with categories to help them learn and have fun at the same time. Chalkboard Publishing has Canadian Curriculum Advantage ($17.99) for children grade 1-6 that covers everything they will need to learn during the school year including math, language arts, social studies, science, etc. If you want just single subject books like math or language arts, we have many more choices for you. Perhaps your child is going back to school and needs a new backpack, lunch kit and accessories to go with. We have a nice selection of those in store also. Whether it’s sharks, cars, mermaids or butterflies, we can supply you with a matching set! Do you know we have washable children’s face masks? They fit ages 6-12 with assorted patterns on them from puppies to di-
nosaurs! What better way to get your child ready to attend their new class than with new lunch items and fun new face masks. Whatever you decide for your child and their new school year, you are doing what is best for them. We are all working towards the goal of exterminating Covid-19. In time, we shall succeed and until then we are all in this together. Stay safe and healthy!
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We hope to see you at the farmers’ market every Wednesday. 2300 Bowen – Beban Park Free Event. Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@ virl.ca
SEP 17 TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewery: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room
12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739
events (arenas, pools and recreation) FMI 250756-5200 Elise Boulanger: String Trio Release Show September 17th, 2020: Invite Your Friends! 06:00pm at THE QUEENS, 34 Victoria Crescent.
T h u r s d ay Morning and Afternoon Tai Chi Classes: All levels welcome 10:30am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington DROP IN INTENRoad. TION CIRCLE: P i c n i c s a n d 07:00pm at Unity Tastings at Mill- Spiritual Centre stone Farm and Nanaimo, 2331 Winery: Com- East Wellington fortable gather- Road. ing place for you to enjoy views of SEP 18 the vineyard and sit by the fire TASTING ROOM pit. Families will * GROWLER BAR want to stay and * PICNIC PAplay. 12:00pm at TIO Longwood Millstone Estate Brewery: Back to Winer y, 230 0 flights on the taEast Wellington bles & great cusRoad. 250-716- tomers in our chairs! Check 3549 out our Patio, Nanaimo Activi- a n d Ta s t i n g ty Guide. For ac- room 12:00am tivities go to the L o n g w o o d City of Nanaimo Brewery, 101AFacebook page 2046 Boxwood
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SEP 19 TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewery: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and
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Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a twoweek, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 2300 East Wellington Road. 250-7163549
SEP 20 BC NATIONAL FOREST WEEK September 20 to 26, 2020: National Forest Week remains first and foremost a challenge to individual Canadians to learn more about their forest heritage. 12:00am Check your local Community Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a twoweek, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community
week, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community
SEP 22 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a twoweek, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community
Meditation session online. Free. Discover Peace through yoga Simple and effective meditaSEP 21 tion techniques Canadian Can- of Sahaja Yoga cer Society Cops FMI 250 -954 for Cancer Tour 5040 de Rock: Tour de Rock is a two- TAI CH I BY D O N AT I O N :
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01:30pm at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road. Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@ virl.ca Masters Of Hope: Mental Health and Addictions 06:00pm at Regional Libraries in your Community Girls Ukrainian Folk Dance for Beginners FREE “Try-it � Nights: Tuesday Beginner Girls Ukrainian Folk Dance classes for
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non-Ukrainians. Ages 4 - 6 and ages 6-9. New friends and confidence. 06:15pm at St, Michael’s Ukrainian Parish Hall, 4017 Victoria Avenue.
SEP 23 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a two-week, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police of f icer s who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family
or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@virl.ca Island Roots Farm Markets We hope to see you at the farmers’ market every Wednesday. 2300 Bowen – Beban Park Free Event.
SEP 24 TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewery: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 Alone but not Alone: Poetry in Isolation Anthology. Are
you finding new inspirations, are you angry and fearful of the future, or spending time happily with your family or in your garden? We want to hear from you and ask you to share your poetry. FMI cc@ virl.ca Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a two-week, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police of f icer s w ho raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community Thursday Morning and Afternoon Tai Chi Classes: All levels welcome 10:30am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road.
Picnics and Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winery, 2300 East Wellington Road. 250-716-3549 All t he Ro mance Tropes: A New Romance Book Club at the Library: Whether you are a seasoned or new romance reader or a romance writer yourself, join us at All the Romance Trop es Bo ok Club! 06:30pm at Vancou ver Island Regional Library Nanaimo Harbourfront, 90 Commercial St. 250-753-1154
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DROP IN INTENTION CIRCLE: 07:00pm at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road.
SEP 25 TASTING ROOM * GROWLER BAR * PICNIC PATIO Longwood Brewery: Back to flights on the tables & great customers in our chairs! Check out our Patio, and Tasting room 12:00am Longwood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 BC Culture Days Cowichan Valley: Take part in Canada’s largest public par ticipation cam paign for the arts! Celebrate ar ts, culture, and heritage in your community. 08:00am at
Check your local East Wellington Road. 250-716Community 3549 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer SEP 26 Tour de Rock: TASTING ROOM Tour de Rock * GROWLER BAR is a two-week, * PICNIC PA1,000-kilometre TIO Longwood bike ride for a Brewery: Back team of police to flights on the of f icer s who tables & great raise money to customers in our fight childhood chairs! Check out cancer 08:00am our Patio, and at Check your Tasting room local Community 12:00am LongQigong by donation: 10:00am at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road.
wood Brewery, 101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. 250591-2739 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a twoweek, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community
Pi c n i c s a n d Tastings at Millstone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate P i c n i c s a n d Winer y, 2300 Tastings at Mill-
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stone Farm and Winery: Comfortable gathering place for you to enjoy views of the vineyard and sit by the fire pit. Families will want to stay and play. 12:00pm at Millstone Estate Winer y, 2300 East Wellington Road. 250-7163549 Loom Knit Socks: This class is suitable for beginners; no experience is necessary. Join us to learn how to make these fun & simple loom knit socks. 01:00pm at 8741, 2358 Wild Dove Rd. 2506194088
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was inspired by this original BC event. 12:00am Check your local Community Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a twoweek, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community Loom Knit Socks: This class is suitable for beginners; no experience is necessary. Join us to learn how to make these fun & simple loom knit socks. 01:00pm at 8741, 2358 Wild Dove Rd. 2506194088
SEP 28 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour
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TAI CH I BY D O N AT I O N : 01:30pm at Unity Spiritual Centre Nanaimo, 2331 East Wellington Road.
Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock: Tour de Rock is a twoweek, 1,000-kilometre bike ride for a team of police officers who raise money to fight childhood cancer 08:00am at Check your local Community
Girls Ukrainian Folk Dance for Beginners FREE “Try-it ” Nights: Tuesday Beginner Girls Ukrainian Folk Dance classes for non-Ukrainians. Ages 4 - 6 and ages 6-9. New friends and confidence. 06:15pm at St, Michael’s Ukrainian Parish SEP 29 Hall, 4017 VictoCanadian Can- ria Avenue. cer Society Cops for Cancer Tour SEP 30 de Rock: Tour de Rock is a two- Annual Orange week, 1,000-kilo- Shirt Day: On metre bike ride this day we call for a team of po- upon humanilice officers who ty to listen with raise money to open ears to the fight childhood stories of survivors and their
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Meditation session online. Free. Discover Peace through yoga Simple and effective meditation techniques of Sahaja Yoga FMI 250 -954 5040 Nanaimo Activity Guide. For activities go to the City of Nanaimo Facebook page events (arenas, pools and recreation) FMI 250756-5200
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