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On March 12th, everything in Vancouver came to a screeching halt. Luckily we had been able to hold our final event on May 10th, 2020, a fundraiser that raised money for the German Canadian Care Home. But what is next? So many events have been postponed or even cancelled. The …

There are several countries doing better than others during this Covid19 pandemic and one of them is Germany. The other countries are New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan. Germany has a death rate of only 0.4%. What can we learn from them? First all, like South Korea, Germans have …

Alex Schuster was the answer to an extensive global search to hire a sporting director for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC that started in August 2019. We met up in the Whitecaps FC National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) this week at UBC. As is custom in Vancouver in February, it was …

“Lest we forget”. and “Those who forget their past are doomed to repeat it.” Once upon a time Europe, except neutral Switzerland, was embroiled in a bitter World War, known as World War II. Even though World War I had been called “The war to end all wars”, World War …

If you are working all summer and would like a live-in nanny, please consider Julia from Brodenbach, Germany. She is coming to Vancouver for six-months to help out with an elder care position. But then she would like to spend the summer looking after your little ones as a live-in …

There is a family that needs temporary, part-time, casual child-care. They live in Vancouver and have a two-year old. They are hoping to find either a flexible nanny or even a mother of a child that is also around two. They would even consider dropping off their child or participating …

The Consul General Dr. Klaus Schmidt, Yvonne Denz, from the German Chamber of Commerce, as well as venue provider Heike Neumann, VP, Head of HR Canada for SAP invited representatives from science and business to join them in Yaletown in the offices of SAP for a New Year’s Reception. Left …

This year I will be turning 50 years old and instead of having a small party at home like usual, I decided to go big and plan a Bavarian-themed fundraiser for the German Canadian Care Home! Tickets can be found here: https://bit.ly/36ACvnA This party will include door prizes, a delicious …

The Eurofest BC Society needs European volunteers, starting Monday, January 13, 2020 at the St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at 7 pm. We will have 8 meetings before the 22nd European Festival will take place in the Vancouver Alpen Club on Sunday, May 31, 2020. January 13, 2020February 10, 2020March …

Now that the Prior Street Warehouse has closed down, there aren’t that many places in Vancouver to buy German products, but there are a number of online stores that have replaced the traditional “brick & mortar” shops of yesterday. Of course, you can still get some things at the Vancouver …