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The 2015 EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival is a food festival taking place throughout downtown Vancouver from April 26th to May 3rd, showcasing this city’s multicultural culinary culture. The German contribution seems to come from Thomas Haas, while the Swiss ones comes from Christophe Bonzon. EAT! Vancouver at BC …

When Cora Schupp started her “Masterpiece Floor Maintenance Ltd.” business in 1986, she never dreamed that it would someday lead to her writing a book. Yet in 2015, Schupp published her first work, entitled “Cleaning Up in a Dirty Business“, which references her experiences with the janitorial company she successfully …

Why should you join the Association? The German Canadian Business Association, which began in 1963, started out as an Association for men only. Twenty years ago, women arrived on the scene and proved that they are just as capable of leadership and success. Today, our President Beatrice Schreiber, is a …

  For those who can’t “see” jpegs on their computers, this Open House event takes place on Tuesday, April 28th, at 4:30 pm at the Carnarvon School on 3400 Balaclava St. www.vwgs.org 1.  Meet the principal and learn about their program 2. Open class rooms 3.  Kaffee und Kuchen (by …

According to my Facebook Page: Germans in Vancouver As page manager, I am constantly trying to share relevant, interesting stories with my subscribers. Then, I can see how many people it reaches, who liked it and who shared it. It constantly fascinates me, which articles or topics get popular, and …

German News from the West Coast of Canada & the US Westcoast German News started as a newsletter originally called “German Voices Vancouver”. I felt that changing it to add “news” to the title would instantly let people know what my newsletter was about. With a more generic name like …

Written by Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle will launch its new English TV channel on June 22. The news and information channel will officially go on air during DW’s annual media conference, Global Media Forum. The global competition of values plays out primarily in the English language, says DW Director General …

The Bauhaus Restaurant is excited to announce Michelin Star Chef Stefan Hartmann and former General Manager of Kensington Palace, Tim Adams are joining forces to put a star and a crown on the Vancouver food scene. Hartmann’s inspiration for the menu at Bauhaus will be contemporary German cuisine, taking a …

The German Canadian Business Association has changed in the last 52 years of its existence, yet one thing remains the same:  it is still there to allow entrepreneurs and business owners to network, to exchange ideas and give feedback and to allows its members to publicize their products and sell their …

“Winter Castle at Christmas!” We got the results back from Grouse for the Gingerbread Village competition and the German Winter Castle at Christmas created by the Metropolitan Hotel and sponsored by the German Canadian Business Association came in second place! Here is what our contact at Grouse wrote: It was …