April is Daffodil Month, a time to fight back against cancer and to show your support for those affected by cancer. Make a donation and wear a Daffodil pin throughout the month of April, and celebrate Daffodil Day on Friday April 27th. For more information, visit www.fightback.ca.
Pins are available at every Accent Inn in B.C. as of Thursday April 5th; Victoria, Vancouver Airport (Richmond), Burnaby, Kelowna, Kamloops ...read more about how to help fight cancer
Jordan Elvedahl
This is a great re-post of the Chargers announcement.
Today, the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) and the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) announced the 2011-2012 SIRC-CCAA Academic All-Canadian Award recipients and among the 162 student-athletes from across the nation who have achieved combined excellence in collegiate athletics and academics are Jordan Elvedahl and Caitlin Marshall from the Camosun College Chargers basketball program.
The SIRC-CCAA Academic All-Canadian award is the CCAA’s most prestigious student-athlete honour, epitomizing both organizations’ commitment to academic success and athletic achievement. To achieve this award, recipients must attain academic honours at their institution and be named to his/her respective conference All-Star team.
An exceptional point guard and leader, second-year Jordan Elvedahl (Stelly’s) was Top 3 in assists in the league and averaged over 12 points per game. Having earned a PACWEST 2nd Team All-Star for his athletic achievements, Jordan also posted top grades in Camosun’s Centre for Sport and Exercise Education – Exercise and Wellness Program to receive the Academic All-Canadian award. Read more about Camosun Charger All-Canadians
The Artist
A Movie Review
Being used to movies in high-definition with surround sound on a wide-screen, I wondered in advance if it would be possible to follow and enjoy a movie without sound or colour.
I saw the movie in a quaint old-fashioned theatre in Sidney BC, with a small screen and a poor viewing angle. The tall man in front of me blocked part of the screen and I did not think I would be able to follow the plot that was so dependent upon facial expressions and the occasional words spread across the screen. ...read more on the artist
For Immediate Release
Medical Needs Drive Partnership
Victoria, March 13, 2012
Accent Inns, the local BC owned and operated hotel chain, and MEDIchair Home Healthcare stores across British Columbia are excited to announce a new partnership. It’s a fact of life that sometimes we need to travel to attend specialized medical appointments, surgical procedures or to support our loved ones when they need it most. It’s also true that more and more of us require additional mobility and healthcare products to help maintain our freedom and quality of life.
The new partnership allows Accent Inn guests easy access and cost savings for mobility and healthcare products while away from home, and both informs and assists MEDIchair clients regarding special rates for their medical travel. “When we started learning about the crossover needs of our guests and MEDIchair’s clients, it became obvious that together we could assist our customers even more as partners,” Mandy Farmer, President Accent Inns. ...read more on the MEDIchair and Accent Inn partnership
Victoria BC along with several other jurisdictions puts on a great event every year called “Be A Tourist in your own Hometown”.
Here in British Columbia we are blessed with the most wonderful surroundings which comes with the fact that we can expect many visitors such as relatives, friends and tourists. Have you ever been challenged with thinking where do I take my cousins or where should I tell my Mother In-Law to go? (don’t answer that). Have you been walking somewhere in our city and a visitor has come up to you and asked for directions? Are you a front line employee who gets asked for suggestions of things to see? OK, time to do your research and visit some of those great attractions that you haven’t been to in years or perhaps you’ve never been before. The cool thing about this homework is that it’s actually fun! ...read more about being a tourist
Susan Jacks In Concert – Have you bought your tickets yet?
March 10, 2012 7PM
University of Victoria Centre Farquhar Auditorium
Canadian singer/songwriter Susan Jacks received a kidney transplant in
February 2010. Her new kidney was donated by her brother Billy whose name was used
for her first international hit “Which Way You Goin’ Billy?”. Susan now devotes much of her time
working with the Kidney Foundation of Canada and will be performing a benefit concert
on March 10, 2012 to promote the need for organ donation. ..read more and see the video on Susan Jacks story
Westcoast snowball fight, not what you think!
What does a snowball fight look like in Victoria or Vancouver? Well, you get a small group of people,dress the men in funny pants, give them each a bag full of sticks with bent ends and some small dimpled white balls and then release them onto a Golf Course. That’s right! On the West Coast we consider the golf ball a reasonable replacement for a snow ball.
And while we do like to believe that it never snows here, the fact is that it rarely snows and our Golf Courses are open year round. In fact winter golf is often less expensive and less crowded. ...read more about golfing in the winter on the west coast
Terry Farmer, Founder of Accent Inns and long time Chamber supporter
February 17, 2012– Victoria, BC – The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the Annual Greater Victoria Business Awards. Terry Farmer, founder and past CEO and President of Accent Inns will be awarded the Governors’ Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala event on April 27, 2012. Accent Inns is an award-winning, family-owned, British Columbia hotel chain with several properties in BC. ...read more on Terry Farmer & the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
For immediate release 2012
Notice: This is the 2012 show announcement, for 2013 Radical Reels show click here
Faster, steeper, higher, deeper!
The best high adrenaline films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival are coming to Victoria on March 16th.
Epic big mountain ski and snowboard descents, nail-biting speed climbing, stomach turning kayaking drops – and you haven’t even seen the steepest and gnarliest lines yet! The Radical Reels Tour, now in its ninth year, continues to push boundaries with the best action sports films from the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Experience more than half a dozen wild adrenaline-pumping sports as seen through the eyes of some of today’s top athletes. Join the party for a good cause. Profits of the presentation will go to the Garth Homer Society. Tickets are only $15 and you have a chance to win one of the $1000 in prizes from sponsors such as Deuter, I/O Merino, Accent Inns, Capitol Iron, Robinsons, Ocean River Sports, Russ Hay’s, The Vancouver Island Outdoor Expo. Thanks also to sponsors such as SW Audio Visual, BE A FAN, CHEK News. See you there, adventure film lovers! ..read more and see the trailer!
Remember your pet this Valentines day
Today is Valentines Day. We recently posted an article about how Valentines day can be different for different people. Well this year we think it’s time to share a little “luv” with our four-legged pals (two wings also qualify). As much as we love our wives, girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends, who is it that’s always waiting at the door wagging their tail when you come home? Who is it that curls up on your lap and purrrrs when you stroke their back (ok, careful how you answer that one )? Who’s always there singing or tweeting (the original) a those beautiful notes that brighten your day? Our pet’s, no matter what size, shape or form, are always there for us and we love them! ....read more about "I love My Pet"
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