2023 BC Live Spot Prawns Pre-ordering Now Open
Pickup at Ladner Wharf or Greater Vancouver Home Delivery

April 17, 2023, Ladner, BC BC Live Spot Prawns & Seafood is excited to announce that pre-orders for the 2023 live spot prawn season are now open on its website. Limited pre-order slots are available for Ladner pickup or Greater Vancouver home delivery starting May 16.

“Everyone always looks forward to the live spot prawn season,” says Darin Chung of BC Live Spot Prawns & Seafood (BCLSPS), a small business based out of Ladner. “We appreciate the support from our customers and the community over the last few years, and we can’t wait to bring BC live spot prawns from our boats to everyone’s dinner table again!”

BCLSPS provides wild-caught, sustainable, antibiotic-free and hormone-free seafood directly from fishermen to customers. The company was the pioneer in introducing home delivery of live spot prawns in 2020 so customers could enjoy the tasty delicacy in the comfort of their own homes. Thousands of happy customers have bought live spot prawns from BCLSPS.

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Bring Home The Bacon
Bring Home The Bacon is an online meat delivery company in Vancouver, BC

 

Give The Gift of Quality Meat

Local Meat Delivery Company Brings Restaurant Quality to Your Home Kitchen This Holiday

November 25, 2020, Vancouver, BC — Rediscover the joy of cooking at home and indulge in a fine restaurant quality meal with premium meat and seafood this holiday season. Bring Home The Bacon, an online meat delivery company in Vancouver, is pleased to offer a wide selection of products at 15% less than comparable online retailers and local gourmet grocery stores.

A female-founded small business, Bring Home The Bacon offers chef-curated, restaurant quality meat and seafood delivered conveniently and directly to the customers. Its products range from your everyday organic, hormone-free chicken, to pork and wild seafood, to the connoisseur favourites of tomahawk steak, duck confit, rack of lamb, ahi tuna and wagyu beef. 

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Jonathan Desmond Wong
Jonathan Desmond Wong

Local Photographer Documents Chinatown Moments in Prints

New Photography Book Puts Vancouver Chinatown in a Time Capsule

September 24, 2020, Vancouver, BC — Jonathan Desmond Wong, a local documentary photographer, has published his first photography book I Was Lured Into A Tea Shop. The photography book is the result of a 3-year project on capturing the unique essence of Vancouver’s Chinatown.

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Arun Subramanian, Director, Industry Health & Safety of go2HR and Bill Senghera, Business Consultant/Risk Manager of White Spot
Arun Subramanian, Director, Industry Health & Safety of go2HR and Bill Senghera, Business Consultant/Risk Manager of White Spot

White Spot Wins Award For Putting Employees and Workplace Safety First

March 6, 2020, Victoria, BC — White Spot Limited has won the coveted 2020 Employees First Award, presented last night at the BC Tourism Industry Conference. The award is sponsored by go2HR, BC’s tourism human resource association, as part of the 2020 Tourism Industry Awards.

The Employees First Award recognizes a British Columbia tourism and hospitality industry employer that has upheld high standards of excellence in occupational health & safety and human resource management practices. BC’s own restaurant chain since 1928, White Spot ensures a positive and safe work environment across all of its locations, under a strong leadership team led by its President, Warren Erhart.

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Krista Bax
Krista Bax

Krista Bax to Lead BC’s Tourism HR Association with a Fresh Perspective

February 25, 2020, Vancouver, BC — go2HR — BC’s tourism human resource association — is pleased to announce the appointment of Krista Bax to the role of CEO. Krista is poised to lead the organization on an exciting new path forward after going through significant organizational changes last year.

Krista brings more than 20 years of experience in various strategic leadership roles. Prior to joining go2HR, she was the Senior Vice President, Western Canada of Context, a strategic engagement and communications firm. From 2009-2017, Krista held senior positions at the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table, and was promoted to Executive Director in 2014. Krista also has extensive experience in occupational health and safety, primarily in the forestry industry. She holds a MBA and B.Sc. from the University of Alberta, and she has completed the Not-for-Profit Program developed by the Institute of Corporate Directors and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

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Lam Wong and Steven Dragonn | Credit: Mayowill Photography
Lam Wong and Steven Dragonn | Credit: Mayowill Photography

New Art Exhibit to Spark Cultural Dialogues between the East and the West 

Investigation of Things now open at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

January 23, 2020, Vancouver, BC — Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, in collaboration with the Shang Foundation for Art, is pleased to announce the opening of Investigation of Things 格物. An ancient Chinese phrase to describe the study of the nature of the world, this exhibition focuses on how two different cultures observe, study, and understand individual items and objects, and how they fit into the world around us.

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Mid-Autumn Moon 2019

Speeches at Mid-Autumn Moon 2019
Speeches at Mid-Autumn Moon 2019

 

Type of Project

Copywriting, Content Development, Media Relations, Public Relations, Social Media

 

 

 

About the Project

This year’s annual Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden also included an announcement of the garden’s new Artist-In-Residence program

Project Objective

To create and execute a marketing, promotional and PR plan for the Mid-Autumn Moon Event on September 13, 2019, as well as the garden’s new Artist-In-Residence program

Project Results

  • A $0-budget plan that not only utilized client’s own website, e-newsletter and social media, but also resulted in earned exposure with more than 30 digital and traditional media outlet
  • Developed event description, social media content, media advisory and press release
  • Responded to media inquiries and coordinated interviews
  • On-site media liaison at the event
  • Media coverage included CBC Radio, CBC News, Spice Radio, Ming Pao and Sing Tao
  • Event attendance exceeded the target by 40%

 

 

Lam Wong
Lam Wong

Artist-in-Residence to Create Dialogue with Local Communities Through Tea and Art

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden welcomes Lam Wong to his year-long artist residency

September 17, 2019, Vancouver, BC — Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to announce the official opening of Cha He 茶和 / Tea Harmony, a year-long Artist-in-Residence program featuring local artist, Lam Wong. The program includes a series of tea-themed exhibitions, performances, workshops, and educational activities. It aims to connect the Garden with other cultural organizations and heritage spaces in Vancouver Chinatown, activating these historical spaces as art galleries.

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