The Courtney Room, Victoria’s newest dining destination, opens this week in the lobby of the Magnolia Hotel & Spa following a four-month restaurant renovation. With Executive Chef Sam Harris at the helm, guiding a menu that honours the very best of land and sea, The… Keep Reading
Cause We Care is thrilled to announce its partnership with Capital Direct for the 11th annual Christmas Care Package Drive on December 12th, 2017. This year’s goal is to deliver 825 care packages, filled with food items and small gifts, to 27 frontline organizations in… Keep Reading
Oliver Osoyoos Wine Association’s Festival of Trees has come and gone but its legacy continues, with the event raising $5,513.20 for the BC Children’s Hospital and an additional $1,783 for the South Okanagan Children’s Charity. “It’s a wonderful feeling to give back and remember what the holidays are really… Keep Reading
An exciting addition to Victoria’s dynamic dining scene is on the horizon with the opening of Magnolia Hotel & Spa’s new restaurant, The Courtney Room, later this spring. “Old world meets the new world in The Courtney Room, which is opening in our 20th anniversary… Keep Reading
Celebrating its sixth year as Canada’s largest search to find the future stars of the culinary scene, the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship 2018 competition is officially open for applications. Established in 2013, the Foundation will continue its work to encourage aspiring, young chefs from across… Keep Reading
WHAT: The Tiffany Diamond, one of thelargest and finest fancy yellow diamonds in the world, has traveled to Canada forthe first time in its history. The TiffanyDiamond is on public display at the newly renovated Tiffany Burrard Street store to honor Tiffany’s 10th anniversary inVancouver and in further recognition of Canada’s 150th anniversary. The TiffanyDiamond’s permanent home is at theTiffany flagship store on Fifth Avenue inNew York. While travel is rare, the TiffanyDiamond has visited Paris, Beijing, Dubai… Keep Reading
There’s still time to enter the ticket lottery for one of Canada’s events of the year – the Half Corked Marathon – which takes place on Saturday May 26, 2018. The ticket lottery is the only way to get tickets for this hotly anticipated event,… Keep Reading
London, U.K. and Vancouver, Canada (October 24th 2017) — U.K.-based YOO Hotels and Resorts and Canada’s Opus Hotel Corporation are delighted to announce an exciting brand partnership and 10-year expansion plan to develop and operate a series of OPUS by YOO Collection and OPUS by… Keep Reading
OLIVER, BC (August 2, 2017) Sunny Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country keeps the summer spirit going this fall when the Wine Capital of Canada embraces the harvest season with a fun-packed weekend of al fresco festivals on September 30 and October 1, 2017. Fall festivities begin at picturesque Hester… Keep Reading
Vancouver, BC (August 1, 2017) – OPUS Hotel Vancouver celebrates its 15th anniversary with a new external art wall piece ‘Love Me’ by local artist Cathy High, as part of a continuing Opus Loves Local community-based initiative. High wanted to use OPUS Hotel’s exterior wall to bring some… Keep Reading
VANCOUVER, BC (May 23rd, 2017): The Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship is thrilled to announce Jonathan Morrison of Moncton’s Barolo & Co. and Massimo Piedimonte of Le Mousso as the finalists of 2017’s Montreal Regional Heat. Both will carry on to the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Final competition, held this… Keep Reading
Victoria and Vancouver, BC (March 21, 2017): Celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary by exploring the Best of the West Coast during a dual-destination package with Vancouver’s Loden Hotel and Victoria’s Magnolia Hotel & Spa. Through this unique and exciting partnership, guests will enjoy a combined four-night… Keep Reading