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Thanks to Katie Teed for sending us these photos taken by Martin Dee of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during their recent visit to the Nitobe Memorial Garden which is a part of the UBC Botanical Garden .

Our friends at LiveNation have a few concert ticket giveaways for VIA readers. This one is for UK Electro-Pop dup La Roux .

Vancouver based Supra Distribution , the company that distributes Girl Skateboards, Matix Clothing, DVS Shoes and more to all of Canada is giving away a pair of limited edition skateboards that are a part of the (PRODUCT) RED project that helps raise

We're giving away a signed Lenka CD and sheet music booklet today! The fifth person to e-mail us the name of the band that Lenka was previously in takes it. Send entries to events@vancouverisawesome.

If you live in the lower mainland and you're looking for a free doghouse today you're stoked ! Also, don't forget about the Snoop show coming to Vancouver July 22nd.

Another freebee! I know there's a lot of ping pong aficionados in this city, and who wouldn't want to show up for battle sporting this fancy paddle carrier from Jack Spade of New York? So, I've played ping pong in a lot of people's garages in the pas