Celebrated Spaces: Got a favourite place to escape the crowd, take in a view or think about the past? Nominate your special urban nooks and crannies for the Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter project. In celebration of Vancouver’s 125th birthday, the VHF wants your help to identify 125 sites that commemorate people, places and events that have shaped the city. Winning places will be marked with a plaque and included in an online mapping project. Nominations will be accepted until March 15 with voting to take place March 16-April 6. Vote online at VancouverHertiageFoundation.org or visit the Vancouver Public Library central branch on Feb. 26 for the VHF’s nomination fair. Info: 604-264-9642.
Movin’ on up: Raise your heart rate and funds for a good cause at the BC Lung Association’s 10th annual Stairclimb for Clean Air. Put your cardio to the test while climbing all 48 storeys of the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel — one of Vancouver’s tallest buildings. Feb. 27 at 8:30am, join more than 500 climbers, volunteers, fire fighters (in full gear!) and the Global Morning News team to raise much-needed money for lung health research, education, advocacy and disease prevention. Visit StairClimb.ca to register or donate.
