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RCMP officers doing yoga and Barenaked Ladies hosting Canadian comedy

Jill Drews Jan 29, 2010 17:42:36 PM
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Treat your kids to a live theatre experience at St. Martin's Church Hall in North Vancouver. The SMP Dramatic Society presents The Wizard Of Oz. You can choose from a Saturday matinee or evening performance.

Watch RCMP officers attempt yoga poses at Richmond Centre tomorrow. Richmond Mounties are hosting a Yogathon for Haiti starting at 8 a.m.

Vancouver men are cute, but mute while Vancouver women are just unapproachable. The Dateology All Vancouver Symposium this Sunday gives singles strategies to help them finally meet someone. You can join in at 3 p.m. at the Sandman Hotel on West Georgia.

A group of Canadian comics is raising funds to help Haitians recover from that devastating earthquake.
The cast of "The Hockey Room" is hosting a benefit Sunday night at the Ridge Theatre. Comics That Care - A Benefit For Haiti goes at 9 p.m.

Meet the Japanese Speedskating team in Abbotsford Sunday. The team will be at the Reach Gallery Museum at Trethewey and South Fraser Way at 1 p.m.

The Professional Bull Riders circuit makes a stop in the Valley this weekend. The Abbotsford Invitational wraps up Saturday at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. Get tickets through the venue.

Barenaked Ladies play host to a line-up of great Canadian comedians as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
See Shaun Majumder, Sean Cullen and Nikki Payne at the Orpheum for a Saturday show. Get tickets here.

The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and Theatre Calgary present Beyond Eden. Spirit of the West's John Mann and Tom Jackson will explore the 1957 expedition lead by Wilson Duff and artist Bill Reid. There are performances almost daily up until the end of next week.

It's called the Symphony of a Thousand because it seems to take a thousand people to perform it. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a long list of guests will perform Mahler's Symphony No. 8 Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

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