An item about a Canada Day Week event over the weekend from a fellow Canadian organization here in the Bay Area.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 27, 4 – 5 pm PT! You could win Air Canada tickets and more amazing prizes by participating in the DML Canada Week 2020 Trivia Extravaganza Game!
This is a family-friendly event with some kid-friendly questions! No experience required. Have fun testing (guessing!) how much you know about Canada and learn more by the end of the game!
There is a $2 fee which automatically enters you for the raffle prize draws.
24 hours before the game starts, you will receive an email with details on accessing two things:
1) A Zoom meeting link
2) A link to join the trivia game
Prizes
All paid participants will receive a 15% discount code for Air Canada, plus be eligible to win the following:
One of two Air Canada Economy tickets from SFO to one of Air Canada’s major hubs. ️ 🇨🇦
Canadian wine from local Canadian-owned wine importer, Kascadia Wine Merchants
Handmade Canadian Face Masks by local Canadian entrepreneur, GroovyGurls.
Landscaping Gift Certificate ($300) from local Canadian-owned, Shape of the Earth.
Two Stanford Live concert tickets to see a Canadian artist perform (to be confirmed by Stanford Live)
To participate: You will need access to the internet on a computer or mobile device. 24 hours prior to the game start time, an email will be sent to you containing a Zoom URL link along with a trivia game link.
Stanford Live – Your destination for music, dance, and theater in Silicon Valley. https://live.stanford.edu/
The fine print: Prizes are exclusive for residents of California only. Must be in attendance of the full game to be eligible for the drawing. You must be over the age of 21 or older to win the wine (alcoholic) prize. The Shape of the Earth prize is for San Francisco Bay Area residents only. Upon completion of the trivia game, on or around June 28, 2020, the DML will randomly draw two names of trivia participants to win one of two of the Air Canada tickets. The winners will be contacted by the email used to purchase a raffle ticket on Eventbrite. The prizes cannot be exchanged for cash.
We thank our sponsors for their support of Canada Week 2020.
Another important session from a fellow Canadian organization in the Bay Area.
With a new border closure extension, there are more questions from Canadian expats about their ability to travel. Join the Canadian Consulate and the Digital Moose Lounge for a virtual Community Q&A: Facing Border Closure Together to Flatten the Curve.
To join in, please RSVP to Wade.Wallerstein@international.gc.ca for the Zoom link.
Announcing new events for the DML’s Canada Week 2020 celebrations with our amazing local partners: music, baking and trivia! Plus, raffle prizes, including Air Canada tickets!
Most events require advance registration and most are free. Next week… we’ll announce our colouring contest and pop-up shop, as well as links to other events in Canada and the US.
Canada Week 2020 quick glance:
TODAY: Last chance to ORDER WINE for tasting – 6/24
🥌 What every Canadian needs to know about Curling – 6/26
Butter Tarts in the making – 6/27
🥇 Family-friendly Canadian Trivia Extravaganza Game – 6/27
Nanaimo Bar Baking Show – 6/28
⚜️ Preschool French Language Circle Time – 6/29
Live from Stanford… Iskwē and William Prince – 6/30
You will be supporting a Canadian owned business in the Bay Area when you sign-up for this exclusive event. Pre-order here today – June 18th (up until midnight or until sold out) is the last day to buy this DML-discounted wine tasting package and zoom access to meet this award-winning BC winemaker.
Hurry, hurry! Yes, a bit of curling terminology to remind you to get your tickets. Add this fun Chesterfield Chat with the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club to your Canada Week calendar. There will be giveaways thanks to our partners at the Club!
Join the DML’s own Dorin Greenwood over your morning coffee, as she shares her favourite recipe and tips for making Butter Tarts. Mouth watering experience!
Sign up required for our Family-friendly Canadian Trivia Extravaganza Game! All registrants will be entered in a raffle. Only five bucks – or a little more in loonies. Such great prizes!Prize sponsors
Air Canada – When you are ready to fly again, you’ll want to have this grand prize. Kascadia Wine Merchants – Canadian-owned, Bay Area based, Canadian Wine Importer Groovy Gurls – Canadian-owned, Bay Area based, Handmade Masks, Zipper pouches & reusable lunch bags
When local Canadian and DMLer, David Stewart, was missing Nanaimo Bars, he suggested that his local bakery/caterer learn how. So, she did! Meet Angela, the Bay Area’s unofficial official Nanaimo Bar master!
There’s lots of ways to celebrate Canadian heritage, and we are thrilled to partner with Stanford Live to bring you this special spotlight on indigenous Canadian talent.
Hosted by our friends at the US Branch #25 of the Royal Canadian Legion, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, start Canada Day by honouring the Battle of the Somme during a sunrise ceremony tradition.
Honour the Battle of the Somme with a sunrise ceremony tradition, hosted by US Branch #25 of the Royal Canadian Legion, representing the San Francisco Bay Area.
While the first day of July is a celebration in most of Canada, for Newfoundland and Labrador it is also a day for sombre remembrance as it is also Commemoration Day (also known as Memorial Day), when we remember the tragically destructive events of July 1st, 1916.
It is the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, when 806 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and went “over the top” at 8:45am as part of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. In less than an hour, the regiment was devastated, most killed or wounded within the first 20 minutes of the battle. The next morning, only 68 soldiers answered roll call. Commemoration Day was established in 1917, just one year later.
After Confederation with Canada, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador continued the tradition of Commemoration Day during the morning of July 1st, and reserved the remainder of the day to celebrate Canada Day.
The ~45 minutes service will be broadcast on Zoom.
Note these Canada week activities that are being organized by one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.
Get ready for Canada Day in the Bay! Each week we’ll announce more DML organized events for the Bay Area community, and other virtual Canada Day fun around the US and Canada you won’t want to miss. Watch your email for weekly updates and daily social posts. Most events require advance registration and most are free! Win prizes. Good times.
Canada Week 2020 virtual events to add to your calendar:
Kascadia Wine Merchants and the Digital Moose Lounge have collaboratively curated an opulent Canada Day wine tasting experience with award-winning Meyer Family Vineyards.
Join winemaker Chris Carson for this exclusive DML event on small case lots of varietals best suited and expressive of their unique place of origin in BC with an emphasis on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Pre-order here before Thursday, June 18. This will be a popular event with limited availability so don’t miss out!
This is a Zoom event and details will be emailed to those who purchase a tasting package a few days beforehand.
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Friday, June 26th ~ Happy Hour
This Canada Week, we are hosting a special Chesterfield Chat with the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club to learn more about Canada’s “third national sport” and why it’s more than just throwing rocks on ice!
Joining the conversation will be two of the Club’s Board Directors, Ken Wallis and Mike Greenburg and moderators from our own DML Board, David Stewart and Sarah Price.
Butter Tarts in the making – 6/27
Nanaimo Bar Baking Show – 6/28
Canada Week 2020!
Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 