Big Brothers Big Sisters Winter Warm Up!

In need of something warm and cheerful on this chilly day? Big Brothers Big Sisters is having their first Winter Warm Up today! There are nine restaurants participating in the event so be sure to head down with the family and find your favourite hot chocolate before the night ends! What better way to spend a Wednesday evening than to grab some hot chocolate and have the proceeds go to support Big Brothers Big Sisters!

Here are the restaurants to check out:

The Makerie Craft & Coffee Bar
Browns Social House
Nancy Os’
Betulla Burning
White Spot
Montanas
Oakroom Grill
Earls
Rockford Grill

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COLDSNAP 2021 Kickoff! - Jan 29th

Coldsnap 2021 has arrived! From Friday, January 29th all the way until Saturday, February 6 we are blessed to have amazing acts! On the first day (January 29) we will hear from the amazing Maureen Washington and see the very talented mother and daughter Kelsey Abraham and Bella Rain Abraham perform.

Maureen is a Canadian/International Jazz singer. She is an accomplished jazz and blues vocalist, songwriter, and instructor who can sing anything from Jazz and R&B classics to originals. Catch the wonderful Maureen on January 29, 2021, at 7:30 pm to fall in love with Jazz! https://coldsnapfestival.com/2020/12/20/maureen-washington/

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Kelsey Abraham performs men’s northern traditional and men’s grass dances. Bella Rain dances the junior girls jingle and has been for over 4 years. You won’t want to miss these two perform after Maureen on January 29! https://coldsnapfestival.com/2020/12/01/kelsey-and-bella-rain-abraham/

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Celtic Fire: Season 16, Episode 13

A brand new brand with all-new names for this show becomes the theme song…Fàrsan with A' Mhisg a Chuir an Nollaig. They are a real toe-tapping band and have become the focus band of this part of Season 16. Along with Fàrsan, Còig comes back with some tunes throughout the show as the back music-providing toe-tapping band. Listen for Colette Cheverie, Cruinn, Colin MacLeod, and Cliar….and many more!

Regional power outages impacting multiple TELUS facililties

Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland are experiencing a disruption of service from TELUS. The disruption is linked to a “power outage impacting TELUS infrastructure”, TELUS’ Service Status website has said and, as such, “home services are experiencing a disruption, which may result in you being unable to make or receive calls.” The website says that services such as home phone, mobile text, voice and data services have all been affected by the outage. As of an update that was issued at 4:23 pm today, “Technical teams have been engaged and investigation is ongoing.” You may follow the website for further details and to stay up to date on the service blackout as the situation unfolds here:

https://www.telus.com/en/on/outages

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It's Official- Coldsnap 2021 is Happening!

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Coldsnap 2021 is gearing up for their 2021 live music festival. Only this time, everything will be live-streamed on the Coldsnap website for no charge thanks to their many sponsors! Get in on all the music from January 29th until February 6th.

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For more updates, visit them at their website, or at their Facebook and Twitter.

Want to volunteer to help? Apply here.

All images courtesy of coldsnapfestival.com

Farewell, 2020! CFUR's top albums of the year.

What were your fave albums of 2020?? Here are some of ours! Presented in no particular order, with rough guidelines in place of rules.

A few quick thank you's from your MD (Kate) to round out a strange year!

* Thank you to our amazing community of musicians and supporters for another music-filled year

* Thank you to our exceptional Board of Directors for their hard work and input

* THANK YOU to each and every CFUR staffer for taking the challenges in stride

* And a big, big THANK YOU to our station manager, Ian Gregg, for doing the hard work day in and day out.

Thanks for all the music and see you in 2021!