2020 Best Christmas Lights in Metro Vancouver & the Fraser Valley

If you’re looking to make your festive season truly merry and bright, look no further than these locations where Christmas lights are the main attraction in Metro Vancouver & the Fraser Valley.

With Metro Vancouver’s many trees, green spaces and natural setting, lighting up for the holidays is must-do. With limited activities due to Covid-19 we can still drive by for a spectacular photo-op and some pretty amazing light shows across the region!!!

• Vancouver
• Burnaby & New Westminster
• Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam & Port Moody the Tri-Cities
• Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge
• Surrey & Delta
• Langley
• Abbotsford & Mission

Please note usual events are in red if they are cancelled due to Covid-19. If you would like to add or remove your Christmas Lights please contact us.

Trick r' Treat

 Trick r' Treat Map and List

A List of Homes taking Part in Trick 'r Treating this Halloween.

To Add or Remove you home from the list please use this form.

Comparing British Columbia Provincial Party 2020 Housing Platforms

A full comparison of the Liberal, NDP and Green party’s platforms in BC for the 2020 Election. Details on issues impacting real estate and housing, including COVID-19 economic recovery, rental housing, market housing affordability, strata insurance and energy efficiency. For more information on voting visit Elections BC.

COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Green

• Allocate $300 million to create a six-month rent subsidy program for small businesses.

Liberal

• Eliminate the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) for one year and then set it at three per cent for subsequent years.
• Permanently eliminate the Small Business Income Tax.
• Implement a short-term commercial rent relief that flows directly to tenants.

NDP

• A one-time $1,000 direct deposit to families ($500 for individuals) whose household income is under $125,000 annually ($62,000 for individuals).
• A 15 per cent refundable tax credit for small and medium-sized businesses based on eligible new payroll.

Rental Housing

Green

• Close the gap between affordable rent and what renters are actually paying.
• Provide a means-tested grant that applies to low- and moderate-income earners who are paying more than 30 per cent of their income in rent.

Liberal

• Create a new residential property sub-class for rental housing of three or more units.
• Change BC Assessment practices to ensure rental properties are no longer valued based on the highest and best use, but rather on actual rental use.

NDP

• Freeze rental rates to the end of 2021. After 2021, permanently limit rent increases to the rate of inflation.
• Provide an ongoing income-tested renter’s rebate of $400 per year for households earning up to $80,000 annually that are not already receiving other rental support.
• Provide new rent supplements for residents of supportive housing ready to move on to independent living.
• Ensure no net loss of rental units in real estate redevelopment projects.
• Ensure prompt and effective resolutions of tenancy disputes.

Market Housing Affordability

Green

• Close loopholes in the Speculation and Vacancy Tax that allow many foreign owners and satellite families to be exempt.

Liberal

• Work with municipalities to review the current property tax structure to incent affordable housing development, prevent speculation and drive affordable rental housing.
• Develop tax-relief measures to help people hurt by COVID-19 economic impacts to keep their homes.
• Replace the Speculation and Vacancy Tax with a condo-flipping capital gains tax.
• Implement higher property taxes for non-residents of Canada.

NDP

• Eliminate outdated parking minimums in projects close to public transit.
• Develop a single-window provincial permitting process.
• Work with local governments to streamline the approval process.

Strata Insurance

Green

• Convene a taskforce to deal with the rising cost of strata insurance to develop solutions as soon as the BC Financial Services Authority finished their investigation. The taskforce should include insurance brokers, insurers and strata owners

Liberal

• Encourage and facilitate self-insurance models for stratas.
• Eliminate the practice of “best-terms” pricing.
• Reduce statutorily-required insurance for strata properties from full replacement value to a level in line with actual claims cost history.
• Modernize the BC Building Code to address strata insurance premiums.

NDP

• Continue with the BC Financial Services Authorities’ investigation to bring down strata insurance costs. If rates have not been corrected by the end of 2021, develop a public strata insurance option, similar to Saskatchewan.

Housing Supply

Green

• Expand supports for co-op housing through extending leases for existing co-ops about to expire, create a land bank for new co-ops and provide security of tenure for co-ops on leased land.
• Work with local governments to expand the “missing middle,” such as townhouses and triplexes.

Liberal

• Establish an incentive fund for municipalities with housing policies that enable demonstrable increases in the construction and supply of new housing.
• Implement tax and permitting changes to boost housing supply, including rental and market housing, to increase choice and improve affordability for British Columbians.
• Require reviews of Official Community Plans every five years and require zoning bylaws be updated to reflect changes to the plan within one year after adoption.
• Allow the waiving of hearings for Official Community Plan compliant projects.
• Support zoning reform to provide inclusionary zoning and to ensure the Residential Rental Tenure Zoning tool cannot be used to devalue and downsize property.
• Use provincial and municipal land for affordable housing.
• Reduce delays in building-permit approvals and new homeowner costs.
• Improve the municipal development approval process, based on best practices.
• Strengthen and enforce Regional Growth Strategy targets so they are robust and effective.
• Provide provincial funding to create a digital tracking tool to allow municipalities and applicants to track the progress of individual applicants and identify roadblocks.

NDP

• Continue with the 10-year housing plan to provide 114,000 new, affordable homes.
• Continue rolling out the Homes for BC plan.
• Deliver the remaining units in the previous $550 million commitment for on- and off-reserve housing for Indigenous people, while pressuring the federal government to do its share.

Energy Efficiency

Green

• Enact Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)-enabling legislation.
• Work with industry partners to enhance the Clean BC Better Homes, Better Buildings program by:
• increasing the short-term incentives offered to stimulate retrofits,
• accelerating the requirements of the building code and efficiency requirements of equipment, and
• partnering with colleges, technical institutes and private organizations to develop training programs to expand employment in green retrofit space.

Liberal

• Encourage the retrofitting of homes and businesses.
• Modernize the BC Building Code to address energy efficiency.

NDP

• Increase programs and incentives for both residential and commercial buildings, including PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing that allows homeowners to take out loans for efficiency upgrades and pay them back over time through annual property taxes.
• Require REALTORS® to provide energy efficiency information on listed homes.
• Empower local governments to set their own carbon pollution performance standards for new buildings.  

Wildfire and Flood Protection

Green

• Provide $100 million over four years to fund climate adaptation initiatives.
• Protect communities from wildfires and flooding through landscape level, ecologically-centred, forest management and fuel treatment projects.

Liberal

• Reduce the impact of climate-related disasters like wildfires and floods.

Agricultural Properties

Green

• Make food production and food security part of the Agricultural Land Commission’s mandate.
• Restrict and regulate foreign ownership of Agricultural Land Reserve land.

Liberal

• Implement reforms to the Agricultural Land Commission to allow more opportunities for secondary residences.

Local Perks

Birthday Perks

FREE

Baskin Robbins - Ice Cream

Boston Pizza

Cartems Donuts 

Davids Tea

De Dutch - Discount

Denny's - Breakfast

Godiva - Perk Rotates Monthly

IHOP - Pancakes

Mary Brown's Chicken & Taters

Menchies - SMileage Credit

Montana's - Dessert

Orange Julius - Free Smoothie Club

Red Robin - Burger

Waves Coffee - Coffee

Starbucks - Drink

Tim Hortons

Sephora - Free Birthday Gift

FREE with a PURCHASE

Cold Stone Creamery - Treat

Yaletown Brewing Company - Treat

Pajo's Fish and Chips - Menu Item

Dairy Queen - BOGO Blizzard

The Keg Steakhouse + Bar - Dessert

Joey Restaurants - Surprise

Milestones - 

Cora - Discount

Marble Slab Creamery - Free Treat

Mosaic Grill at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver - Dessert

Craft Beer Market - Discount

Cartems Donuts - Extra Doughnut

Carlos and Kelly O'Bryan's Irish Pub

South St. Burger

No Hungry Tummies

Each year on the second Thursday of May, we celebrate RED Day as part of our legacy worth leaving. Making a difference in the lives of others and bettering our communities that we serve in Metro Vancouver lies at the heart of our culture. This observance defines who we are and is a natural extension of our commitment to the highest level of professional customer service. Over time, a growing number of our family members and friends continue to participate in this extraordinary event. It embodies the generous spirit and commitment associates have to “giving back” to Metro Vancouver where we live and work in.

Coronavirus - COVID-19

As we're all dealing with the Coronavirus disease - COVID-19 at a Local, National and Global level. There is a lot of information being spread around through Social Media, chat groups, etc... and it’s hard to know what’s factual and false. We've gathered some local resources for everyone in the Metro Vancouver area. These shall clear up questions and provide reliable information on a Global and Local level in terms of Health, Financial and Government resources.

Online Tools

BC COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool
Screening and Testing (Currently available in select area's CA, CT, DE, ID, MA, MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA and VA, and they are continuing to expand.)
Covid-19 Information & Resources
Coronavirus Map
Donate to stop help stop Covid-19
Community Mobility Reports

BC Covid-19 Survey - Open till May 31

Health

HealthLinkBC
BC Centre for Disease Control
World Health Organization
Fraser Health
Vancouver Coastal Health

Government

BC Province
Canada

Financial

Canada’s COVID 19 Economic Response Plan
Canadian Bankers Association
Central 1
Vancity

Local City

Vancouver
Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam
Surrey
Port Moody
Burnaby
Township of Langley
Pitt Meadows
Maple Ridge
North Vancouver
West Vancouver
New Westminster
Richmond
Abbotsford
Mission

British Columbia

ICBC

BC Hydro

Fortis BC

Shaw

Telus

Education

BC Ministry of Education - Keep Learning
Learn at Home

Work Tools

Video Conferencing
Video Chat
Teach From Home