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June 17
5K FOAM FEST
Adult-sized inflatables, a 15-metre
Slip'N Slide and, of course, a blast of
bubbles challenge your inner child
and endurance on this obstacle race
at Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops.
5kfoamfest.ca
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June 5 – 8
VOYAGEUR CANOE BRIGADE
This convoy of canoes will set
ashore at Fort St. James National
Historic Site, where local First
Nations will greet fur-trade
re-enactors. The brigade will then
travel down the Stuart River to
Nechako for a celebration.
voyageurbrigade.org
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June 8 – 11
CHETWYND INTERNATIONAL
CHAINSAW CARVING
CHAMPIONSHIP
A dozen of the world's
best wood sculptors from
Canada, the US, Wales and Japan
face off in a town so full of pieces
from past events – a moose and
Medusa, to name two – it
has become a lumber Louvre.
gochetwynd.com
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June 9 – 11
PRINCE RUPERT
SEAFEST
Canada's most northern
port on the West Coast is
a great place to drop anchor
for this three-day shindig
of food, live music and
sports, culminating with
a showstopper parade.
prspecialevents.com
BOX GREEN. Opt for sturdy, reusable
containers delivered to your door.
MEMBERS SAVE: at Frogbox, and
on storage and moving containers
(.• to • metres long) at
PODS.
PAINT SMART.
To cover scuffs left behind, or
eye-watering purple walls in your
new abode.
MEMBERS SAVE: •, and earn
• back in
CAA Dollars®, at
CertaPro®
Painters, and save up
to ƒ at Cloverdale Paint.
DOWNSIZE AND DISCARD. Broken
furniture, sagging mattresses and ratty rugs
shouldn't move with you – time to let them go.
MEMBERS SAVE: • on junk removal at
…†…Got-Junk
ENLIST PROS. If all else
fails, they'll do it for you,
packing and all.
MEMBERS EARN: CAA
Dollars at
AMJ Campbell.
For these rewards and more,
visit: bcaa.ca/rewards
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