TransLink Breakfast Event + Tea Blending Workshop

Issue #621

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Carla McNeil
June 08, 2026

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Monday June 08, 2026

📖 Sensory Storytime (2-6 years) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

🧘 Peace, Be Still Monday Meditation – 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM

📚️ Spanish Storytime (All ages) – 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM

🪡 Needle Felting Workshop – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

🧩 Steel & Oak Puzzle Mondays – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

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Tuesday June 09, 2026

🗣️ English Conversation Circles at the Welcome Centre – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

📚️ BYO Book Club – 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

📱 Bring Your Own Device Tech Cafe! – 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

🎤 Ukulele Level 1 at Mechanics of Music Studio – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

🍺 Steel & Oak Beer and Board Games – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎭️ Notorious Grey Fox Trivia Tuesdays – 7:00 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Hot B*tch Rock & Roll Bingo – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Wednesday June 10, 2026

💰️ Financial Aid (Welfare) Worker at NWPL – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 CaRT Peer Navigators – 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

🀄️ Mahjong Funday at Starlight Casino – 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM

🎤 Find Your Voice at Mechanics of Music Studio – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

🎲 Drag Bingo at the Flapper Lounge – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

❓️ Georgie's Local Trivia Night – 7:00 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Drag Bingo & Trivia – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🏃 Steel & Oak Run Club – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Connect Youth (13+) – 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

❓️Frankie G’s Trivia Night – 7:30 PM

🎭️ Comedy Exposed at the Flapper Lounge – 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Want a closer look at the future of transportation in Metro Vancouver? Industry professionals will have the opportunity to connect directly with TransLink leaders during the upcoming Client Engagement Breakfast at Anvil Centre on June 16.

Hosted by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of BC (ACEC-BC), the event will bring together consulting professionals, transportation stakeholders, and public-sector leaders for a morning of networking, presentations, and discussion.

Attendees can expect updates on TransLink's current priorities, projects, and future plans, followed by an interactive question-and-answer session with senior representatives from the organization. The event is designed to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and meaningful dialogue between industry professionals and regional transportation leaders.

Participants can attend either in person at Anvil Centre or virtually through an interactive livestream. The event begins with networking and breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by presentations and Q&A from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

With major transportation investments and infrastructure projects shaping communities across Metro Vancouver, the event offers a valuable opportunity to hear directly from the people helping guide the region's transit future.

Create Your Own Tea Blend

Tea lovers and lifelong learners are invited to steep themselves in Indigenous knowledge and plant traditions at the upcoming Indigenous Tea Blending Workshop at the Fraser River Discovery Centre on June 13.

Led by Senaqwila Wyss, an ethnobotanist, educator, and founder of an Indigenous tea company, this interactive workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to explore medicinal and culturally significant plants through Indigenous perspectives. Guests will learn about wellness, reciprocity with the land, and Coast Salish teachings while participating in a guided tea tasting and blending experience.

The hands-on session includes creating and packaging a custom loose-leaf tea blend to take home, making it both an educational and sensory experience. Along the way, participants will gain insight into the cultural significance of plants and their role in Indigenous traditions and daily life.

The workshop takes place June 13 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and is open to participants 16 years and older. Space is limited and advance registration is required.

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