Valentine's Day

A minimum $5 donation to the Red Panda Network earns the contributor a chance to name a cockroach at the Greater Vancouver Zoo after an ex or someone else considered “a bug.” (Screengrab/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Lower Mainland zoo puts twist on week of love

Naming a cockroach after an ex or anyone considered a bug could earn private red panda visit

 

Wayne and Joan Stewart. (Michael Briones photo)

What is love? B.C. seniors offer tips for making that connection last

‘Make sure you always say goodnight with a kiss’

 

Sanket Palit and Caitlyn Santos chat at a speed-dating event on a Hullo ferry that sailed to and from Nanaimo on Feb. 1. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo-Vancouver fast ferry love boat has a place in modern matchmaking

Hullo ferry offered speed dating event this month in time for Valentine’s Day

 

Hullo will host a high-speed speed dating ferry event on Thursday, Feb. 1, from Nanaimo to Vancouver and back. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo-Vancouver fast ferry will become ‘high-speed speed dating’ love boat

Sold-out special event sailing happening Feb. 1 ahead of Valentine’s Day

Hullo will host a high-speed speed dating ferry event on Thursday, Feb. 1, from Nanaimo to Vancouver and back. (News Bulletin file photo)
A vase of baby’s breath sits on a work bench at Acanthus Floral and Botanical in Almonte, Ont., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. A British Columbia non-profit organization fighting invasive species is reminding people on Valentine’s Day to spread the love, not the baby’s breath. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Show baby’s breath no love this Valentine’s Day, invasive species group warns

The small white sprigs stuck between your long-stem roses are actually a harmful invasive plant

A vase of baby’s breath sits on a work bench at Acanthus Floral and Botanical in Almonte, Ont., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. A British Columbia non-profit organization fighting invasive species is reminding people on Valentine’s Day to spread the love, not the baby’s breath. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bring your suit, your tie, and your goggles when getting married on a ski resort. (Zachary Delaney/Revelstoke Review)

Mountain Matchmakers: Revelstoke ski hill hosts Valentine’s Day weddings

More than 100 people showed up to RMR to take in the lovely event

Bring your suit, your tie, and your goggles when getting married on a ski resort. (Zachary Delaney/Revelstoke Review)
This image released by The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum shows a Valentine’s greeting card from 2010 made of lasercut card stock (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum via AP)

Earnest or playful, that Valentine’s card has a history

‘The giving and receiving of Valentines was always partly about performing love, for an audience’

This image released by The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum shows a Valentine’s greeting card from 2010 made of lasercut card stock (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum via AP)
Suhaandeep Gill spent last week delivering special treat bags to shelters in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge and Mission. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

Kid Cupid: Young Abbotsford boy delivers love to the streets with Valentine’s Day bags

Suhaandeep Gill, 7, created thoughtful bags of much-needed items to give to three city shelters

Suhaandeep Gill spent last week delivering special treat bags to shelters in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge and Mission. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
SilverStar Mountain Resort near Vernon shared the love on Valentine’s Day in 2022. (Black Press photo)

QUIZ: How much do you know about love and romance?

Valentine’s Day is a celebration of romantic love

SilverStar Mountain Resort near Vernon shared the love on Valentine’s Day in 2022. (Black Press photo)