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CBC Vancouver & Kids' CBC Celebrate Lunar New Year Thursday, February 19, 2015 Aberdeen Centre, Richmond Meet Stephen Quinn, Johanna Wagstaffe and your friends from Kids' CBC. Stop by the CBC Vancouver tent for your chance at the prize wheel! 1:30 pm   KIDS' CBC ZONE: meet Super Why! 2:00 pm   STORY TIME with Patty & Bookaboo ​3:00 pm   LIVE BROADCAST: CBC Radio One's On the Coast with host Stephen Quinn 5:00 pm   LIVE BROADCAST: CBC Vancouver's meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe Sunday, February 22, 2015 Chinatown, Vancouver - 11 am Join in the festivities at the Chinatown Chinese New Year Parade! Your favourite CBC personalities will be marching in the parade, including Andrew Chang, Johanna Wagstaffe, Sheryl MacKay as well as our friends from Kids' CBC, Patty, Bookaboo & Super Why! Talking Stick Festival Presented by Full Circle First Nations Performance February 17 – March 1, 2015\ Different Venues in Metro Vancouver CBC Vancouver is a proud media sponsor of the 2015 Talking Stick Festival. The festival is a two-week celebration serving to preserve and promote the language, culture and art forms of First Nations people. Aboriginal traditions of music, dance, and storytelling are presented in a contemporary and entertaining way. The festival takes place at multiple venues in Metro Vancouver. All areas of the performing arts are represented - theatre, dance, drumming, music, spoken word, and multimedia performance. These artistic disciplines celebrate Aboriginal culture and showcase the new evolving contemporary work of today's artists. The stories and art practises in the First Nations culture have enormous depth and are rich in teachings. The Festival is an avenue to bring Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together, to network, share ideas and pass on knowledge. For more informationa and festival tickets, visit 2015Talking Stick Festival. B.C. Budget 2015 Coverage on CBC - February 17 Tune in to CBC radio, television, and online, Tuesday, February 17 for the most complete coverage of the 2015 B.C. Provincial Budget. We'll be live from Victoria as Finance Minister Mike de Jong delivers the provincial budget speech for the year. CBC Radio One will broadcast a province-wide radio special beginning at 2:00 pm with host Gloria Macarenko. Special guests include former Finance Ministers Kevin Falcon & Elizabeth Cull. Catch CBC News Vancouver starting at 5 pm with host Andrew Chang for special coverage and in-depth analysis of the budget speech. Follow us on twitter @CBCVancouver and follow the developing story with #bcpoli. Tune in to CBC Radio One at 88.1 FM/690 AM in Metro Vancouver Go to cbc.ca/bc for live streaming on February 17. CONTEST: #CBCWhoAmI at CBC Vancouver will keep you guessing! How well do you know your CBC Vancouver personalities? We’ve asked our on-air personalities to hand over a few “lesser known facts” about themselves. Tweet us using #CBCWhoAmI each week with YOUR guess for a chance to win a CBC prize. Here’s your next QUIZ. Happy guessing!