Keeping up with your New Year’s Resolutions
A new year means new goals and updated routines to reach higher achievements. Each year, we tell ourselves that we will do this, and complete that, but how many of us stick with these resolutions all year long? Whether your goals are fitness, health, financial, or family related, the Heights has experts from all fields that want you to have your best year yet. Here are tips from local...Read MoreHeights Holiday Gift Guide
Burnaby Heights is holiday shopping done right, and locally. With more than 300 businesses along Burnaby’s Hastings Street, you’re bound to find a unique gift for everyone on your list. With a wide variety of retailers, beauty salons, and countless cafés and restaurants, you can do all your holiday shopping locally in one place. Shopping for the holidays is always more rewarding when you...Read More
Show & Shine 2017 Winners
The annual Show & Shine always makes for a highlight of Hats Off Day, drawing a wide variety of unique and vintage vehicles from across the lower mainland. Sleek, shiny and oh-so-photogenic, this attraction is fun for car owners, enthusiasts and casual passerbys alike. The winners of this year’s event are: Read More
Swing on by
Come visit your friendly merchants in the Heights – your local shopping experience where the merchants know your name. We want to introduce and celebrate the merchants we know and love. Have you met these businesses in the Heights yet? MEET OUR MERCHANTS Swing on by the Heights this summer and get to know your local merchants! Read MoreSummer Camp Fun in The Heights
The school year has ended, and planning activities for kids that are both fun and rewarding can be a challenge during their two months of summer freedom. This summer, the Heights merchants have camps and workshops for kids of all ages that will leave them with new skills and experiences they will be talking about all summer. Staccato Music Studios...Read More
Hats Off Day 2017 Parade Winners Celebrated at Awards Ceremony
Pictured: Isabel Kolic, Executive Director of the Heights Merchants Association, presents the Best Overall Entry trophy to Lotus Sports Club President Tony Vukasovic At the annual Hats Off Day Parade, five groups impressed both the crowd and parade judges, claiming the top awards at a trophy presentation that took place on June 22 at Community Savings Credit Union. Since 1989 children,...Read More
2017 Hats Off Day Highlights
60,000 people returned to Hastings this year for Hats Off Day, this time with a wild “Great Canadian Outdoors” themed day of free family fun. The Great Canadian Outdoors theme brought the Canadian spirit in the form of creative costumes, music, and entertainment that guests celebrated all day long. Thanks to Global BC, Lamar Transit Advertising, Miss604, The Province, and Tourism Burnaby who...Read More
Frequently Asked Questions at Hats Off Day
What does the name Hats Off Day mean? A: It’s the day of the year when the Heights businesses take their “hats off” to their community. Did you know? In 1984, Heights merchants created a festival as a way to tip their “hats off” to the community – hence the name, “Hats Off Day”! Don’t miss out on Burnaby’s favourite tradition, next Saturday, June...Read More