Creating a Christmas wish board could get you a $1,000 Metropolis at Metrotown shopping spree.
The shopping centre is asking people to create a Christmas wishlist board on Pinterest for a chance to win prizes, including the shopping spree.
The shopping centre is attempting to create its "first ever social gift guide," according to a post pinned by Metropolis on the social media site.
To enter, go to the shopping centre's wish-board tab beneath its profile picture on its Facebook page at facebook.com/ metropolisatmet.
UNION RATIFIES AGREEMENT
Members of Burnaby-based union COPE 378 voted to ratify a collective agreement with ICBC earlier this month, according to a press release from the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, local 378.
Approximately 4,600 members of the union work for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
Members voted to accept the agreement by 71 per cent, the release stated.
The agreement was put forward last month and would cover the period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014. ICBC's board voted on it on Dec. 6, after NOW deadlines, according to the press release.
BURNABY RESIDENT ELECTED TO BOARD
Burnaby resident Sean Rodrigues, an architect with Vancouver-based Stantec, has been elected to the board of directors for the Canadian Architectural Certification Board, according to a press release from Stantec.
Rodrigues has 20 years experience, including as project manager for venue construction for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the release stated.
He is also an examiner for the board's broadly experienced foreign architects program and is on the licensing and registration board for the Architecture Institute of British Columbia.
SFU STUDENT WINS COMPETITION
Michael Cheng, creator of web development company WittyCookie, which is based in Surrey, has won the fourth annual Simon Fraser University Student Entrepreneur of the Year award, according to an email from SIFE Simon Fraser.
Cheng is a attending SFU's school of interactive arts and technology and was also recently named Surrey's 2012 Student Entrepreneur of the Year.
The winner was announced at an awards ceremony at the Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel on Nov. 19. Students in Free Enterprise, or SIFE, is an international non-profit organization that gives post-secondary business students the opportunity to help their communities with their skills.
jfuller-evans@ burnabynow.com
