Thanks to Mom Reanne for sharing two excellent resources for parents:
The Vancouver Leisure Access Card, which provides up to 50% savings on programs and activities for families: http://vancouver.ca/parks/rec/lac/index.htm
and The West Coast Resource Library, which has books, magazines, videotapes, audiotapes, posters, dolls, puppets, matching games, concept cards, puzzles, story books, felt board stories, stories with props, story kits, seasonal kits, and multicultural resource kits that families can borrow: http://www.wstcoast.org/library/index.html
I will post these two resources permanently in the “links” sidebar