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The top 5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver

Need some niche, probably useless Vancouver facts?

Dec 30, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

10 of our favourite things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver

From having to carry your poop out of a bog to Isaac Newton's apple trees to $1,000 bottles of beer to why Bing Crosby drove a tractor in Vancouver.

Dec 25, 2023 2:50 PM Read more >

Watch: 90-year-old footage shows brand new Burrard Bridge, early aerial Vancouver views

It's a video about the (at the time proposed) Lions Gate Bridge

Dec 23, 2023 10:40 AM Read more >

Check out 20 vintage photos of Vancouver in the snow

It may not be a white Christmas in Vancouver this year, but there are plenty of wintery photos to look back on.

Dec 18, 2023 4:43 PM Read more >

Map: Fascinating historic map shows forgotten and lost names of Vancouver places

You could have lived in the Liverpool neighbourhood of Albert City in New Georgia and bought vegetables that came from McRobert's Island through Eburne.

Dec 11, 2023 2:10 PM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about real estate around Vancouver

Real estate in Vancouver has always been a big deal.

Dec 10, 2023 2:24 PM Read more >

Time Traveller: Salvaging a ship that made 300 trips from Vancouver to Asia

The Empress of Japan, a CPR Steamship that featured a remarkable dragon figurehead, brought passengers, silks and tea to Canada

Dec 10, 2023 7:08 AM Read more >

Vancouver history: 13 photos capture early days of West 4th Avenue

When Kitsilano went from forest to neighbourhood

Dec 8, 2023 8:45 AM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Coal Harbour

Fishing with dynamite, a Boeing factory, and the Kanaka Rancherie are all part of the Vancouver neighbourhood's history.

Dec 3, 2023 5:20 PM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Shaughnessy

Here's how one of Vancouver's wealthiest neighbourhoods is connected to The Nanny

Nov 26, 2023 5:19 PM Read more >