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As the editor of V.I.A., all day every day I'm working on stories about the things that make you love your city.

A relative of one of the ladies in this historical Vancouver photo writes: "Foncie's Foto stamp is on the reverse of photo. Found during a research project for family. In pencil is 16033 Y8. We are guessing this is about 1940 time frame.

Over the years we've brought you a zamboni's load worth of coverage for Grant Lawrence and his first book, Adventures In Solitude , one of the very first titles we chose to feature in our Vancouver Book Club .

Our Daily Photo #1074 from Nacho King features Nacho King himself beside a snow toilet. We'd be crazy not to feature this photo.

If you were to create a Venn diagram where one circle was labeled "cheap" and the other labeled "awesome", the middle point where they cross over could be labeled "Vancouver on the Cheap".

Every Friday I join The Peak 102.7FM in studio to share One Awesome Thing. Today Clinton Herman and I talked about the City of Vancouver's Awards of Excellence . Nominate someone HERE !

On Saturday, April 5, 30 Vancouverites will make home cooked meals for strangers all to benefit local charities during #dinnerpartyYVR, presented by Cressey .

This surreal shot of the fish at the Capilano River Hatchery is our Daily Photo #1073.

V.I.A. Community Sponsor TELUS just released another instalment in their Optik TV - Play with the Best video series where they produce $25,000 videos for people who use the hashtag #playwiththebest.

A new kitty once a week! Click here to find out how your cat can appear on Van City Kitty . Every month we feature a kitty or two who are looking for their forever home.