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Get your hands on some Signs of Vancouver goodness!

Get your hands on some Signs of Vancouver goodness!

Remember St Bernadine 's SIGNS OF VANCOUVER goodness that we shared with you a couple of months ago? When you looked at all of those illustrations did you think to yourself "Damn! I wish I could get my hands on a limited edition print of that/those.
Outfits made in Home Ec

Outfits made in Home Ec

One of the subjects of this historical Vancouver photo writes: "My girlfriend, Betty Landgraf, from Stave Falls, and I (Lula Dever) from Mission City are wearing the outfits we made in our Home Economics class at Mission High School.
One tough mother in this historical Vancouver photo

One tough mother in this historical Vancouver photo

The daughter of the subject of this historical Vancouver photo writes: "My mother Rose slipped and fell in her kitchen. She walked around for two weeks on what she thought was a sprained ankle.
Vancouver Ink: Aurélie Forge's Everything is Going to be Alright tattoo

Vancouver Ink: Aurélie Forge's Everything is Going to be Alright tattoo

Vancouver Ink exposes you (and your friends') Vancouver-themed tattoos! We have an obvious fascination with pride-of-place and how it manifests, and getting a tattoo showing your pride and love for something is perhaps the ultimate commitment.
September Blues and Purples at the Garden

September Blues and Purples at the Garden

UBC Botanical Garden is Canada's oldest continuously operating university botanical garden. The original mission of the garden was research into the native flora of British Columbia.
Holy cow (town), Calgary Is Awesome! cc @CIAwesome

Holy cow (town), Calgary Is Awesome! cc @CIAwesome

One of our sister sites in the Canada Is Awesome network, Calgary Is Awesome, got a facelift! Click below to check out the new CalgaryIsAwesome.
Public Space, I Love U

Public Space, I Love U

How well do you know Vancouver? It’s pretty easy to find more famous landmarks, like Science World and the Olympic Cauldron.

Vancouver's Centennial Cement - Daily Photo #942

Every day we share a photo from our Instagram hashtag ( #vancouverisawesome ) shot by our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).
A photo of British Columbia's first dentist?

A photo of British Columbia's first dentist?

A descendant of the subject in this historical Vancouver photo writes: "This is my grandfather, Dr. William S. Dalby, who died just over a year after this photo was taken and, sadly, before I was born.
Vancouver on the Cheap: Weekend Leisure Karaoke

Vancouver on the Cheap: Weekend Leisure Karaoke

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".
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