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Vancouver Now & Then: Royal Bank Fairview branch, 1908 and 2020

It's not a bank anymore...

Jan 27, 2023 2:47 PM Read more >

Zellers is taking its diner on the open road with a new food truck and they want us to pick the menu

Nostalgia on wheels

Jan 27, 2023 7:33 AM Read more >

Hunt for sunken gold resurfaces story of a North Vancouver founding father's death

Sewell Prescott Moody, a monumental figure in the North Shore’s economic development as the owner of the Moodyville Mill, died in the sinking of the Pacific in 1875

Jan 26, 2023 7:27 PM Read more >

These distinct columns in front of a Vancouver building are part of a society shrouded in mystery

"We are not a secret society."

Jan 26, 2023 11:07 AM Read more >

B.C. cold case file: This family of four vanished without a trace in 1989

Relatives have not given up on getting answers about what happened to Ronnie, Doreen, Ryan, and Russell Jack.

Jan 23, 2023 1:33 PM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver's Chinatown

Chinatown has always been an integral part of the city.

Jan 22, 2023 6:09 PM Read more >

Check out these historic photos of Vancouver Chinese New Year Parades through the ages

The history of Vancouver's Chinatown on film.

Jan 20, 2023 1:47 PM Read more >

Vancouver Now & Then: Glenhaven Memorial Chapel in 1978 and 2020

There are just 42 years between the images, but it might seem like a lifetime with how things have changed...

Jan 20, 2023 9:01 AM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver's HMCS Discovery

It's a ship that was an island, but now it's connected to the mainland.

Jan 15, 2023 6:10 PM Read more >

Vancouver Now & Then: The Nafzinger Block in 1912 and over a century later

Taking it back to when West Broadway at Cambie was just a dirt road...

Jan 13, 2023 11:42 AM Read more >