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A Vancouver mayor once paid people to bring dead rat ears to City Hall

A Vancouver mayor once paid people to bring dead rat ears to City Hall

There wasn't a rat problem at the time
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Vancouver Cold Case Files: This unsolved 1954 shooting death was the city's first 'gangland' hit

Vancouver Cold Case Files: This unsolved 1954 shooting death was the city's first 'gangland' hit

The body of Danny Brent was found on the 10th green at UBC’s golf course on Sept. 15, 1954.
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about local politics in Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know about local politics in Vancouver

UBC, the park board and 1920s elections are all here!
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You used to be able to buy life insurance for 25 cents at YVR airport

You used to be able to buy life insurance for 25 cents at YVR airport

25 cents went a fairly long way
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Vancouver Now & Then: Before it was Movieland Arcade, this building was home to The Esquire Café

Vancouver Now & Then: Before it was Movieland Arcade, this building was home to The Esquire Café

The iconic arcade and peepshow venue shut down in 2021, but decades earlier it was home to a Theatre Row diner.
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These 17 photos show the evolution of Broadway in Vancouver's early days

These 17 photos show the evolution of Broadway in Vancouver's early days

Travel back in time to one of Vancouver's major streets from the 1890s to 1940s.
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Here's why five pro football players are buried on a B.C. mountain

Here's why five pro football players are buried on a B.C. mountain

They were victims of what was the worst plane crash in Canada to date
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Holiday 1909: photo journal gives snapshot of North Shore mountaineering at turn of the 20th century

Holiday 1909: photo journal gives snapshot of North Shore mountaineering at turn of the 20th century

Colourful journal entries and stunningly preserved photography show us what it was like to climb to the Seymour Creek headwaters 113 years ago
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about tall structures in Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know about tall structures in Vancouver

Hello down there!
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Vancouver Now & Then: One of Vancouver's oldest wooden buildings still stands on Hastings St

Vancouver Now & Then: One of Vancouver's oldest wooden buildings still stands on Hastings St

It's not the oldest, but certainly one of them!
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