History

Welcome to This Day in Vancouver where we filter through old newspapers, sharing tidbits that we feel might be interesting to you today. HERE is the archive.

Vancouver, at 125 years of age, has seen its fair share of oddities & interesting happenings. The following historical facts about our city (sometimes amusing, sometimes strange) remind us that we're always adding to the story.

The month of October in Vancouver has had its fair share of milestones, celebrations, and tragedies. Here are a few historical memories from over the years. http://beta.quiet.

I'm pretty sure this 1987 ad for O'Keefe's Extra Old Stock is the best beer commercial ever filmed in Vancouver. "Premium quality, fully matured" might be a claim contested by some local craft breweries but this commercial is awesome nonetheless.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/le6PYieMz4A Vancouver at Night, 1963 Silent film footage originally shot for the CBUT (CBC Vancouver) program 7 O’Clock Show in 1963.

Welcome to This Day in Vancouver where we filter through old newspapers, sharing tidbits that we feel might be interesting to you today. HERE is the archive.

Remember when we posted THIS old TV commercial for The Province newspaper a couple of weeks back? We wrote that it was from 1985 but soon after it went up there was a bit of an eruption on Twitter from reporters who were old enough to remember the pa

If you've read the bestselling Vancouver WAS Awesome (our history book authored by Lani Russwurm) and our regular FEATURE by the same name, or if you follow Jason Vanderhill's POSTS , you'll know we've got a couple of great local historians amongst u

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .