History

Collector and historian Jason Vanderhill has been contributing to our blog for some time, as well as to our real-life pile of Vancouver historical artifacts.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Hogan’s Alley, Wednesday 31 March 1937 2014 will see three Vancouver history stamps from Canada Post .

Every week or so I highjack a GIF from Vancouver Rising on Tumblr which takes archival videos and turns them into sweet animations. VISIT THEM and follow! This week I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this Expo 86 one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCJ6Qoqj1g8&feature=player_embedded

We've got one more silver coming home from the Sochi Winter Games! Marianne St-Gelais, Valérie Maltais, Marie-Ève Drolet and Jessica Hewitt placed in the Women's 3000m Relay overnight. Congratulations, team! Here at the V.I.A.

Remember when Science World was renamed "Russky Dom" for the duration of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, as Russia took it over to promote Sochi 2014? And at night they turned it into a sort of nightclub where they served vodka? And they used it as a ho

Two of our athletes are bringing home medals in the sport of Women's Slopestyle Skiing from Sochi 2014! Dara Howell with gold and Kim Lamarre with bronze. Congratulations, you two! Here at the V.I.A.

Alexandre Bilodeau won a gold medal for Canada today at the Sochi 2014 Olympics! As you may recall back in 2010 Alex was the first Canadian to ever win a gold on Canadian soil.

Charles Hamelin won a gold medal for Canada today at the Sochi 2014 Olympics! Congratulations, dude!

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Vincent Trasov as Mr Peanut and William S Burroughs Performance artist Vincent Trasov ran for mayor in 1974 as Planter’s Peanuts’ upper class anthropomorphic legume, Mr Peanut.