History

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! Robson Square (c. 1983)

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Shuichi Kusaka Shuichi Kusaka was five years old when his family moved to Vancouver’s East End from Osaka, Japan in 1920.

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.