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Photos: The remains of this destroyed Vancouver bridge are over 135 years old

Photos: The remains of this destroyed Vancouver bridge are over 135 years old

Here's what it used to look like.
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Watch: There used to be a $7 hovercraft ferry between downtown Vancouver and Nanaimo

Watch: There used to be a $7 hovercraft ferry between downtown Vancouver and Nanaimo

It only lasted for part of 1969.
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Illegally-installed plaques commemorating a Vancouver bus route a mystery, says city

Illegally-installed plaques commemorating a Vancouver bus route a mystery, says city

These bizarre plaques went unnoticed for a long time.
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about BC Ferries

5 things you (probably) didn't know about BC Ferries

Often the ire of locals, it's actually a pretty notable system compared to others worldwide.
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Time Traveller: West Van's Whytecliff Park was a hot spot 100 years ago

Time Traveller: West Van's Whytecliff Park was a hot spot 100 years ago

A special Sunday picnic train used to stop right at the West Vancouver park, providing easy access for people from North Vancouver and beyond
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B.C. cold case files: The unsolved 1969 murder of Indigenous woman Gloria 'Lee' Moody

B.C. cold case files: The unsolved 1969 murder of Indigenous woman Gloria 'Lee' Moody

In 2007, police added Lee’s case to their list of murdered and missing women along Highways 16, 97, and 5.
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Vancouver Now & Then: Looking north on Beatty Street at Dunsmuir nearly a century apart

Vancouver Now & Then: Looking north on Beatty Street at Dunsmuir nearly a century apart

This view used to boast the city's tallest tower, back in its early years.
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5 unusual historic sites you (probably) didn't know about in Vancouver

5 unusual historic sites you (probably) didn't know about in Vancouver

There are some unusual historic sites in Vancouver, and here are five of them.
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Vancouver Now & Then: Laundry day in West Point Grey, 1956

Vancouver Now & Then: Laundry day in West Point Grey, 1956

There have been lots of changes on West 10th Avenue over the years...
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver's seawall

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

Some of it is made out of gravestone bases.
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