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Why are there glass tiles embedded in Vancouver streets?

Why are there glass tiles embedded in Vancouver streets?

A window into the home of the mole people? Not quite.
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Here's where Vancouver's top architecture firm of the 20th century once set up shop

Here's where Vancouver's top architecture firm of the 20th century once set up shop

The building, purpose-built in 1941, is long gone from the location.
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5 creepy things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver

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

Murders, hauntings and death have a solid place in Vancouver's history.
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Vancouver Now & Then: The Stanley Park Pavilion in 1912 and 2020

Vancouver Now & Then: The Stanley Park Pavilion in 1912 and 2020

The Pavilion is Stanley Park's oldest structure.
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Back when a DIY toothbrush-knife at a Burnaby prison sparked the biggest breakout in B.C. history

Back when a DIY toothbrush-knife at a Burnaby prison sparked the biggest breakout in B.C. history

Thirteen prisoners doing time for everything from robbery to murder broke out of Oakalla prison in the wee hours of New Year's Day 1988. Three were caught the same day having drinks at a New Westminster pub.
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8 spooky photos show what Halloween looked like in Vancouver more than 70 years ago

8 spooky photos show what Halloween looked like in Vancouver more than 70 years ago

The spookiness comes from how creepy some of the masks look.
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The PNE once sold the Vancouver Canucks for $175,000

The PNE once sold the Vancouver Canucks for $175,000

'Vancouver's nicest mayor' bought them
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'Jason Takes Manhattan' was filmed in Vancouver

'Jason Takes Manhattan' was filmed in Vancouver

Jason takes Vancouver
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Photos: This is what Vancouver's iconic water front looked like 120 years ago

Photos: This is what Vancouver's iconic water front looked like 120 years ago

Vancouver's waterfront may host an iconic skyline now, but it's dramatically different from 100 years ago.
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Photos: 110 years ago Vancouver firefighters used to pull their own hoses and were champions at it

Photos: 110 years ago Vancouver firefighters used to pull their own hoses and were champions at it

They were the fastest in the land.
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