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Photos: Gastown SRO destroyed in blaze is a historic Vancouver hotel that's over 110 years old

Photos: Gastown SRO destroyed in blaze is a historic Vancouver hotel that's over 110 years old

It was built in 1907 as a modern hotel.
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Meet Olivia McCarter, the 20-year-old genetic genealogist who got the Babes in the Woods case

Meet Olivia McCarter, the 20-year-old genetic genealogist who got the Babes in the Woods case

She's the youngest person to run a law enforcement unit and took a special interest in the decades-old Vancouver cold case
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This 1964 brochure advised Vancouver residents how to survive and escape a nuclear attack

This 1964 brochure advised Vancouver residents how to survive and escape a nuclear attack

The Cold War-era brochure gives advice to people in the 'Greater Vancouver Target Area'
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Here is the difference between Scottish tartan and Canadian plaid

Here is the difference between Scottish tartan and Canadian plaid

Taking a look at the Scottish roots of a Vancouver clothing staple.
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These 3 historic Vancouver maps offer whole new perspective (MAPS)

These 3 historic Vancouver maps offer whole new perspective (MAPS)

A shack; then town; now gangling city, Still far from perfect, more's the pity! It's growing up and spilling over Into a metropolis -     -VANCOUVER
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These 8 maps show the Vancouver area before the city existed

These 8 maps show the Vancouver area before the city existed

Check out these maps from over 130 years ago!
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B.C. battalion soldier ID'd in France 105 years after First World War

B.C. battalion soldier ID'd in France 105 years after First World War

The remains of Sgt. Richard Musgrave were found during a munitions clearing process north of Lens, France in July 2017.
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Here's how British Columbia got its name (VIDEO)

Here's how British Columbia got its name (VIDEO)

Now you know
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From the Semaphore Station to the Monkey House, this map shows what Stanley Park looked like 110 years ago

From the Semaphore Station to the Monkey House, this map shows what Stanley Park looked like 110 years ago

What's the best part of this and why is it the TimeGun?
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30 years later: New West woman’s murder remains unsolved

30 years later: New West woman’s murder remains unsolved

Crysta Lynn David was last seen alive at downtown nightclub in March 1992
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