History

Time Traveller: Salvaging a ship that made 300 trips from Vancouver to Asia

The Empress of Japan, a CPR Steamship that featured a remarkable dragon figurehead, brought passengers, silks and tea to Canada

Dec 10, 2023 7:08 AM Read more >

Vancouver history: 13 photos capture early days of West 4th Avenue

When Kitsilano went from forest to neighbourhood

Dec 8, 2023 8:45 AM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Coal Harbour

Fishing with dynamite, a Boeing factory, and the Kanaka Rancherie are all part of the Vancouver neighbourhood's history.

Dec 3, 2023 5:20 PM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about Shaughnessy

Here's how one of Vancouver's wealthiest neighbourhoods is connected to The Nanny

Nov 26, 2023 5:19 PM Read more >

Time Traveller: The 'Girls Cabin' housed Grouse Mountain Ski Club members

The North Vancouver-based ski club, which still exists today, was formed in 1927 by Lindsay Loutet and other powder seekers

Nov 26, 2023 7:04 AM Read more >

Headlines from the past: Coquitlam's old Forensic Psychiatric Hospital was 'one of the worst facilities I've ever seen'

The building was originally built in 1948 as a veterans hospital.

Nov 24, 2023 8:45 AM Read more >

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

Vancouver has had its share of tragedies

Nov 21, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

Vancou'd have been: A mega project 110 years ago would have turned Burrard Inlet into a lake

It could have altered the course of Metro Vancouver

Nov 16, 2023 1:50 PM Read more >

5 crimes you (probably) didn't know about in Vancouver

From turtle thefts to hypocritical corruption

Nov 5, 2023 4:52 PM Read more >

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

It's played a role in a lot of Vancouver's history.

Oct 29, 2023 5:18 PM Read more >