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This secret armoured train patrolled a B.C. river during WWII

This secret armoured train patrolled a B.C. river during WWII

The No. 1 Armoured Train ran up and down the Skeena from 1943-1944
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Waterfront Station looked a lot different in 1912

Waterfront Station looked a lot different in 1912

Where's the SkyTrain?
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A brief history of cider in British Columbia

A brief history of cider in British Columbia

While the craft cider craze in British Columbia might be a recent happening, this province has a long and storied history with our favourite bubbly fruit beverage.
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This unique estate was once a substation powering Vancouver's interurban streetcars (PHOTOS)

This unique estate was once a substation powering Vancouver's interurban streetcars (PHOTOS)

And it can be YOURS for just under $3 million.
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The forgotten story of Evel Knievel's jump in Vancouver BC

The forgotten story of Evel Knievel's jump in Vancouver BC

He jumped 12 cars inside the Pacific Coliseum
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Men wore suits to the beach in the 1920s

Men wore suits to the beach in the 1920s

Visits to the beach looked decidedly different in the 1920s
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99 years ago, British Columbians started driving on the right-hand side of the road

99 years ago, British Columbians started driving on the right-hand side of the road

Residents drove on the left until 1922
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Here's the story behind Vancouver's 100-year-old Polar Bear Swim

Here's the story behind Vancouver's 100-year-old Polar Bear Swim

It started with one Vancouver man who convinced his friends it would be great to swim in English Bay on New Year's Day
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Blackcomb Mountain celebrates its 40th anniversary

Blackcomb Mountain celebrates its 40th anniversary

Blackcomb Mountain opened just three days after its targeted opening date, a feat described by the management at the time as “not bad.”
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This book chronicles what it was like to work at Vancouver's legendary Woodward's Food Floor in the sixties

This book chronicles what it was like to work at Vancouver's legendary Woodward's Food Floor in the sixties

In her first-person account of her years as a store clerk, author Margaret Cadwaladr takes us back in time to the Woodward's Food Floor at Hastings and Abbott in the late 1960s.
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