It's been a year of exciting growth for V.I.A.! The amount of people reading our stories has gone way up, our team has grown, and we're excited to bring you even more news and lifestyle stories in 2019.
In 2018, Lindsay William-Ross moved into the Managing Editor's position, Elana Shepert came on board as a reporter. Together with our Glacier Media colleagues (and a small amount of help from me) they managed to hit it out of the park.
Below are some of our personal favourite stories we wrote this year. Some of them were popular, others went viral and some of the ones that didn't were pet projects that we were happy to get in front of at least a few people.
FROM LINDSAY WILLIAM ROSS:
This unique $3.75M estate for sale was once a substation powering Vancouver’s interurban streetcars (PHOTOS)
Sumas Substation, today (Lindsay William-Ross/Vancouver Is Awesome)
Everyone is loving the new plant-based Beyond Meat burger at A&W, except vegans
@meeshee777/Instagram
These are the Vancouver locations used in “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”
Peter and Lara Jean on the track (Netflix)
Remembering the Marpole Bridge, which joined Vancouver and Richmond
Eburne, now Marpole in Vancouver, in 1910. 4th Street is now Hudson Street (City of Richmond Archives, Photograph #1977 3 12)
A food lover’s guide to Tofino
A “Bro”-Nut breakfast sandwich at Rhino Coffee (Lindsay William-Ross/Vancouver Is Awesome)
You’ll find sexy food at Escobar, the Vancouver restaurant that shares a name with a narcoterrorist
Smoked Ham Hock Croquettes (Lindsay William-Ross/Vancouver Is Awesome)
Il Posto: A next generation Italian restaurant finds a home in Delta
Terry Pichor and Julie Marcopoulos outside Il Posto in Ladner, February 2018 (Photo: Lindsay William-Ross)
FROM ELANA SHEPERT:
There is a secret network of underground tunnels for frogs under BC highways
Photo: frog in tunnel / shutterstock
This TransLink supervisor held a man from jumping off the Knight Street Bridge
Photo: Surinder Sahdra
Review: the Maan Farms Haunted Corn Maze will terrify you in the best way
Screenshot/YouTube
Take a walk on the wild side on this incredible hike with wolves in BC
Photo: Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre / Facebook
These Metro Vancouver birds accidentally killed themselves trying to escape
Photo: Delta Optimist
Challenge accepted: this Vancouver artist wants to travel to the moon
Photo: Michael Markowsky
FROM BOB KRONBAUER:
There’s a black market for cheese in Vancouver. Here’s what you should know about it.
Kurtis Kolt shot a video of stolen cheese being returned by a VPD officer. Screengrab
We talked to Justin of ‘Justin’s Massage’
Justin! Of Justin’s Massage.
Outing the formerly anonymous author of the satire website The Vancouver Glass
Kevin Getz is The Vancouver Glass. Photo Bob Kronbauer
A 301-metre-tall wooden tower is being proposed for Stanley Park
The Sea Tower proposed for Stanley Park. Photo contributed
This sketchy giant house spider is native to Vancouver
A Giant House Spider recently caught in Vancouver. Photo Bob Kronbauer
The litigious Greens candidate who “forgot” he had a pending lawsuit, Nicholas Chernen, has “resigned”
Nicholas Chernen. Photo Bob Kronbauer
Here’s an in-depth look inside a large-scale local cannabis grow-op
Tantalus Labs claims to use 90% less electricity than other cannabis growing operations. Photo Bob Kronbauer
Everything you need to know about campfire bans in B.C.
Historical data showing the first campfire ban of each season dating back to 2004. Graphic V.I.A.
