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• $32K bottle of whiskey sold at B.C. Liquor Store premium spirit sale

  04-11-2017 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  The bottle is the priciest item for sale at the annual B.C. Liquor Stores' premium spirits release.
  
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• Castlegar brothers recognized for raising money to thank B.C. Children's Hospital

  04-11-2017 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  Ryder Squires arrived prematurely, but seemed a healthy and happy bouncing baby boy when he was born five years ago. That lasted less than an hour.
  Ryder went into respiratory distress, his body unable to convert oxygen in sufficient quantities. The treatment he needed — nitric oxide, which relaxes tightened blood vessels so oxygen and blood can flow without interference — wasn’t available at the hospital in Nelson.
  He was too small for a machine to help him breath to
  
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• Park board to vote on Jericho Beach Park Pier renewal

  04-11-2017 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver park board will vote Monday on a conceptual design for a $16- million makeover of the Jericho Beach Park Pier.
  The pier, located within Jericho Beach Park at the north end of Discovery Street, was built in 1977 and is popular with locals and tourists.  But in a report, staff say it is aging and costly to maintain.
  The board hired marine structural engineering firm Moffatt and Nichol, and Connect Landscape Architecture to design a new pier structure that could accommo
  
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• Douglas Todd: Reducing Immigration not seen as racist by most, global survey shows

  04-11-2017 21:36 via vancouversun.com
  Racism. Immigration.
  Few topics can combine to ignite such anger, contempt and division.
  It was not always this way. The belief that it is racist to want to reduce immigration has only been a significant viewpoint since the 1960s for some in the West. It’s still not a common belief among people in Asia.
  A Vancouver-raised demographer has discovered that people of good will, across nations, use the word racism differently. Their disagreement over the meaning has lead to often-bitter, possib
  
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• BC Liberal leadership candidates debate development, opioid crisis

  04-11-2017 21:34 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — BC Liberal leadership hopefuls touted their ideas for bolstering the resource sector and tackling the province’s opioid overdose crisis during today’s debate in Prince George, B.C.
  Mike De Jong, Dianne Watts, Michael Lee and Andrew Wilkinson were critical of the current NDP government consideration to cancel the controversial $9-billion Site C dam project.
  They say it would result in job losses in rural communities and discourage the development of future
  
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• Rally to oppose Sumas Mountain mine happens Saturday

  04-11-2017 21:15 via vancouversun.com
  Trail users are planning a rally on Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford Saturday afternoon to protest a proposed gravel mine that would destroy some of the region’s best trails.
  The group, which includes mountain bikers, trail runner and hikers, has collected more than 6,000 signatures on a petition opposing a Kamloops company’s plan to remove 4,000 truckloads of gravel from a 10-hectare site on the edge of Sumas Mountain Interregional Park over the next 10 years.
  “It would close the
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Night of Miracles raises $480,000; Doorman’s Dinner raise funds for intestinal ills; Big Sisters honour Cocchias

  04-11-2017 21:00 via theprovince.com
  MEMORABLE NIGHT: A leading date on the South Asian social calendar, more than 400 distinguished guests gathered for the annual Night of Miracles Gala, a black-tie affair benefiting B.C. Children’s Hospital. Created by gala founder Robin Dhir, the event has raised $4.2 million since its inception. Taking over the party reigns for the ninth staging, event chair Bob Rai and a dedicated group of volunteers would see an impressive $480,000 drummed up, well surpassing its $350,000 goal
  
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• Horgan warns celebratory B.C. NDP convention of tough decisions ahead

  04-11-2017 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan kicked off his party’s post-election convention today cheering on the New Democratic Party’s rise to power after 16 years of Liberal governments, but he quickly turned to serious topics.
  Horgan says the New Democrats face one of the most difficult decisions in the history of British Columbia over the future of the $8.3 billion Site C hydroelectric dam, which has been under construction for more than two years.
  An independent gover
  
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• #MeToo rally in downtown Vancouver highlights issue of sexual assault and harassment

  04-11-2017 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  Organizer Jodie Ortega said Saturday's rally aimed to illustrate that behind each one of those tweets is a real person with a story to tell.
  
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• Game Day: Boeser expected to get his shooter’s spot for power play against Pens

  04-11-2017 19:29 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks (6-4-2) look to get back on track as Sidney Crosby and Friends come to town with the Pittsburgh Penguins (8-5-2) tonight (7 p.m., CBC, Sportsnet, Sportsnet 650) at Rogers Arena.
  THE BIG MATCH-UP 
  Sidney Crosby against Brandon Sutter
  Are there any bigger challenges in the league for a shutdown centre like Sutter? Probably not. And with Pittsburgh ending off a five-game road trip that’s seen them managed just three of a possible eight points so far, Crosby could be
  
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• Makeover: A little TLC can work wonders

  04-11-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lynn Power is a 50-year-old kindergarten teacher. She’s taking a year off and felt that her hair needed a major TLC session and an update.
  Lynn has very thick and coarse hair. It was previously coloured and due to over-processing, her hair was very dry and damaged. It was difficult to manage and she struggled with the texture and shape. To better compliment her complexion and enhance her eyes, I started by deepening her overall colour to a rich chocolate-red tone. I applied a permanent col
  
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• Vancouver Stealth start training camp

  04-11-2017 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Stealth are getting ready for their 2018 season, kicking off their training camp this weekend.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Harvest Buddha bowl

  04-11-2017 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Jeff Massey from Restaurant 62 makes a hearty and healthy harvest Buddha bowl.
  
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• Gardenworks: Winter plant protection

  04-11-2017 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Gardening expert Scott Pearce from Gardenworks explains ways to keep your outdoor plants protected from frost.
  
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• Rescue crews search for hiker Carl Couture, missing since Halloween

  04-11-2017 18:52
  North Shore Rescue says on Twitter they began searching for the man in the Hanes Valley by Grouse Mountain on Friday.
  
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• Vancouver North shore crews search for missing hiker Carl Couture

  04-11-2017 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  North Shore Search and Rescue crews are scouring the Grouse Mountain area for a missing young hiker.
  NSSR said Saturday it was searching  for 24-year-old Carl Couture, a Vancouver man reported missing by police on Thursday.
  NSR along with a number of other teams are continuing to search Hanes Valley today for a missing hiker.
  — North Shore Rescue (@NSRescue) November 4, 2017The West End resident was last seen in the area of Haro and Thurlow Street on Tuesday morning.
  Vancouver police
  
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• More snow on the way for Metro Vancouver Saturday, shelters open

  04-11-2017 17:58 via vancouversun.com
  Don’t put away the snow shovels, Metro Vancouver!
  Environment Canada posted another special weather statement Saturday, saying more snow is expected on the South Coast.
  Forecasters say a combination of Arctic air and low pressure will likely bring another round of snow in the afternoon. The region saw its first snowfall late Wednesday afternoon.
  Vancouver Island will likely see the most snow, with amounts of five to 10 centimetres expected through the evening.
   The agency says Me
  
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• 5 most expensive home sales in Vancouver: Oct 16-22

  04-11-2017 15:00
  
  Two luxury downtown condos make the list in a slow week for high-end detached sales
  
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• $17.8m “opportunity to renovate” listed in tony Vancouver neighbourhood

  04-11-2017 15:00
  
  Most expensive new Vancouver listing is 105-year-old mansion on huge lot.
  
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• The Home Front: Vancouver Homes for the Holidays tour

  04-11-2017 14:52 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re looking for a holiday decor fix, and like to do good things with your money, make note that the 13th annual Kids Help Phone Homes for the Holidays tour is returning, running Nov. 25 and 26.
  The tour features five Vancouver homes decked out in complete festive glory by designers like Andrew Pike, a regular on the Marilyn Dennis Show, with all proceeds from the two-day, self-guided tour going to the Canada-wide Kids Help Phone charity.
  “I think it’s an incredi
  
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• This RSS feed URL is deprecated

  04-11-2017 14:49 via news.google.com
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• Elenore on Fifth set to maximize outlooks

  04-11-2017 14:10 via vancouversun.com
  When the team from Proscenium Architecture + Interiors designed the Elenore on Fifth new-home project, they rotated the building on the city’s grid to protect a view corridor and provide residents with spectacular outlooks of the North Shore Mountains and downtown Vancouver.
  Hugh Cochlin, architect with Proscenium, says the 58-unit, eight-storey building by Chard Development also takes into account its position on the incline at the corner of Main Street and Fifth Avenue in the Mount Pleas
  
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• Price is Right documentary delves into big game show controversy

  04-11-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much
  Nov. 4, 7 p.m. | Pyatt Hall at VSO School of Music, 843 Seymour St.
  Tickets: $15 at facebook.com/perfectbiddocumentary
  Vancouver filmmaker CJ Wallis likes a good story and the story at the heart of his new documentary Perfect Bid: The Contestant the Knew Too Much is a good story.
  The new documentary looks at super fan Ted Slauson’s relationship to his favourite game show The Price is Right. That relationship spanned decades and saw him help oth
  
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• Sold (Bought): West Van home enjoys prime bridge and water views

  04-11-2017 13:57 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  1426 Haywood Avenue, West Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 4,563 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $3,540,000
  Listed for: $3,580,000
  Sold for: $3,490,000
  Sold on: Aug. 24
  Days on market: 10
  Listing agent: Tom Hassan at Royal LePage Sussex — Tom Hassan
  Buyers agent: Hansol Kim at Sutton Centre Realty
  The big sell: This renovated family home is in a prime Ambleside location with Lions Gate Bri
  
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• Vancouver Police searching for developmentally delayed teen

  04-11-2017 12:32 via globalnews.ca
  19-year-old Michaela Avelino disappeared from her South Vancouver home Friday night.
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Vancouver teen found safe and sound

  04-11-2017 12:32 via globalnews.ca
  19-year-old Michaela Avelino disappeared from her South Vancouver home Friday night.
  
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• System has no place for paralyzed, mentally ill and drug-addicted man

  04-11-2017 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  For nearly three months, a 29-year-old quadriplegic with psychosis and addictions has been locked in an expensive, private room in the St. Paul’s Hospital psychiatric ward, because there is nowhere else for him to go in B.C.
  Kyle Lloyd needs high-level care for his paralysis, his drug dependency and the persistent voices in his head, but being locked in a psych ward with limited access to services will not improve his life.
  The trouble is he has rotated through multiple facilities in
  
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• Search for hiker Carl Couture

  04-11-2017 07:57 via globalnews.ca
  The search for a missing hiker on Grouse Mountain has been suspended for the night. Catherine Urquhart has more.
  
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• Maori All Blacks score seven tries in thumping Canada 51-9 in men’s rugby

  04-11-2017 07:17 via theprovince.com
  VANCOUVER — Midway through the opening half of his first game leading the Canadian men’s rugby team, Kingsley Jones started to think his players might pull off a major upset.
  Then reality set in.
  The Maori All Blacks used their superior speed and quickness in scoring seven tries Friday to defeat Canada 51-9 in an international rugby match.
  Hired in September, Jones had just four practice sessions with a young squad that was missing a number of key professionals. The Canadians were ga
  
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• WHL Friday: Vancouver Giants lose 5-4 to Kamloops Blazers

  04-11-2017 07:01 via theprovince.com
  BLAZERS 5 GIANTS 4
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Garrett Pilon’s second goal of the game came with 17 seconds left in regulation to give Kamloops the win over Vancouver.
  Quinn Benjafield, Luc Smith and Jermaine Loewen also scored for the Blazers (5-11-0).
  Brad Morrison led the way with a pair of goals while Dawson Holt and Ty Ronning also scored for the Giants (5-8-3).
  KOOTENAY ICE 4 WHEAT KINGS 2
  BRANDON — Kaeden Taphorn had a goal and an assist and Duncan McGovern kicked out 33 shots as th
  
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• Search for missing Vancouver man moves to North Shore mountains - CBC.ca

  04-11-2017 06:46 via cbc.ca
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  Search for missing Vancouver man moves to North Shore mountains
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  Rescuers are searching the snowy North Shore mountains for a young man who went missing from his Vancouver home on Halloween. Carl Couture, 24, was last seen at his West End apartment near Haro and Thurlow streets on Tuesday morning, but he did ...
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  Vancouver Police helping search for man last seen near Grous
  
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• Opinion: We really must move beyond ‘shock and yawn’

  04-11-2017 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  No longer is climate change a future scenario. It has happened more quickly than predicted. The real story is the accelerating rate of change, especially since extreme events create their own weather.
  Flood, drought, fire, wind and cold — consider the extremes that British Columbia has experienced in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Instabilities in the water cycle are increasingly apparent. Droughts and wildfires will shape our future.
  The message is clear: For British Columbians to adapt to a changi
  
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• Opinion: An economics lesson on ride-hailing in B.C.

  04-11-2017 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  The current contest between B.C.’s taxi industry and incipient ride-hailing services provides a good lesson in some key economic concepts. On economic grounds and the public interest, the case for permitting ride-hailing competition is strong.
  Oligopoly profits. Monopoly is a familiar concept — a market with just a single supplier. Protected from competition, a monopolist typically sets a high price and earns “monopoly profits.” At the other pole is a firm with many compe
  
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• Mother of missing B.C. woman calls disappearances an epidemic

  04-11-2017 05:48 via globalnews.ca
  Carmen Carr hasn’t seen her daughter in four years. Caitlyn Murray-Carr went missing in Quesnel Sept. 30, 2013 just two days after leaving an abusive relationship. While RCMP told the Carr family their daughter likely took her own life, the lack of investigation into her disappearance has haunted them. Doris Maria Bregolisse reports.
  
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• Vernon women join hunt for information on teen found dead on B.C. farm

  04-11-2017 04:51 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — A street campaign to piece together the final days of a teenager found dead on a Salmon Arm-area farm has launched in her hometown of Vernon, where she disappeared last spring.
  Friday evening, a group of Indigenous women met outside the Upper Room Mission on 27th Avenue, where they brought stacks of flyers with photos and a description of Traci Genereaux, along with an appeal for information that may help police in their investigation.
  On Wednesday, RCMP confirmed that remains the
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Nov 3

  04-11-2017 04:41 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, November 3, 2017.
  
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• North Shore Rescue searching for Carl Couture, missing Vancouver man, in Grouse Mountain area

  04-11-2017 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  "There's always a chance, if somebody made a nice shelter and kind of hunkered down there."
  
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• Parts of Metro Vancouver experience the first snowfall of the season

  04-11-2017 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  Commuters awoke to slippery roads and slick conditions this morning. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• White supremacist posters found circulating at the University of Victoria

  04-11-2017 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Three weeks after neo-Nazi posters were found at two campuses in Prince George, the ugly face of racism has once again surfaced at a B.C. post-secondary school. Neetu Garcha reports.
  
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• Two gangland murders are now part of the same investigation

  04-11-2017 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says two targeted gang killings that happened days apart last year are connected. John Hua reports.
  
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• Problems on SkyTrain Expo Line cause headaches for commuters Friday morning

  04-11-2017 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Track issues and a problem train created long line-ups for frustrated commuters. Ted Chernecki has the details.
  
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• Variety Week: The importance of therapy

  04-11-2017 03:59 via globalnews.ca
  For four-year-old Ainsley, being able to see her physiotherapist twice a week is making a huge difference in her young life. Variety helped make that happen. Geoff Hastings dropped in on one of her appointments.
  
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• Amazon announces plans to double its workforce in B.C.

  04-11-2017 03:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Seattle-based company says it will add 1,000 new tech jobs in Vancouver by early 2020. Nadia Stewart has details.
  
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• A new Vancouver choir helps seniors deal with one of the most devastating diseases

  04-11-2017 03:56 via globalnews.ca
  The power of music is giving a voice to people who might be otherwise silenced by Alzheimer’s. Linda Aylesworth reports.
  
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• Seahawks safety Earl Thomas ruled out for Sunday with hamstring injury

  04-11-2017 03:07 via theprovince.com
  RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against Washington due to a strained hamstring.
  Thomas got hurt in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 41-38 victory against Houston. Bradley McDougald will replace Thomas in the lineup against the Redskins.
  “It just looks like we weren’t able to get enough done. He is out for this one,” coach Pete Carroll said Friday.
  It’s just the sixth regular-season game Thomas has mi
  
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• Dan Fumano: Disillusioned expert says city inaction could 'tax businesses to death'

  04-11-2017 02:34 via vancouversun.com
  The property-tax situation squeezing Vancouver’s small businesses was identified by city council last year as “urgent,” but the local expert they tapped to help create a solution is now asking whether councillors are willing or able to solve the problem.
  In Vancouver, where a commercial property’s assessed value can double every couple of years, some of the busiest and best-loved independent businesses are struggling — and, increasingly, failing — due to the c
  
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• Dan Fumano: Disillusioned expert says city inaction could 'tax businesses to death' - Vancouver Sun

  04-11-2017 02:29 via vancouversun.com
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  Dan Fumano: Disillusioned expert says city inaction could 'tax businesses to death'
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  Paul Sullivan consulted on behalf of First Baptist Church after its parking lot saw a massive property-tax assessment. He's also been tabbed by the city to address soaring assessments on small businesses. Gerry Kahrmann / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print.
  
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• UVic student pins drug hopes on price battle

  04-11-2017 02:20 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — With her life in the balance, a Victoria woman with cystic fibrosis is closely watching a high-stakes poker game, with a giant pharmaceutical company on one side and big government on the other.
  Lilia Zaharieva, a University of Victoria student, is running out of her supply of Orkambi, a pill that aims to treat a strain of cystic fibrosis, called Double Delta F508. Zaharieva said her life has changed since she began taking the drug in 2016.
  She learned in September that her priv
  
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• WATCH: What a road trip from Horseshoe Bay to Downtown Vancouver looked like in 1966 - Globalnews.ca

  04-11-2017 02:13 via globalnews.ca
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  WATCH: What a road trip from Horseshoe Bay to Downtown Vancouver looked like in 1966
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  Take a ride down memory lane - literally - and drive from Horseshoe Bay to New Westminster as it was in 1966. X. - A A +. Listen. Vancouver, 1966. Back then, the Sea-to-Sky Highway hadn't been expanded yet. There was no Science World, no BC Place ...and more »
  
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• WATCH: What a road trip from Horseshoe Bay to Downtown Vancouver looked like in 1966

  04-11-2017 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  Flashback Friday!
  
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