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Best Addition/Change to City Life
1. Improved bike lanes
2. New Evergreen Line
3. New Mobi Bike Share
Honourable mention: "My baby bunny rabbit"
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Best Bathroom in the City
1. Cactus Club Café
2. Fairmont Hotels
3. Starbucks
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Best Beach
1. Kitsilano
2. Wreck
3. Spanish Banks
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Best Building
1. Marine Building
355 Burrard St.
2. Dominion Building
207 W. Hastings St.
3. Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 W. Georgia St.
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Best Bus Route
1. 99, Commercial/Broadway/UNC
2. 3, Main/Downtown
3. 20, Victoria/Downtown
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Best Charity
1. Food Bank of Greater Vancouver
2. Union Gospel Mission
3. Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»SPCA
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Best Green/Eco-friendly Company
T-1. MEC
130 W. Broadway
T-1. Mattress Recycling
11571 Twigg Pl., Richmond
2. The Soap Dispensary
3718 Main St.
3. Lush
Various locations
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Best College/University
1. University of British Columbia
2. Simon Fraser University
3. Langara College
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Best Community Centre
1. Roundhouse
181 Roundhouse Mews
2. Hillcrest
4575 Clancy Loranger Way
3. Trout Lake
3360 Victoria Dr.
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Best Company to Work For
1. MEC
2. Vancity
T-3. Hootsuite
T-3. JQ Clothing
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Best Day Trip From the City
1. Whistler
2. Squamish
3. Bowen Island
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Best Free Public Event
1. Honda Celebration of Light
2. Car Free Day
3. Pride Parade
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Hidden Gem: Business
1. Attic Thrift Store
1019 Broughton St.
2. JQ Clothing
2120 Commercial Dr.
3. Strategies Games
3878 Main St.
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Hidden Gem: Place
1. Crab Park
2. Pacific Spirit Park
3. Wreck Beach
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Best High School
1. Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»Technical Secondary School
2600 E. Broadway
2. Lord Byng Secondary School
3939 W. 16th Ave.
T-3. Pattison High School
981 Nelson St.
T-3. Kitsilano Secondary School
2706 Trafalgar St.
T-3. Eric Hamber Secondary School
5025 Willow St.
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Best Hotel
1. Fairmont Pacific Rim
1038 Canada Place
2. Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 W. Georgia St.
3. Rosewood Hotel Georgia
801 W. Georgia St.
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Best Local Ski Mountain
1. Cypress
2. Grouse
3. Seymour
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Best Neighbourhood to Hang Out In
1. Main Street/Mount Pleasant
2. Commercial Drive
3. English Bay/West End
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Biggest Local News Story of 2016
1. Donald Trump/US election
2. Real estate/15% foreign buyers’ tax
3. "Snowpocalypse"
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Best Park
1. Stanley Park
2. Queen Elizabeth Park
3. Dude Chilling Park
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Best Place to Go on a First Date
1. Granville Island
2. Stanley Park seawall
3. English Bay
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Best Place to Hike
1. Grouse Grind
2. Anywhere on the North Shore
3. The Chief
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Best Place to Watch the Sunset
1. English Bay
2. Jericho Beach
T-3. Sunset Beach
T-3. Third Beach
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Best Public Pool
1. Kits Pool
2. Hillcrest
3. 2nd Beach
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Best Public Gathering Place
1. Art Gallery Steps/Robson Square
2. Jack Poole Plaza/Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»Convention Centre
3. Canada Place
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Best Skate Park
1. Hastings Skate Park
175 Renfrew St.
2. Plaza Skate Park (under Georgia Viaduct)
3. Leeside Tunnel (under Cassiar Street Connector)
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Best SkyTrain Station
1. Waterfront
2. Broadway-City Hall
3. Commercial-Broadway
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Best Parade
1. Pride
2. Santa Claus Parade
T-3. Parade of Lost Souls
T-3. Chinese New Year
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Best Street/Viewpoint to Instagram
1. Cambie Street Bridge looking north
2. Gastown/Water Street
3. Granville Street
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Best Tourist Attraction
1. Stanley Park
2. Granville Island
3. Grouse Mountain
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Best Unique/Quirky Business
1. Storm Crow Alehouse
1619 W. Broadway
2. Regional Assembly of Text
3934 Main St.
T-3. Welks
3511 Main St.
T-3. CatféÌý
2035-88 W. Pender St.
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Best Weekend Escape
1. Whistler
2. Tofino
3. Victoria
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Vancouver’s Coolest Company/Brand
1. Lululemon
2. Herschel Supply
3. Hootsuite