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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: No Suicide, 1959

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: No Suicide, 1959

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Source: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Sun , 28 November 1959
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Vancouver's Sherlock Holmes, 1934

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Vancouver's Sherlock Holmes, 1934

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . John F.C.B. Vance was a scientist hired by the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1905 as an analyst. His early work for the City was pretty mundane, things like testing milk and water quality.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Anna Pavlova, 1910

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU A century ago, Russian dancer Anna Pavlova was the most famous ballerina in the world.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Beatles, 1964

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUZ-CETKAQ The Beatles first and last Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­show was 48 years ago today at Empire Stadium.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Mark Twain, 1895

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Mark Twain, 1895

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
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BC athletes returning from London with 50% of the medals won by Team Canada!

BC athletes returning from London with 50% of the medals won by Team Canada!

Almost three months ago to the day we BROUGHT YOU Canadian Olympic athlete, Ryan Cochrane (from BC), in his Tom's shoes delivering a talk at Creekside Community Centre In The Village and bid him good luck as he headed to London 2012.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Electric Light, 1887

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Electric Light, 1887

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Marpole Interurban Station, 1949

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Marpole Interurban Station, 1949

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Interurban trains operated in the Lower Mainland from 1891 until BC Electric Railway Co. (BCER) dismantled its rail system in the 1950s.
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City Hall flies Canadian flag in support of our athletes at London 2012

City Hall flies Canadian flag in support of our athletes at London 2012

If you went past Cambie and 12th today you may have noticed this giant flag there! Photo: City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­It's the same flag that partially wrapped the City Hall tower during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and it's been reinstalled th
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Fastest Man in the World, 1928-1932

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Fastest Man in the World, 1928-1932

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Twenty year-old Percy Williams came out of nowhere to win gold medals for Canada in both the 100m and 200m sprints in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
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