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Memory Lane: Have you been to the first McDonald's in Canada?

Memory Lane: Have you been to the first McDonald's in Canada?

This photo was taken in Richmond in 1967
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about the U.S.-Canada border near Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the U.S.-Canada border near Vancouver

What lies beyond 0 Avenue?
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: Granville Island Brewing building in 1974 and 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: Granville Island Brewing building in 1974 and 2020

Once upon a time, Granville Island was an oil-soaked shanty town full of decrepit warehouses
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A look back at Lougheed Highway through Burnaby, Coquitlam in the 1960s — and today

A look back at Lougheed Highway through Burnaby, Coquitlam in the 1960s — and today

Port Moody history buff creates side-by-side video of Lougheed Highway when it was just a 'country road' next to today's high rise developments and SkyTrain route.
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about vehicles in Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know about vehicles in Vancouver

From a tragedy involving the first motorized ambulance to historic vehicles you can visit today.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: From fur coats to fast food at the corner of Granville and Cordova

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: From fur coats to fast food at the corner of Granville and Cordova

A look at a busy Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­corner nearly 100 years apart
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Images: Explore Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­through this 99-year-old tourism pamphlet

Images: Explore Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­through this 99-year-old tourism pamphlet

The map is neat, but the ads also give an interesting insight into the time period
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Why is there a vintage neon sign on a busy Coquitlam highway?

Why is there a vintage neon sign on a busy Coquitlam highway?

For several decades, Coquitlam had a distinctive neon sign that dated back to the 1950s. Now the building that sported the sign has been sold.
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5 things you (probably) didn't know old-school celebrities did in Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know old-school celebrities did in Vancouver

Celebrities have long come to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­for one reason or another, and here are some of those stories, from the tragic to the kind to the just plain odd.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: We all (used to) live in a Yellow Submarine

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: We all (used to) live in a Yellow Submarine

One city block, as seen in 1975 and 2020
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