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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­1986 GIF

Everyone in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­should be following Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Rising , a new Tumblr that takes archival videos and turns them into quick and beautifully awesome GIFs.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1948 with Bing Crosby

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Looking for Sputnik, 1957

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Looking for Sputnik, 1957

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Rising in 1986 and 1970

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VIDEO: Banshees Over Canada documentary about Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­WWII air raid preparations

Air raid wardens in Vancouver? Yep. The Royal BC Museum shared this amazing archival film from the National FIlm Board on their BLOG today. In 1943, when this film was made, BC had the largest air siren system in the world.
Coal Harbour squatters, 1911

Coal Harbour squatters, 1911

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . For much of Vancouver’s history, the shores surrounding the city was home to squatters living in houseboats and cabins.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Texas Guinan, 1933

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Texas Guinan, 1933

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Reconstructing Gastown, 1972

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Reconstructing Gastown, 1972

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . In the late 1960s, community activists mobilized to block a major freeway proposal that would have decimated Chinatown, Strathcona, and Gastown.
Happy 30th, @BCPlace!

Happy 30th, @BCPlace!

You'd be hard pressed to find someone who grew up in British Columbia who doesn't have a memory connected to the iconic stadium named after their province.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Agnes Deans Cameron

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Agnes Deans Cameron

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . With the success of her 1909 book The New North , Agnes Cameron became the first celebrated BC-born author.