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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Born on the Fourth of July

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Born on the Fourth of July

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . After failing to make his fortune in the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 1860s, John "Gassy Jack" Deighton took over the Globe Saloon in New Westminster.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Jack Benny, 1944

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Jack Benny, 1944

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Jack Benny was a vaudevillian, radio, and television comedian. His connection to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­began in 1922 when he was touring the Orpheum circuit with the Marx Brothers .

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Peggy Cartwright, 1919

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/GDo2O04n8mk Peggy Cartwright was born in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1912.

VIDEO: Side-by-side Skytrain trips, 27 years ago and TODAY

Here's something you might not have expected looking at a 4 minute video clip of a Skytrain ride 27 years ago next to the same trip today: there are actually more trees now.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Heart, 1976

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/p0OX_8YvFxA Although more associated with Seattle, Heart hit the big time while based in Vancouver.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Vancouver's Yo-Yo History

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Vancouver's Yo-Yo History

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­was in the grip of a serious yo-yo craze in the early 1930s.
Step inside the Britannia Mine #miningweek

Step inside the Britannia Mine #miningweek

Did you know that it's currently Mining Week in British Columbia? Yep. The Legislature declared that April 28 to May 4, 2013 is BC Mining Week, with these seven days meant to shine a light on one of BC’s largest and oldest industries.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Blue Bloods

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Blue Bloods

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . The first exclusive neighbourhood in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­was on the CPR land acquired from the Three Greenhorns , on the bluffs overlooking Coal Harbour and nicknamed Blue Blood Alley.

VIDEO: Ashleigh McIvor retrospective

Here's a fantastic retrospective on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­2010 Ski Cross gold medallist Ashleigh McIvor which was recently nominated for an AMPIA award. It might be the best 9 minutes you spend online today. http://www.youtube.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Beavers of Stanley Park

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: The Beavers of Stanley Park

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Beavers are fascinating creatures, but they do not make the most cooperative zoo animals.