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True Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Story #5 - Your friendly neighbourhood Cigarette-Smoking Man
Did you know that the local actor who played the Cigarette-Smoking Man on the The X-Files ( William B Davis ) quit smoking in the 1970s and that he actually smoked herbal cigarettes throughout most of the production of the series? True story.
Nov 16, 2010 12:18 AM
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True Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Story #4 - On The Georgia Straight's dime
Did you know that the Georgia Straight ( the free Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»arts and entertainment weekly which was founded in 1967) cost a dime to purchase when it was first published? Holy mackerel. True story.
Nov 9, 2010 7:08 AM
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True Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Story #3 - Greenpeace
Did you know that Greenpeace (the international activist organization that focuses its work on global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling and anti-nuclear issues) was founded in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»in the 1970's? True story.
Nov 2, 2010 8:08 AM
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One sweet Expo 86 visor
I've made so many blog posts about Expo 86 memorabilia over the years with V.I.A. that I don't even know how to introduce them any more.
Oct 15, 2010 10:33 AM
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Was Awesome: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Firsts
From the luster of Yaletown's glass towers to the blink and buzz of neon on Granville on Hastings, Vancouver's story is fairly new however there's still quite a bit of history to be told about this 124-year old city.
Sep 22, 2010 11:03 AM
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»2010, revisited
It's hard to believe that it was six months ago that our city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. Click HERE to take a look back on every single Olympics-related post we've ever made.
Aug 27, 2010 11:18 AM
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Why do you have the day off on BC Day?
Wondering why you might have the day off today? I did a little research and found out the basic origins of BC Day, and they really are quite basic: In 1974 a fellow named Ernie Hall (who was the then Provincial Secretary under Premier Dave Barrett) i
Aug 2, 2010 12:01 AM
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The sordid history of V.I.A. headquarters at 115 East Pender! (3 of 3)
Have you ever been to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Museum at 240 E. Cordova Street? Kim Werker did a BLOG POST about them and one of their forensic workshops not long ago and since V.I.A.
Jul 30, 2010 11:00 AM
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The sordid history of V.I.A. headquarters at 115 East Pender! (2 of 3)
Have you ever been to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Museum at 240 E. Cordova Street? Kim Werker did a BLOG POST about them and one of their forensic workshops not long ago and since V.I.A.
Jul 29, 2010 11:00 AM
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The sordid history of V.I.A. headquarters at 115 East Pender! (1 of 3)
Have you ever been to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Museum at 240 E. Cordova Street? Kim Werker did a BLOG POST about them and one of their forensic workshops not long ago and since V.I.A.
Jul 28, 2010 10:41 AM
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