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True Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Story #5 - Your friendly neighbourhood Cigarette-Smoking Man

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.
True Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Story #4 - On The Georgia Straight's dime

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.
True Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Story #3 - Greenpeace

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.
One sweet Expo 86 visor

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.

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.

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.
Why do you have the day off on BC Day?

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

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.

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.
The sordid history of V.I.A. headquarters at 115 East Pender! (1 of 3)

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.