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Egg cartons were invented in B.C.

Egg cartons were invented in B.C.

A Bulkley Valley invention.
Here's the story behind the neon sign in the window of Indigo on Granville St

Here's the story behind the neon sign in the window of Indigo on Granville St

A blast from the past.
Watch: Amazing remastered footage will transport you to downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­115 years ago

Watch: Amazing remastered footage will transport you to downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­115 years ago

If you recognize any of this you may be a vampire
Looking back and looking forward: Pattullo Bridge opened 85 years ago today

Looking back and looking forward: Pattullo Bridge opened 85 years ago today

What’s happening with the Pattullo Bridge replacement project?
Thrills chewing gum wasn't supposed to taste like soap

Thrills chewing gum wasn't supposed to taste like soap

A Canadian classic that still tastes (mostly) like soap
Time Traveller: This giant steel ball was used to bash down trees

Time Traveller: This giant steel ball was used to bash down trees

The 4,100 kilogram behemoth was used to knock down acres of forest to make way for the Cleveland Dam project in North Vancouver
Here’s what Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­looked like on V.E. Day in 1945 (PHOTOS)

Here’s what Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­looked like on V.E. Day in 1945 (PHOTOS)

Victory in Europe Day marks when Hitler’s Germany surrendered in early May 1945
The army once trained at Kitsilano Beach and here are the pics to prove it (PHOTOS)

The army once trained at Kitsilano Beach and here are the pics to prove it (PHOTOS)

It's not clear if they took Point Grey next.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­soldiers from 100+ years ago come to life in these colourized images (PHOTOS)

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­soldiers from 100+ years ago come to life in these colourized images (PHOTOS)

The photos include images of soldiers at a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­train station and writing letters to home
A new sign in Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park brings light to a dark chapter of Canada’s past

A new sign in Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park brings light to a dark chapter of Canada’s past

Installation of the sign was championed by Raj Singh Toor, whose grandfather was aboard the ship