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Remember a few months back when we brought you THIS piece about the bee condos dotted around Vancouver? I'm happy to report that I found one that's actually been used by bees. It's working!

Greetings Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­is Awesome readers! We here at Artsy-Dartsy are proud to be new contributors to VIA.A brief background on us: We are Linus and Denise. So pleased to meet you! We love art and design, hence we started a website called Artsy-Dartsy.

Coming out this coming Spring, this film about modernist architecture on the West coast has interviews and insights from some of the major players like... okay, okay, I can't pretend to know much about West Coast Modernist Architecture.

For some reason one of the common themes on VIA is alleys.

Devlin Fenton, a dude who works for DLB Cranes , who erected that massive windmill, has shared some fantastic behind-the-scenes photos of the construction with us! Look at how small the guy is compared top the blades in the last photo! And check out

It's been nearly two years since that giant billboard disappeared from atop the Lee Building at Main and Broadway, revealing what was behind it.

A little while back we gave away some free passes to the Canopy Walkway at the UBC Botanical Garden . Rachel Bee, the lucky winner, sent in a bunch of photos and a letter describing the experience...

Maurice brought you some awesome photos of IDS West at the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Convention Centre a couple of weeks back. Today I'm sharing (albeit it a little late) 3 of my favourite things I came across when I visited the show... 1.

Interested in making some money subletting your place during the Olympics? And feeling good about it by donating half of what you'll be getting to charity? Look no further !

If you haven't noticed it already, please go outside right now and take a look up at Grouse Mountain and the 20 STORY HIGH WIND TURBINE that they recently installed up there!!! Was that a quick installation or what? Visit the Grouse Mountain site and