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Time Traveller: B.C. residents love their Pacific dogwood tree flowers

To celebrate B.C. Day, learn more about the official provincial flower. Dogwood flowers were so popular that in 1931 the province made it illegal to cut them from trees on private properties.

Aug 6, 2023 7:04 AM Read more >

Explore Richmond's past with newly released history videos

Historical videos can be watched online or in-person.

Aug 2, 2023 2:31 PM Read more >

This historic 100-year-old travel brochure tells you 'how to see Vancouver'

Life before Google Maps!

Jul 31, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

Memory Lane: The 'Steva' showed movies in Steveston in late 1940s, 1950s

Steveston had its own movie theatre in the 1950s.

Jul 31, 2023 9:36 AM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about beer in Vancouver

Cheers!

Jul 30, 2023 4:35 PM Read more >

Time Traveller: Hanging out atop a North Vancouver mountain in 1923

Snapping a photo on a North Shore mountain peak was as cool 100 years ago as it is today

Jul 30, 2023 7:03 AM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Fraser River

The river is a big part of Vancouver's history.

Jul 23, 2023 5:17 PM Read more >

Time Traveller: 100th anniversary of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh amalgamation

In July of 1923, 16 Sḵwx̱wú7mesh villages united to form one political body, known today as Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation)

Jul 23, 2023 7:05 AM Read more >

Vancouver Now & Then: This Mount Pleasant home was once a corner store

It's getting hard to find these little neighbourhood retail relics.

Jul 21, 2023 11:50 AM Read more >

Former councillor to recreate Richmond’s first ‘superstore’ in his house

Harold Steves, Richmond residents recall the Hong Wo store, run by a Chinese Canadian entrepreneur and his family from 1895 to 1971

Jul 20, 2023 10:49 AM Read more >