History

As Vancouver plowed through 2020’s first week of snow, the city faced the “storm of the century” in 1996. It was on December 28 and...

When L.D. Taylor, a former Mayor of Vancouver, commissioned nine nude statues to ornate the Sun Tower, he likely didn’t expect that it would one...

The Canadian Tuxedo has become a classic reference that we both love and hate: it’s a fashion faux pas, but it is ever so Canadian....

The history of the White Rock Pier begins in 1914, but the pier was actually birthed two years before that. According to Explore White Rock, an...

It’s clear Vancouver was a different place 100 years ago, but it may be surprising to hear about the city’s apparent fascination with blind pigs....

Although Vancouver is chock-full of glass skyscrapers now, our buildings don’t begin to reach the heights of others from around the globe. For a time...

These days Vancouver has a Starbucks on every other block, and we don’t think too much about it. But in the 1980s’ the single location...

As the capital of British Columbia, Victoria is full of history, from when explorers first arrived to long before as the home of our indigenous...

The Hycroft manor has been the scene of many historical moments, from being the height of socialite parties in the 1920’s and ‘30s to the...

The Hudson’s Bay Company has played a huge role in shaping Canada as we know it today, the flagship store has been on Granville Street...

If you haven’t been to the Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown, you may get a side of spookiness along with your pasta. Gastown is home...