History

Did you know for 50 years Vancouver has elected a 'Drag Empress'?

“I became the first Empress in Canada to be escorted out of town by the RCMP”

Mar 20, 2023 2:01 PM Read more >

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Vancouver Aquarium

Did you know this is the oldest public aquarium in Canada?

Mar 19, 2023 3:02 PM Read more >

Vancouver Now & Then: Smithe and Beatty, 1926 and 2020

It might be a private school now, but do you know what it was before?

Mar 17, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver's first automobile was steam powered and didn't have a steering wheel

It was quite the sight back in 1899.

Mar 15, 2023 12:48 PM Read more >

The first motor vehicle ever in Vancouver was essentially a homemade minivan and only ever driven once

"It was never taken out again."

Mar 14, 2023 11:14 AM Read more >

Here's why so many movies are filmed at this historic train station in Vancouver

The train station was set in big cities like Los Angeles, Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. 

Mar 11, 2023 9:46 AM Read more >

Vancouver Now & Then: The historic Stanley Theatre in 1948 and 2020

What movies or plays have you seen here?

Mar 10, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

This 107-year-old suffrage pamphlet petitions for (white) women's right to vote in B.C.

There's still work to be done.

Mar 8, 2023 9:59 AM Read more >

5 things you (probably) don't know about Vancouver architecture

Vancouver has lots of big, famous buildings. Let's not talk about them.

Mar 5, 2023 5:17 PM Read more >

Vancouver Now & Then: A 'happy little building' - Fairmont Apartments in 1927 and 2020

Are those the same trees over 90 years later?

Mar 3, 2023 3:25 PM Read more >