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41 unusual facts about Vancouver


28th Canadian Ministry

The reason given for the appointments of Emerson and Fortier was that the Conservatives were completely shut out of the three most populous cities in Canada – Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.

A Cruel World

The band’s debut record was recorded with rock producer GGGarth Richardson in Vancouver, Canada.

Al Unser Jr.'s Road to the Top

If the player does well, then the final challenge is to take on Al Unser, Jr. in the final event at Vancouver.

Alexander Monkman

A problem the grain farmers in his region were facing at the time was how to transport their harvest to the seaport at Vancouver.

Anouchka van Miltenburg

Van Miltenburg attended Mavo in Utrecht from 1979 until 1984 when she studied for a year at the Prince of Wales College in Vancouver.

Aslockton

The incumbent was Rev. Karl Przywala until the end of 2013, when he was due to take over a parish in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Atira

Atira Property Management a property management company managing Public housing in Vancouver

Augustin Dontenwill

Augustin Dontenwill (June 4, 1857 – November 30, 1931) was the Roman Catholic Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) priest, who became Archbishop of Vancouver, Canada, from 1899 to 1908.

BC Centre of Excellence

This club is sometimes known as a training site for international competiters to practice for competitions in Vancouver.

Beijing Jiaotong Tai

The format of this channel can be compared to the traffic channels provided by XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, the commercial all-traffic station CHMJ in Vancouver, Canada, or the "Highway Advisory radio stations" (the low power AM stations near points along Interstate highways in the United States).

Chasing Amy

Smith revealed in early 2009 at a Q&A session in Vancouver that he and the film's cast were currently recording new material for an upcoming Criterion Blu-ray release of the film.

Crystal Decisions

(November 2009) Several of the founding members of Crystal Decisions have returned to the Business Intelligence arena, launching Indicee, a SaaS BI venture headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Demas Akpore

Still in search of knowledge, he went to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, from 1956 to 1958 where he got Master of Arts degree in Classics.

Discount Tire

The company's outlets are branded as America's Tire Company in Oregon, Vancouver, Washington, and California (except for San Diego County, where it is known as Southern California Discount Tire Company).

Edgar Ball

In 1932, having moved to Canada, Ball played in four matches against the touring Australians, playing a match each for Cowichan and Vancouver, before representing British Columbia in two matches.

Edward John O'Dea

During his time as bishop, O'Dea moved the episcopal see of the diocese from Vancouver, Washington to Seattle, and the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Seattle.

Eutrephoceras

Puncture marks made by teeth on several Eutrephoceras fossils (such as E. campbelli, of the Trent River Formation in Vancouver) are cited as evidence of mososaur predation on this genus.

Halifax and Southwestern Railway

The H&SW, along with the Inverness Railway, were isolated from the rest of CNoR's trackage which ran from Montreal to Vancouver, not unlike rival Canadian Pacific Railway's Dominion Atlantic Railway.

Head or Heart

The Head or Heart Tour is scheduled take place in the spring of 2014, beginning April 4 in Denver, Colorado U.S. and end in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

I'm a Truck

Breeden and Simpson met in Vancouver, Washington in 1971, where Simpson agreed to record the song.

IIHF World Ranking

The Women's 2013 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2013, 2012, and 2011 and at the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Canada.

J. Griswold Webb

In 1912, he went with a fellow student by car from New York City to Vancouver, a then unprecedented adventure.

James Huddart

The suggestion touched Huddart's imagination, and in 1893 he formed the Canadian-Australian Royal Mail Line, with a contract to carry mails between Sydney and Vancouver.

Jee Aayan Nu

Grewal (Kanwaljeet), a business tycoon of the media industry, is a Punjabi settled in Vancouver, Canada with his wife and daughter.

June Havoc

She was born as either "Ellen Evangeline Hovick" or "Ellen June Hovick," in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, probably in 1912, although some sources indicate 1913.

Laura Orgué

Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 27th in the 15 km mixed pursuit at Vancouver in 2010.

Mein Schiff 1

During the 1997 northern hemisphere summer season the Galaxy relocated to the west coast of North America to operate week-long cruises to Alaska from Vancouver, Canada.

Metropolitan Halifax

This urban area constitutes the most populous urban area on Canada's Atlantic coast, and the second largest coastal population centre in the country, after Vancouver.

Municipal elections in Canada

Vancouver is the largest city in Canada to use the at-large system, while most other larger cities use wards.

Non-Partisan Association

Peter Ladner was the NPA's nominee for mayor in the 2008 Vancouver civic election on November 15, 2008, but lost to Gregor Robertson, the candidate for Vision Vancouver.

Quilchena

Vancouver-Quilchena, an electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

Raymond Parkinson

He represented Vancouver-Burrard in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1969 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

Sebastes goodei

The Chilipepper rockfish is a type of rockfish (Sebastidae) that lives mainly off the coast of western North America from Baja California to Vancouver.

Sportsbrand

Sportsbrand's head office is situated in Melbourne, and has its marketing and production operations in London, Dubai and Vancouver.

Studio zone

Places such as Pittsburgh and Vancouver became popular—and cheaper—alternatives than filming in Los Angeles or New York City.

Transport in Lethbridge

The city is located on a mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway with trackage east to Toronto, south to the United States, west to Vancouver, and north to Calgary.

Vancouver Challenger

Vancouver Challenger can refer to one of two Challenger tennis tournaments held in Vancouver.

Vancouver Prostate Centre

The Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) is a prostate cancer research centre located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes

The band recorded several songs in Vancouver on May 10, 2003 as a warm-up for their tour promoting In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003.

Whalenburg Stack Dryer

The Whalenburg Stack Dryer was essentially a vertical flash dryer that was built in Vancouver, BC, Canada in the 1960s to dry sand and gravel.

World Building

The Sun Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia was known as the World Building until 1924.


1956 in Canadian football

The day after the game, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crashed into Mount Slesse, killing five players and one official who were on their way from Vancouver to Calgary.

Aeolian Quartet

Humphreys, a Canadian violinist, studied in Vancouver and Toronto and in Europe trained with Frederick Grinke and Georges Enesco.

Al Madril

He held the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship twice, teaming with Flash Gordon for the first win and Dan Kroffat for the second.

Anyox, British Columbia

Former Vancouver B.C. mayor Jack Volrich and the celebrated and much revered newspaper columnist Denny Boyd were both born in Anyox.

BBY

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, is the city immediately east of Vancouver.

Cambie Bridge

The name "Connaught" never caught on, and most people continued to call it simply the "Cambie Street Bridge", after the street that runs across it, Cambie Street, named for pioneer Vancouver resident Henry John Cambie.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

The CCPA is based in Ottawa but has branch offices in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Regina, Toronto and Halifax.

Daniel Biveson

Biveson has represented Sweden in Men's Parallel Giant Slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Dorothy Stowe

In 2005, when Irish rock band U2 played a concert in Vancouver, they invited Stowe, and Bono dedicated the song "Original of the Species" to her.

Dylan Hughes

Dylan John Hughes (born 23 January 1985 in Vancouver) is a former Canadian born Welsh footballer and current director of sport from Bayernliga side SC Fürstenfeldbruck.

Engineering traditions in Canada

Perhaps most famous amongst these is the hanging of a Volkswagen Beetle shell from the Lion's Gate bridge, as well other bridges around Vancouver, by engineering students at the University of British Columbia.

Everline

The system is identical to AirTrain JFK in New York City and the Vancouver Sky Train in Canada, using Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit vehicles controlled by Bombardier CITYFLO 650 automatic train control technology.

George Clarke Chandler

George Clarke Chandler was born in Ontario, March 18, 1906 and died in Vancouver, BC April 20, 1964 at the age of 56.

Georgians in Canada

Georgians have their Radio FM "Mamuli" which is covering Toronto and Vancouver.

Great Depression in Canada

Some notable ones include a coal miners strike that resulted in the Estevan Riot in Estevan, Saskatchewan that left three strikers dead by RCMP bullets in 1931, a waterfront strike in Vancouver that culminated with the "Battle of Ballantyne Pier" in 1935, and numerous unemployed demonstrations up to and including the On-to-Ottawa Trek that left one Regina police constable and one protester dead in the "Regina Riot."

Gulf Islands

The dividing line is approximately that formed by the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, and the mouth of the Fraser River on the mainland.

Handsworth

Handsworth Secondary School, District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Harbour Centre

The Vancouver Lookout tourist attraction, located atop the Harbour Centre business building, was officially opened on August 13, 1977 by Neil Armstrong, whose footprint was imprinted onto cement and was on display on the viewing/observation deck until it was lost (or stolen) during renovations.

Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, a bridge across the Burrard Inlet at Vancouver, British Columbia

Jade Kwan

She then competed in the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 1999 (1999 年全球華人新秀歌唱大賽, also representing Vancouver) and won the "Best Potential Newcomer Award" (最具潛質獎) at the International Finals held in Shanghai, China.

Janet Panic

The couple moved to Vancouver, British Columbia together in 1992 where Janet took a job at Punch Lines Comedy Club and met Canadian comedian Brent Butt.

K-class ferry

Both the Kulleet and the Klatawa were owned and operated by Metro Vancouver's Transportation Authority, TransLink, and they ran the Albion ↔ Fort Langley route on the Fraser River, between the Maple Ridge suburb of Albion on the North, to McMillan Island in Fort Langley, to the south.

Katie Koczynski

At the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 25, Koczynski's boyfriend, gold medal skier in the Nordic combined Bill Demong, proposed to her in front of teammates and coaches at the US team headquarters near Vancouver.

KTRO

KMTT, a radio station (910 AM) licensed to Vancouver, Washington, United States, which used the call sign KTRO from 2007 until 2010

Len Barrie

January 30, 2012 (CIVI-DT - CTV) - Len Barrie has moved into a waterfront home in Youbou, located on Lake Cowichan (south-central Vancouver Island)

Lollie Alexi Devereaux

Lollie Alexi Devereaux (born October 31, 1981) is a Vancouver, BC based French actress, opera singer, dancer and writer best known for her work with L’Opéra de la Bastille (Bastille Opera) (Paris, France) and Royal Opera House (London, UK).

Marilyn Faye Parney

The second album titled "Unbridled Heart" was recorded in Vancouver, BC, Canada and produced by Mike Norman (multi-instrumentalist for recording artist Suzanne Gitzi) and featured performances by top performers as Tony Rudner (nominated Canadian Country Music Producer of the Year 1998 for past work with Farmers Daughter), Tom McKillup (recording artist Lisa Brokup) plus a guest performance by solo recording artist Gary Fjellgard.

Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver controls the Cleveland Dam on the Capilano reservoir, which supplies 40 percent of the district's water.

Muon spin spectroscopy

This is presently achieved at few large scale facilities in the world: the CMMS continuous source at TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada; the SµS continuous source at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland; the ISIS and RIKEN-RAL pulsed sources at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, United Kingdom; and the J-PARC facility in Tokai, Japan, where a new pulsed source is being built to replace that at KEK in Tsukuba, Japan.

Nathaniel Milljour

His gig poster artwork is usually a staple in downtown Vancouver, predominantly on the heavily postered Granville Street.

Peter Ladner

He later worked at newspapers on Vancouver Island and was editor of the Victoria alternative weekly Monday Magazine from 1981 to 1986.

Phibbs Exchange

Phibbs Exchange is located directly next to the northern foot of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, which connects North Vancouver to East Vancouver and Burnaby.

Rhythm and Hues Studios

By the time Rhythm & Hues began to work on the 2012 Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, the company had become a global one with offices and artists in India (the Mumbai suburb of Malad and HITEC City which is a part of Hyderabad), Malaysia (Cyberjaya just outside of Kuala Lumpur), Canada (Vancouver), and Taiwan (Kaohsiung).

Samantha Ferris

Samantha Ferris (born November 2, 1968) is a Canadian actress and in the mid-1990s was a television reporter for the Bellingham, Washington station KVOS TV-12 and Vancouver's BCTV, where she went by the name Janie Ferris.

Sato Pharmaceutical Canada Inc

The company's Canadian headquarters are located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Steamboats of the Island to the Mainland

Soon miners began using stern wheelers from Fort Victoria (now present day Victoria) on Vancouver Island to New Westminster.

Stress Factor 9

Randy Rampage and Duane Chaos have performed live several times since with Randy joining 22nd Century on stage and also playing with Jon Card of SNFU and Jimmy Cummins or I, Braineater for a special show in Vancouver, their home town.

The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology at Simon Fraser University

In 2010, the School for the Contemporary Arts will relocate to the innovative new Woodward's redevelopment in downtown Vancouver.

Tiko Kerr

In 1987 Kerr created the poster for the Stop AIDS Project, which under the guidance of Bob Tivey was the first public awareness event and art exhibition relating to AIDS in Vancouver.

TriBeCa Productions

Prior to the 1990s it made more economic sense for production companies to film urban scenes in cities such as Vancouver and Toronto in Canada.

United States H-class submarine

In 1915 the Imperial Russian Navy had ordered 17 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company, to be built in Canada at a temporary shipyard near Barnet, Vancouver, British Columbia to avoid US neutrality concerns, which had derailed the delivery of ten similar submarines to the British.

Vancouver Southsiders

The group was created in 1999 by soccer fans from Vancouver and its greater metropolitan area to support the former Vancouver Whitecaps FC of the D2 Pro League.

Vancouver Special

A home design store on Main Street bears the name "Vancouver Special" and Arsenal Pulp Press of Vancouver published "Vancouver Special," a book of essays about the city by Charles Demers, in November 2009, showing that the reputation of the homes may have now gained a certain vintage glamour.

Vision Vancouver

Vision Vancouver is one of three parties represented on Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

West End, Vancouver

The West End is also home to Vancouver's gay village, called Davie Village, centred primarily on Davie Street between Burrard and Bute, with a substantial LGBT population living throughout the West End.

William Tuff Whiteway

Another element of controversy surrounds whether he truly designed the most famous work attributed to him, the World Building (now Sun Tower) of Vancouver.