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43 unusual facts about Vancouver


48th Vanier Cup

This marked the second consecutive year that the two games were played in the same city on the same weekend; after the 47th Vanier Cup and 99th Grey Cup were played in 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.

Carl Walters

Walters did not go on for a postdoctoral position; instead he almost immediately started working at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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.

Duane Beeson

Beeson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on June 23, 1941 in Vancouver and trained at Prince Albert and Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

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.

Early intervention in psychosis

Canada has extensive coverage across most provinces, including established clinical services and comprehensive academic research in British Columbia (Vancouver), Alberta (EPT in Calgary), and Ontario (PEPP, FEPP).

Edgar Ball

Edgar Cedric Ball (born 11 January 1892 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, died 15 May 1969 in Vancouver, Canada), was a former first-class cricketer who played three matches for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1914.

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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.

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.

French Camp, California

French Camp was the southernmost regular camp site of the Hudson's Bay Company southern fur brigades sent from Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington), established by Michel Laframboise in 1832.

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.

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."

Hayes Truck

Hayes Manufacturing Company Limited was a Vancouver-based Canadian manufacturer of heavy trucks famed for their durability and a revolving bunk system.

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.

House of Pride

Each of the families lived in a different Canadian city; the series had production units in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.

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.

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

Inventing Letters EP

The Inventing Letters EP is the first release by Vancouver, British Columbia band The Belle Game.

J. Griswold Webb

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

Jee Aayan Nu

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

José López Portillo

He was the great-great-great grandson of José María Narváez (1768–1840), a Spanish explorer who was the first to enter Strait of Georgia in present-day British Columbia and the first to view the site now occupied by the city of Vancouver.

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.

Khiala Pind

Sardar Maninder Singh, son of Sohan Singh Minhas (a Khiala resident), currently resides in Vancouver, Canada.

Marathon, Ontario

In 2009, Vancouver-based Teck Cominco mining company sold its 50% share of Williams and David Bell to its investing partner, Barrick Gold Corporation, while Golden Giant was decommissioned in 2005.

Mendoza, Argentina

In 2008, TransLink of Vancouver, Canada, sold most of its old trolleybus fleet to Mendoza.

Municipal elections in Canada

Some locations may also elect other bodies, such as Vancouver, which elects its own parks board.

New Zealand at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 56 competitors and 9 officials to the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, which were held at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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.

Norwegian Star

Norwegian Star was chartered to serve as a floating hotel for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, however the deal was cancelled because of financial costs and lack of demand.

Out To Swim

Inspired by the swimming teams at the Gay Games in Vancouver in 1990, the club has competed at national and international competitions; it has expanded to include a synchronized swimming team, and regularly competes in open water events.

R. K. Kamboj

After working about 12 years with Allelix, Dr Kamboj joined Xenon Genetics Inc, Vancouver as its Vice President for Drug Discovery.

Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine

On 9 December 2009, BHP Billiton sold the operation to Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals for US$340 million.

Raymond Parkinson

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

Richard Marpole

Richard Marpole (1850 in Wales – 8 June 1920, in Vancouver, Canada) was General Superintendent with the Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Division in 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 Lawn Tennis Club

Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club is a tennis club located at Granville Park in the upmarket neighborhood of Kitsilano in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver's Turn

The building is described as having a 'hyperbolic paraboloid' form; the design is similar to the Absolute Tower in Mississauga and Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden.

Vision Vancouver

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


Adolph Coors III

The subject of an international manhunt, Corbett was captured in Vancouver, British Columbia in October of that year.

Aeolian Quartet

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

Alsbury

A. Thomas Alsbury (1904–1990), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1959 to 1962

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.

BC Centre of Excellence

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

Canada Place

The Heritage Horns, formerly known as the 12 O'clock Horn, sound the first four notes of O Canada every day at noon and can be heard throughout Downtown Vancouver and beyond.

Celebration of Light

The Honda Celebration of Light (formerly known as Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire) is an annual musical fireworks competition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

CFUN

CFTE, a radio station (1410 AM) licensed to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which held the call sign CFUN from 1955 to 1969 and again from 1973 to 2009.

Charles Comfort

In 1997, Kwakiutl artist David Neel made the Captain Vancouver Portrait Mask, a carved mixed-media mask of the captain.

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.

David Cadman

Cadman ran for Mayor of Vancouver in 1999, endorsed by both the Coalition of Progressive Electors and the Vancouver Green Party, but was defeated by incumbent mayor Philip Owen.

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.

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.

Emily Hunter

Emily Hunter was born in Vancouver, a daughter of the late Robert Hunter, Greenpeace’s founding president.

Five Fingers

Five Fingers Group, a mountain group near Vancouver, British Columbia

Footprints Recruiting

Footprints Recruiting is an ESL teacher placement agency headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Fraser MacPherson

He also taught briefly in the Jazz and Commercial Music department at Vancouver Community College, where his students included future Powder Blues Band baritone saxophonist Gordie Bertram and New Orleans based saxophonist and jazz educator John Doheny.

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.

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.

I'm a Realist

Recorded at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia with Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos, the song received mastering treatment at Alchemy, London, United Kingdom.

IceWorks Skating Complex

Currently, Olympic athletes Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto (USA), and Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin (Russia) are training at the facility in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

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

J. S. Woodsworth

He died in Vancouver, British Columbia in early 1942, and his ashes were scattered in the Strait of Georgia.

James Houston

James M. Houston, Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College, Vancouver

Joel Bakan

His sister, Laura Naomi Bakan Q.C., is a Vancouver lawyer, and his brother, Michael Bakan, is an ethnomusicologist.

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.

Liberal Party of Canada leadership elections

The 2009 leadership convention was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia from April 30-May 3, 2009.

Meomi Design

Their works include the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics mascots Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk, and The Octonauts, a series of books which were made into a TV series for the BBC channel Cbeebies by Brown Bag Films and subsequently broadcast internationally.

Mike Botha

Mike Botha is a master diamond cutter, with close to four decades in the profession, his training and subsequent career began in South Africa and has led him to Mauritius, Russia and Canada – from Vancouver to the Northwest Territories to Saskatchewan.

Miki Sumiyoshi

She then moved to Vancouver in Canada, graduating from high school, and again to Japan, where she attended and graduated from International Christian University.

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.

SoulDecision

The group was formed in Vancouver under the original name Indecision by singer and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Guthrie, singer David Bowman, and keyboard player Ken Lewko, who were studying music together at Capilano College.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700

700 was delivered on June 21, 1938, joining the 702 pulling overnight passenger trains between Spokane and Vancouver, Washington, along the north shore of the Columbia River, with the 701 providing backup and pulling freight.

St. Clair Entertainment Group

It also has corporate offices and representation in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver.

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.

Tanya Kim

In February 2010, Kim joined etalk host Ben Mulroney along with etalk reporters Leah Miller, Elaine Lui, Susie Wall and Jeanne Beker in Vancouver to cover the 2010 Olympic Winter Games for CTV.

Thingumajig Theatre

Since then, they’ve worked together as makers, performers and directors for In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Islewilde Festival, Oregon Country Fair, Vancouver’s Public Dreams Society and Taiwan’s Dream Community.

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.

United to End Racism

Since then, it has attended international NGO conferences such as the 2001 Durban World Conference against Racism and more recently the World Social Forum in Caracas, the World Peace Forum 2006 in Vancouver (where the organisation labelled itself "Healing from War, Working for Peace") and the White Privilege Conference 2006 in Pella, Iowa.

Vancouver Playhouse

Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, a theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, producing plays since 1962

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.