It’s time to get snowy, people! We’ve spent 7 years, and $1.75 billion precious dollars. We’ve given the first nations “head of state” status, cleaned up East Van for the tourists, and trucked in thousands of tons of snow to make Cyprus Mountain skiable. Nikki Yanofski is waiting in the wings to sing the anthem, [...]
The Economist just released its annual global Liveability ranking, and for the second year in a row, Vancouver British Columbia ranked numero uno as the most liveable city in the world. Vancouver’s majestic mountains and fragrant cherry blossoms and proliferation of fair trade coffee shops earned it a 98.0 on the liveability scale, edging out [...]
Starring a fro’d and funky Alex Trebek, Pitfall ran for one season from 1981-82 and was shot in Vancouver. Pitfall required players to answer questions under pressure while avoiding falling down lethal elevator shafts. We remember watching this as a kid and totally catching Trebek reading the questions super-slow to sabotage players chances [...]
