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| George Vancouver Captain George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 May 10, 1798) was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of the North-West Coast of North America, including the shores of the modern day Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. He also explored the southwest coast of Australia.The cities of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Vancouver, Washington, USA are named after him. George_Vancouver | |
| Tram A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers (and, very occasionally, freight) within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets. Certain types of cable car are also known as trams. Tram | |
| Vancouver Vancouver () is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in both British Columbia and Western Canada.Vancouver is bounded by the Strait of Georgia, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver | |
| Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs was an American-born Canadian urbanist, writer and activist. She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States. The book has been credited with reaching beyond planning issues to influence the spirit of the times.Along with her well-known printed works, Jacobs is equally well known for organizing grass-roots efforts to block urban-renewal projects that would have destroyed local neighborhoods. Jane_Jacobs | |
| Two-Spirit Two-Spirit (also two spirit or twospirit) people are Native Americans who fulfill one of many mixed gender roles found traditionally among many Native Americans and Canadian First Nations indigenous groups. Traditionally the roles included wearing the clothing and performing the work of both male and female genders. Two-Spirit | |
| SkyTrain (Vancouver) The SkyTrain is a two-line urban mass transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It uses Bombardier's Advanced Rapid Transit technology, with fully automated trains running principally on elevated tracks (hence the name). There have been no derailments or collisions in its history. It uses the same linear induction motor-driven trains as the Scarborough RT line in Toronto, the Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Detroit's People Mover, and the AirTrain JFK in New York City. SkyTrain_(Vancouver) | |
| Skid row A skid row or skid road is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large, impoverished population. The term originally referred literally to a path along which loggers skidded logs. Its current sense appears to have originated in the Pacific Northwest.Examples are Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, Skid Row in Los Angeles, San Francisco's Tenderloin District, and the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver. Skid_row | |
| 2010 Winter Olympics 2010_Winter_Olympics | |
| Klondike Gold Rush Talk:Klondike_Gold_Rush | |
| Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens, as their name indicates, advocate green politics and are the largest party in Canada to focus primarily on green politics, though other parties have included environmental stances in their platforms. It has been led by Elizabeth May since August 26, 2006. Green_Party_of_Canada | |
| Stanley Park Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare (1,000 acre) urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada.It is more than 10% larger than New York City's Central Park and almost half the size of London's Richmond Park. Stanley_Park | |
| David Oppenheimer David Oppenheimer (January 1, 1834 Vancouver, British Columbia, and a National Historic Person of Canada. David_Oppenheimer | |
| Paul Watson Paul Watson, (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist. He is the founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the co-founder of Greenpeace, although Greenpeace disputes this assertion. He was named by Time Magazine as one of its "Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century" in 2000. Paul_Watson | |
| Gastown Gastown is an area of Vancouver, British Columbia, located at the northeast end of Downtown adjacent to the Downtown Eastside . Its historical boundaries were the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Columbia Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the first townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.I. Gastown | |
| Downtown Eastside Downtown_Eastside | |
| Bicycle messenger Bicycle messengers (also known as bike or cycle couriers) are people who work for courier companies (also known as messenger companies) carrying and delivering items by bicycle. Bicycle messengers are most often found in the central business districts of metropolitan areas. Courier companies use bike messengers because bicycle travel is less subject to unexpected holdups in city traffic jams, thereby offering a predictable delivery time. Bicycle_messenger | |
| Freedom of the City Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by some municipalities in Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe to esteemed members of its community or to organisations that have given the community heroic service; the term applies to two separate honors, one civilian and one military. Key to the City is a similar award made in several other countries, and is more prevalent in the United States. Freedom_of_the_City | |
| Hollywood North "Hollywood North", an allusion to Hollywood, California, a notable film centre in the world, is a colloquialism used to describe film production industries and or film locations north of its namesake. The term has been applied principally to the film industry in Canada, specifically Vancouver and Toronto. Hollywood_North | |
| Vancouver Talk:Vancouver | |
| Criminal record A criminal record is a record of a person's criminal history, generally used by potential employers, lenders etc. to assess his or her trustworthiness. The information included in a criminal record varies between countries and even between jurisdictions within a country. Criminal_record |
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