57 h. ago This Day in History: Woodward Departmental Stores opens at Vancouver's Abbott and Hastings

Vancouver was booming at the turn of the century, so Charles Woodward combined with other retailers to build B.C.'s biggest department store

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4 d. ago Historic Vancouver hotel reclaims its star power after major refresh

Refurbished Rosewood Hotel Georgia has drawn many A-list guests over the years — and for good reason

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9 d. ago This Day in History, 1918: Vancouver celebrates the end of the Great War, four days early

On Nov. 7, 1918, United Press sent out a dispatch that the fighting had ended

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2 w. ago This Day in History, 1966: Sex symbol Jayne Mansfield goes wild in Vancouver and Victoria

The actor put her pet chihuahua on mock trial for a sex crime in a Victoria courtroom

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2 w. ago 67 years later, a piece of Miss PNE history returns to the fair

Miss PNE contestants were given a bracelet to commemorate their participation in the beauty contest

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3 w. ago Big names in movie industry assemble to take over Vancouver's Park Theatre

Corinne Lea, CEO of the Rio Theatre, said her team looks forward to "bringing the same fun, energy and passion to a new location" with the Park Theatre in Cambie Village.

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3 w. ago The show will go on: Big names in movie industry assemble to take over Vancouver's Park Theatre

Corinne Lea, CEO of the Rio Theatre, said her team looks forward to "bringing the same fun, energy and passion to a new location" with the Park Theatre in Cambie Village.

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3 w. ago A curtain call — or an encore? Future is uncertain for Vancouver's historic Park Theatre

'It’s a genuine cinematic experience, to view screenings in that space,' said one longtime moviegoer

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3 w. ago Future uncertain for thousands of planned homes after Vancouver council rejects city

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim declined to say what council's rejection of a city-owned development corporation will mean for the six planned projects, but said it 'didn't help'

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3 w. ago Toronto's condo crash may have cost the city a key transit station

The future is uncertain for a long-promised Toronto transit station that would have given one of the city's fastest-growing communities a direct link to the downtown core.Despite years of planning, the demolition of a factory, and ambitious renderings that promised an impressive community built around transit access, the planned Park Lawn GO Station in Etobicoke is now in limbo.The station was to be the centrepiece of a vast new community boasting over a dozen towers on the site of the former Christie's cookie factory at Park Lawn and Lake Shore West.Now, however, a downturn in the condo market has forced many developers to reconsider projects, and slumping sales pose an even greater threat to large multi-tower communities like the 2150 Lake Shore plan spearheaded by developers First Capital and Pemberton Group.The station at the heart of it all was to span Park Lawn Road, straddling the Lakeshore West GO corridor, and feature access points on either side of the st...

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3 w. ago Cami plant’s future uncertain as GM ends BrightDrop production: Analyst

The company announced on Tuesday it was stopping production of the van at the plant, which has operated for more than 30 years.

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4 w. ago Giant puppets to take over Toronto streets in eerie procession this weekend

Toronto's Night of Dread Festival's annual Pageant returns for its 26th year next week, bringing a macabre puppet parade to city streets.After a month-long celebration of Halloween-related events at Dufferin Grove Park, the Clay and Paper Theatre's Night of Dread Festival, which kicked off on Oct. 2, culminates in a procession of Toronto residents donning eerie puppet costumes that appear larger than life on Oct. 25.Leading up to the spectacle, the theatre hosts a series of workshops and activities that participants can join for some spooky season fun. The workshops are all part of the festival's month-long itinerary, and include giant puppetry, shadow puppetry, and the Magpie Club, a stilting and performance workshop.The festival is also known for selecting an annual Fear of the Year at the end of the month, a central theme of the event, collectively identified by the community, and symbolically banished through art durin...

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