Vancouver, Canada Travel News

Howard Meakin, the man who helped revive Vancouver's historic Gastown in the 1970s, has purchased the former Meeker Cedar mill on Mission's waterfront for $1,501,000. The 1.5-acre site on the Fraser River at the foot of Horne Street was in receivership in recent years.

FRANCES BULA VANCOUVER - P aul Buck has spectacular views of downtown Vancouver from the two glass walls of his condo, which wow everyone who walks in.

Matthew Good's latest album is called Vancouver , but any fawning tourists who pick it up thinking they've scored an upbeat musical postcard of our picturesque city are in for a surprise.

Wednesday night at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer, VANOC, Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia, and Houourable Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC held a ceremony to light the 2010 Olympic Rings at Coal Harbour.

District of North Vancouver council has endorsed Grouse Mountain's bid for two new food primary liquor licenses and longer liquor hours during the 2010 Winter Games.

Our city is a hotbed of creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. From the fashionable to the ecological, here are 10 businesses - new and established - we think are at the top of their game.

Profile The calm face at the centre of Canada's immunization campaign Public health officer David Butler-Jones speaks at a news conference on H1N1 in Vancouver on Nov.

Mark Hume Published on Sunday, Nov. 01, 2009 11:19PM EST T here are more than 300 kilometres of dikes snaking along the banks of the Fraser River and most of them until recently have been open to the public.

The Vancouver park board is considering smoking restrictions for the city's beaches, playgrounds and parks and wants your opinion before Nov.

If this week's deluge wasn't enough to convince you that fall is in full swing, then surely the annual parade of pumpkin ale will.

A table is a flat surface supported by a pedestal or legs. It can be a harvest, trestle, refectory, gate leg, drop-leaf or extension table, round or oval, square or rectangle.

Anyone who can turn up at an impromptu get-together, extract wonton wrappers and goat's cheese from her purse and steal the limelight with an epicurean moment clearly knows the art of a successful dinner party.

BC is in the second stage of the H1N1 flu epidemic but staff at the Downtown Clinic in Vancouver don't seem serious about curbing it.

Where are you visiting from? Banff is an 8-10 hour drive away. If you're looking for mountains, try Whistler, only 1-2 hours, depending on where you're staying.

As incongruous as a skyscraper in Stanley Park, an undulating 60-metre-long, eight-metre-high high-tech "wave" of sustainably-harvested B.C. cedar wood was unveiled Monday amid a sea of ancient grey stone engulfing one of London's most photographed landmarks.

Beginning with the arrival of the Balmoral on April 24th , the 2009 cruise season saw 37 cruise ships visiting Vancouver , making a total of 257 calls and bringing approximately 897,000 passengers to the city through the Canada Place and Ballantyne cruise terminals.

Not only is the route around Campbell Valley Regional Park quiet, quaint, and easily ridable, it's dotted with three wineries In the countryside around Vancouver, autumn is all about rich smells: fallen leaves and freshly sprung mushrooms give off earthy aromas; beds of late-blooming marigolds cloud the air with perfume; and trellises of ripe ...

Some facts and information about Vancouver: - Location: Vancouver is located on the westernmost part of a peninsula that is a major extension of the Fraser River's delta.

On the occasion of a revised edition of City of Glass, the author's ode to his hometown, we present these excerpts A Weekend Post October 9, 2009 A A YVR For many people, YVR is where Vancouver begins and ends.

North Shore rescuers are hoping to see a drop in calls after Grouse Mountain land managers agreed to a plan to improve safety on the mountain's trail network.