Heritage Home Tour June 2

Vancouver Heritage House Tour

One of the houses on the Vancouver Heritage House Tour. Photo courtesy Vancouver Heritage Foundation.

On a list of Vancouverites’ top complaints – besides rain and public transit prices – is the city’s apparent ruthlessness when it comes to protecting the young settlement’s heritage.

Happily, some homeowners take it upon themselves to preserve Vancouver history and, often, improve upon it. And you can see some of Vancouver’s finest heritage homes on a tour Sunday June 2. More details after the jump. Continue reading:
Heritage Home Tour June 2

Inside Vancouver Partners with Google to Provide Content for its Field Trip app

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Inside Vancouver has partnered with Google to provide Vancouver content for their new Field Trip app (released in Canada today).

About Field Trip

Field Trip is your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you. Field Trip runs in the background on your phone. When you get close to something interesting, it pops up a card with details about the location. No click is required. If you have a headset or bluetooth connected, it can even read the info to you.

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Inside Vancouver Partners with Google to Provide Content for its Field Trip app

604 Neighbourhoods: Coal Harbour

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604 Neighbourhoods is a weekly series appearing on the Inside Vancouver blog that will feature photos, history, and information about some of the city’s most distinct communities. Today’s feature is Coal Harbour, on the north side of the West End, where the Burrard Inlet meets Stanley Park and downtown Vancouver.
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604 Neighbourhoods: Coal Harbour

Weekly Featured Photo from our Flickr Photo Pool

Haida Totem Poles and Vancouver Canada

 
Here is our favourite photo from those submitted to the Inside Vancouver Flickr photo pool . Keep submitting your photos – we love showcasing our city through the eyes of our readers.

YVR Cuts Wait Times for Fliers to USA

Photo credit: iambents | Flickr

Photo credit: iambents | Flickr

Frequent fliers know the drill.  You’re already late for a flight out of YVR to the U.S. when you find yourself stuck in a massive lineup waiting to clear U.S. customs and immigration.  As the minutes tick away, the line crawls forward.

Those days may soon thankfully be a thing of the past.  Self-service kiosks for Canadians traveling to the U.S. are scheduled to be introduced at the Vancouver International Airport by the end of May.  The service is already available for Americans flying to the U.S. out of the airport.

The automated kiosks are similar to those already in place for Canadians returning to Canada, according to an article in the Vancouver Sun.  Those were introduced in 2009, during airport overhauls prior to Vancouver’s Olympic Games, and have succeeded in significantly reducing delays.  Passengers simply scan their passport, then feed their customs declaration into the machine, which spits out a copy for display to a waiting border agent.

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YVR Cuts Wait Times for Fliers to USA

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