Inside Vancouver

YVR named best airport in North America, for the 8th year in a row!

Photo credit: YVR Vancouver International Airport

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the YVR Vancouver International Airport is known as being one of the best airports in the world. In fact, YVR was named ‘Best Airport in North America’ in a vote by 13.8 million airline passengers worldwide!

Officially, Vancouver has been ranked the #13 top airport in the world, listed closely behind airports in Singapore, Tokyo, Zurich, and England. But, YVR easily tops the list of North American airports – it isn’t until #26 (Cincinnati/Kentucky) that we see another North American airport listed in the awards.

Best of all, YVR has made the remarkable distinction of receiving this top accolade for eight consecutive years! An amazing feat when you consider the competition.

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YVR named best airport in North America, for the 8th year in a row!

So who is among Vancouver’s best underground talent?

Best Vocalist Brittney Slayes in a mustard and ketchup sandwich. Photo courtesy Krystal None at Still Spark Studios

The inaugural edition of a new local awards ceremony took place last Friday, Feb. 12 at the WISE Hall (1882 Adanac St.) in East Vancouver. The Whammys have been established to recognize artistic achievements in Vancouver’s music scene. For the awards, both nominees and winners were selected and voted on by the public. Local “celebrities” hosted the awards ceremony, which also included live entertainment.

As one would expect from an independent awards event, the nominees skewed towards the underground. For example, the places named in the Best Local Venue category are all punk/metal/thrash bars (except perhaps for Studio Records, 919 Granville St.). Some of the categories are pretty interesting, too. Besides the usual “Best Vocalist”-type categories, you’ll also find Best Burlesque Group, Best Bouncer/Door Person, Best Bartender and Sh**iest Band.

So who won?

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So who is among Vancouver’s best underground talent?