People arriving at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) who wish to travel on the new Canada Line Skytrain to either Richmond or Vancouver should be aware that there is a new additional fare now in operation called the Canada...
Read MoreVisitors to Vancouver should be aware that there is a Cultural Olympiad running from January 22nd to March 21st. There will be over 600 shows and the details can be found at www.vancouver2010.com . Amongst the shows will be...
Read MoreThe Winter Olympics will be taking place in four short months. They are hyped by the local media as the biggest sports event in the world in 2010. This view completely ignores the FIFA World Cup in South Africa and The...
Read MoreThe Winter Olympics are being held between Feb. 12 and 28, 2010 in Vancouver and Whistler. The road closures in Vancouver begin on Nov. 1 when a section of 1st Avenue will be closed so that the area around the Olympic Village...
Read MoreFrom Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver, it takes 26 minutes to the airport and 25 minutes to Richmond or Brighouse. The cost for either trip during the week is $3.75 (two zones in Vancouver transit terms). During the...
Read MoreOn Vancouver’s North Shore there is a bus station at the SeaBus terminal. Take bus 236 to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, the world's oldest suspension footbridge. Apparently, the gorge that the bridge spans is as wide...
Read MoreFor visitors to Vancouver, the finest way to get to the North Shore from downtown is to get the SeaBus from Waterfront Station. Conveniently, this is also the terminus of the Skytrain and it only takes a couple of minutes to get...
Read MoreCypress Mountain will host the snowboarding and freestyle skiing events for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Cypress Provincial Park is a 7,400 acre expanse that includes the popular ski areas of Hollyburn Ridge and Cypress Bowl, as...
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