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To create a great city of communities which cares about its people, its environment and the opportunities to live, work and prosper. Vancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia, at about 49° Latitude and 123° Longitude, next to the Pacific Ocean.Vancouver Sun News Paper

Vancouver is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast Range - mountains that rise abruptly to more than 1,500 m. Its climate is one of the mildest in Canada. Vancouver Sun News Paper Temperatures average 3°C in January and 18°C in July. Vancouver's average annual precipitation is 1,219 mm. Most rainfall occurs in winter. Current weather available here.

Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver area by 500 B.C. British naval captain George Vancouver explored the area in 1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the 1870s. The city was incorporated in 1886 and renamed after Captain Vancouver.

With a present population of about 560,000 (estimated), Vancouver lies in a region of more than 2 million people. Vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in Canada. Vancouver Sun News Paper It covers an area of 113 sq km.

As the main western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highway and rail routes, Vancouver is the primary city of western Canada, as well as one of the nation's largest industrial centers. Vancouver Sun News Paper

The Port of Vancouver is Canada's largest and most diversified port, trading more than $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economies annually. Port activities generate 69,200 jobs in total with $4 billion in gross domestic product and $8.9 billion in economic output. Vancouver Sun News Paper

Move over Internet Explorer and Firefox: Google's Chrome is coming - Vancouver Sun Google, the company that has made its name synonymous with searching the Internet, has taken aim at the browser market with Google Chrome, launched in a beta version Tuesday. The new Internet browser, which Google is billing as a "better Web ...

To the victors goes the Senate Resolution... - Spokane Spokesman-Review The Senate briefly sounded like a sportscast Monday, as Vancouver-area lawmakers pushed through a formal resolution touting the victory of the Prairie High School Falcons over Spokane's Central Valley High School at the state class 4A girls ...

Crook looked the part - Edmonton Sun MONTREAL -- Betrayed by a shoddy outfit, a bank robber was nabbed before even attempting his heist. "It's thanks to the vigilance of a client that this man was stopped," says Martin Carrier of the Sherbrooke police. Around noon, the client was ...

Wild Card -- Tuesday PM - Spokane Spokesman-Review It's nice to interact with you folks again after a long weekend off. Gotta play to see tonight, but I look forward to reading your comments before I hit the sack tonight. You know the Wild Card drill by now ... Issue : Washington Post confirms 'Deep ...

Good Riddance Attention Whore - Common Dreams I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called "Face" of the American anti-war movement. Especially since I renounced any tie I have remaining with the Democratic Party, I have been further ...

'Hidden gems' - Edmonton Sun Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds head coach Brian Buchynski believes his approach to early-season high school football fiestas is probably typical. "I think most of the coaches do the same as we do," he said after the annual M.E. LaZerte Jamboree ended on ...

Biofuels - Great Green Hope or Swindle - Common Dreams BROOKLIN, Canada - A raft of new studies reveal European and American multibillion dollar support for biofuels is unsustainable, environmentally destructive and much more about subsidising agri-business corporations than combating global warming. Not ...

Huge ice sheet could melt faster than thought: report - Globe and Mail 1/ No mention of how this would improve the lives of Greenlanders. 2/ No mention of how the lack of sunspot activity (and subsequent global cooling) can reverse this. M L from Canada writes: [b]'The Laurentide sheet, which was almost twice the size ...

INDUSTRY NEWS & PEOPLE January 2008 - Business Travel Executive The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) has added two new members to its international team: Ronald Kosmahl, director of global education and research, and Kathleen Brannigan, senior director of global communications. Prior to joining ...

Multi-newspaper superboxes hit street corners - Vancouver Sun Large multi-newspaper superboxes have taken over strategic Vancouver street corners, pushing aside the old-style boxes that dispense just one publication. Fifty of the new "Multiple Publication News" boxes -- which can dispense six or seven different ...

Vancouver's Central Area has 60% of the region's office space and is home to headquarters of forest products and mining companies as well as branches of national and international banks, accounting and law firms. Vancouver Sun News Paper In recent years, Vancouver has expanded as a centre for software development and biotechnology, while film studios and the streets provide a backdrop for the developing film industry. Two of the Port of Vancouver's container docks are located in the city. The Fraser River has barge and log traffic serving forestry and other water related industries. Around 1,800 acres of industrial land provide an important range of support services, manufacturing and wholesale premises for businesses throughout the city and region. Vancouver Sun News Paper

Vancouver is a major tourist destination. In addition to the city's scenic location, visitors enjoy beautiful gardens and world-famous Stanley Park , one of more than 180 city parks, and a combination of natural forest and parklands near the city center.

Vancouver is Host City of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games . The Olympic Winter Games take place February 12 to 28, 2010 and the Paralympic Winter Games take place March 12 to 21, 2010. Vancouver Sun News Paper Find out more about Vancouver's preparations to host the 2010 Games .

Set on prime oceanfront property in the province of British Columbia, Vancouver offers vacations with rugged natural scenery, easy access to nature travel -- orcas and grizzly bears abound -- and sophisticated food and nightlife. The hundred-year-old city of Vancouver has a gas-lit Victorian center, as well as the gleaming towers of a modern downtown. British Columbia's seasons are milder than you might expect: warm winters and cool summers. It's more likely to rain than snow in winter, though there is abundant snowfall in the nearby ski resorts. Popular Vancouver vacations sights include: Vancouver Sun News Paper Granville Island, once an abandoned factory zone, now home to artists' studios, funky restaurants, and a public market; the Museum of Anthropology, featuring aboriginal art from Canada's Pacific northwest and around the world; and Stanley Park -- a 1,000 acre wilderness park set virtually smack in the center of the city. It boasts beaches, ocean access, Vancouver Sun News Paper Vancouver's spectacular harbor, fir and cedar trees and splendid views of distant mountains. All in all, Vancouver has a lot to offer. Give it a try. Vancouver vacations.Vancouver Sun News Paper

People come for vacations in Vancouver to get away from it all and to leave the stress of work and city living behind. Vancouver vacations provide you with wide-open spaces, sandy beaches, beautiful rainforest and rugged West Coast mountains. Vancouver vacations also offer worls class skiing, windsurfing, scuba diving or inline skating. Vacations in Vancouver with your family and visit the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center, Science World and the Kids Only market. Vancouver Sun News Paper Vancouver vacations provide world-class entertainment, fantastic cuisine and some of the finest and most eclectic shopping around. Vancouver vacations, all you need.Vancouver Sun News Paper

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