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How to enjoy the country in safety

Frank — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:08:06 +0000

Snow is pretty and dangerous too

I was reading the local paper this Sunday. The North Shore News is actually a pretty good paper which covers community news from North and West Vancouver (the North Shore). The article this Sunday covered tips that could save your life in the backcountry.

We live on edge of wilderness [...]

Can you stand the rain?

Frank — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:07 +0000

Rain clouds over Vancouver

Someone (Neal) emailed me recently and asked me to write about the rain. He said this was the elephant in the room. The topic that we don’t talk about, but is on our mind anyway.

By chance Neal’s email was well timed, arriving just before a major winter storm. As I write this [...]

Have you heard about the Winter Olympics?

Frank — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:33:39 +0000

Grouse - not an Olympic venue

Anyone in Vancouver is probably heartily sick of hearing about the Winter Olympics. It has been a hot topic ever since we won the bid to host the 2010 winter games. There have been debates about all sorts of things. Mostly cost of course. The cost of the construction [...]

Bike friendly Vancouver

Frank — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:52:28 +0000

Cyclists southbound on Burrard Bridge

The new mayor of Vancouver has come good on one of his election promises and helped promote bicycling in our city. One step in this direction was taken this week when the Burrard bridge got it’s own dedicated cycle lane. The bridge links downtown Vancouver to the north with the west [...]

A rose for the convention centre

Frank — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:32:10 +0000

The grass roof on the Vancouver Convention Centre

Sue and I went to the Rose Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre last weekend. This was interesting on two counts – the roses themselves and secondly to see the new convention centre.

Roses are one of Sue’s passions. She really wanted to see the roses and hoped [...]

Vancouver most livable city – again

Frank — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:50:44 +0000

Downtown Vancouver at night

The Economist Intelligence unithas given Vancouver top place in its most livable cities of the world survey. They said “With a rating of almost 100, Vancouver is the world’s most livable city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest livability ranking . The city, which will host the Winter Olympics in [...]

Crime in Vancouver

Frank — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:12:55 +0000

RCMP in dress uniform

Vancouver is proud of it’s status as one of the most livable cities in the world. We do admit to a drug and homeless problem, though we like to think of this as being limited to the downtown eastside of Vancouver. However this year we have been plagued by news stories of homicides and [...]

2010 Olympic countdown

Frank — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:41:17 +0000

This week we are exactly a year away from the start of the 2010 winter Olympics. This is not something you can ignore if you are in Vancouver, or even British Columbia.

I expect that you, as someone interested in coming to BC, know about this. I wonder how much the rest of the world knows? [...]

Fog and temperature inversions

Frank — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:22:29 +0000

Looking down on the fog in Vancouver

I may turn this into a weather blog the way things are going. Here in Vancouver we have had snow, rain, floods and now fog. Without getting too (or even at all) technical I can say that the cold weather at sea level and the warmer weather above [...]

Flying out of YVR

Frank — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:03:05 +0000

I am writing this at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), sitting in the beautiful landscaped area the other side of the security checks. Not something you expect to say about an airport – landscaped interiors! But there is a stream, a huge fish tank, bridges and comfortable seats. Lots of them, most of which are empty.

Above [...]