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CanLit is Sexy: Warming Wintry Readers

January 19, 2012, By Susanne Marshall
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The tumblr blog CanLit is Sexy has paired famous Canadian authors with naughty reconfigurations of some of their best-known titles into pickup lines, to hilarious effect. Laugh, blush, and enjoy!

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History, In Search of Lost Time, Inside TCE

The Genesis of the Vancouver In Time App

November 23, 2011, By James Marsh
Three versions of The Canadian Encyclopedia on CD-ROM.

The encyclopedia genre has played a significant role in the digital world. Even before the World Wide Web, encyclopedias were among the most successful products of the CD-ROM interim. Microsoft’s Encarta was the prime example (though it was a second-rate text licensed, not created, by the software giant), while World Book and others sold hundreds [...]

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History, Inside TCE

Introducing Vancouver In Time

November 21, 2011, By Davina Choy
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The Canadian Encyclopedia is proud to present its first free app, Vancouver In Time, highlighting the quirky, little-known stories of Vancouver’s history. Download and enjoy!

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History, Inside TCE

UBC Students Stage Great Trek, 1922

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
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In 1922, UBC was just a muddy construction site. Frustrated students organized a march to challenge the government to live up to its promise to build the university.

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“Babes in the Woods” Discovered, 1953

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
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A Parks Board gardener, clearing leaves near Beaver Lake, came across a cheap fur coat. Lifting it up, he made a grisly discovery — the skeletal remains of two young children. Dubbed the Babes in the Woods by the press, the sensational, unsolved case remains a haunting piece of Vancouver lore.

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Doors Open into an Exotic Cave, 1937

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
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Vancouver may be known as a No Fun City, but in the 1950s, the city had the exotic Cave. To find sophisticated entertainment in old Vancouver you went underground, into a grotto where stalactites hung from the ceiling and pirate’s gold shimmered in darkly lit corners.

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Gassy Jack Lands on the Burrard Shore, 1866

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
Historic Vancouver Gastown

When Capt. Jack Deighton and his family pulled their canoe onto the south shore of the Burrrard Inlet in 1867, Jack was on one more search for riches. He was broke again, but he wasted no time in starting a new business and building the settlement that would become Vancouver.

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History

Birks Building Demolished, 1975

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
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The sparkling white terra cotta tiles of the Birks building lit the southeast corner of Granville and Georgia from 1913. Inside, sparkling jewelry, silver and fine china attracted the most demanding, and wealthy, clientele. It was a shock to the city when the Birks family decided to tear the impressive grand dame down in 1975.

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Foncie Pulice Takes His Last Street Photo, 1979

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
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If you were strolling down Granville Street in post-war Vancouver, chances are that an affable photographer would step out from behind his camera to tell you that he’d just snapped your picture.

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BC Electric Building Opens, 1957

November 21, 2011, By The Editors
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When BC Electric chairman Dal Grauer decided to move to new headquarters south of Georgia Street, he wanted a building that would symbolize optimism and progress. What he got was a gleaming 21-storey modernist structure that glowed with electric light 24 hours a day.

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