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In 2020, Yukon abandoned seasonal time change and moved to permanently observe year-round Mountain Standard Time (MST). [3] In the regions of Canada that use daylight saving time, it begins on the second Sunday of March at 2 a.m. and ends on the first Sunday in November at 2 a.m.
Like America/Halifax, except DST time change happened at 12:01 am rather than 2:00 am prior to 2007. 10432327 on OpenStreetMap: CA +5320−06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic - Labrador (most areas) −04:00: −03:00: Like America/Halifax, except DST time change happened at 12:01 am rather than 2:00 am from 1987–2011.
2011 – The Vancouver Canucks hockey team reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in 40 years, only to lose out to the Boston Bruins in seven games. Fans riot in the streets of downtown Vancouver following the loss. 2013 – First ever Vancouver International Busker Festival; 2014 – Vancouver hosts TED.
An Act Respecting the University of British Columbia was passed by the provincial legislature in 1890, but disagreements arose over whether to build the university on Vancouver Island or the mainland. A provincial university was formally called into being by the British Columbia University Act of 1908, although its location was not yet ...
Originally named the Second Narrows Bridge, it connects Vancouver to the North Shore of Burrard Inlet, which includes the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. It was constructed adjacent to the older Second Narrows Bridge, which is now exclusively a rail bridge. Its construction, from 1956 to 1960, was ...
On December 16, 2015, British Columbia Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced detailed plans to spend $3.5 billion on a bridge and interchange improvements to replace the tunnel. [27] In July 2016 the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) started an environmental assessment of the project and on February 9, 2017, the replacement ...
It sometimes is used to describe all of British Columbia. [10] City of Glass – taken from the title of a Douglas Coupland book, this name reflects the dominant steel-and-glass architectural aesthetic of the city's downtown. [11] No Fun City (or Nofuncouver) – long-time nickname [12] which can refer to a variety of things depending on use ...
The Cambie Bridge is often used as part of the running route for events such as the Vancouver Sun Run, the BMO Vancouver Marathon, and the CIBC Run for the Cure. [5] Two TransLink bus routes cross the Cambie Bridge: 17 and N15. [6] On January 17, 2018, the City of Vancouver announced plans to remove a car lane using it as a bike lane.