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Maybe you think you know Vancouver pretty well, maybe you’d like to get to know the city better, maybe you have never been to Vancouver, or maybe you’d just like to hear a couple guys who wrote the best-selling ”111 Places in Vancouver That You Must Not Miss” guidebook tell a few yarns about the city they love. Join producer Mike Finnegan as he tries to keep chatty, and sometimes witty, authors Dave Doroghy and Graeme Menzies on track as they discuss interesting and often unknown facts and stories about their favorite places in Vancouver.
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Dave, Graeme and Mike talk about the Trudeau family connection to Whistler and that nightclub where Canada's 23rd Prime Minister once bounced underage merrymakers.
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Star Trek analogies fight for respect in this ramble about an obscure Jack Harman sculpture of a remotely famous surgeon, hidden in a Vancouver rose garden, and duplicated for display in a Scottish castle.
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Ice Cube has left a cool legacy on the Sea to Sky Highway - pull over and find out about Sam the Axe Man.
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Dave, Mike, and Graeme talk about the best place to watch jets land at Vancouver International Airport. Graeme says take a sandwich.
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Dave and Graeme reminisce about the 2010 Olympic events in Whistler and talk about the open-to-the-public ski jump at Whistler Olympic Park.
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
If you've never seen an Olympic medal before, Dave tells you where you can find a set in Whistler!
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Be the first to hear about the 111 Places in Whistler (and Sea to Sky area) that Dave and Graeme think you must not miss!
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
If ships could tell stories this one (the SS Beaver) would have a million. Graeme tells a few of them, including where you can find this easy-to-miss memorial cairn in Stanley Park.
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
You thought the rainbow crosswalk on Davie at Bute was a rainbow crosswalk (and it is) but did you also know it was Canada's first? Dave paints a colourful picture of Vancouver's historic rainbow crosswalk and explains why it is where it is.
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Vancouver's top true crime author Eve Lazarus gives Graeme, Dave, and Mike the inside scoop on one of Vancouver's most unique places and tells about one of its most interesting people - Inspector John Vance.