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Joe Fortes standing on the beach at English Bay, Vancouver, Canada. This portrait was part of a collage in a Canada Post Stamp that honoured him. Joseph Seraphim Fortes [1] (9 February 1863 – 4 February 1922) was a British-Canadian lifeguard. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Vancouver, and the city's first official lifeguard.
"Happy Hour" is a 1986 single by British indie rock band The Housemartins. [1] It was the third single from the album London 0 Hull 4 and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. [2] [3] Vocalist Paul Heaton had been working on the lyrics for some time, with the song originally being called "French England". [4]
The series was filmed in Vancouver and starred Jackson Davies and Walter Learning. [ 9 ] Jackson Davies, Pat John and Charlene Aleck were the only original-series cast members who had speaking parts in the show's follow up television movie The New Beachcombers , produced in 2002, a pilot for a revived series that ran for two years. [ 10 ]
24 Hours (French: 24 Heures), is a group of English-language and French-language free daily newspapers published in Canada. It was published in French in Montreal and Gatineau, and in English in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. The Gatineau edition was discontinued in 2008 and the Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa editions ceased ...
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The Vancouver Club: 915 West Hastings 1912–1914 Sharp & Thompson, architects Alexandra Park Haywood Bandstand: 1755 Beach Avenue The Alexandra Park Bandstand is situated in a triangular-shaped park bordered by Beach Avenue, Burnaby Street and Bidwell Street in Vancouver's West End, overlooking English Bay. 1915 First Baptist Church: 969 ...
Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2023, VPL had more than 4.6 million visits with patrons borrowing nearly 10.4 million items including: books, ebooks, CDs, DVDs, video games, newspapers and magazines.
B. Michael Bailey (environmentalist) Kathleen S. Bartels; Christopher Bates (fashion designer) Norman C. Beaulieu; Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving; Alan Duncan Bell-Irving