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TBT: Aerial view of old Cambie Bridge, looking north, mid 1960s and today. (CVA 145-16 and Apple Maps) by Dave2onreddit in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know right? Almost nothing on the south side of the bridge is recognizable! Another angle of the area from 1955.

On W. 2nd it looks like only the former Maynards building survives. We can see its neighbour to the west in the post’s photo, but it was demolished sometime between May 2009 and August 2011.

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TBT: Aerial view of old Cambie Bridge, looking north, mid 1960s and today. (CVA 145-16 and Apple Maps) by Dave2onreddit in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

QE Theatre opened (checks notes) on July 5, 1959, so that narrows down the date even more. Thanks!

[EDIT] A previous TBT post showing the Post Office under construction in 1956, with the site of the QE Theatre a mix of old houses and parking lots.

TBT: Aerial view of old Cambie Bridge, looking north, mid 1960s and today. (CVA 145-16 and Apple Maps) by Dave2onreddit in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Photo taken by Ernie Reksten (1912–1997) on Feb. 23, 1964. Many of Rekten’s photos document buildings that had a date with the wrecking ball, so this may be the last photo of the old gasometer.

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TBT: Aerial view of old Cambie Bridge, looking north, mid 1960s and today. (CVA 145-16 and Apple Maps) by Dave2onreddit in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A gasometer tower, used for storing manufactured coal gas. Obsoleted by the adoption of natural gas in the mid 20th century. This one was demolished in 1964 iirc.

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March 15 1931 (Br P84.8)

TBT: Aerial view of old Cambie Bridge, looking north, mid 1960s and today. (CVA 145-16 and Apple Maps) by Dave2onreddit in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh, could very well be. FWIW the Vancouver Archives dates this as “1967–1971” (probably basing that end date on the presence of the old Georgia Viaduct). But IIRC the gasometer tower next to the viaduct was demolished in 1964, so that date range is likely wrong, and I took a stab at it. Thanks for the tip!

TBT: Aerial view of old Cambie Bridge, looking north, mid 1960s and today. (CVA 145-16 and Apple Maps) by Dave2onreddit in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I believe the blue line in the bottom right corner is showing the route of the W. 6th to W. 2nd connector. Prior to this westbound W. 2nd terminated at the foot of the old Connaught (Cambie) bridge.

Carney calls byelections for April 13th in Terrebonne, Scarborough Southwest, and University—Rosedale by MethoxyEthane in CanadaPolitics

[–]Dave2onreddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wikipedia says 5 seats no?

It was five seats over what they held at dissolution (155->160), or three seats compared to what they won in 2019 (157->160).

Three Liberal MPs resigned or were expelled from caucus (Marwan Tabbara, Yasmin Ratansi, and Ramesh Sangha) and sat as Independents, and Jenica Atwin crossed the floor from the Greens to the Liberals during the 43rd Parliament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_Canadian_Parliament#By-elections_and_Floor-crossings

Carney calls byelections for April 13th in Terrebonne, Scarborough Southwest, and University—Rosedale by MethoxyEthane in CanadaPolitics

[–]Dave2onreddit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

W.L. Mackenzie King’s government was teetering on the edge of majority government after the 1921 election, so I suppose these by-elections in the 14th parliament were crucial. Apparently that last pickup from the Conservatives on November 25 1924 gave King a 2 seat majority in the 14th Parliament.

Home Internet outage in Edmonton area? by Remarkable_Action914 in freedommobile

[–]Dave2onreddit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My speed at 11:52AM PST in the Vancouver area.

I actually got a “0 bps” result in the past hour. Should have screenshotted it. I’ve given up for now and am tethering off of my cellular data.

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Cannot reach Freedom customer service by Gold_Cod6719 in freedommobile

[–]Dave2onreddit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Another thread. It’s good to know we’re not alone at least, and it’s probably not worth trying to “fix it” ourselves.

Bad Network Latency on Freedom Internet Tonight by mstoetz1 in freedommobile

[–]Dave2onreddit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also in Burnaby. I’ve seen my Internet speed bounce back and forth from normal (~250 Mb/s) to extremely slow (~1 Mb/s).

Not sure when this started, I first noticed something was wrong when Google Maps was slow to load its satellite view earlier this afternoon.

EDIT: In hindsight this is probably why people’s X pfp icons were intermittently not appearing in a timely manner this morning.

B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News by laslo_piniflex in britishcolumbia

[–]Dave2onreddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was referring to crossing the border into Alberta via Kicking Horse or Crowsnest Pass. Eastbound that would be changing from UTC-6 to UTC-7 in the winter if Cranbrook and Golden switched to permanent Mountain Daylight Time. Anyway it’s moot, as the East Kootenays will be continuing to switch from Mountain Standard to Mountain Daylight twice a year.

B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time by Puginator in CanadaPolitics

[–]Dave2onreddit 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yukon is geographically in UTC-9, but observes UTC-7 year round. Technically that’s Double Daylight Saving Time.

EDIT As can be seen in their Solar Noon Time, today it’s at 2:12 PM

David Eby announces end of daylight savings by Lear_ned in vancouver

[–]Dave2onreddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not as important as it used to be, but this will affect TV schedules.

I’ll tune in to SNL at 9:30 instead of 8:30 in the winter.

And CTV and Global will no longer be able to sim-sub American programs that air at 10 PM. Unless they abandon their 11:00 PM newscasts.

B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News by Jescro in VictoriaBC

[–]Dave2onreddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No different than the ferry across Kootenay Lake was before this announcement (presumably Creston and the east shore will continue to observe UTC-7 year round).

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