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Vancouver (pronounced: [vænˈkuːvɚ]) is a city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Named for the English explorer Captain George Vancouver, the Greater Vancouver Regional District has a population of 2,208,300 (2005 estimate), making it the largest metropolitan area in western Canada and the third largest in the country.
Downtown Vancouver is located just north of the Fraser river delta, south of the Coast Mountains. The city is internationally renowned for its beautiful scenery, including Stanley Park, one of the largest urban parks in North America. Vancouver was the host city of the 1986 World's Fair. The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver and nearby Whistler.
The Port of Vancouver is the busiest seaport in Canada and exports more cargo than any other port in North America. The city has earned the nickname Hollywood North as North America's third largest film production centre in North America and second largest television centre in the World. Vancouver is consistently ranked one of the three most livable cities in the world and in 2006, the city was ranked the 56th most expensive city to live in among 144 major cities in the world and the most expensive in Canada. (read more...)
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- ...that the Port of Vancouver is ranked first in North America for total foreign exports?
- ...that in 2005 more than 910,172 revenue passengers came to Vancouver via cruiseships from May to September?
- ...that 66% of the total exports from the Port of Vancouver are destined for Asia?
- ...that the cruise industry contributes $1.4 billion to the total economic output?
- ...that the Port of Vancouver is ranked third in total foreign trade in North America?
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{{cquote|The sea has now changed from it's natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land.|size=20px|||George Vancouver}}
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Wikinews Vancouver portal- May 25: USL football: Djekanovic to Whitecaps; O'Brien to Earthquakes
- May 24: 2008 USL First Division: Seattle Sounders vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
- May 23: 2008 USL First Division: Whitecaps sign Pozniak
- February 23: Anti-poverty group splatter B.C. premier's office with paint
- February 12: Newspaper campaigns to elevate Vancouver Olympic character from sidekick status
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